Developing Graphics Frameworks 09 Triangles Squares Hexagons

Summary

Learn how to create vertex array objects to manage the associations between vertex buffer data and attribute ("in") variables in a ... Create a Polygon Geometry class that can generate data to render a regular polygon with any number of sides and radius. Create another extension of the Geometry class to describe the shape of a three-dimensional box; vertex colors are assigned so ... Create the base Geometry class, which defines the overall shape of geometric objects and stores vertex-related properties (such ... Learn about the OpenGL functions used to send shader code to the GPU, compile shader programs, link shaders to create a ... Create shader programs containing uniform variables used to change the position and set the color of a geometric object. Create customized Geometry and Material objects within an application. Examples include an "M" shape, connected points along ... Learn about setting up Python, installing the packages needed for Create axes and grids that help provide a sense of orientation and scale within a scene. Based on student and viewer feedback, in order to increase cross-platform compatibility, a few changes are introduced in this ... Learn about how surfaces of three-dimensional objects can be represented by a parametric function: the x, y, z coordinates are ... Create the Object3D class, which corresponds to a node in the scene graph, stores a model matrix, and references to its parent ... This work is for a child who knows names of different