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glShadeModel
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glShadeModel
glShadeModel
: select flat or smooth shading.
C Specification
void glShadeModel(
GLenum mode)
Parameters
mode
Specifies a symbolic value representing a shading technique. Accepted
values are GL_FLAT and GL_SMOOTH. The initial value is
GL_SMOOTH.
Description
GL primitives can have either flat or smooth shading. Smooth shading, the default,
causes the computed colors of vertices to be interpolated as the primitive is rasterized,
typically assigning different colors to each resulting pixel fragment. Flat shading selects
the computed color of just one vertex and assigns it to all the pixel fragments generated
by rasterizing a single primitive. In either case, the computed color of a vertex is the
result of lighting if lighting is enabled, or it is the current color at the time the vertex
was specified if lighting is disabled.
Flat and smooth shading are indistinguishable for points. Starting when glBegin is
issued and counting vertices and primitives from 1, the GL gives each flat-shaded line
segment i the computed color of vertex i + 1, its second vertex. Counting similarly from
1, the GL gives each flat-shaded polygon the computed color of the vertex listed in the
following table. This is the last vertex to specify the polygon in all cases except single
polygons, where the first vertex specifies the flat-shaded color.
Flat and smooth shading are specified by glShadeModel with mode set to GL_FLAT and
GL_SMOOTH, respectively.
Primitive Type of Polygon i
Vertex
Single polygon (i
≡
1)
1
Triangle strip
i + 2
Triangle fan
i + 2
Independent triangle
3i
Quad strip
2i + 2
Independent quad
4i
Summary of Contents for c3700 - Workstation
Page 9: ...Chapter 1 9 1 A ...
Page 18: ...A glArrayElement Chapter 1 18 glNormalPointer glTexCoordPointer glVertexPointer ...
Page 19: ...Chapter 2 19 2 B ...
Page 40: ...B gluBuild2DMipmaps Chapter 2 40 ...
Page 41: ...Chapter 3 41 3 C ...
Page 49: ...C glXChooseVisual Chapter 3 49 See Also glXCreateContext glXGetConfig ...
Page 73: ...C glCopyPixels Chapter 3 73 glReadBuffer glReadPixels glStencilFunc ...
Page 84: ...C glCopyTexSubImage2D Chapter 3 84 glTexParameter glTexSubImage1D glTexSubImage2D ...
Page 93: ...Chapter 4 93 4 D ...
Page 99: ...D glDeleteTextures Chapter 4 99 glTexImage1D glTexImage2D glTexParameter ...
Page 127: ...Chapter 5 127 5 E ...
Page 148: ...E glEvalPoint Chapter 5 148 ...
Page 149: ...Chapter 6 149 6 F ...
Page 161: ...Chapter 7 161 7 G ...
Page 164: ...G glGenTextures Chapter 7 164 glTexImage1D glTexImage2D glTexParameter ...
Page 207: ...G glGetPointer Chapter 7 207 glSelectBuffer glTexCoordPointer glVertexPointer ...
Page 225: ...Chapter 8 225 8 H ...
Page 228: ...H glHint Chapter 8 228 ...
Page 229: ...Chapter 9 229 9 I ...
Page 248: ...I glIsTexture Chapter 9 248 ...
Page 249: ...Chapter 10 249 10 L ...
Page 256: ...L glLightModel Chapter 10 256 See Also glLight glMaterial ...
Page 271: ...Chapter 11 271 11 M ...
Page 291: ...Chapter 12 291 12 N ...
Page 312: ...N gluNurbsSurface Chapter 12 312 ...
Page 313: ...Chapter 13 313 13 O ...
Page 317: ...Chapter 14 317 14 P ...
Page 360: ...P glPushName Chapter 14 360 See Also glInitNames glLoadName glRenderMode glSelectBuffer ...
Page 362: ...P gluPwlCurve Chapter 14 362 ...
Page 363: ...Chapter 15 363 15 Q ...
Page 372: ...Q glXQueryVersion Chapter 15 372 glXQueryVersion ...
Page 373: ...Chapter 16 373 16 R ...
Page 390: ...R glRotate Chapter 16 390 ...
Page 391: ...Chapter 17 391 17 S ...
Page 397: ...S glScissor Chapter 17 397 See Also glEnable glViewport ...
Page 409: ...Chapter 18 409 18 T ...
Page 448: ...T glTexImage3DEXT Chapter 18 448 glTexGen glTexImage1D glTexImage2D glTexParameter ...
Page 457: ...T glTexSubImage1D Chapter 18 457 glTexImage2D glTexParameter glTexSubImage2D ...
Page 465: ...T glTranslate Chapter 18 465 See Also glMatrixMode glMultMatrix glPushMatrix glScale ...
Page 466: ...T glTranslate Chapter 18 466 ...
Page 467: ...Chapter 19 467 19 U ...
Page 469: ...U gluUnProject Chapter 19 469 See Also glGet gluProject ...
Page 471: ...U glXUseXFont Chapter 19 471 See Also glBitmap glXMakeCurrent ...
Page 472: ...U glXUseXFont Chapter 19 472 ...
Page 473: ...Chapter 20 473 20 V ...
Page 482: ...V glVisibilityBufferhp Chapter 20 482 ...
Page 483: ...Chapter 21 483 21 W ...
Page 486: ...W glXWaitX Chapter 21 486 ...