OpenGL Drawing Grid (help)

[IntelliSense]

Hi
I have a header file like that. I'm willing to create a grid. By using OpenGl and C++. The problem is in there cpp file. I can't excatly draw. Hope you can help it.In the for loop i don't know how to fill inside the vertex blocks

#ifndef Grid_h
#define Grid_h
#include "Shape.h"
 
class Grid :: public Shape
{
 
public:
 
Grid();
 
Grid(int numberOfLines,int distanceBetweenLines);
 
void Draw();
 
int distanceBetweenLines;
 
int numberOfLines;
 
};
 
#endif

#include "Grid.h"
#include <GL/freeglut.h>
 
Grid :: Grid()
{
numberOfLines = 0.0f;
 
distanceBetweenLines = 0.0f;
}
Grid:: Grid(int numberOfLines , int distanceBetweenLines )
{ 
cizimSekli = GL_LINES; //drawing way
numberOfLines= 50; //number of Lines
renk = Renk(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f); //Colour
distanceBetweenLines = 20;
 
for(int x = 0; x < numberOfLines; x++){
 
glBegin(GL_LINES);
glVertex2f(x,0);
glVertex2f(0,x);
glEnd();
};
for(int y = 0; y < numberOfLines; y++){
glBegin(GL_LINES);
glVertex2f(y,0);
glVertex2f(0,y);
glEnd();
}; 
}

[IntelliSense]

Can someone please help me ?

[mobeen]

Can someone please help me ?

Hi,
PS: You can use [ code ][/ code] tags to insert code snippets instead of the quote tag.

Back to your answer. You can do something along these lines to render a grid.

void DrawGrid(int HALF_GRID_SIZE)
{
    glBegin(GL_LINES);
    glColor3f(0.75f, 0.75f, 0.75f);
    for(int i=-HALF_GRID_SIZE;i<=HALF_GRID_SIZE;i++)
    {
        glVertex3f((float)i,0,(float)-HALF_GRID_SIZE);
        glVertex3f((float)i,0,(float)HALF_GRID_SIZE);
 
        glVertex3f((float)-HALF_GRID_SIZE,0,(float)i);
        glVertex3f((float)HALF_GRID_SIZE,0,(float)i);
    }
    glEnd();
 
    //call it like this
    DrawGrid(10);
}

This basically renders two set of lines in XZ plane. See if this helps.
Mobeen

[IntelliSense]

Hi,
PS: You can use [ code ][/ code] tags to insert code snippets instead of the quote tag.

Back to your answer. You can do something along these lines to render a grid.

void DrawGrid(int HALF_GRID_SIZE)
{
    glBegin(GL_LINES);
    glColor3f(0.75f, 0.75f, 0.75f);
    for(int i=-HALF_GRID_SIZE;i<=HALF_GRID_SIZE;i++)
    {
        glVertex3f((float)i,0,(float)-HALF_GRID_SIZE);
        glVertex3f((float)i,0,(float)HALF_GRID_SIZE);
 
        glVertex3f((float)-HALF_GRID_SIZE,0,(float)i);
        glVertex3f((float)HALF_GRID_SIZE,0,(float)i);
    }
    glEnd();
 
    //call it like this
    DrawGrid(10);
}

This basically renders two set of lines in XZ plane. See if this helps.
Mobeen

Thank you so much for the interest.

What if we write like the code like i've written at the top message ? I just need that two for loops fixed and Vertex2f i guess.

Thanks, Ensar.

[faizol]

Hi,

I'm trying to do the above using vbo. What's the recommended way of doing it? Been trying to do it via glDrawArrays(GL_LINE_LOOP, ...) to no success. Is the only way is to call multiple glDrawArrays or is there a workaround? What if the grid is to be drawn using glElementArras()? Should it be called multiple times too?

Thanks.

[GClements]

For a grid, glDrawArrays(GL_LINES, ...). There isn't much point in using glDrawElements() as only the four corner vertices will be used more than once.