Computer Graphics CS 385 February 7, 2005
Jan 02, 2016
Fundamentals of OpenGl and Glut
Today we will go through the basics of a minimal OpenGl Glut project, explaining the role of each piece of the code.
#include <GL/glut.h>
• Includes gl.h and glu.h.
• Contains all the Glut constant definitions
• Contains all the Glut function declarations
• Put glut.h in the GL sub-directory of your compilers include directory
main
The main function takes two (optional) parameters
• int argc • char* argv[] or char** argvargc is the number of parameters passed to the
main function argv[] is an array of strings containing those
parameters
glutInit
glutInit initializes the GLUT library. It takes two parameters from the main function.
The declaration of glutInit is
void glutInit(int *argcp, char **argv);
In addition to initializing the GLUT library, glutInit will negociate a session with the window system.
glutCreateWindow
• Creates a top-level window
• Declaration:
int glutCreateWindow(char *name);
• name is registered with the windowing system and also is used as a lable for the window.
• The integer returned is an id to identify the window in a multi-window situation.
glutDisplayFunc
• glutDisplayFunc sets the display callback for the current window.
• Declaration
void glutDisplayFunc(void (*func)(void));
• This might look odd to you.
• Let’s review function pointers.
Function Pointers
• In C++ you cannot pass a function in as a parameter to another function.
• Instead, C++ allows you to pass in a pointer to the function.
• Lets review function pointers. Here is and example:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void call(int (*func)(int i), int i){
cout << func(i) << endl;}
int square(int i){
return i*i;}
int main(){
call(square, 3);return 0;
}
init()
The init() function is not a GLUT or GL function. It is our own customed made function which contains the code to set up the OpenGL environment.
Typically, in this function we pu these lines like these
• glClearColor(1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0);• glColor3f(1.0,0.0,0.0);
glutMainLoop()
• Declaration
void glutMainLoop(void); • glutMainLoop enters the GLUT event processing
loop. • This routine should be called at most once in a
GLUT program. Once called, this routine will never return. It will call as necessary any callbacks that have been registered
glPointSize
• Declaration
void glPointSize( GLfloat size )
• specify the diameter of rasterized points in pixels
Line Width
• Declaration
void glLineWidth( GLfloat width )
• Specifies the width of rasterized lines.
• The width is in pixels
• The default is one.
Lines
• GL_LINES works with pairs of consecutive points. If you give it three points, it will ignore the third.
• To connect three, use GL_LINE_STRIPS
• This has other properties too.
Line Strips
glBegin(GL_LINE_STRIP);
glVertex2f(-1.0,0.0);
glVertex2f(0.0,-1.0);
glVertex2f(1.0,0);
glEnd();
Line Strips
• In general, GL_LINE_STRIP will start at the first point, draw a lines segment to the next point, then to the next all the way to the last point. It will NOT however, connect the last point back to the first point.
• For this you need GL_LINE_LOOP
Line Loops
glBegin(GL_LINE_LOOP);
glVertex2f(-.5.0,0.0);
glVertex2f(0.0,-.5.0);
glVertex2f(.5.0,0.0);
glEnd();
Experiment
glBegin( PARAMETER GOES HERE );
glVertex2f(-.5.0,0.0);
glVertex2f(0.0,-.5.0);
glVertex2f(.5.0,0.0);
glEnd();
Try the above code with GL_POINTS, GL_LINES, GL_LINE_STRIP, GL_LINE_LOOP AND GL_POLYGON