SuperComputer Applications
3D Graphics and "Chaos" Programming Project List, Fall 2003

Helpful list of OpenGL Online resources

Iteration, Bifurcation, and Chaos, Mandelbrot, Julia sets
3D Programming - A basic 3D program
3D Graphing in OpenGL
- Basic 3D Graph: Box and Sphere
- Animated 3D Scene
- Other Animation Programs , Solar System, Animated Teapots
- Example Programs by Other People
- Code for scene2.c, pans through a 3D scene by changing X and Z in gluLookAt()
Program your own variation of one of the sample programs
MAKE AN ANIMATED SCENE ON YOUR WEBSITE!
See how to make "animated gifs"
3D Robot Program - Exercise in Transformations:
Translations, Rotations, Scalings
Construct-a-Robot/Transformer (or similar figure)
that has individually moving parts
- Basic design:
  - Torso - connects to Head, Left and Right Upper arms, Left and Right Upper Legs
  - Left and Right Upper Arms - connect to Left and Right Lower Arms
  - Left and Right Lower Legs - connect to Left and Right Lower Legs
- Download robot1.c starter program.
  - Middle mouse button ("both buttons" for 2-button mice): menu
  - Left button: positive rotations
  - Right button: negative rotations
- Download cylinder.c starter program.
  - Draws a 5-sided "cylinder" + a triangle
  - Translated 2 units along the z axis
  - Use left and right buttons to rotate the cylinder
- NOTE: You can also construct another 3D object scene such as
  rotating planets, a vehicle, pool table with pool balls, YOU CAN BE CREATIVE