ARC603 Drawing II: Digital

SCHEDULE Fall 2001

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Cl Day Date Knowledge Skill Reading Exercise/assignment
01 Tue Aug 28 Intro, mechanics . . .
02 Thur Aug 30 Computing fundamentals . . ..
03 Tue Sept 4 OpSys
files, folders
Photoshop
intro
. Assignment 1 issued.
04 Thur Sept 6 Datatypes, Photoshop . .
05 Tue Sept 11 Data manipulation bitmaps vs.databases FreeHand
intro
. Assignment 1 due.
Assignment 2 issued.
06 Thur Sept 13 Data
manipulations
formz
intro
. .
07 Tue  Sept 18 View definition formz
derivative objects, views.
. Assignment 2 issued.
08 Thur Sept 20 Boolean
operations
formz database
union, subtraction
. Assignment 3 issued
09 Tue Sept 25 Lighting formz, lights . .Assignment 3 due.
Thur Sept 27 [ Yom Kuppur: no classes ]
10 Tue Oct 2 . EXAM 1
11 Thur Oct 4 Organizational attributes: layers, join, group formz,
group, ungroup
. Assignment 4, Model 2 issued
12 Tue Oct 9 Color definition formz
color, image mapping
. .
13 Thur Oct 11 Parametric modeling vs boundary modeling formz
sweeps, skins
. Assignment 4 Due
Assignment 5 Model 3 issued
14 Tue Oct 16 More parametric modeling
Repetitive objects: symbols
formZ
deformed objects,meshes
. .
15 Thur Oct 18 Objects of revolution
simple sweeps
formz
coordinate systems
. Assignment 5 Model 3 due.
16 Tue  Oct 23 Complex sweeps, skins formz
symbols
. Assignment 6, Model 4 Issued.
17 Thur Oct 25 More meshes . Assignment 6, Model 4: Project proposal/selection: Due
Assignment 6, Model 4
.Phase 1, basic model assigned.
18 Tue Oct 30 . . . .
19 Thur Nov 1 rendering
algorithms
formz
rendering
. Assignment 6, Model 4.Phase 1, basic model: Due
20 Tue Nov 6 . . . .
21 Thur Nov 8 . EXAM 2
Assignment 6, Model 4 Phase 2, developed model: Assigned
22 Tue Nov 13 . .. . .
23 Thur Nov 15 . .. . Assignment 6, Model 4 Phase 2, developed model: Due
24 Tue Nov 20 Referencing systems, Terrain modeling. formz
terrain modeling
. Assignment 6, Model 4 Phase 3 developed model: Assigned.
. Thur Nov 22 [ Thanksgiving, no classes ]
25 Tue Nov 27 Sections, rendering attributes, texture mapping, formZ commands .
26 Thur Nov 29 Analysis Freehand, redux . Assignment 6, Model 4 Phase 3 developed model: Due
Assignment 6, Model 4 Phase 4 model in site: Assigned
27 Tue Dec 4 Desktop publishing Pagemaker . .
28 Thur Dec 6 Making and editing web pages. FrontPage . Assignment 6, Model 4 Phase 4 model in site: Due
30 Wed Dec 12 .7:15 pm - 9:15 pm in the studio Final images due
EXAM 3
Final notes.
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