gl_quad_strip

[Jiggered]

I'm having trouble with my gl_quad_strip loop which draws a cylinder, It draws the cylinder just fine, with the right height and radius.

The problem I am having is that it the angle of it is completely wrong, its rotated around and I'm struggling to fix it.




glBegin(GL_QUAD_STRIP);
for (int i = 0; i <= number_of_sides; i++) {

float angle = i*((1.0/number_of_sides) * (2*PI));

glNormal3d(cos(angle),sin(angle),0);
glVertex3d( radius*cos(angle), radius*sin(angle), height);
glVertex3d( radius*cos(angle), radius*sin(angle), 0);
}
glEnd();

[Carmine]

An easy fix would be to put a glRotate command before the glBegin.

You could also try switching the X and Y coordinates in the glNormal and glVertex commands.

So forth and so on .....

[Jiggered]

I tried a glRotatef and it didn't make a difference.

And I'm not sure what you mean by switching the X and Y coordinates, switch them to what?

[mrmoo]

If you want the cylinder to be vertical, you need to switch the Y and Z values. OpenGL is Y-up with Z coming out of the screen. So height-related values go on the Y.



glBegin(GL_QUAD_STRIP); for (int i = 0; i <= number_of_sides; i++) {
float angle = i*((1.0/number_of_sides) * (2*PI));
glNormal3d( cos(angle),0,sin(angle) );
glVertex3d( radius*cos(angle), height, radius*sin(angle) );
glVertex3d( radius*cos(angle), 0, radius*sin(angle) ); }
glEnd();