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zclear()  —  Silicon Graphics

NAME

zclear − initializes the z-buffer

SPECIFICATION

C
zclear()

FORTRAN
subroutine zclear

Pascal
procedure zclear;

DESCRIPTION

zclear loads the z-buffer with the largest possible positive integer.  This is done most frequently when z-buffer mode is entered to clear the buffer so that primitives drawn in z-buffer mode are only affected by each other. 

SEE ALSO

zbuffer IRIS Graphics Programming, Section 12.1, Z-Buffer Mode

Version 2.5r1  —  October 29, 1986

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