Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 6.837 Intro To Computer Graphics, Fall 2003 Assignment 1: Ray Casting

    Uploaded by

    vioncu
    12 views2 pages
    This document describes the grammar for scene description files used in an introductory computer graphics course assignment on ray casting. The grammar defines rules for describing a camera, background, groups of objects, individual objects like spheres, and materials in a scene file using elements like orthographic cameras, colors, positions, radii, and diffuse colors.

    Original Description:

    grammar_1

    Original Title

    grammar_1

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    This document describes the grammar for scene description files used in an introductory computer graphics course assignment on ray casting. The grammar defines rules for describing a camera, background, groups of objects, individual objects like spheres, and materials in a scene file using elements like orthographic cameras, colors, positions, radii, and diffuse colors.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    12 views2 pages

    6.837 Intro To Computer Graphics, Fall 2003 Assignment 1: Ray Casting

    Uploaded by

    vioncu
    This document describes the grammar for scene description files used in an introductory computer graphics course assignment on ray casting. The grammar defines rules for describing a camera, background, groups of objects, individual objects like spheres, and materials in a scene file using elements like orthographic cameras, colors, positions, radii, and diffuse colors.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 2

    6.

    837 Intro to Computer Graphics, Fall 2003


    Assignment 1: Ray Casting
    Scene description file grammar
    file ::= camerabackgroundgroup
    camera ::= orthographicCamera
    orthographicCamera ::= OrthographicCamera{
    centerVec3f
    directionVec3f
    upVec3f
    sizefloat
    }
    background ::= Background{
    colorVec3f
    }
    group ::= Group{
    num_objectsint
    (object3D|materialobject3D) ^ num_objects
    }
    object3D ::= group|sphere
    sphere ::= Sphere{
    centerVec3f
    radiusfloat
    }
    material ::= Material{
    diffuse_colorVec3f
    }
    Vec3f ::= floatfloatfloat
    How to read a grammar:
    Startwiththetoplevelrule,inthiscasefile.Toexpandarule,substitutetheappropriatedefinitions
    foreachoftheelementsinbold.Somespecialnotation:
    |means"OR"
    ^ n means"exactlynelements"

    You might also like