Graphics and Simulations Manual

 

  Note for users of C++ Express Edition

 

Good On-Line Tutorial: http://www.lighthouse3d.com/tutorials/glut-tutorial/

 

OpenGL Part 1: Using GLUT
1. Introduction	3. State Management	5. Color	7. Blending, Fog	9. Pixels, Bitmaps	11. Framebuffer
2. GLUT1	4a. Viewing  4b. GLUT 2	6. Light and Materials	8. Display Lists	10. Texture Mapping	Appendices
OpenGL Part 2: Using Win32
1. Pragma Directives	4. First Examples	7. Color, Light, Blend, Fog	10. Displaying Text	13. Translate, Roate, Scale	16. PointSize
2: Windows Stuff	5. States and Primitives	8. Bitmaps, Images	11. Drawing Simple Lines	14. Lines using a Loop
3. Why Windows?	6. Transforms, Matrices	9. Texture Mapping	12. glTranslate ()	15. Line Thickness
OpenGL PowerPoint Summaries
1. Course Summary	3. Drawing Primitives	5. Color	7. Blending and Fog	9.   Bitmaps, Fonts	11. MilkShape
2: Introduction	4. Viewing	6. Lighting	8. Display Lists	10. Texture Maping	12. DirectX
MilkShape3D
1. Introduction	2. Tutorial in Word	3. MilkShape 3D Help
DirectX
1. Game Development	2. The Windows API	3. DirectX Schematic	4. DirectX API	5. Direct3D

          

Videos

http://xoax.net/comp/cpp/opengl/index.php

http://www.videotutorialsrock.com/

 

Notes for use of C++ Express Edition

Step 1: Open C++ Console Applications and create a new project

 

Step 2: Link to the OpenGL libraries

 

¢  Under the Project menu select Project Properties (Alt+F7) at the bottom.

¢  Select Configuration Properties → Linker → Input from the navigation panel on the left.

¢  Select All Configurations from the Configuration drop-down box at the top of the dialog.

     This ensures you are changing the settings for both the Debug and Release configurations.

¢  Type “opengl32.lib glu32.lib” in Additional Dependencies and click OK.

 

Step 3: Insert and run the following code

 

#include "stdafx.h"

#include <GL/glut.h>

void mydisplay()

{

   glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

   glBegin(GL_POLYGON);       

   glVertex2f(-0.5, -0.5);       

   glVertex2f(-0.5, 0.5);       

   glVertex2f(0.5, 0.5);       

   glVertex2f(0.5, -0.5);   

   glEnd();

   glFlush();

}

int main(int argc, char** argv)

{

   glutCreateWindow("Simple");    

   glutDisplayFunc(mydisplay);   

   glutMainLoop();

}

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