CSCI 441 - Computer Graphics

Fall 2022 - Resources

Canvas | CS @ Mines | Mines | Piazza

· Code Examples ·
· Documents · Specifications & Reference Cards ·
· Links · Tutorials · OpenGL Tools ·
· Model Repository · Texture Repository ·

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Document Name	Download
Syllabus	(.pdf)
Student Website Template	(.zip)
Setting Up Your Machine	YMMV: glm: (.pdf) GLEW: (.pdf) GLFW: (.pdf) OpenGL: (.pdf)
Checklists	FBOs: (.pdf) Shaders: (.pdf) Textures: (.pdf) VAO / VBO / IBO: (.pdf)
Lab Writeups (.pdf)	[00] [01] [02] [03] [04] [05] [06] [08] [09] [11] [12]
Arc Length Parameterization	(.pdf)
Exam I Review Questions	(.pdf)
Exam II Review Questions	(.pdf)

For Specifications, & Reference Cards - see Canvas document repository.

LearnOpenGL - an AWESOME resource
Picking Tutorials: Lighthouse3d.com · Red Book · OpenGL
Lighthouse3d GLSL ·
Neon Helium Tutorials (Note: The Legacy NeHe Tutorials are still pretty good to give you ideas of things to do. Lately, the tutorials have been turning to WebGL.)
OpenGL 3.3+ Tutorials
Swiftless Tutorials
Tom Dalling's Modern OpenGL Series
Paul's Projects (Note: These are written for Visual Studio/Windows so would need to be ported to GLFW/cross-platform libraries we are using.)
Geeks3D Shader Library

Tool	Links
Extensions	OpenGL Extension Wrangler (GLEW)
Frameworks (OS/Hardware interface)	OpenGL Framework (GLFW)
GLSL	GLSL Sandbox
Math	OpenGL Mathematics (GLM)
Modeling	Blender
OpenGL	OpenGL Home Page OpenGL SDK
OpenGL API	OpenGL 4.5 & GLSL 4.40
Text	FreeType
Textures	stb_image

Material Lists:
Teapot Example Materials
COLOURLovers

File Format Specifications:
WaveFront: [.obj] | [.mtl]
Doom 3 MD5: [.md5mesh] & [.md5anim]

Model Repositories:
3D Printing Model Repositories Repository
Ambient CG
cgTrader
Stanford 3D Scanning Repository
The Models Resource (GREAT site)
Turbo Squid

See Canvas files for course Model Repository.

Ambient CG
Humus Cube Maps
OpenGameArt.org
Poliigon
The Textures Resource (GREAT site)
Textures.com
TextureMaker (includes Bump Maps)

See Canvas files for course Texture Repository.