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OpenGl Functions Manpages. Taken from: http://www.cs.uccs.edu/~ssemwal/glman.html. Use Pandoc to convert to pdf: pandoc -V documentclass=report ~/opengl_functions.rst -o ~/opengl_functions.pdf

glBegin

Name

glBegin, glEnd - delimit the vertices of a primitive or a group of like primitives

C Specification

void glBegin( GLenum mode )

Parameters

mode Specifies the primitive or primitives that will be created from

vertices presented between glBegin and the subsequent glEnd. Ten symbolic constants are accepted: GL_POINTS, GL_LINES, GL_LINE_STRIP, GL_LINE_LOOP, GL_TRIANGLES, GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP, GL_TRIANGLE_FAN, GL_QUADS, GL_QUAD_STRIP, and GL_POLYGON.

C Specification

void glEnd( void )

Description

glBegin and glEnd delimit the vertices that define a primitive or a group of like primitives. glBegin accepts a single argument that specifies which of ten ways the vertices are interpreted. Taking n as an integer count starting at one, and N as the total number of vertices specified, the interpretations are as follows:

GL_POINTS Treats each vertex as a single point. Vertex n defines point n.

N points are drawn.

GL_LINES Treates each pair of vertices as an independent line segment.

Vertices 2n-1 and 2n define line n. N/2 lines are drawn.

GL_LINE_STRIP

Draws a connected group of line segments from the first vertex to the last. Vertices n and n+1 define line n. N-1 lines are drawn.

GL_LINE_LOOP

Draws a connected group of line segments from the first vertex to the last, then back to the first. Vertices n and n+1 define line n. The last line, however, is defined by vertices N and 1. N lines are drawn.

GL_TRIANGLES

Treates each triplet of vertices as an independent triangle. Vertices 3n-2, 3n-1, and 3n define triangle n. N/3 triangles are drawn.

GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP

Draws a connected group of triangles. One triangle is defined for each vertex presented after the first two vertices. For odd n, vertices n, n+1, and n+2 define triangle n. For even n, vertices n+1, n, and n+2 define triangle n. N-2 triangles are drawn.

GL_TRIANGLE_FAN

Draws a connected group of triangles. One triangle is defined for each vertex presented after the first two vertices. Vertices 1, n+1, and n+2 define triangle n. N-2 triangles are drawn.

GL_QUADS Treats each group of four vertices as an independent

quadrilateral. Vertices 4n-3, 4n-2, 4n-1, and 4n define quadrilateral n. N/4 quadrilaterals are drawn.

GL_QUAD_STRIP

Draws a connected group of quadrilaterals. One quadrilateral is defined for each pair of vertices presented after the first pair. Vertices 2n-1, 2n, 2n+2, and 2n+1 define quadrilateral n. N/2-1 quadrilaterals are drawn. Note that the order in which vertices are used to construct a quadrilateral from strip data is different from that used with independent data.

GL_POLYGON

Draws a single, convex polygon. Vertices 1 through N define this polygon.

Only a subset of GL commands can be used between glBegin and glEnd. The commands are glVertex, glColor, glIndex, glNormal, glTexCoord, glEvalCoord, glEvalPoint, glMaterial, and glEdgeFlag. Also, it is acceptable to use glCallList or glCallLists to execute display lists that include only the preceding commands. If any other GL command is executed between glBegin and glEnd, the error flag is set and the command is ignored.

Regardless of the value chosen for mode, there is no limit to the number of vertices that can be defined between glBegin and glEnd. Lines, triangles, quadrilaterals, and polygons that are incompletely specified are not drawn. Incomplete specification results when either too few vertices are provided to specify even a single primitive or when an incorrect multiple of vertices is specified. The incomplete primitive is ignored; the rest are drawn.

The minimum specification of vertices for each primitive is as follows: 1 for a point, 2 for a line, 3 for a triangle, 4 for a quadrilateral, and 3 for a polygon. Modes that require a certain multiple of vertices are GL_LINES (2), GL_TRIANGLES (3), GL_QUADS (4), and GL_QUAD_STRIP (2).

glCallList

Name

glCallList - execute a display list

C Specification

void glCallList( GLuint list )

Parameters

list Specifies the integer name of the display list to be executed.

Description

glCallList causes the named display list to be executed. The commands saved in the display list are executed in order, just as if they were called without using a display list. If list has not been defined as a display list, glCallList is ignored.

glCallList can appear inside a display list. To avoid the possibility of infinite recursion resulting from display lists calling one another, a limit is placed on the nesting level of display lists during display-list execution. This limit is at least 64, and it depends on the implementation.

GL state is not saved and restored across a call to glCallList. Thus, changes made to GL state during the execution of a display list remain after execution of the display list is completed. Use glPushMatrix, and glPopMatrix to preserve GL state across glCallList calls.

glClearColor ==========

Name

glClearColor - specify clear values for the color buffers

C Specification

void glClearColor( GLclampf red,

GLclampf green, GLclampf blue, GLclampf alpha )

Parameters

red, green, blue, alpha

Specify the red, green, blue, and alpha values used when the color buffers are cleared. The default values are all zero.

Description

glClearColor specifies the red, green, blue, and alpha values used by glClear to clear the color buffers. Values specified by glClearColor are clamped to the range [0,1].

