Lighting and viewing

[aus79er]

I have a 3D object which i am displaying using triangles.
The problem I am facing is that the object doesn't look 3D.
what are the steps i should take to enhance the view.
Can anybody explain me the steps in detail.

Also I have problem regarding calculating the normal to the surface.Its ok for flat surface,but the top surface of cube is not flat,but its a sculptured surface(uneven)...how should i go about find the normal.

Thanks in advance,
aus

[ThinIce]

Add this before you start drawing the triangles:

glRotatef(10,1,0,0);

That should change your perspective a bit. Of course you'll need mroe information than this. I wuol reccomend you look at the great tutorials at:
http://NeHe.GameDev.Net

[zed]

http://www.xmission.com/~nate/smooth.html