2008

This page recreates some of the pages from the 2008 edition of the class. The web page from that class ran on an old server using archaic software that is too hard to bring back to life.

2008 Excavator Page

This is from the 2008 version of CS559 - I’ve tried to recreate the page since the server no longer works. It is part of the 2008 Construction Site Assignment Old 2008 Course Web: Assignments / Excavator This is an Excavator (picture taken near my house where there is road construction): I traced over it to give it a simplified shape of the main pieces: So you can see that its just made up of a few main pieces that rotate relative to each other: So, in addition to placing the excavator in the world (think about where the treads go) with a position and orientation, there are 4 other angles that can be changed in the excavator. Read more…

2008 Construction Site Assignment

This is a re-creation of a Page from CS559 in 2008. 2008 CS559 Construction Site Project This is a new project for 2008, so bear with us as we work the kinds out. Please check back often for updates! If there’s something that you don’t understand or want clarified, please email the TA and instructor - probably others are asking the same question! Updates: 10/8 - Updated the framework code. Read more…