Errors

GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if glClearColor is executed between the execution of glBegin and the corresponding execution of glEnd.

glClear

Name

glClear - clear buffers to preset values

C Specification

void glClear( GLbitfield mask )

Parameters

mask Bitwise OR of masks that indicate the buffers to be cleared. The

four masks are GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT, GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT, GL_ACCUM_BUFFER_BIT, and GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT.

Description

glClear sets the bitplane area of the window to values previously selected by glClearColor, glClearIndex, glClearDepth, glClearStencil, and glClearAccum. Multiple color buffers can be cleared simultaneously by selecting more than one buffer at a time using glDrawBuffer.

The pixel ownership test, the scissor test, dithering, and the buffer writemasks affect the operation of glClear. The scissor box bounds the cleared region. Alpha function, blend function, logical operation, stenciling, texture mapping, and z-buffering are ignored by glClear.

glClear takes a single argument that is the bitwise OR of several values indicating which buffer is to be cleared.

The values are as follows:

GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT Indicates the buffers currently enabled for

color writing.

GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT Indicates the depth buffer.

GL_ACCUM_BUFFER_BIT Indicates the accumulation buffer.

GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT Indicates the stencil buffer.

The value to which each buffer is cleared depends on the setting of the clear value for that buffer.

glClearDepth ==========

Name

glClearDepth - specify the clear value for the depth buffer

C Specification

void glClearDepth( GLclampd depth )

Parameters

depth Specifies the depth value used when the depth buffer is cleared.

Description

glClearDepth specifies the depth value used by glClear to clear the depth buffer. Values specified by glClearDepth are clamped to the range [0,1].

glColor

Name

glColor3b, glColor3d, glColor3f, glColor3i, glColor3s, glColor3ub, glColor3ui, glColor3us, glColor4b, glColor4d, glColor4f, glColor4i, glColor4s, glColor4ub, glColor4ui, glColor4us, glColor3bv, glColor3dv, glColor3fv, glColor3iv, glColor3sv, glColor3ubv, glColor3uiv, glColor3usv, glColor4bv, glColor4dv, glColor4fv, glColor4iv, glColor4sv, glColor4ubv, glColor4uiv, glColor4usv - set the current color

C Specification

void glColor3b( GLbyte red,

GLbyte green, GLbyte blue )

void glColor3d( GLdouble red,

GLdouble green, GLdouble blue )

void glColor3f( GLfloat red,

GLfloat green, GLfloat blue )

void glColor3i( GLint red,

GLint green, GLint blue )

void glColor3s( GLshort red,

GLshort green, GLshort blue )

void glColor3ub( GLubyte red,

GLubyte green, GLubyte blue )

void glColor3ui( GLuint red,

GLuint green, GLuint blue )

void glColor3us( GLushort red,

GLushort green, GLushort blue )

void glColor4b( GLbyte red,

GLbyte green, GLbyte blue, GLbyte alpha )

void glColor4d( GLdouble red,

GLdouble green, GLdouble blue, GLdouble alpha )

void glColor4f( GLfloat red,

GLfloat green, GLfloat blue, GLfloat alpha )

void glColor4i( GLint red,

GLint green, GLint blue, GLint alpha )

void glColor4s( GLshort red,

GLshort green, GLshort blue, GLshort alpha )

void glColor4ub( GLubyte red,

GLubyte green, GLubyte blue, GLubyte alpha )

void glColor4ui( GLuint red,

GLuint green, GLuint blue, GLuint alpha )

void glColor4us( GLushort red,

GLushort green, GLushort blue, GLushort alpha )

Parameters

red, green, blue

Specify new red, green, and blue values for the current color.

alpha Specifies a new alpha value for the current color.

Included only in the four-argument glColor4 command.

C Specification

void glColor3bv( const GLbyte v ) void glColor3dv( const GLdoublev ) void glColor3fv( const GLfloat v ) void glColor3iv( const GLintv ) void glColor3sv( const GLshort v ) void glColor3ubv( const GLubytev ) void glColor3uiv( const GLuint v ) void glColor3usv( const GLushortv ) void glColor4bv( const GLbyte v ) void glColor4dv( const GLdoublev ) void glColor4fv( const GLfloat v ) void glColor4iv( const GLintv ) void glColor4sv( const GLshort v ) void glColor4ubv( const GLubytev ) void glColor4uiv( const GLuint v ) void glColor4usv( const GLushortv )

Parameters

v Specifies a pointer to an array that contains red, green, blue, and

(sometimes) alpha values.

Description

The GL stores both a current single-valued color index and a current four-valued RGBA color. glColor sets a new four-valued RGBA color. glColor has two major variants: glColor3 and glColor4. glColor3 variants specify new red, green, and blue values explicitly, and set the current alpha value to 1.0 implicitly. glColor4 variants specify all four color components explicitly.

glColor3b, glColor4b, glColor3s, glColor4s, glColor3i, and glColor4i take three or four signed byte, short, or long integers as arguments. When v is appended to the name, the color commands can take a pointer to an array of such values.

Current color values are stored in floating-point format, with unspecified mantissa and exponent sizes. Unsigned integer color components, when specified, are linearly mapped to floating-point values such that the largest representable value maps to 1.0 (full intensity), and zero maps to 0.0 (zero intensity). Signed integer color components, when specified, are linearly mapped to floating-point values such that the most positive representable value maps to 1.0, and the most negative representable value maps to -1.0. Floating-point values are mapped directly.

