Introduction Course

The main intention of this course is to give you a perception on the modern sate of computer graphics technology, lay our hands on it, explore if from inside, build your curiosity, motivation and self confidence in this informational technology domain.

[+] External Sources

• The OpenGL "Redbook" v1.1 HTML format
• Sample Programs for the OpenGL "Redbook" v1.1

• OpenGL Reference Pages
• OpenGL 3.2 Quick Reference Card
• The OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) API

• Основы OpenGL (Игорь Тарасов)
• Работа с OpenGL (уроки от NeHe)

• OpenGL (1.2 - 2.0) Code Samples

[+] Environment Setup

• Setting up Microsoft Visual Studio .NET for OpenGL/GLUT (cosc.brocku.ca)
• Glut with Visual Studio C Express (geekyblogger.com)
• Using GLUT with visual studio 2008 (opengl.org)
• Simple OpenGL Framework (zprdemo.zip)

[+] Marks

1. tried at least
2. missed something
3. done
4. improved
5. wow!!!

Learning Plan

[+] 1. First Glance

Theory : The main goal is to give an overview on the existing applications (movie making, game development, virtual reality, 3D TV, CAD modelling)
Practice : Adjusting your working environment (MS Windows, Visual Studio, Win32 & Glut based applications)

[+] 2. Drawing Geometric Objects

Theory :

• What is OpenGL (comparison with Direct3D)
• Drawing Geometric Objects
  • Clearing the Window
  • Specifying a Color
  • Hidden-Surface Removal
  • Describing Points, Lines, and Polygons

Practice ( exercise template ) :

• Drawing Primitives - draw a box in terms of :
  1. Points & glColor, glPointSize, GL_POINT_SMOOTH (3)
  2. Lines & glLineWidth, glLineStripple, GL_LINE_SMOOTH (3)
  3. Polygons (3)
  4. Triangles (3)
  5. Quads (3)
  6. Line Strips (3)
  7. Line Loops (3)
  8. Triangle Strips (3)
  9. Triangle Fans (3)
  10. Quad Strips (3)
  11. “Mixed” (5)
• Shape Drawing - draw the following shapes :
  1. Sierpinski triangle (5)
  2. Koch snowflake (5)
  3. Dragon curve (5)
  4. Julia set (7)
  5. Mandelbrot set (7)
  6. Nova fractal (7)
  7. Fractal landscape (7)
  8. Brownian tree (7)
  9. “Unknown” (10)

[+] 3. Viewing

Theory : Transformation :

• Viewing Transformation
• Modeling Transformation
• Projection Transformation
• Viewport Transformation
• General-Purpose Transformation
• Manipulating the Matrix Stacks

Practice ( exercise template ) :

1. “Robot arm” (5)
2. Sierpinski triangle by transformation(7)
3. “Earth & Moon” rotation (7)
4. “Three bodies problem” (7)
5. Elastic “sphere drop” (7)
6. Möbius strip by quad (9)
7. Ruled surface by quad (9)
8. Right conoid by quad (9)
9. Whitney umbrella by quad (9)
10. Cross-cap by quad (9)
11. “Surprise Me” (12)