gluQuadricNormals

specify what kind of normals are desired for quadrics

C Specification

void gluQuadricNormals(GLUquadric*  quad,
 GLenum  normal);

Parameters

quad

Specifies the quadrics object (created with gluNewQuadric).

normal

Specifies the desired type of normals. Valid values are GLU_NONE, GLU_FLAT, and GLU_SMOOTH.

Description

gluQuadricNormals specifies what kind of normals are desired for quadrics rendered with quad. The legal values are as follows:

GLU_NONE

No normals are generated.

GLU_FLAT

One normal is generated for every facet of a quadric.

GLU_SMOOTH

One normal is generated for every vertex of a quadric. This is the initial value.

See Also

gluNewQuadric, gluQuadricDrawStyle, gluQuadricOrientation, gluQuadricTexture

Copyright

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