gluBeginSurface(3G) OpenGL Reference gluBeginSurface(3G)
NAME
gluBeginSurface, gluEndSurface - delimit a NURBS surface definition
C SPECIFICATION
void gluBeginSurface( GLUnurbs* nurb )
void gluEndSurface( GLUnurbs* nurb )
PARAMETERS
nurb Specifies the NURBS object (created with gluNewNurbsRenderer).
DESCRIPTION
Use gluBeginSurface to mark the beginning of a NURBS surface definition.
After calling gluBeginSurface, make one or more calls to gluNurbsSurface
to define the attributes of the surface. Exactly one of these calls to
gluNurbsSurface must have a surface type of GLMAP2VERTEX3 or
GLMAP2VERTEX4. To mark the end of the NURBS surface definition, call
gluEndSurface.
Trimming of NURBS surfaces is supported with gluBeginTrim, gluPwlCurve,
gluNurbsCurve, and gluEndTrim. Refer to the gluBeginTrim reference page
for details.
OpenGL evaluators are used to render the NURBS surface as a set of
polygons. Evaluator state is preserved during rendering with
glPushAttrib(GLEVALBIT) and glPopAttrib(). See the glPushAttrib
reference page for details on exactly what state these calls preserve.
EXAMPLE
The following commands render a textured NURBS surface with normals; the
texture coordinates and normals are also described as NURBS surfaces:
gluBeginSurface(nobj);
gluNurbsSurface(nobj, ..., GL_MAP2_TEXTURE_COORD_2);
gluNurbsSurface(nobj, ..., GL_MAP2_NORMAL);
gluNurbsSurface(nobj, ..., GL_MAP2_VERTEX_4);
gluEndSurface(nobj);
SEE ALSO
gluBeginCurve, gluBeginTrim, gluNewNurbsRenderer, gluNurbsCurve,
gluNurbsSurface, gluPwlCurve
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