Name

glCullFace — specify whether front- or back-facing polygons are culled

C Specification

void fsfuncglCullFace(GLenum mode);
 

Parameters

mode

Specifies whether front- or back-facing polygons are culled. Symbolic constants GL_FRONT, GL_BACK, and GL_FRONT_AND_BACK are accepted. The initial value is GL_BACK.

Description

glCullFace specifies whether front- or back-facing polygons are culled (as specified by mode) when culling is enabled. To enable and disable culling, call glEnable and glDisable with argument GL_CULL_FACE. Culling is initially disabled.

glFrontFace specifies which of the clockwise and counterclockwise polygons are front-facing and back-facing.

Notes

If mode is GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, no polygons are drawn, but other primitives such as points and lines are drawn.

Errors

GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if mode is not an accepted value.

Associated Gets

glIsEnabled with argument GL_CULL_FACE

glGet with argument GL_CULL_FACE_MODE

See Also

glEnable, glFrontFace

Copyright

Copyright © 2003-2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI Free Software B License. For details, see http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/.