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glFrustum(3G) OpenGL Reference glFrustum(3G)
NAME
glFrustum - multiply the current matrix by a perspective matrix
C SPECIFICATION
void glFrustum( GLdouble left,
GLdouble right,
GLdouble bottom,
GLdouble top,
GLdouble near,
GLdouble far )
PARAMETERS
left, right Specify the coordinates for the left and right vertical
clipping planes.
bottom, top Specify the coordinates for the bottom and top horizontal
clipping planes.
near, far Specify the distances to the near and far depth clipping
planes. Both distances must be positive.
DESCRIPTION
glFrustum describes a perspective matrix that produces a perspective
projection. (left, bottom, -near) and (right, top, -near) specify the
points on the near clipping plane that are mapped to the lower left and
upper right corners of the window, respectively, assuming that the eye is
located at (0, 0, 0). -far specifies the location of the far clipping
plane. Both near and far must be positive. The corresponding matrix is
( )
| |
| __________ |
| right-left 0 A 0 |
| |
| 0 __________ B 0 |
| top-bottom |
| 0 0 C D |
| |
( 0 0 -1 0 )
A = __________
right-left
B = __________
top-bottom
C = -________
far-near
D = -__________
far-near
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glFrustum(3G) OpenGL Reference glFrustum(3G)
The current matrix is multiplied by this matrix with the result replacing
the current matrix. That is, if M is the current matrix and F is the
frustum perspective matrix, then M is replaced with M o F.
Use glPushMatrix and glPopMatrix to save and restore the current matrix
stack.
NOTES
Depth buffer precision is affected by the values specified for near and
far. The greater the ratio of far to near is, the less effective the
depth buffer will be at distinguishing between surfaces that are near
each other. If
r = ____
near
roughly log r bits of depth buffer precision are lost. Because r
approaches infinity as near approaches zero, near must never be set to
zero.
ERRORS
GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if near or far is not positive.
GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if glFrustum is executed between the
execution of glBegin and the corresponding execution of glEnd.
ASSOCIATED GETS
glGet with argument GL_MATRIX_MODE
glGet with argument GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX
glGet with argument GL_PROJECTION_MATRIX
glGet with argument GL_TEXTURE_MATRIX
SEE ALSO
glOrtho, glMatrixMode, glMultMatrix, glPushMatrix, glViewport
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