Neither floating-point nor signed integer values are clamped to the range [0,1] before updating the current color. However, color components are clamped to this range before they are interpolated or written into a color buffer.

glEnable

Name

glEnable, glDisable - enable or disable GL capabilities

C Specification

void glEnable( GLenum cap )

Parameters

cap Specifies a symbolic constant indicating a GL capability.

C Specification

void glDisable( GLenum cap )

Parameters

cap Specifies a symbolic constant indicating a GL capability.

Description

glEnable and glDisable enable and disable various capabilities. Use glIsEnabled or glGet to determine the current setting of any capability.

Both glEnable and glDisable take a single argument, cap, which can assume one of the following values:

GL_DEPTH_TEST If enabled, do depth comparisons and update the

depth buffer.

GL_LIGHTi If enabled, include light i in the evaluation of

the lighting equation. See glLightModel and glLight.

GL_LIGHTING If enabled, use the current lighting parameters ========== to compute the vertex color or index. Otherwise, simply associate the current color or index with each vertex.

glNewList

Name

glNewList, glEndList - create or replace a display list

C Specification

void glNewList( GLuint list,

GLenum mode )

Parameters

list Specifies the display list name.

mode Specifies the compilation mode, which can be GL_COMPILE or

GL_COMPILE_AND_EXECUTE.

C Specification

void glEndList( void )

Description

Display lists are groups of GL commands that have been stored for subsequent execution. The display lists are created with glNewList. All subsequent commands are placed in the display list, in the order issued, until glEndList is called.

glNewList has two arguments. The first argument, list, is a positive integer that becomes the unique name for the display list. Names can be created and reserved with glGenLists and tested for uniqueness with glIsList. The second argument, mode, is a symbolic constant that can assume one of two values:

GL_COMPILE Commands are merely compiled.

GL_COMPILE_AND_EXECUTE

Commands are executed as they are compiled into the display list.

Certain commands are not compiled into the display list, but are executed immediately, regardless of the display-list mode.

When glEndList is encountered, the display-list definition is completed by associating the list with the unique name list (specified in the glNewList command). If a display list with name list already exists, it is replaced only when glEndList is called.

glFlush

Name

glFlush - force execution of GL commands in finite time

C Specification

void glFlush( void )

Description

Different GL implementations buffer commands in several different locations, including network buffers and the graphics accelerator itself. glFlush empties all of these buffers, causing all issued commands to be executed as quickly as they are accepted by the actual rendering engine. Though this execution may not be completed in any particular time period, it does complete in finite time.

Because any GL program might be executed over a network, or on an accelerator that buffers commands, all programs should call glFlush whenever they count on having all of their previously issued commands completed. For example, call glFlush before waiting for user input that depends on the generated image.

glFrustum

Name

glFrustum - multiply the current matrix by a perspective matrix

C Specification

void glFrustum( GLdouble left,

GLdouble right, GLdouble bottom, GLdouble top, GLdouble near, GLdouble far )

Parameters

left, right Specify the coordinates for the left and right vertical

clipping planes.

bottom, top Specify the coordinates for the bottom and top horizontal

clipping planes.

near, far Specify the distances to the near and far depth clipping

planes. Both distances must be positive.

Description

glFrustum describes a perspective matrix that produces a perspective projection. (left, bottom, -near) and (right, top, -near) specify the points on the near clipping plane that are mapped to the lower left and upper right corners of the window, respectively, assuming that the eye is located at (0, 0, 0). -far specifies the location of the far clipping plane. Both near and far must be positive. The corresponding matrix is

                      |
   2 near | | ---------- |
 right-left 0 A 0 |
                      |
     0 2 near B 0 |
             ---------- |
         top-bottom |
     0 0 C D |
                      |
     0 0 -1 0 |

right+left

A = ---------- right-left

top+bottom

B = ---------- top-bottom

far+near

C = - -------- far-near

2 far near

D = - ---------- far-near

The current matrix is multiplied by this matrix with the result replacing the current matrix. That is, if M is the current matrix and F is the frustum perspective matrix, then M is replaced with M F.

Use glPushMatrix and glPopMatrix to save and restore the current matrix stack.

glGet

Name

glGetBooleanv, glGetDoublev, glGetFloatv, glGetIntegerv - return the value or values of a selected parameter

C Specification

void glGetBooleanv( GLenum pname,

GLboolean *params )

C Specification

void glGetDoublev( GLenum pname,

GLdouble *params )

C Specification

void glGetFloatv( GLenum pname,

GLfloat *params )

C Specification

void glGetIntegerv( GLenum pname,

GLint *params )

Parameters

pname Specifies the parameter value to be returned. The symbolic

constants in the list below are accepted.

params Returns the value or values of the specified parameter.

Description

These four commands return values for simple state variables in GL. pname is a symbolic constant indicating the state variable to be returned, and params is a pointer to an array of the indicated type in which to place the returned data.

Type conversion is performed if params has a different type than the state variable value being requested. If glGetBooleanv is called, a floating-point or integer value is converted to GL_FALSE if and only if it is zero. Otherwise, it is converted to GL_TRUE. If glGetIntegerv is called, Boolean values are returned as GL_TRUE or GL_FALSE, and most floating-point values are rounded to the nearest integer value. Floating-point colors and normals, however, are returned with a linear mapping that maps 1.0 to the most positive representable integer value, and -1.0 to the most negative representable integer value. If glGetFloatv or glGetDoublev is called, Boolean values are returned as GL_TRUE or GL_FALSE, and integer values are converted to floating-point values.

