glunurbscurve(3)
NAME
gluNurbsCurve - define the shape of a NURBS curve
C SPECIFICATION
- void gluNurbsCurve( GLUnurbs* nurb,
- GLint knotCount,
GLfloat *knots,
GLint stride,
GLfloat *control,
GLint order,
GLenum type )
PARAMETERS
- nurb Specifies the NURBS object (created with
- gluNewNurbsRenderer).
- knotCount Specifies the number of knots in knots. knotCount equals
- the number of control points plus the order.
- knots Specifies an array of knotCount nondecreasing knot values.
- stride Specifies the offset (as a number of single-precision float
- ing-point values) between successive curve control points.
- control Specifies a pointer to an array of control points. The coor
- dinates must agree with type, specified below.
- order Specifies the order of the NURBS curve. order equals degree
- + 1, hence a cubic curve has an order of 4.
- type Specifies the type of the curve. If this curve is defined
- within a gluBeginCurve/gluEndCurve pair, then the type can be any of the valid one-dimensional evaluator types (such as GL_MAP1_VERTEX_3 or GL_MAP1_COLOR_4). Between a gluBeginTrim/gluEndTrim pair, the only valid types are GLU_MAP1_TRIM_2 and GLU_MAP1_TRIM_3.
DESCRIPTION
Use gluNurbsCurve to describe a NURBS curve.
When gluNurbsCurve appears between a gluBeginCurve/gluEndCurve pair, it is used to describe a curve to be rendered. Positional, texture, and color coordinates are associated by presenting each as a separate gluNurbsCurve between a gluBeginCurve/gluEndCurve pair. No more than one call to gluNurbsCurve for each of color, position, and texture data can be made within a single gluBeginCurve/gluEndCurve pair. Exactly one call must be made to describe the position of the curve (a type of GL_MAP1_VERTEX_3 or GL_MAP1_VERTEX_4).
When gluNurbsCurve appears between a gluBeginTrim/gluEndTrim pair, it is used to describe a trimming curve on a NURBS surface. If type is GLU_MAP1_TRIM_2, then it describes a curve in two-dimensional (u and v) parameter space. If it is GLU_MAP1_TRIM_3, then it describes a curve in two-dimensional homogeneous (u, v, and w) parameter space. See the gluBeginTrim reference page for more discussion about trimming curves.
EXAMPLE
The following commands render a textured NURBS curve with normals:
- gluBeginCurve(nobj);
- gluNurbsCurve(nobj, ..., GL_MAP1_TEXTURE_COORD_2);
gluNurbsCurve(nobj, ..., GL_MAP1_NORMAL);
gluNurbsCurve(nobj, ..., GL_MAP1_VERTEX_4); gluEndCurve(nobj);
NOTES
To define trim curves which stitch well, use gluPwlCurve.