GMA (formerly CG2) - SS2026

This is the OPAL course for the Geometric Modeling and Animation exercise, although it doubles as an announcement channel for the lecture also. For more information regarding the lecture modalities, see the →course website.

Time & Place: Wednesday 1. DS from 8:40am (schedule see below), in room →APB/E023/U

Please make sure to subscribe to the →Exercise and →Lecture forums so you get notified when people post there. This will be especially helpful for forming teams.

The exercise consists of 5 practical assignments to be solved in teams (see below), the first of which is optional and serves as an introduction to the →CGV Framework used throughout. The assignments are being handed out and need to be submitted according to the following schedule. Exact details on the organization of the release and submission of assignments follow below.

Release: Assignments will be made available via OPAL.
Briefing: Supervisors present the assignments.
Submission: Hand in your solutions by this date - upload via OPAL until 23:59.
Evaluation: not planned this semester.

Organization

Enroll in this course to participate. You must form teams of three or four^{UPDATED:2025/04/15} students to solve the assignments. Inform the course supervisor via email once you form a team ‒ your deadline to do so is the last Friday before the optional exercise 0 is due. If you do not announce a team (or reach out to us when you have trouble finding a team), we will be assuming you do not want to take part in the exercise. You can still stay enrolled to receive updates and announcements about the lecture.

On the release date, the new exercise tasks will become available here in OPAL, and the supervisors will explain the assignment and give hints to solve it during a short (<20min) on-site briefing in the exercise timeslot.

On the submission date, students have to make sure that their solution is uploaded to OPAL by 23:59pm.

Each member will be scored equally based on the team's solution. Passing Criteria: At least 50% of the achievable regular score from assignments 1 to 4 and at least 2 points each in assignments 1 to 4.

Bonus Points

An exercise score over the passing criterion of 50% will earn you bonus points for exams. Points on top of 50% are converted to percent with respect to full achievable exercise score (excluding exercise-internal bonus points). Achieving full points in the exercise results in a bonus of 10% in your exam (for example +6 points for a 60 points exam), while just passing the exercise at 50% yields no bonus points.

In case of oral exams, the oral grade 4.0|3.7|3.3|…|1.3|1.0 is converted into points 50|55|60|…|90|95 on a 100-scale; then bonus points are added using the same scheme as written exams, and a final grade of 4.0|3.7|..|1.3|1.0 is given according to whether at least 50|55|…|90|95 points have been reached overall.

The bonus points system will be explained again during the first on-site briefing, where you can also ask questions to clarify any doubts.