Draw distance?

Hiya just a quick question Im coding a class showing a diagram of a pendulum with opengl embedded in an MFC window. Initially I set the transform so that the model appears in the viewport. However my model only appears visible between certain values for z in glTransform() (these values being between 3-7 where it appears my model is at the origin and should be visible further out. Heres my code:


GLvoid CCubeView::glDrawScene2(void)									// Here's Where We Do All The Drawing
{
	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);					// Clear The Screen And The Depth Buffer
	glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
	glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
	glLoadIdentity();													// Reset The View
	glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, z);											// Z sets initial viewpoint 
	//TODO:: Viewpoint Manipulation (is Y down?)
	//glTranslatef(z,xspeed,yspeed);											// Z sets initial viewpoint 
	//glTranslatef(0.0f,0.0f,z);

	glRotatef(270.0f,1.0f,0.0f,0.0f);
	angle = rk4_step(t, yin, yout, 0.016, singlePendulum);
	//TODO: Angle only properly implemented for double pendulum case.

	glRotatef(angle[0],0.0f,1.0f,0.0f); 
	//TODO: Originally used for rotation 

	//glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture[filter]);
	glColor3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
	glTranslatef(0.0f,0.0f,-3.0f);					// Center The Cylinder
	gluCylinder(quadratic,0.1f,0.1f,3.0f,32,32);	// A Cylinder With A Radius Of 0.5 And A Height Of 2
	glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
	gluDisk(quadratic,0.0f,0.1f,32,32);
	gluSphere(quadratic,0.2f,32,32);				// Draw A Sphere With A Radius Of 1 And 16 Longitude And 16 Latitude Segments

	glRotatef(angle[1],0.0f,1.0f,0.0f);				
	glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
	glTranslatef(0.0f,0.0f,-3.0f);					// Center The Cylinder
	gluCylinder(quadratic,0.1f,0.1f,3.0f,32,32);	// A Cylinder With A Radius Of 0.5 And A Height Of 2
	glColor3f(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
	gluDisk(quadratic,0.0f,0.1f,32,32);
	gluSphere(quadratic,0.2f,32,32);	
	
	glFinish();
	SwapBuffers(wglGetCurrentDC());
	//return TRUE;										// Keep Going
}

The part im referring to is just near the beginning:

glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, z); // Z sets initial viewpoint

I’m not sure what the question is… using a question mark would help :wink:

I guess you’re having problems with the near and far clipping planes, but I don’t see any code where you set the GL_PROJECTION matrix.

N.

Thanks your confused reply had the answer!