The following symbolic constants are accepted by pname:

GL_DEPTH_CLEAR_VALUE params returns one value, the value that is used

to clear the depth buffer. Integer values, if requested, are linearly mapped from the internal floating-point representation such that 1.0 returns the most positive representable integer value, and -1.0 returns the most negative representable integer value.

GL_DEPTH_FUNC params returns one value, the symbolic constant

that indicates the depth comparison function.

GL_DEPTH_TEST params returns a single Boolean value indicating

whether depth testing of fragments is enabled.

GL_LIGHTi params returns a single Boolean value indicating

whether the specified light is enabled. See glLight.

GL_LIGHTING params returns a single Boolean value indicating

whether lighting is enabled.

GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX params returns sixteen values: the modelview

matrix on the top of the modelview matrix stack. See glPushMatrix.

GL_MODELVIEW_STACK_DEPTH params returns one value, the number of matrices

on the modelview matrix stack. See glPushMatrix.

GL_NAME_STACK_DEPTH params returns one value, the number of names on

the selection name stack. See glPushMatrix.

GL_PROJECTION_MATRIX params returns sixteen values: the projection

matrix on the top of the projection matrix stack. See glPushMatrix.

GL_PROJECTION_STACK_DEPTH

params returns one value, the number of matrices on the projection matrix stack. See glPushMatrix.

GL_RENDER_MODE params returns one value, a symbolic constant

indicating whether the GL is in render, select, or feedback mode. See glRenderMode.

GL_RGBA_MODE params returns a single Boolean value indicating

whether the GL is in RGBA mode (true) or color index mode (false). See glColor.

glInitNames ==========

Name

glInitNames - initialize the name stack

C Specification

void glInitNames( void )

Description

The name stack is used during selection mode to allow sets of rendering commands to be uniquely identified. It consists of an ordered set of unsigned integers. glInitNames causes the name stack to be initialized to its default empty state.

The name stack is always empty while the render mode is not GL_SELECT. Calls to glInitNames while the render mode is not GL_SELECT are ignored.

glLight

Name

glLightf, glLighti, glLightfv, glLightiv - set light source parameters ==========

C Specification

void glLightf( GLenum light,

GLenum pname, GLfloat param )

void glLighti( GLenum light,

GLenum pname, GLint param )

Parameters

light Specifies a light. The number of lights is depends on the

implementation, but at least eight lights are supported. They are identified by symbolic names of the form GL_LIGHTi where 0 <= i < GL_MAX_LIGHTS.

pname Specifies a single-valued light source parameter for light.

GL_SPOT_EXPONENT, GL_SPOT_CUTOFF, GL_CONSTANT_ATTENUATION, GL_LINEAR_ATTENUATION , and GL_QUADRATIC_ATTENUATION are accepted.

param Specifies the value that parameter pname of light source light will

be set to.

C Specification

void glLightfv( GLenum light,

GLenum pname, const GLfloat *params )

void glLightiv( GLenum light,

GLenum pname, const GLint *params )

Parameters

light

Specifies a light. The number of lights depends on the implementation, but at least eight lights are supported. They are identified by symbolic names of the form GL_LIGHTi where 0 <= i < GL_MAX_LIGHTS.

pname

Specifies a light source parameter for light. GL_AMBIENT, GL_DIFFUSE, GL_SPECULAR, GL_POSITION, GL_SPOT_DIRECTION, GL_SPOT_EXPONENT, GL_SPOT_CUTOFF, GL_CONSTANT_ATTENUATION, GL_LINEAR_ATTENUATION, and GL_QUADRATIC_ATTENUATION are accepted.

params

Specifies a pointer to the value or values that parameter pname of light source light will be set to.

Description

glLight sets the values of individual light source parameters ==========. light names the light and is a symbolic name of the form GL_LIGHTi, where 0 <= i < GL_MAX_LIGHTS. pname specifies one of ten light source parameters ==========, again by symbolic name. params is either a single value or a pointer to an array that contains the new values.

Lighting calculation is enabled and disabled using glEnable and glDisable with argument GL_LIGHTING. When lighting is enabled, light sources that are enabled contribute to the lighting calculation. Light source i is enabled and disabled using glEnable and glDisable with argument GL_LIGHTi.

The ten light parameters ========== are as follows:

GL_AMBIENT params contains four integer or floating-point values

that specify the ambient RGBA intensity of the light. Integer values are mapped linearly such that the most positive representable value maps to 1.0, and the most negative representable value maps to -1.0. Floating-point values are mapped directly. Neither integer nor floating-point values are clamped. The default ambient light intensity is (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0).

GL_DIFFUSE params contains four integer or floating-point values

that specify the diffuse RGBA intensity of the light. Integer values are mapped linearly such that the most positive representable value maps to 1.0, and the most negative representable value maps to -1.0. Floating-point values are mapped directly. Neither integer nor floating-point values are clamped. The default diffuse intensity is (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0) for all lights other than light zero. The default diffuse intensity of light zero is (1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0).

