Diary
This page will contain a diary of the course, i.e. a short description of the lectures, handouts etc. The table will be filled in as we go along.
Handouts in PDF:
Lectute notes (a fairly large file).
An introduction
to C-programming
| Date | Activity | Comments |
| Wed | Introduction, registration. Pages 1-13 in the handouts. |
Skip the last paragraph on page 12 and the Matlab code on page 13
(it is not necessary any longer, a local fix has been made). About registration: if you are a Chalmers student, and if you have not registered, you should contact your Student Centre. If you are a GU-students (but not a PhD-student) contact Jeanette Montell-Westerlin. PhD-students do not have to register. |
| Fri | Matlab review, pages 14-35 | |
| Mon | Matlab review, pages 36-58 | |
| Wed | Matlab review, pages 59-84 | |
| Fri | surf vs. fill3, handle graphics, pages 85-100 | The comment on the following line on page 100 is not correct: h = plot(0.5 * pi * [1 3], [1 -1], 'o') % 2 handles only one handle is returned |
| Mon | More handle graphics. GUIs, pages 101-119 | A few links about GUIs, design etc. Bad designs (fun!). Some books: The Design of Everyday Things (Wikipedia-link about the author),Interaction Design. There are several E-books, on this subject, available through the Chalmers library, e.g. User Interface Design for Programmers by Joel Spolskya and The Essential Guide to User Interface Design, by Wilbert O. Galitz. |
| Wed | More on GUIs, animation, timer objects, basic computer graphics. Pages 120-127 (just parts of), 128-150. | Nov 8, 2010: due to a problem with permissions you find the data files under /chalmers/users/thomas/vis (and not in the group-area). |
| Fri | More on transformations. Pages 151-168. The exercises (page 165) are not compulsory. | |
| Mon | Projections, viewing, the graphics pipeline. Z-buffer. Colour (read on your own). Light. Pages 169-198, 189-193 on your own. | Nov 16, 2010: IT-service has fixed the problem with the group area, so the instructions in the original lab-text should work again. |
| Tue | The rest of light. Colour and light in Matlab. Some 3D-functions in
Matlab. A first OpenGL-example. Pages 199-224. Note, no teaching (lecture + lab) on Fridays from now on. | If you would like to get a better feeling for how gluLookAt etc. works, you can
run an OpenGL-program (not written by me) by typing (when logged in to
the student system): cd /chalmers/groups/thomas_math/VIS/OpenGL ./projection You can change parameters, like eye position, and up vector, interactively and immediately see how it affects the image. There are more demo-programs (not all relevant to this course), try fog, lightmaterial, lightposition, projection, shapes, texture, transformation. If you get "Command not found", type ./fog etc. |
| Mon | Colour and reflection (not in the handouts) based on this article. The remaining OpenGL-examples. Pages 225-242. Start of textures, page 269 (ParaView will come later). Mentioned OpenGL ES. | We will decide the exam date next Monday. |
| Wed | The rest of textures. OpenDX and a little bit of ParaView. Pages 269-282, 243-248. | |
| Mon | More on ParaView. Decided the exam dates. Pages 249-264. | Exam dates: handout Tuesday 14 Dec, presentation Wed 15 Dec. |
| Wed | The last part of ParaView. Pages 265-268. Handed out a course evaluation form and times for the exam. | Contact me for an exam-time. |