Mapping 3D float intensity values on a cube

Hi,

I have a 3D matrix of floating point intensity values that I want to map on a cube in order to render them on my screen, and apply rotations, translations, using MIP projection. From what I have seen in tutorials, I got the following code (in Python):

def LoadGLTextures(fname):
    # Load Texture
    image1 = loadImage(fname)
    # Create Textures
    texture = glGenTextures(1)
    
    # Linear interpolation
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_3D, texture)
    #glTexEnvf( GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_MODULATE )
    glTexParameterf( GL_TEXTURE_3D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_R, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE )
    glTexParameterf( GL_TEXTURE_3D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE )
    glTexParameterf( GL_TEXTURE_3D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE )
    glTexParameterf( GL_TEXTURE_3D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR )
    glTexParameterf( GL_TEXTURE_3D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR )
    glTexImage3D(GL_TEXTURE_3D,0,GL_LUMINANCE,image1.sizeX,image1.sizeY,image1.sizeZ,0, GL_LUMINANCE,GL_FLOAT,image1.data)
    
    return texture

def DrawGLScene(self):
        #With resize, we already are in MODELVIEW mode
        
        #Clear the buffers we will write into
        glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT)
        
        #Reinitialize all the transformations (previous are cancelled)
        glLoadIdentity()
        
        #Defines which one of the textures we are going to use
        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_3D, self.textures) 

        #My object is defined by the coordinates [-1,1;-1,1;-1,1]
        #Zero is the center, and I am in orhographic projection, so no in depth
        #translation needed
        glTranslatef(0.0,0.0,0.0)
        
        #Rotate the volume
        glRotatef(self.yzrotation,1.0,0.0,0.0)
        glRotatef(self.xzrotation,0.0,1.0,0.0)
        glRotatef(self.xyrotation,0.0,0.0,1.0)
        		
                
        
        #My "cube" is defined by 6 independent faces, that I assemble like a
        #cube. 
        
        glBegin(GL_QUADS)
        
        glNormal3f(0.0,0.0,1.0)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        
        glNormal3f(0.0,0.0,-1.0)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        
        glNormal3f(0.0,1.0,0.0)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        
        glNormal3f(0.0,-1.0,0.0)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        
        glNormal3f(1.0,0.0,0.0)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        
        glNormal3f(-1.0,0.0,0.0)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,-0.99,0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,-0.99,-0.99)
        glTexCoord3f(-0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        glVertex3f(-0.99,0.99,-0.99)
        
        glEnd()

My problem is that the texture is represented 4 times when rendered : Dropbox - Error, and I don’t understand why.

Could you help me with this?

Thanks! :slight_smile:

I would have thought each of you uvw values would range from 0-1 and you would not use wrapping

Also have a look at this Tutorial 5 : A Textured Cube.

Thanks for your answer, that was indeed part of the problem.

Another problem came from the fact that I was using textures of the size 256x256x64. By making the texture 256x256x256 (padding with zeros), the volume was only rendered once.

Are those “cubic” textures mandatory? It seems like I have to use four times more memory…

Thanks!

I don’t know - I would not think so but someone else might be able to answer

That suggests that you’re reading the data incorrectly.

If you’re using the data to texture a cube, using any form of 3D texture is overkill, as only the edges at the boundaries will be used. You’d be better off extracting the faces into 6 2D textures: 2 256x256 textures and 4 256x64 textures = 192k texels, as opposed to 256x256x64 = 4096k texels.

If you’re actually trying to render voxel data (it looks like an MRI scan or similar), you shouldn’t be rendering a cube, but e.g. rendering 64 parallel squares using additive blending.