13.016 Introduction to Geometric Modeling and Computation, Lecture 4
Thursday, February 13, 1997: Introduction to Graphics
S. L. Abrams, x3-7959, sabrams@deslab.mit.edu

These notes are available online as:
http://deslab.mit.edu/DesignLab/courses/13.016/graphics/overview.html

Outline

Graphics Hardware

• Vector displays
• Raster displays

Graphics Software

• Standards
• OpenGL
  • Geometric Primitives
  • Drawing style
  • Mapping to the viewport
  • Interacting with the window system
  • GLUT library

Reading Assignment

Neider, OpenGL Programming Guide, Chapters 1, 2, and 5.
Kilgard, OpenGL and X, Column 1: An OpenGL Toolkit
Kilgard, The OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT), Chapters 1-4 and Sections 7.1 and 7.3

References

• J. D. Foley et al., Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, 2nd ed., Addison-Wesley, 1990.
• D. F. Rogers and J. A. Adams, Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1990.
• M. J. Kilgard, OpenGL Programming for the X Window System, Addison-Wesley, 1996.
• M. J. Kilgard, The OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) Programming Interface, SGI, 1996. (Available online as /mit/13.016/glut/glutspec.ps)
• M. J. Kilgard, "OpenGL and X, Column 1: An OpenGL Toolkit," X Journal (November/December 1994). (Available online as /mit/13.016/glut/glut_intro.ps)
• J. Neider et al., OpenGL Programming Guide, Addison-Wesley, 1993.
  (Available online as an IRIS InSight document)
• OpenGL Architectural Review Board, OpenGL Reference Manual, Addison-Wesley, 1993. (Available online as an IRIS InSight document)

• OpenGL WWW Center: http://www.sgi.com/Technology/OpenGL/
• Online OpenGL examples: /usr/share/src/OpenGL
• Online OpenGL/GLUT examples: /mit/13.016/glut/examples and /mit/13.016/glut/redbook

• Class examples available online: /mit/13.016/graphics

To access the 13.016 course locker on Athena, issue the following commands:

    add 13.016
    cd /mit/13.016

To read the InSight documents, issue the command:

    iiv

To read the PostScript documents (*.ps), issue the commands:

    cd /mit/13.016/glut
    xpsview glut_intro.ps

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