Midterm Study Guide

The following bullet list contains items which may or may not be on the midterm. The midterm should take you approximately 1 hour to complete. The midterm will be taken in BI 4169 and proctored by Rick Vestal. At 8pm, any midterm's still being worked on will be collected. At 8:05pm you will all meet down in the REL lab to turn in your projects. This process will be fairly simple. Rick will have a checklist of items and he will also be copying your executable, Makefile, and source files into a specified directory in my account. After he has done this, you will be free to leave. If everyone finishes the midterm early, you'll get time to work on your project if you need it, but the due time is 8:05pm.

• Be able to write any of the following code snippets (in C):
  • Code which allows for a right button menu with 4 items.
  • Code which draws a cube without using any "glut*" or "glu*" functions.
  • Code which draws a pyramid without using and "glut*" or "glu*" functions.
• Be able to write any of the following code snippets (in PseudoCode):
  • Show how to draw a chair that explodes and then comes back together.
  • Show how to draw a car which drives around in a circle (spinning wheels, etc).
  • Show how to draw a plane that takes off on a runway, flies around for a while, then lands (this is a propellor driven craft).
• Be able to explain the OpenGL lighting model -- This encompasses all things lit. Which means anything in glLight* and glMaterial*...and don't forget normals (what they are, how they're computed and normalized).
• Be able to talk in-depth about animation techniques.
• Be familiar with the prototypes of the OpenGL functions we have used.
• Be able to explain what the viewing volume is and how to set one up.
• There will be extra credit.