Program Overview

Real-Time Graphics Course

Overview

The Real-Time Graphics course introduces the principles, concepts, and techniques behind modern 3D computer graphics solutions. It addresses the fundamentals behind their design and operation, including the use of scene graphs, graphics libraries, and relevant standards.

At a Glance

• Dates: Please enquire for course dates
• Duration: 5-day
• Location: Cranfield University at Shrivenham
• Cost: £2,250 - Standalone Short Course fee, concessions available

Course Structure

This 5-day course comprises a mixture of classroom instruction and hands-on practical work and examples in the Defence Academy Simulation and Synthetic Environment Laboratory (SSEL).

What You Will Learn

On successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Explain the fundamental representations, techniques, and processes underpinning real-time 3D computer graphics
• Describe the role and capabilities of graphics programming libraries and engines
• Discuss the different techniques for creating and rendering scenes and identify those relevant to given applications
• Appraise the issues in specifying and designing real-time computer graphics systems for Defence uses
• Demonstrate an understanding of the tools and methods used in creating suitable content for Synthetic Environments by using those tools to construct your own functional and implementable 3D models that could be placed in a variety of Synthetic Environments

Core Content

• Coordinate systems and transforms
• 3D Printing and CAD Modelling
• Rendering techniques
• Graphics application programming
• Graphics hardware and architectures
• Games technologies and engines
• Applications of real-time computer graphics, including standards

Upgrade to a Professional Qualification

When taken as a Short Course for Credit, 10 credit points can be put towards the Defence and Security (Technology) MSc or Defence Simulation and Modelling MSc.

Who Should Attend

Building on a common core of basic principles, the course is streamed to address two different user communities:

• Those designing and/or implementing scientific visualisation solutions
• Those seeking to be educated customers of defence real-time interactive virtual environments, typically being involved in acquiring, specifying, managing, or operating such solutions

Concessions

A limited number of MOD sponsored places are available. There are limited places on these modules.

Location and Travel

Cranfield Defence and Security (CDS) is a Cranfield School based at the Ministry of Defence establishment on the Oxfordshire/Wiltshire borders. Shrivenham itself lies in the picturesque Vale of the White Horse, close to the M4 motorway which links London and South Wales. It is 7 miles from Swindon, the nearest town, which lies off the M4 at the hub of Britain's motorway network. Bath, Cheltenham, Bristol, and Oxford are all within an hour's drive, and London less than two hours away by car.

Speakers

• John Hoggard - Module Leader
• Jonathan Searle - Senior Lecturer
• John Hoggard - Lecturer in Defence Simulation
• Craig Tucker - Modelling and Simulation Academic Systems Manager

Related Courses

• Defence Simulation and Modelling

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