ROTATING_CUBE_DISPLAY_OPENGL
Animation with OpenGL

ROTATING_CUBE_DISPLAY_OPENGL is a C++ program which displays a cube with colored corners that slowly rotates. By clicking the left, middle, or right mouse buttons, the user can change the axis of rotation.

Usage:

rotating_cube_display_opengl

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

ROTATING_CUBE_DISPLAY_OPENGL is available in a C++ version.

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Reference:

1. Edward Angel,
   Interactive Computer Graphics, a Top-Down Approach with OpenGL,
   Addison-Wesley, 2000,
   ISBN: 0-201-38597-X,
   LC: T385.A514.

Source Code:

• rotating_cube_display_opengl.cpp, the source code.
• rotating_cube_display_opengl.sh, commands to compile the source code.

Examples and Tests:

• rotating_cube.png, a PNG file containing a snapshot of the rotating cube.

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for ROTATING_CUBE_DISPLAY_OPENGL.
• COLORCUBE defines the 6 faces of the color cube object.
• DISPLAY generates the graphics output.
• MOUSE determines the response to mouse input.
• MYRESHAPE determines the window mapping.
• POLYGON defines the colors, vertices and normals for a quadrilateral.
• SPINCUBE adjusts the angle of rotation and redisplays the picture.

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