GL_SPECULAR params contains four integer or floating-point values

that specify the specular RGBA intensity of the light. Integer values are mapped linearly such that the most positive representable value maps to 1.0, and the most negative representable value maps to -1.0. Floating-point values are mapped directly. Neither integer nor floating-point values are clamped. The default specular intensity is (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0) for all lights other than light zero. The default specular intensity of light zero is (1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0).

GL_POSITION params contains four integer or floating-point values

that specify the position of the light in homogeneous object coordinates. Both integer and floating-point values are mapped directly. Neither integer nor floating-point values are clamped.

The position is transformed by the modelview matrix when glLight is called (just as if it were a point), and it is stored in eye coordinates. If the w component of the position is 0.0, the light is treated as a directional source. Diffuse and specular lighting calculations take the light's direction, but not its actual position, into account, and attenuation is disabled. Otherwise, diffuse and specular lighting calculations are based on the actual location of the light in eye coordinates, and attenuation is enabled. The default position is (0,0,1,0); thus, the default light source is directional, parallel to, and in the direction of the -z axis.

glLineWidth ==========

Name

glLineWidth - specify the width of rasterized lines

C Specification

void glLineWidth( GLfloat width )

Parameters

width Specifies the width of rasterized lines. The default is 1.0.

Description

glLineWidth specifies the rasterized width of both aliased and antialiased lines. Using a line width other than 1.0 has different effects, depending on whether line antialiasing is enabled. Line antialiasing is controlled by calling glEnable and glDisable with argument GL_LINE_SMOOTH.

If line antialiasing is disabled, the actual width is determined by rounding the supplied width to the nearest integer. (If the rounding results in the value 0, it is as if the line width were 1.) If >= , i pixels are filled in each column that is rasterized, where i is the rounded value of width. Otherwise, i pixels are filled in each row that is rasterized.

If antialiasing is enabled, line rasterization produces a fragment for each pixel square that intersects the region lying within the rectangle having width equal to the current line width, length equal to the actual length of the line, and centered on the mathematical line segment. The coverage value for each fragment is the window coordinate area of the intersection of the rectangular region with the corresponding pixel square. This value is saved and used in the final rasterization step.

Not all widths can be supported when line antialiasing is enabled. If an unsupported width is requested, the nearest supported width is used. Only width 1.0 is guaranteed to be supported; others depend on the implementation. The range of supported widths and the size difference between supported widths within the range can be queried by calling glGet with arguments GL_LINE_WIDTH_RANGE and GL_LINE_WIDTH_GRANULARITY.

glLoadIdentity ==========

Name

glLoadIdentity - replace the current matrix with the identity matrix

C Specification

void glLoadIdentity( void )

Description

glLoadIdentity replaces the current matrix with the identity matrix. It is semantically equivalent to calling glLoadMatrix with the identity matrix

1 0 0 0 |
           |
0 1 0 0 |
0 0 1 0 |
           |
0 0 0 1 |

but in some cases it is more efficient.

glLoadName

Name

glLoadName - load a name onto the name stack

C Specification

void glLoadName( GLuint name )

Parameters

name Specifies a name that will replace the top value on the name stack.

Description

The name stack is used during selection mode to allow sets of rendering commands to be uniquely identified. It consists of an ordered set of unsigned integers. glLoadName causes name to replace the value on the top of the name stack, which is initially empty.

The name stack is always empty while the render mode is not GL_SELECT. Calls to glLoadName while the render mode is not GL_SELECT are ignored.

glMatrixMode ==========

Name

glMatrixMode - specify which matrix is the current matrix

C Specification

void glMatrixMode( GLenum mode )

Parameters

mode Specifies which matrix stack is the target for subsequent matrix

operations. Three values are accepted: GL_MODELVIEW, GL_PROJECTION, and GL_TEXTURE. The default value is GL_MODELVIEW.

Description

glMatrixMode sets the current matrix mode. mode can assume one of three values:

GL_MODELVIEW Applies subsequent matrix operations to the modelview

matrix stack.

GL_PROJECTION Applies subsequent matrix operations to the projection

matrix stack.

glOrtho

Name

glOrtho - multiply the current matrix by an orthographic matrix

C Specification

void glOrtho( GLdouble left,

GLdouble right, GLdouble bottom, GLdouble top, GLdouble near, GLdouble far )

Parameters

left, right Specify the coordinates for the left and right vertical

clipping planes.

bottom, top Specify the coordinates for the bottom and top horizontal

clipping planes.

near, far Specify the distances to the nearer and farther depth clipping

planes. These distances are negative if the plane is to be behind the viewer.

Description

glOrtho describes a perspective matrix that produces a parallel projection. (left, bottom, -near) and (right, top, -near) specify the points on the near clipping plane that are mapped to the lower left and upper right corners of the window, respectively, assuming that the eye is located at (0, 0, 0). -far specifies the location of the far clipping plane. Both near and far can be either positive or negative. The corresponding matrix is

    2 |

| | | 2 | | 0 ---------- 0 t | | top-bottom y | | | | | | 0 0 -2 | | -------- t | | far-near z | | | | 0 0 0 1 |

where

right+left

t = - ---------- x right-left

top+bottom

t = - ---------- y top-bottom

far+near

t = - -------- z far-near

The current matrix is multiplied by this matrix with the result replacing the current matrix. That is, if M is the current matrix and O is the ortho matrix, then M is replaced with M O.

