glShadeModel example c/c++ java

Name

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 of glShadeModel

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.(glShadeModel)
Flat and smooth shading are indistinguishable for points. Starting at the beginning of the vertex array 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 vertex i + 2, which is the last vertex to specify the polygon.
Flat and smooth shading are specified by glShadeModel with mode set to GL_FLAT and GL_SMOOTH, respectively.

Errors

GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if mode is any value other than GL_FLAT or GL_SMOOTH.

Copyright

Copyright © 2003 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
This document is licensed under the SGI Free Software B License. For details, see http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/.

See Also

glColor, glColorPointer, glLight, glLightModel, glMaterial

Example of glShadeModel

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/*
 *  double.c
 *  This is a simple double buffered program.
 *  Pressing the left mouse button rotates the rectangle.
 *  Pressing the middle mouse button stops the rotation.
 */
#include <GL/glut.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

static GLfloat spin = 0.0;

void display(void)
{
   glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
   glPushMatrix();
   glRotatef(spin, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
   glColor3f(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
   glRectf(-25.0, -25.0, 25.0, 25.0);
   glPopMatrix();

   glutSwapBuffers();
}

void spinDisplay(void)
{
   spin = spin + 2.0;
   if (spin > 360.0)
      spin = spin - 360.0;
   glutPostRedisplay();
}

void init(void)
{
   glClearColor (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
   glShadeModel (GL_FLAT);
}

void reshape(int w, int h)
{
   glViewport (0, 0, (GLsizei) w, (GLsizei) h);
   glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
   glLoadIdentity();
   glOrtho(-50.0, 50.0, -50.0, 50.0, -1.0, 1.0);
   glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
   glLoadIdentity();
}

void mouse(int button, int state, int x, int y)
{
   switch (button) {
      case GLUT_LEFT_BUTTON:
         if (state == GLUT_DOWN)
            glutIdleFunc(spinDisplay);
         break;
      case GLUT_MIDDLE_BUTTON:
      case GLUT_RIGHT_BUTTON:
         if (state == GLUT_DOWN)
            glutIdleFunc(NULL);
         break;
      default:
         break;
   }
}
  
/*
 *  Request double buffer display mode.
 *  Register mouse input callback functions
 */
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
   glutInit(&argc, argv);
   glutInitDisplayMode (GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_RGB);
   glutInitWindowSize (250, 250);
   glutInitWindowPosition (100, 100);
   glutCreateWindow (argv[0]);
   init ();
   glutDisplayFunc(display);
   glutReshapeFunc(reshape);
   glutMouseFunc(mouse);
   glutMainLoop();
   return 0;   /* ANSI C requires main to return int. */
}