CG Class 26, Thurs 2018-11-29

W Randolph Franklin, RPI

2018-11-29 00:00

Table of contents

1 Chapter 14 slides ctd
2 Old OpenGL in C and with NURBS
3 WebGL query

1 Chapter 14 slides ctd

14_2 Designing parametric cubic curves.
14_3 Bezier and spline curves and surfaces.
14_4 Rendering curves and surfaces.
14_5 Rendering the teapot.

2 Old OpenGL in C and with NURBS

Before Angel, I used another book, Guha. It used old OpenGL in C. However therefore it could show NURBS. Some sample programs are in

https://wrf.ecse.rpi.edu/wiki/ComputerGraphicsFall2013/guha/Code

Look at bezierCurves, which shows moving control points.

trimmedBicubicSplineSurface shows NURBS.

3 WebGL query

Victor Calvert writes,

The WebGL report shows current-environment specifics, including the maximum number of textures, maximum framebuffer resolution, and other information, retrieved via the WebGL API.