Use glPushMatrix and glPopMatrix to save and restore the current matrix stack.

glPointSize ==========

Name

glPointSize - specify the diameter of rasterized points

C Specification

void glPointSize( GLfloat size )

Parameters

size Specifies the diameter of rasterized points. The default is 1.0.

Description

glPointSize specifies the rasterized diameter of both aliased and antialiased points. Using a point size other than 1.0 has different effects, depending on whether point antialiasing is enabled. Point antialiasing is controlled by calling glEnable and glDisable with argument GL_POINT_SMOOTH.

If point antialiasing is disabled, the actual size is determined by rounding the supplied size to the nearest integer. (If the rounding results in the value 0, it is as if the point size were 1.) If the rounded size is odd, then the center point (x, y) of the pixel fragment that represents the point is computed as

( floor(x )+.5, floor(y )+.5 )

w w

where w subscripts indicate window coordinates. All pixels that lie within the square grid of the rounded size centered at (x, y) make up the fragment. If the size is even, the center point is

( floor(x +.5), floor(y +.5) )

w w

and the rasterized fragment's centers are the half-integer window coordinates within the square of the rounded size centered at (x, y). All pixel fragments produced in rasterizing a nonantialiased point are assigned the same associated data, that of the vertex corresponding to the point.

If antialiasing is enabled, then point rasterization produces a fragment for each pixel square that intersects the region lying within the circle having diameter equal to the current point size and centered at the point's (x , y ). The coverage value for each fragment is the window coordinate w w area of the intersection of the circular region with the corresponding pixel square. This value is saved and used in the final rasterizatio step. The data associated with each fragment is the data associated with the point being rasterized.

Not all sizes are supported when point antialiasing is enabled. If an unsupported size is requested, the nearest supported size is used. Only size 1.0 is guaranteed to be supported; others depend on the implementation. The range of supported sizes and the size difference between supported sizes within the range can be queried by calling glGet with arguments GL_POINT_SIZE_RANGE and GL_POINT_SIZE_GRANULARITY.

glPushMatrix ==========

Name

glPushMatrix, glPopMatrix - push and pop the current matrix stack

C Specification

void glPushMatrix( void )

C Specification

void glPopMatrix( void )

Description

There is a stack of matrices for each of the matrix modes. In GL_MODELVIEW mode, the stack depth is at least 32. In the other two modes, GL_PROJECTION and GL_TEXTURE, the depth is at least 2. The current matrix in any mode is the matrix on the top of the stack for that mode.

glPushMatrix pushes the current matrix stack down by one, duplicating the current matrix. That is, after a glPushMatrix call, the matrix on the top of the stack is identical to the one below it.

glPopMatrix pops the current matrix stack, replacing the current matrix with the one below it on the stack.

Initially, each of the stacks contains one matrix, an identity matrix.

It is an error to push a full matrix stack, or to pop a matrix stack that contains only a single matrix. In either case, the error flag is set and no other change is made to GL state.

glPushName

Name

glPushName, glPopName - push and pop the name stack

C Specification

void glPushName( GLuint name )

Parameters

name Specifies a name that will be pushed onto the name stack.

C Specification

void glPopName( void )

Description

The name stack is used during selection mode to allow sets of rendering commands to be uniquely identified. It consists of an ordered set of unsigned integers. glPushName causes name to be pushed onto the name stack, which is initially empty. glPopName pops one name off the top of the stack.

It is an error to push a name onto a full stack, or to pop a name off an empty stack. It is also an error to manipulate the name stack between the execution of glBegin and the corresponding execution of glEnd. In any of these cases, the error flag is set and no other change is made to GL state.

The name stack is always empty while the render mode is not GL_SELECT. Calls to glPushName or glPopName while the render mode is not GL_SELECT are ignored.

glRenderMode ==========

Name

glRenderMode - set rasterization mode

C Specification

GLint glRenderMode( GLenum mode )

Parameters

mode Specifies the rasterization mode. Three values are accepted:

GL_RENDER, GL_SELECT, and GL_FEEDBACK. The default value is GL_RENDER.

Description

glRenderMode sets the rasterization mode. It takes one argument, mode, which can assume one of three predefined values:

GL_RENDER Render mode. Primitives are rasterized, producing pixel

fragments, which are written into the frame buffer. This is the normal mode and also the default mode.

GL_SELECT Selection mode. No pixel fragments are produced, and no

change to the frame buffer contents is made. Instead, a record of the names of primitives that would have been drawn if the render mode was GL_RENDER is returned in a select buffer, which must be created (see glSelectBuffer) before selection mode is entered.

The return value of glRenderMode is determined by the render mode at the time glRenderMode is called, rather than by mode. The values returned for the three render modes are as follows:

GL_RENDER Zero.

GL_SELECT The number of hit records transferred to the select buffer.

Refer to the glSelectBuffer and glFeedbackBuffer reference pages for more details concerning selection and feedback operation.

glRotate

Name

glRotated, glRotatef - multiply the current matrix by a rotation matrix

C Specification

void glRotated( GLdouble angle,

GLdouble x, GLdouble y, GLdouble z )

void glRotatef( GLfloat angle,

GLfloat x, GLfloat y, GLfloat z )

Parameters

angle Specifies the angle of rotation, in degrees.

x, y, z

Specify the x, y, and z coordinates of a vector, respectively.

Description

glRotate computes a matrix that performs a counterclockwise rotation of angle degrees about the vector from the origin through the point (x, y, z).

