I have a struct that I called pyramid:
typedef struct
{
GLfloat xUp;
GLfloat yUp;
GLfloat zUp;
GLfloat base;
GLfloat height;
}pyramid;
There are the coordinated of the uppest point:xUp, yUp, zUp.
So when I need to draw the pyramid I just calculate the 4 points that are at the base of the pyramid, then draw the triangles with all the vertices in counter clockwise order:
void drawPyramid(pyramid pyr)
{
GLfloat p1[]= {pyr.xUp+pyr.base/2.0, pyr.yUp-pyr.height, pyr.zUp-pyr.base/2.0};
GLfloat p2[]= {pyr.xUp+pyr.base/2.0, pyr.yUp-pyr.height, pyr.zUp+pyr.base/2.0};
GLfloat p3[]= {pyr.xUp-pyr.base/2.0, pyr.yUp-pyr.height, pyr.zUp+pyr.base/2.0};
GLfloat p4[]= {pyr.xUp-pyr.base/2.0, pyr.yUp-pyr.height, pyr.zUp-pyr.base/2.0};
GLfloat up[]= {pyr.xUp, pyr.yUp, pyr.zUp};
glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
glColor4f(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
glVertex3fv(up);
glVertex3fv(p1);
glVertex3fv(p2);
glColor4f(0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
glVertex3fv(up);
glVertex3fv(p2);
glVertex3fv(p3);
glColor4f(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
glVertex3fv(up);
glVertex3fv(p3);
glVertex3fv(p4);
glColor4f(1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
glVertex3fv(up);
glVertex3fv(p4);
glVertex3fv(p1);
glEnd();
glColor4f(0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0);
glBegin(GL_QUADS);
glVertex3fv(p1);
glVertex3fv(p2);
glVertex3fv(p3);
glVertex3fv(p4);
glEnd();
}
I give them different color just to make them more visible.
I am using a perspective projection, and the problem is that the sides of the pyramid appears scattered: it doesn’t even seem a pyramid:
Lastly I would show how initialize everything:
void init()
{
glEnable(GL_DEPTH);
glViewport(-1.0, 1.0, -1.0, 1.0);
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glLoadIdentity();
gluPerspective(45.0, 1.0, 1.0, 100.0);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glLoadIdentity();
gluLookAt(0.0, -25.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 50.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
}
And this is the function where I render:
void display()
{
glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glTranslatef(0.0, -25.0, 50.0);
glRotatef(-angle, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
glTranslatef(0.0, 25.0, -50.0);
pyramid pyr;
pyr.xUp=0.0;
pyr.yUp=10.0;
pyr.zUp=50.0;
pyr.base=10.0;
pyr.height=18.0;
glColor4f(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
drawPyramid(pyr);
glutSwapBuffers();
}
angle is just a float that I use to rotate the pyramid, to see it better.
I would know why sometimes I see three sides (3 different colors) of the pyramix mixed up, like if there aren’t precise sides but there’s jast a triangle embedded in another triangle, and it doesn’t look like a pyramid.