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GLUQUADRICORIENTATIO(3G) OpenGL Manual GLUQUADRICORIENTATIO(3G)

NAME

gluQuadricOrientation - specify inside/outside orientation for quadrics

C SPECIFICATION

void gluQuadricOrientation(GLUquadric* quad, GLenum orientation);

PARAMETERS

quad

Specifies the quadrics object (created with gluNewQuadric()).

orientation

Specifies the desired orientation. Valid values are GLU_OUTSIDE and GLU_INSIDE.

DESCRIPTION

gluQuadricOrientation specifies what kind of orientation is desired for quadrics rendered with quad. The orientation values are as follows:

GLU_OUTSIDE

Quadrics are drawn with normals pointing outward (the initial value).

GLU_INSIDE

Quadrics are drawn with normals pointing inward.

Note that the interpretation of outward and inward depends on the quadric being drawn.

SEE ALSO

gluNewQuadric(), gluQuadricDrawStyle(), gluQuadricNormals(), gluQuadricTexture()

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1991-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI Free Software B License. For details, see http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/.

AUTHORS

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05/02/2014 opengl.org