The current matrix (see glMatrixMode) is multiplied by this rotation matrix, with the product replacing the current matrix. That is, if M is the current matrix and R is the translation matrix, then M is replaced with M R.

If the matrix mode is either GL_MODELVIEW or GL_PROJECTION, all objects drawn after glRotate is called are rotated. Use glPushMatrix and glPopMatrix to save and restore the unrotated coordinate system.

glScale

Name

glScaled, glScalef - multiply the current matrix by a general scaling matrix

C Specification

void glScaled( GLdouble x,

GLdouble y, GLdouble z )

void glScalef( GLfloat x,

GLfloat y, GLfloat z )

Parameters

x, y, z

Specify scale factors along the x, y, and z axes, respectively.

Description

glScale produces a general scaling along the x, y, and z axes. The three arguments indicate the desired scale factors along each of the three axes. The resulting matrix is

 x 0 0 0 |
        |
 0 y 0 0 |
        |
 0 0 z 0 |
                          | 0 0 0 1 |

The current matrix (see glMatrixMode) is multiplied by this scale matrix, with the product replacing the current matrix. That is, if M is the current matrix and S is the scale matrix, then M is replaced with M S.

If the matrix mode is either GL_MODELVIEW or GL_PROJECTION, all objects drawn after glScale is called are scaled. Use glPushMatrix and glPopMatrix to save and restore the unscaled coordinate system.

glSelectBuffer ==========

Name

glSelectBuffer - establish a buffer for selection mode values

C Specification

void glSelectBuffer( GLsizei size,

GLuint *buffer )

Parameters

size Specifies the size of buffer.

buffer Returns the selection data.

Description

glSelectBuffer has two arguments: buffer is a pointer to an array of unsigned integers, and size indicates the size of the array. buffer returns values from the name stack (see glInitNames, glLoadName, glPushName) when the rendering mode is GL_SELECT (see glRenderMode). glSelectBuffer must be issued before selection mode is enabled, and it must not be issued while the rendering mode is GL_SELECT.

Selection is used by a programmer to determine which primitives are drawn into some region of a window. The region is defined by the current modelview and perspective matrices.

In selection mode, no pixel fragments are produced from rasterization. Instead, if a primitive intersects the clipping volume defined by the viewing frustum and the user-defined clipping planes, this primitive causes a selection hit. (With polygons, no hit occurs if the polygon is culled.) When a change is made to the name stack, or when glRenderMode is called, a hit record is copied to buffer if any hits have occurred since the last such event (name stack change or glRenderMode call). The hit record consists of the number of names in the name stack at the time of the event, followed by the minimum and maximum depth values of all vertices that hit since the previous event, followed by the name stack contents, bottom name first.

Returned depth values are mapped such that the largest unsigned integer value corresponds to window coordinate depth 1.0, and zero corresponds to window coordinate depth 0.0.

An internal index into buffer is reset to zero whenever selection mode is entered. Each time a hit record is copied into buffer, the index is incremented to point to the cell just past the end of the block of names -that is, to the next available cell. If the hit record is larger than the number of remaining locations in buffer, as much data as can fit is copied, and the overflow flag is set. If the name stack is empty when a hit record is copied, that record consists of zero followed by the minimum and maximum depth values.

Selection mode is exited by calling glRenderMode with an argument other than GL_SELECT. Whenever glRenderMode is called while the render mode is GL_SELECT, it returns the number of hit records copied to buffer, resets the overflow flag and the selection buffer pointer, and initializes the name stack to be empty. If the overflow bit was set when glRenderMode was called, a negative hit record count is returned.

glTranslate ==========

Name

glTranslated, glTranslatef - multiply the current matrix by a translation matrix

C Specification

void glTranslated( GLdouble x,

GLdouble y, GLdouble z )

void glTranslatef( GLfloat x,

GLfloat y, GLfloat z )

Parameters

x, y, z

Specify the x, y, and z coordinates of a translation vector.

Description

glTranslate moves the coordinate system origin to the point specified by (x,y,z). The translation vector is used to compute a 4x4 translation matrix:

1 0 0 x |
           |
0 1 0 y |
           |
0 0 1 z |
           |
0 0 0 1 |

The current matrix (see glMatrixMode) is multiplied by this translation matrix, with the product replacing the current matrix. That is, if M is the current matrix and T is the translation matrix, then M is replaced with M T.

If the matrix mode is either GL_MODELVIEW or GL_PROJECTION, all objects drawn after glTranslate is called are translated. Use glPushMatrix and glPopMatrix to save and restore the untranslated coordinate system.

glVertex

Name

glVertex2d, glVertex2f, glVertex2i, glVertex2s, glVertex3d, glVertex3f, glVertex3i, glVertex3s, glVertex4d, glVertex4f, glVertex4i, glVertex4s, glVertex2dv, glVertex2fv, glVertex2iv, glVertex2sv, glVertex3dv, glVertex3fv, glVertex3iv, glVertex3sv, glVertex4dv, glVertex4fv, glVertex4iv, glVertex4sv - specify a vertex

C Specification

void glVertex2d( GLdouble x,

GLdouble y )

void glVertex2f( GLfloat x,

GLfloat y )

void glVertex2i( GLint x,

GLint y )

void glVertex2s( GLshort x,

GLshort y )

void glVertex3d( GLdouble x,

GLdouble y, GLdouble z )

void glVertex3f( GLfloat x,

GLfloat y, GLfloat z )

void glVertex3i( GLint x,

GLint y, GLint z )

void glVertex3s( GLshort x,

GLshort y, GLshort z )

void glVertex4d( GLdouble x,

GLdouble y, GLdouble z, GLdouble w )

void glVertex4f( GLfloat x,

GLfloat y, GLfloat z, GLfloat w )

void glVertex4i( GLint x,

GLint y, GLint z, GLint w )

void glVertex4s( GLshort x,

GLshort y, GLshort z, GLshort w )

Parameters

x, y, z, w

Specify x, y, z, and w coordinates of a vertex. Not all parameters ========== are present in all forms of the command.

