ATEC 4371.001 Procedural Animation Introduction to Procedural Methods in 3D Computer Animation Dr. Midori Kitagawa

In class Pay attention Take notes Learn Be ready for a pop quiz

Week 3: Plan for today Facebook group Survey results Rendering into files (demo) A3 redo and an alternative method (demo) Quiz 1 review: especially coordinate systems A7 & A9: Bouncing ball animations Rivet (demo) Channels (demo)

Survey results How many days in total did you work on Assignments 1, 2 and 3? 2.95 days How may hours in total did you spend on Assignments 1, 2 and 3? 10.2 hours

Survey results In your opinion, is the total amount of time you spent on Assignments 1, 2 and 3 appropriate for the assignments you had two weeks to complete? 1 – away too much 4 – too much 11 – just right 4 – too little 0 – away too little

Survey results How effectively did the assigned tutorial videos explain Houdini to you? 1 – extremely poorly 2 – poorly 12 – ok 4 – good 1 – extremely well

Survey results Have you found easy or difficult to learn Houdini so far? 0 – extremely hard 6 – hard 11 – neutral 3 – easy 0 – extremely easy

Coordinate systems Read coordinate systems

Data flow between SOPs and CHOPS (C02 J01 and J02) Read c02_03_notes