Sun Education Course Announcement

[Gary Morin - Training Manager]

Course:       SG-310
              SunPHIGS Programming

Duration:     5 days


Description:  

This new course is for programmers who are unfamiliar with Sun's SunPHIGS
three dimensional graphics standard, who are preparing to design and
develop graphics application programs that will run under PHIGS
(Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System). This course
introduces the basic concepts of PHIGS programming using SunPHIGS and
develops skills in graphics programming. The course does not cover
graphics hardware and/or graphics hardware configurations. While no prior
knowledge of PHIGS is required, it is assumed that the student is familiar
with graphics concepts. The C-bindings to the PHIGS standard will be used
in class. The class is 40% lecture and 60% lab.


Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students should be able to:

	o Be familiar with graphics concepts as covered in a
	  standard graphics textbook

	o Be experienced in programming in C

	o Use Basic SunOS commands

	o Create and edit textfiles using one of the
	  editors, vi of textedit

	o Compile and execute programs

	o Use SunView

	o Demonstrate a general knowledge of bit-mapped
	  graphics


Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

	o Open and close PHIGS, workstations, and structures

	o Create, edit, and delete structures

	o Display graphics data

	o Use transformations and the transformation pipeline

	o Provide interactive input to PHIGS

	o Select various views

	o Understand and use SunPHIGS 1.1 extensions to the
	  PHIGS standard

	o Chose appropriate performance strategies when using
	  PHIGS


Dates:        

Milpitas, Calif.
Jan. 29-Feb. 2	 March 5-9
April 2-6


Tuition:      $1,500

Location:

Sun Microsystems Education Center
1494 California Circle
Milpitas, CA 95058

Registration: Call our registrar at 800-422-8020.

              When registering, please have this information ready:

              name of student(s)
              company name, invoicing address, phone
              course title (SunPHIGS Programming)
              course number (SG-310)
              date you wish to attend
              terms of payment