View Full Version : Drawing a cylinder 07-22-2001, 08:25 AM I
have used the gluCylinder function, but was wondering if there
was source code available somewhere that draws a cylinder in
OpenGL using the OpenGL primatives. Any suggestions would be
appreciated, thanks! draw a 2d circle eg with sin+cos + just
give it some height 07-22-2001, 10:27 PM All the source code is
included, so you can have a look at all the source code
including gluCylinder. 07-25-2001, 02:44 PM I think what I would
do is first decide how many sides you want it to have, 6 sides
8, 10,100? Then draw 2 flat polygons with that many sides, those
will be the top and bottom (for a solid cylinder). Next draw
quads from each top vertex to its corresponding bottom vertex.
Continue all around and there is your cylinder. Not sure if this
would work let us know how it goes. [This message has been
edited by element (edited 07-27-2001).] 07-28-2001, 10:37 AM
Thanks everyone! I got it...appreciate the help! 07-29-2001,
09:27 PM maybe instead of glutCyl