The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the fundamental principles of Computer Graphics.

Announcements

• June 4: The instructor will hold additional office hours on Friday, June 6, 10:30am-11:30am at BH 4531F.
• June 4: No cheat sheet is allowed for the final exam. See the instructions below.
• June 1: For Assignment 3, if your program takes longer than one minute to render a reasonably size image (sample input is a good measure), you will be heavily penalized.
• June 1: Emud will not be holding office hours this Tuesday (June 3).
• June 1: For Assignment 3 (per the specifications), do not forget to prompt the user for the name of the input file.
• May 31: The FAQs for Assignment 3 have been updated.
• May 30: The FAQs for Assignment 3 have been updated. The sample input file had the near plane set at 4, and it's been updated to 1.
• May 29: The FAQs for Assignment 3 have been updated.
• May 27: A new version of the specifications for Assignment 3 have been posted. Your solution must adhere to the changes and additions made in this version.
• May 27: The FAQs for Assignment 3 have been updated.
• May 27: When asking for a regrade of any graded material, do consider the fact that the changed score could be lower than what was originally assigned, if an error was made in your favor.
• May 22: The grades for Assignment 1 listed along side the midterm grades on one of the sheets that was passed around in lecture yesterday were incorrect. The correct grades were listed on the seperate Assignment 1 grade sheet. The midterm grades were correct.
• May 21: The FAQs for Assignment 3 have been posted.
• May 21: If you have questions regarding either the midterm or assignment 1 grades, stop by Emud's office hours next week (May 27 or May 29).
• May 20: Emud will not be holding office hours this Thursday (May 22).
• May 20: The Midterms will be handed back in class tomorrow. The solution is here.
• May 18: The FAQs for Assignment 2 have been updated with submission information. Please take a look.
• May 14: The FAQs for Assignment 2 have been updated.
• May 13: The FAQs for Assignment 2 have been updated.
• May 8: The FAQs for Assignment 2 have been updated.
• May 4: The lecture on Wednesday will be from 4:20-5:50pm.
• May 4: Professor Faloutsos will not be holding office hours this Wednesday (May 7).
• May 4: Emud will not be holding office hours this Tuesday (May 6).
• May 2: There was an error in the solution to question #5 of the Fall 2002 Midterm. I have updated it, so please take a look.
• May 1(Emud): FAQs for Assignment 2 have been posted.
• May 1(Emud): Solutions to Assignment 1 have been posted.
• April 23: You can download visual studio .net from the SEAS download site download.seas.ucla.edu. If you do not have a fast connection Judy at SEAS might be able to provide you with a cd.
• April 22: Additional clarifications have been added to the FAQ for Assignment 1.
• April 17: Check the FAQ for Assignment 1 as it has been updated.
• April 17: Assignment 1 is due on April 23rd not April 22. That was a typo in the calendar. The assignment should be handed in during the lecture by 5:00pm.

The homepage http://www.cs.ucla.edu/classes/spring03/cs174/l2/ is the official place for
announcements concerning the course, such as extentions, schedule changes, changes in office hours etc.

Notes

We will cover a subset of the following topics.

•   Lecture notes.

Marking scheme

•   Assignment 1: 15 %    \
•   Assignment 2: 15 %     |  => 45 %
•   Assignment 3: 15 %    /
•   Midterm:        25 %
•   Final:              30 %

*Important* To pass the course you must complete successfuly 40% of the assignments at
minimum. In other words, your assignments must contribute at minimum 18% towards your final grade.

Coursework

•   Policies.
•   Examples and template code for assignments.
•   Assignments

  Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 FAQ FAQ FAQ Solutions Solutions Solutions

  Submit your assignments as follows: submit cs174 file1 .......
  

•   Midterm test
•   Instructions and material tested .
•   Final
  •   Instructions and Material tested.

Calendar

•   The calendar of the course is here.

Resources

• Example programs from red book.
• OpengGL manual and programming guide.
• OpenGL.org.
• Computer graphics software.

Text Books