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| 5 | Specifies whether front- or back-facing facets are candidates for culling. |
| 6 | Symbolic constants |
| 7 | <code class="constant">GL_FRONT</code>, <code class="constant">GL_BACK</code>, and <code class="constant">GL_FRONT_AND_BACK</code> are accepted. |
| 8 | The initial value is <code class="constant">GL_BACK</code>. |
| 9 | </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p> |
| 10 | <code class="function">glCullFace</code> specifies whether front- or back-facing facets are culled |
| 11 | (as specified by <span class="emphasis"><em>mode</em></span>) when facet culling is enabled. Facet |
| 12 | culling is initially disabled. |
| 13 | To enable and disable facet culling, call the |
| 14 | <a class="citerefentry" href="glEnable.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glEnable</span></span></a> and <a class="citerefentry" href="glDisable.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDisable</span></span></a> commands |
| 15 | with the argument <code class="constant">GL_CULL_FACE</code>. |
| 16 | Facets include triangles, |
| 17 | quadrilaterals, |
| 18 | polygons, and |
| 19 | rectangles. |
| 20 | </p><p> |
| 21 | <a class="citerefentry" href="glFrontFace.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glFrontFace</span></span></a> specifies which of the clockwise and counterclockwise facets |
| 22 | are front-facing and back-facing. |
| 23 | See <a class="citerefentry" href="glFrontFace.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glFrontFace</span></span></a>. |
| 24 | </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Notes"><a id="notes"></a><h2>Notes</h2><p> |
| 25 | If <em class="parameter"><code>mode</code></em> is <code class="constant">GL_FRONT_AND_BACK</code>, no facets are drawn, but other |
| 26 | primitives such as points and lines are drawn. |
| 27 | </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Errors"><a id="errors"></a><h2>Errors</h2><p> |
| 28 | <code class="constant">GL_INVALID_ENUM</code> is generated if <em class="parameter"><code>mode</code></em> is not an accepted value. |
| 29 | </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Associated Gets"><a id="associatedgets"></a><h2>Associated Gets</h2><p> |
| 30 | <a class="citerefentry" href="glIsEnabled.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glIsEnabled</span></span></a> with argument <code class="constant">GL_CULL_FACE</code> |
| 31 | </p><p> |
| 32 | <a class="citerefentry" href="glGet.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGet</span></span></a> with argument <code class="constant">GL_CULL_FACE_MODE</code> |
| 33 | </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="See Also"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p> |
| 34 | <a class="citerefentry" href="glEnable.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glEnable</span></span></a>, |
| 35 | <a class="citerefentry" href="glFrontFace.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glFrontFace</span></span></a> |
| 36 | </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Copyright"><a id="Copyright"></a><h2>Copyright</h2><p> |
| 37 | Copyright <span class="trademark"></span>© 1991-2006 |
| 38 | Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI |
| 39 | Free Software B License. For details, see |
| 40 | <a class="ulink" href="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/" target="_top">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</a>. |
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