Computer Graphics Laboratory ETH Zurich

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1. Introduction
   Intro: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
   Math Background: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
   Transfinite Modeling Methods: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
2. Differential Geometry [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
   
3. Bezier Curves
   Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
   Java Applets: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
   OpenGL Examples: [Bezier Curves] [Bezier Surfaces] [GLUT Library]
4. B-Spline Curves
   Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
   Java Applets: [1] [2] [3] [4]
5. Tensor Product Surfaces
   Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
6. Rational Curves
   Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
7. Triangular Surfaces
   Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
   Maple Worksheet Bernstein Polynomials over Triangles: [MWS]
8. Triangle Meshes I
   Intro: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
   Datastructures: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page], [PowerPoint Slides]
   Decimation I: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
   ProgressiveMeshes: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
   
9. Fairing: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
   
10. Parameterization: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
    
11. Subdivision I: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
    
12. Subdivision II: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
    
13. Multiresolution Modeling: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
    
14. Implicit Surfaces: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
    
15. Point Set Surfaces: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
    

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• MeshDemo: Program to demonstrate processing techniques for triangle meshes presented in the course. Based on OpenMesh, written by Michael Sauter and Christian Sigg.
  
  - Binary and models [zip, 6.4MB]
  - Documentation [pdf, 4.1MB]
  - Source Code [zip, 20.2MB]

• M. P. Do Carmo: Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0132125897.
• Markus Gross: Graphische Datenverarbeitung. Skript zur Vorlesung, ETH Zürich.
• Subdivision for Modeling and Animation, SIGGRAPH 2000 course.
• G. Farin, J. Hoschek, M.S. Kim (editors): Handbook of Computer Aided Geometric Design, North-Holland, 2002.
• J. Warren, H. Weimer: Subdivision methods for geometric design : a constructive approach, 2002.
• M. Agoston: Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling, Vol. 1 + 2, 2005.

• Vorlesungslides von Stefan Gumhold, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik Saarbrücken: http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/~sgumhold/
• OpenMesh, a generic and efficient library for representing and manipulating polygonal meshes. http://www.openmesh.org