GLUT and Red Book samples
Much of the sample code written for OpenGL uses Mark Kilgard's GL Utility Toolkit (GLUT). GLUT provides essential services like window and input support, but using the windowing callbacks may cause VB to crash.
The samples on this page all use 'glxCtl', an ocx which
emulates enough of the GLUT functionality to make porting samples fairly
painless. The ocx handles the gl setup and fires 'Display', 'Reshape', and key
and mouse events. This ocx is used in conjuction with a template project which
has all the boilerplate code for responding to the control's events. Together,
the ocx and project comprise a working OpenGL app to which you add code for
drawing. A tutorial on this site further explains the process of translating
GLUT samples to VB.
These
samples do not include the ocx, you must download it separately.
New or updated as of 3/99:
TriSelect.zip (5K) -
an adapation of a GLUT feedback example.
Surface.zip (5K) -
a port of a Red Book nurbs example.
Feedback.zip (5K) -
a port of the Red Book feedback example.
TexSurface.zip (5K) - a port of a Red Book nurbs example.
New or updated as of 2/99:
Lorentz.zip (9K) -
animation of particles stuck in a Lorenz attractor.
Offset.zip
(9K) - shows how to use glPolygonOffset.
New or updated as of 11/98:
Billboard.zip (7K)
- demonstrates billboarding.
glPuzzle.zip (16K)
- demonstrates picking.
Rainbow.zip (5K) -
demonstrates palette animation.
Wave.zip (7K) -
demonstrates contouring an animated mesh.
Index.zip (7K) - a
simple test of color index mode.
Teapot.zip (6K) -
draws a teapot
Quad.zip (27K) -
demonstrates the effect of various gluQuadric parameters
Nurbs.zip
(5K) - a simple NURBS demo.
Logo.zip (8K) - demonstrates textures and a clipping
plane
Caustics.zip (1691K) - demonstrates the use of '.rgb'
and '.bw' image files.
Caustics2.zip (12K)
- code only, if you already have the image files. You must get the image files
from the main GLUT site.
Please send suggestions, bug reports, and such to: edx@pacific.net.hk