Computer Graphic Course Work

• Support macOS (ARM64, x86_64) with Clang or GCC compiler
• Maybe support Windows (x86_64) with MinGW-w64 compiler (but not tested)

Structure

This is the structure of the project.

.
├─.vscode
├─external
│  ├─freetype
│  │  ├─include
│  │  ├─lib-darwin-arm64
│  │  ├─lib-darwin-universal
│  │  ├─lib-darwin-x86_64
│  │  └─lib-windows-x86_64
│  ├─glad
│  │  ├─include
│  │  └─src
│  ├─glfw
│  │  ├─include
│  │  ├─lib-darwin-arm64
│  │  ├─lib-darwin-universal
│  │  ├─lib-darwin-x86_64
│  │  └─lib-windows-x86_64
│  ├─glm
│  │  └─glm
│  └─stb
├─.gitignore
├─C1-RotatingTriangle-OpenGL
├─C2-TriAndQuad-OpenGL
├─C4-QuadTexture-OpenGL
├─B3-DisplayModel-OpenGL
├─B4-InteractAndLight-OpenGL
├─B7-QEMSurfaceSimplify-OpenGL
├─A4-LoopSurfaceSubdivision-OpenGL
├─A6-TerrainEngine-OpenGL
└─README.md

install

You need to install CMake and a suitable compiler to develop this project. For the compiler,

• Windows: MinGW-w64 GCC. You can follow this tutorial: Get Started with C++ and MinGW-w64 in Visual Studio Code.
• macOS: Clang. You can follow this tutorial: Configure VS Code for Clang/LLVM on macOS

The generated executable will be placed at build/bin .

If you have problems configuring the project, you can try to delete the build directory and re-run the above commands.

Compile and Run

Each task (A, B, or C) is organized into its own directory. To compile and run a specific task, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the task directory: For example, if you are working on the A3 task, use the following command:

   cd C1-RotatingTriangle-OpenGL

2. Create the build directory and navigate into it:

   mkdir build
   cd build

3. Run CMake to configure the project:

   cmake ..

4. Build the project using make:

   make

5. Run the executable: The generated executable will be located in the build/bin directory. Run it with:

   ./bin/project_name

Replace project_name with the actual name of the executable generated for that task. Some projects support running with parameters. Please refer to the main.cpp code for configuration.

Reminder

You will always need to run the program from your terminal rather than double clicking. Otherwise, the program will get a wrong working directory.

Please note that Mac OS only support OpenGL<=4.1.