Computer
Graphics
Summer
2007
G22.2270-001
Tuesdays,
6pm - 8:20pm
WWH 101
Assigment 5
DUE: Monday 7/4/06 midnight (11:59pm)
In this homework I am asking that you implement a curve drawing interface for both Bezier and cubic B-Spline curves.
The user should be able to click on a set of points on the screen and
choose either the Bezier or B-Spline option to draw the curve, using
the entered points as control points in the same order that they were
entered. Display the control poly-line as well as the curve. (You can
toggle the appearance of this using a key press)
We have covered the basics of both types of curves in the most recent lecture.
You can use the OpenGL evaluators for Bezier curves, make sure that you use subdivision
in order to draw the cubic b-splines. Feel free to implement b-splines
using gluNurbs (in addition to subdivision - just have an extra mode)
for extra credit.
Make sure to support more than four control points. (About 15 should be a good number)
Your program should have an option to complete the curve into a closed
curve when say, the key 'C' is pressed. Remember, you can do this by
cycling around the control points, i.e. use the first few points user
clicked on as the last few ctrl points of the last polynomial. You may
find the closed curve version easier to deal with so feel free to start
with this.
Note that with b-splines nr of control points should not matter.
For Bezier curves, you will need to consider nr of control points
to be able to add an extra section to your curve. (every 4 will define
a new curve section). I will go over this and closed bezier curves in
class.
Other than the requirements, feel free to add
options/functionality/visual enhancements of your own. I will give
extra points for these additions. -- make sure to list them in your readme file.