1. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 1 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 1 / 52 Computer Graphics Three-Dimensional Graphics I

2. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 2 / 52 Geometry

3. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 3 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 3 / 52 Objectives Introduce the elements of geometry –Scalars –Vectors –Points Develop mathematical operations among them in a coordinate-free manner Define basic primitives –Line segments –Polygons

4. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 4 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 4 / 52 Basic Elements Geometry is the study of the relationships among objects in an n-dimensional space –In computer graphics, we are interested in objects that exist in three dimensions Want a minimum set of primitives from which we can build more sophisticated objects We will need three basic elements –Scalars –Vectors –Points

5. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 5 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 5 / 52 Coordinate-Free Geometry When we learned simple geometry, most of us started with a Cartesian approach –Points were at locations in space p=(x,y,z) –We derived results by algebraic manipulations involving these coordinates This approach was nonphysical –Physically, points exist regardless of the location of an arbitrary coordinate system –Most geometric results are independent of the coordinate system –Example Euclidean geometry: two triangles are identical if two corresponding sides and the angle between them are identical

6. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 6 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 6 / 52 Scalars Need three basic elements in geometry –Scalars, Vectors, Points Scalars can be defined as members of sets which can be combined by two operations (addition and multiplication) obeying some fundamental axioms (associativity, commutivity, inverses) Examples include the real and complex number systems under the ordinary rules with which we are familiar Scalars alone have no geometric properties

7. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 7 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 7 / 52 Vectors Physical definition: a vector is a quantity with two attributes –Direction –Magnitude Examples include –Force –Velocity –Directed line segments Most important example for graphics Can map to other types v

8. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 8 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 8 / 52 Vector Operations Every vector has an inverse –Same magnitude but points in opposite direction Every vector can be multiplied by a scalar There is a zero vector –Zero magnitude, undefined orientation The sum of any two vectors is a vector –Use head-to-tail axiom v -v vv v u w

9. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 9 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 9 / 52 Linear Vector Spaces Mathematical system for manipulating vectors Operations –Scalar-vector multiplication u =  v –Vector-vector addition: w = u + v Expressions such as v=u+2w-3r Make sense in a vector space

10. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 10 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 10 / 52 Vectors Lack Position These vectors are identical –Same direction and magnitude Vectors spaces insufficient for geometry –Need points

11. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 11 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 11 / 52 Points Location in space Operations allowed between points and vectors –Point-point subtraction yields a vector –Equivalent to point-vector addition P=v+Q v=P-Q

12. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 12 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 12 / 52 Affine Spaces Point + a vector space Operations –Vector-vector addition –Scalar-vector multiplication –Point-vector addition –Scalar-scalar operations For any point define –1 P = P –0 P = 0 (zero vector)

13. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 13 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 13 / 52 Lines Consider all points of the form –P(  )=P 0 +  d –Set of all points that pass through P 0 in the direction of the vector d

14. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 14 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 14 / 52 Parametric Form This form is known as the parametric form of the line –More robust and general than other forms –Extends to curves and surfaces Two-dimensional forms –Explicit: y = mx +h –Implicit: ax + by +c =0 –Parametric: x(  ) =  x 0 + (1-  )x 1 y(  ) =  y 0 + (1-  )y 1

15. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 15 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 15 / 52 Rays and Line Segments If  >= 0, then P(  ) is the ray leaving P 0 in the direction d If we use two points to define v, then P(  ) = Q +  (R-Q)=Q+  v =  R + (1-  )Q For 0<=  <=1 we get all the points on the line segment joining R and Q

16. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 16 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 16 / 52 OpenGL Primitives GL_QUAD_STRIP GL_POLYGON GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP GL_TRIANGLE_FAN GL_POINTS GL_LINES GL_LINE_LOOP GL_LINE_STRIP GL_TRIANGLES

17. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 17 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 17 / 52 Polygon Issues OpenGL will only display polygons correctly that are –Simple: edges cannot cross –Convex: All points on line segment between two points in a polygon are also in the polygon –Flat: all vertices are in the same plane User program can check if above true –OpenGL will produce output if these conditions are violated but it may not be what is desired Triangles satisfy all conditions nonsimple polygon nonconvex polygon

18. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 18 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 18 / 52 Convexity An object is convex iff for any two points in the object all points on the line segment between these points are also in the object P Q Q P convex not convex

19. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 19 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 19 / 52 Affine Sums Consider the “sum” P=  1 P 1 +  2 P 2 + …..+  n P n Can show by induction that this sum makes sense iff  1 +  2 +…..  n =1 in which case we have the affine sum of the points P 1  P 2, …..P n If, in addition,  i >=0, we have the convex hull of P 1  P 2, …..P n

20. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 20 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 20 / 52 Convex Hull Smallest convex object containing P 1  P 2, …..P n Formed by “shrink wrapping” points

21. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 21 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 21 / 52 Curves and Surfaces Curves are one parameter entities of the form P(  ) where the function is nonlinear Surfaces are formed from two- parameter functions P( ,  ) –Linear functions give planes and polygons P(  ) P( ,  )

22. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 22 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 22 / 52 Planes A plane can be defined by a point and two vectors or by three points P( ,  )=R+  u+  v P( ,  )=R+  (Q-R)+  (P-Q) u v R P R Q

23. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 23 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 23 / 52 Triangles convex sum of P and Q convex sum of S(  ) and R for 0<= ,  <=1, we get all points in triangle

24. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 24 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 24 / 52 Normals Every plane has a vector n normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to it From point-two vector form P( ,  )=P 0 +  u+  v, we know we can use the cross product to find n = u  v and the equivalent form (P-P 0 )  n=0 u v P0P0

25. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 25 / 52 Representation

26. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 26 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 26 / 52 Objectives Introduce concepts such as dimension and basis Introduce coordinate systems for representing vectors spaces and frames for representing affine spaces Discuss change of frames and bases Introduce homogeneous coordinates

27. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 27 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 27 / 52 Linear Independence A set of vectors v 1, v 2, …, v n is linearly independent if  1 v 1 +  2 v 2 +..  n v n =0 iff  1 =  2 =…=0 If a set of vectors is linearly independent, we cannot represent one in terms of the others If a set of vectors is linearly dependent, as least one can be written in terms of the others

28. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 28 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 28 / 52 Dimension In a vector space, the maximum number of linearly independent vectors is fixed and is called the dimension of the space In an n-dimensional space, any set of n linearly independent vectors form a basis for the space Given a basis v 1, v 2, …., v n, any vector v can be written as v=  1 v 1 +  2 v 2 + ….+  n v n where the {  i } are unique

29. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 29 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 29 / 52 Representation Until now we have been able to work with geometric entities without using any frame of reference, such as a coordinate system Need a frame of reference to relate points and objects to our physical world. –For example, where is a point? Can’t answer without a reference system –World coordinates –Camera coordinates

30. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 30 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 30 / 52 Coordinate Systems Consider a basis v 1, v 2, …., v n A vector is written v=  1 v 1 +  2 v 2 + ….+  n v n The list of scalars {  1,  2, ….  n } is the representation of v with respect to the given basis We can write the representation as a row or column array of scalars a=[  1  2 ….  n ] T =

31. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 31 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 31 / 52 Example v=2v 1 +3v 2 -4v 3 a=[2 3 – 4] T Note that this representation is with respect to a particular basis For example, in OpenGL we start by representing vectors using the object basis but later the system needs a representation in terms of the camera or eye basis

32. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 32 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 32 / 52 Coordinate Systems Which is correct? Both are because vectors have no fixed location v v

33. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 33 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 33 / 52 Frames A coordinate system is insufficient to represent points If we work in an affine space we can add a single point, the origin, to the basis vectors to form a frame P0P0 v1v1 v2v2 v3v3

34. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 34 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 34 / 52 Representation in a Frame Frame determined by (P 0, v 1, v 2, v 3 ) Within this frame, every vector can be written as v=  1 v 1 +  2 v 2 + ….+  n v n Every point can be written as P = P 0 +  1 v 1 +  2 v 2 + ….+  n v n

35. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 35 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 35 / 52 Confusing Points and Vectors Consider the point and the vector P = P 0 +  1 v 1 +  2 v 2 + ….+  n v n v=  1 v 1 +  2 v 2 + ….+  n v n They appear to have the similar representations p=[  1  2  3 ] v=[  1  2  3 ] which confuses the point with the vector A vector has no position v p v Vector can be placed anywhere point: fixed

36. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 36 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 36 / 52 Translation, scaling and rotation are expressed as: Composition is difficult to express –translation is not expressed as a matrix multiplication translation: scale: rotation: v’ = v + t v’ = Sv v’ = Rv

37. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 37 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 37 / 52 A Single Representation If we define 0 P = 0 and 1 P =P then we can write v=  1 v 1 +  2 v 2 +  3 v 3 = [  1  2  3 0 ] [v 1 v 2 v 3 P 0 ] T P = P 0 +  1 v 1 +  2 v 2 +  3 v 3 = [  1  2  3 1 ] [v 1 v 2 v 3 P 0 ] T Thus we obtain the four-dimensional homogeneous coordinate representation v = [  1  2  3 0 ] T p = [  1  2  3 1 ] T

38. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 38 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 38 / 52 Homogeneous Coordinates The homogeneous coordinates form for a three dimensional point [x y z] is given as p =[x ’ y ’ z ’ w] T =[wx wy wz w] T We return to a three dimensional point (for w  0 ) by x  x’ /w y  y ’ /w z  z ’ /w If w=0, the representation is that of a vector Note that homogeneous coordinates replaces points in three dimensions by lines through the origin in four dimensions For w=1, the representation of a point is [x y z 1]

39. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 39 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 39 / 52 Translation Scaling (right-handed coordinate system) x y z

40. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 40 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 40 / 52 Rotation about X-axis Rotation about Y-axis Rotation about Z-axis

41. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 41 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 41 / 52 Homogeneous Coordinates and Computer Graphics Homogeneous coordinates are key to all computer graphics systems –All standard transformations (rotation, translation, scaling) can be implemented with matrix multiplications using 4 x 4 matrices –Hardware pipeline works with 4 dimensional representations –For orthographic viewing, we can maintain w=0 for vectors and w=1 for points –For perspective we need a perspective division

42. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 42 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 42 / 52 Change of Coordinate Systems Consider two representations of the same vector with respect to two different bases. The representations are v=  1 v 1 +  2 v 2 +  3 v 3 = [  1  2  3 ] [v 1 v 2 v 3 ] T =  1 u 1 +  2 u 2 +  3 u 3 = [  1  2  3 ] [u 1 u 2 u 3 ] T a=[  1  2  3 ] b=[  1  2  3 ] where

43. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 43 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 43 / 52 Representing second basis in terms of first Each of the basis vectors, u1,u2, u3, are vectors that can be represented in terms of the first basis u 1 =  11 v 1 +  12 v 2 +  13 v 3 u 2 =  21 v 1 +  22 v 2 +  23 v 3 u 3 =  31 v 1 +  32 v 2 +  33 v 3 v

44. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 44 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 44 / 52 Matrix Form The coefficients define a 3 x 3 matrix and the bases can be related by a=M T b M =

45. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 45 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 45 / 52 Change of Frames We can apply a similar process in homogeneous coordinates to the representations of both points and vectors Any point or vector can be represented in either frame We can represent Q 0, u 1, u 2, u 3 in terms of P 0, v 1, v 2, v 3 Consider two frames: (P 0, v 1, v 2, v 3 ) (Q 0, u 1, u 2, u 3 ) P0P0 v1v1 v2v2 v3v3 Q0Q0 u1u1 u2u2 u3u3

46. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 46 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 46 / 52 Representing One Frame in Terms of the Other u 1 =  11 v 1 +  12 v 2 +  13 v 3 u 2 =  21 v 1 +  22 v 2 +  23 v 3 u 3 =  31 v 1 +  32 v 2 +  33 v 3 Q 0 =  41 v 1 +  42 v 2 +  43 v 3 +  44 P 0 Extending what we did with change of bases defining a 4 x 4 matrix M =

47. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 47 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 47 / 52 Working with Representations Within the two frames any point or vector has a representation of the same form a=[  1  2  3  4 ] T in the first frame b=[  1  2  3  4 ] T in the second frame where  4   4  for points and  4   4  for vectors and The matrix M is 4 x 4 and specifies an affine transformation in homogeneous coordinates a=M T b

48. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 48 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 48 / 52 Affine Transformations Every linear transformation is equivalent to a change in frames Every affine transformation preserves lines However, an affine transformation has only 12 degrees of freedom because 4 of the elements in the matrix are fixed and are a subset of all possible 4 x 4 linear transformations

49. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 49 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 49 / 52 The World and Camera Frames When we work with representations, we work with n- tuples or arrays of scalars Changes in frame are then defined by 4 x 4 matrices In OpenGL, the base frame that we start with is the world frame Eventually we represent entities in the camera frame by changing the world representation using the model-view matrix Initially these frames are the same ( M=I )

50. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 50 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 50 / 52 Moving the Camera If objects are on both sides of z=0, we must move camera frame M =

51. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 51 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 51 / 52 Next lecture: Transformations Introduce standard transformations –Rotation –Translation –Scaling –Shear Derive homogeneous coordinate transformation matrices Learn to build arbitrary transformation matrices from simple transformations

52. C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 52 / 52 C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S Guoying Zhao 52 / 52 Next lecture: OpenGL Transformations Learn how to carry out transformations in OpenGL –Rotation –Translation –Scaling Introduce OpenGL matrix modes –Model-view –Projection