CIS681 Schedule

Week 1: March 27,29,31

• introduction; overview; applications. Read Ch. 1
• CLASS IN DL280: WWW class info; CRTs, raster v. random vector graphics, frame buffers; screen-based v. model-based graphics; graphics systems
• Bresenham's line drawing Read Ch. 3.2

Week 2: April 3,5,7

• finish Bresenham's line drawing; sample program and 681 library
• Mid-Point line algorithm; drawing arbitrary lines Read Ch. 3.3
• CLASS IN DL280; lab1 assigned ; lab1 overview; circle drawing; demo lab1; SLIDES

Week 3: April 10,12,14

• area filling Read Ch. 3.4
• polygon scan conversion Read Ch. 3.5, 3.6
• VIDEO; assign lab2; lab1 due

Week 4: April 17,19,21

• I will be out of town this week; Karan Singh (singh-k@cis) will lecture
• 2D transformations, window to viewport mapping Read Ch. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
• line clipping Read Ch. 3.9
• polygon clipping Read Ch. 3.11

Week 5: April 24,26,28

• review polygon clipping; object to world transform; Read Ch. 6.1, 6.2
• basic vector algebra; 3D transformations assign out lab3
• Meet in DL280: VIDEO; midterm review; lab2 due Read Ch. 5.7, 5.8, 5.9

Week 6: May 1,3,5

• MIDTERM
• perspective projection
• review midterm; perspective projection with angle of view; window to viewport mapping; object data structure Read Ch. 6.6

Week 7: May 8,10,12

• head tilt, aspect & z coordinate; Read Ch. 6.6
• 3D clipping, data structures
• lab3 extra credit: polygon clipping Meet in DL280: VIDEO; Read Ch. 13.1

Week 8: May 15,17,19

• lab3 extra credit: polygon clipping and fill, backface elimination, intensity calculation and dithered display
• lab3 extra credit: intensity calculation and dithered display, object sorting; PHIG viewing pipeline Read Ch. 6.6
• PHIG viewing pipeline; simple ray tracing overview; assign lab4;

Week 9: May 22,24,26

• basic ray tracing: constructing pixel rays and intersecting spheres; lab3 due Read Ch. 13.4
• basic ray tracing: simple illumination and shadows, color; basic ray tracing extra credit: head tilt, z clipping; Read Ch. 14.1
• overview of advanced ray tracing, including anti-aliasing and distributed ray tracing overview of other visibility techniques: sorting on pixel, spans, and polygons; Read Ch. 13.2;

Week 10: May 29,31; June 2

• MEMORIAL DAY - NO CLASSES
• Tuesday, 10am-12noon, Senior Final, DL263
• overview of advanced illumination models; frame buffer architecture; final review; Read Ch. 4; lab4 due
• frame buffer architecture; final review Meet in DL280: VIDEO;

Finals Week June 5-9

• Final: Thursday, June 8, 11:30-1:18