C Specification

void glVertex2dv( const GLdouble v ) void glVertex2fv( const GLfloatv ) void glVertex2iv( const GLint v ) void glVertex2sv( const GLshortv ) void glVertex3dv( const GLdouble v ) void glVertex3fv( const GLfloatv ) void glVertex3iv( const GLint v ) void glVertex3sv( const GLshortv ) void glVertex4dv( const GLdouble v ) void glVertex4fv( const GLfloatv ) void glVertex4iv( const GLint v ) void glVertex4sv( const GLshortv )

Parameters

v Specifies a pointer to an array of two, three, or four elements. The

elements of a two-element array are x and y; of a three-element array, x, y, and z; and of a four-element array, x, y, z, and w.

Description ========== glVertex commands are used within glBegin/glEnd pairs to specify point, line, and polygon vertices. The current color, normal, and texture coordinates are associated with the vertex when glVertex is called.

When only x and y are specified, z defaults to 0.0 and w defaults to 1.0. When x, y, and z are specified, w defaults to 1.0.

glViewport

Name

glViewport - set the viewport

C Specification

void glViewport( GLint x,

GLint y, GLsizei width, GLsizei height )

Parameters

x, y Specify the lower left corner of the viewport rectangle, in pixels.

The default is (0,0).

width, height

Specify the width and height, respectively, of the viewport. When a GL context is first attached to a window, width and height are set to the dimensions of that window.

Description

glViewport specifies the affine transformation of x and y from normalized device coordinates to window coordinates. Let (x , y ) be normalized nd nd device coordinates. Then the window coordinates x , y ) are computed as follows: w w

width

x = (x +1)----- + x
w nd

height

y = (y +1)------ + y

w nd 2

Viewport width and height are silently clamped to a range that depends on the implementation. This range is queried by calling glGet with argument GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS.

gluLookAt

Name

gluLookAt - define a viewing transformation

C Specification

void gluLookAt( GLdouble eyex,

GLdouble eyey, GLdouble eyez, GLdouble centerx, GLdouble centery, GLdouble centerz, GLdouble upx, GLdouble upy, GLdouble upz )

Parameters

eyex, eyey, eyez

Specifies the position of the eye point.

centerx, centery, centerz

Specifies the position of the reference point.

upx, upy, upz Specifies the direction of the up vector.

Description

gluLookAt creates a viewing matrix derived from an eye point, a reference point indicating the center of the scene, and an up vector. The matrix maps the reference point to the negative z axis and the eye point to the origin, so that, when a typical projection matrix is used, the center of the scene maps to the center of the viewport. Similarly, the direction described by the up vector projected onto the viewing plane is mapped to the positive y axis so that it points upward in the viewport. The up vector must not be parallel to the line of sight from the eye to the reference point.

The matrix generated by gluLookAt postmultiplies the current matrix.

gluPickMatrix ==========

Name

gluPickMatrix - define a picking region

C Specification

void gluPickMatrix( GLdouble x,

GLdouble y, GLdouble width, GLdouble height, GLint viewport[4] )

Parameters

x, y Specify the center of a picking region in window coordinates.

width, height

Specify the width and height, respectively, of the picking region in window coordinates.

viewport

Specifies the current viewport (as from a glGetIntegerv call).

Description

gluPickMatrix creates a projection matrix that can be used to restrict drawing to a small region of the viewport. This is typically useful to determine what objects are being drawn near the cursor. Use gluPickMatrix to restrict drawing to a small region around the cursor. Then, enter selection mode (with glRenderMode and rerender the scene. All primitives that would have been drawn near the cursor are identified and stored in the selection buffer.

The matrix created by gluPickMatrix is multiplied by the current matrix just as if glMultMatrix is called with the generated matrix. To effectively use the generated pick matrix for picking, first call glLoadIdentity to load an identity matrix onto the perspective matrix stack. Then call gluPickMatrix, and finally, call a command (such as glOrtho) to multiply the perspective matrix by the pick matrix.

When using gluPickMatrix to pick NURBS, be careful to turn off the NURBS property GLU_AUTO_LOAD_MATRIX. If GLU_AUTO_LOAD_MATRIX is not turned off, then any NURBS surface rendered is subdivided differently with the pick matrix than the way it was subdivided without the pick matrix.

Example

When rendering a scene as follows:

glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION); glLoadIdentity(); glOrtho(...); glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW); /* Draw the scene */

a portion of the viewport can be selected as a pick region like this:

glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION); glLoadIdentity(); gluPickMatrix(x, y, width, height, viewport); glOrtho(...); glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW); /* Draw the scene */

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