Hi i am not able to apply proper normals to my cylinder i have tried using the cross product of three vertices but it is not working for me, kindly help me
this is my code.
void normalize(float *xn, float *yn, float *zn)
{
float len = sqrt(*xnxn+*ynyn+*zn**zn);
*xn = *xn / len;
*yn = *yn / len;
*zn = *zn / len;
}
struct Vert v0,v1,v2,v3,vn,edge1,edge2;
float theta,theta1,x1,y1,z1,x22,y22,z22;
for(int i=0;i<32;i++)
{
theta = 2M_PIi/32;
x1= 1.0cos(theta);
y1=1.0sin(theta);
z1 = 0;
theta1 = 2*M_PI*i+1/32;
x22= 1.0*cos(theta);
y22=1.0*sin(theta);
z22 = 0;
v0.x=x1;v0.y=y1;v0.z=z1;
v1.x=x1,v1.y=y1,v1.z=z1+5.0;
v2.x=x22;v2.y=y22;v2.z=z22;
edge1.x = v1.x-v0.x;
edge1.y = v1.y-v0.y;
edge1.z = v1.z-v0.z;
edge2.x = v2.x-v0.x;
edge2.y = v2.y-v0.y;
edge2.z = v2.z-v0.z;
vn.x = edge1.y*edge2.z - edge1.z * edge2.y;
vn.y = edge1.z*edge2.x - edge1.x * edge2.z;
vn.z = edge1.x*edge2.y - edge1.y * edge2.x;
normalize(&vn.x,&vn.y,&vn.z);
//glNormal3f(vn.x,vn.y,vn.z);
glVertex3f(x1,y1,z1);
glVertex3f(x1,y1,z1+5.);
}