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user469652
user469652

Reputation: 51241

Opengl: how to make this triangle centred on the window

#include <GL/glut.h>

GLint winWidth = 600, winHeight = 600;

GLfloat x0 = 100.0, y0 = 100.0, z0 = 50.0;
GLfloat xref = 50, yref = 50.0, zref = 0.0;
GLfloat Vx = 0.0, Vy = 1.0,  Vz = 0.0;
GLfloat xwMin = -40.0, ywMin = -60.0, xwMax = 40.0, ywMax = 60.0;
GLfloat dnear = 25.0, dfar = 125.0;

void init (void)
{   
    glClearColor (1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0);

    //glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
    //gluLookAt(x0, y0, z0, xref, yref, zref, Vx, Vy, Vz);

    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
    glLoadIdentity();
    //glOrtho(0,1,0,1, 0,0.1);
    //gluOrtho2D(0, 1,0,1);
    //gluPerspective(45, 1.2, 1, 10);
    glFrustum(0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1);
    //gluPerspective(45.0, 1, 1, 15);
}

void displayFcn (void)
{
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

    glColor3f(0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
    //glPolygonMode(GL_FRONT, GL_FILL);
    //glPolygonMode(GL_BACK, GL_FILL);

    glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
        glVertex3f(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
        glVertex3f(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
        glVertex3f(0.5, 1.0, 0.0);
    glEnd();

    glFlush();
}

void reshapeFcn(GLint newWidth, GLint newHeight)
{
    glViewport(0,0,newWidth, newHeight);

    winWidth = newWidth;
    winHeight = newHeight;

}
void main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    glutInit(&argc, argv);
    glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_SINGLE|GLUT_RGB);
    glutInitWindowPosition(400,200);
    glutInitWindowSize(winWidth, winHeight);
    glutCreateWindow("Test");

    init();
    glutDisplayFunc(displayFcn);
    glutReshapeFunc(reshapeFcn);
    glutMainLoop();
}

This is the full source code, you can copy and paste to your VS solution and compile. You'll need to have glut installed.

The result comes up like this: enter image description here

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3602

Answers (4)

Bahbar
Bahbar

Reputation: 18015

It looks like you're trying to use glFrustum where you want to use glOrtho

glFrustum is supposed to be used for generating a perspective matrix. zNear is never 0. The way you call it right now generates an error GL_INVALID_VALUE, so you get the default projection matrix, the identity.

Upvotes: 0

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 6128

The default perspective for OpenGL is the origin centered and the window x and y ranging from -1 to 1. You can either change this by changing the default viewing volume or changing the coordinates of your triangle.

Either

glTranslatef(-.5f, -.5f, .0f);

or 

glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
glVertex3f(-.5, -.5, 0.0);
glVertex3f(.50, -.5, 0.0);
glVertex3f(0, .5, 0.0);
glEnd();

will work.

Upvotes: 0

Joshua Smith
Joshua Smith

Reputation: 6621

The center of the window is 0,0 in opengl. So, when you calculate the vertices, you have to calculate them such that the center of the triangle is 0,0. 

glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
        glVertex3f(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
        glVertex3f(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
        glVertex3f(0.5, 1.0, 0.0);
glEnd();

those coords will need to be updated, you can find a discussion on finding the centers of triangles at this question: finding center of 2D triangle which sounds like it's from a similar homework assignment.

Upvotes: 1

Ben Voigt
Ben Voigt

Reputation: 283634

glTranslatef(-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f);

Upvotes: 0

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