upstream-man-pages/man4/glDepthRange.xml

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   4 <refentry id="glDepthRange">
   5     <refmeta>
   6         <refmetainfo>
   7             <copyright>
   8                 <year>1991-2006</year>
   9                 <holder>Silicon Graphics, Inc.</holder>
  10             </copyright>
  11         </refmetainfo>
  12         <refentrytitle>glDepthRange</refentrytitle>
  13         <manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
  14     </refmeta>
  15     <refnamediv>
  16         <refname>glDepthRange</refname>
  17         <refpurpose>specify mapping of depth values from normalized device coordinates to window coordinates</refpurpose>
  18     </refnamediv>
  19     <refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title>
  20         <funcsynopsis>
  21             <funcprototype>
  22                 <funcdef>void <function>glDepthRange</function></funcdef>
  23                 <paramdef>GLdouble <parameter>nearVal</parameter></paramdef>
  24                 <paramdef>GLdouble <parameter>farVal</parameter></paramdef>
  25             </funcprototype>
  26             <funcprototype>
  27                 <funcdef>void <function>glDepthRangef</function></funcdef>
  28                 <paramdef>GLfloat <parameter>nearVal</parameter></paramdef>
  29                 <paramdef>GLfloat <parameter>farVal</parameter></paramdef>
  30             </funcprototype>
  31         </funcsynopsis>
  32     </refsynopsisdiv>
  33     <!-- eqn: ignoring delim $$ -->
  34     <refsect1 id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
  35         <variablelist>
  36         <varlistentry>
  37             <term><parameter>nearVal</parameter></term>
  38             <listitem>
  39                 <para>
  40                     Specifies the mapping of the near clipping plane to window coordinates.
  41                     The initial value is 0.
  42                 </para>
  43             </listitem>
  44         </varlistentry>
  45         <varlistentry>
  46             <term><parameter>farVal</parameter></term>
  47             <listitem>
  48                 <para>
  49                     Specifies the mapping of the far clipping plane to window coordinates.
  50                     The initial value is 1.
  51                 </para>
  52             </listitem>
  53         </varlistentry>
  54         </variablelist>
  55     </refsect1>
  56     <refsect1 id="description"><title>Description</title>
  57         <para>
  58             After clipping and division by <emphasis>w</emphasis>,
  59             depth coordinates range from
  60             <inlineequation><mml:math>
  61                 <!-- eqn: -1: -->
  62                 <mml:mn>-1</mml:mn>
  63             </mml:math></inlineequation>
  64             to 1,
  65             corresponding to the near and far clipping planes.
  66             <function>glDepthRange</function> specifies a linear mapping of the normalized depth coordinates
  67             in this range to window depth coordinates.
  68             Regardless of the actual depth buffer implementation,
  69             window coordinate depth values are treated as though they range
  70             from 0 through 1 (like color components).
  71             Thus,
  72             the values accepted by <function>glDepthRange</function> are both clamped to this range
  73             before they are accepted.
  74         </para>
  75         <para>
  76             The setting of (0,1) maps the near plane to 0 and
  77             the far plane to 1.
  78             With this mapping,
  79             the depth buffer range is fully utilized.
  80         </para>
  81     </refsect1>
  82     <refsect1 id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
  83         <para>
  84             It is not necessary that <parameter>nearVal</parameter> be less than <parameter>farVal</parameter>.
  85             Reverse mappings such as
  86             <inlineequation><mml:math>
  87                 <!-- eqn: nearVal  =  1: -->
  88                 <mml:mrow>
  89                     <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">nearVal</mml:mi>
  90                     <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
  91                     <mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
  92                 </mml:mrow>
  93             </mml:math></inlineequation>,
  94             and
  95             <inlineequation><mml:math>
  96                 <!-- eqn: farVal  =  0: -->
  97                 <mml:mrow>
  98                     <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">farVal</mml:mi>
  99                     <mml:mo>=</mml:mo>
 100                     <mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
 101                 </mml:mrow>
 102             </mml:math></inlineequation>
 103             are acceptable.
 104         </para>
 105         <para>
 106             The type of the <parameter>nearVal</parameter> and
 107             <parameter>farVal</parameter> parameters was changed from
 108             GLclampf to GLfloat for <function>glDepthRangef</function>
 109             and from GLclampd to GLdouble for
 110             <function>glDepthRange</function>. This change is
 111             transparent to user code and is described in detail on the
 112             <citerefentry><refentrytitle>removedTypes</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
 113             page.
 114         </para>
 115     </refsect1>
 116     <refsect1 id="associatedgets"><title>Associated Gets</title>
 117         <para>
 118             <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with argument <constant>GL_DEPTH_RANGE</constant>
 119         </para>
 120     </refsect1>
 121     <refsect1 id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
 122         <para>
 123             <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glDepthFunc</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
 124             <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glPolygonOffset</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
 125             <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glViewport</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
 126             <citerefentry><refentrytitle>removedTypes</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
 127         </para>
 128     </refsect1>
 129     <refsect1 id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title>
 130         <para>
 131             Copyright <trademark class="copyright"></trademark> 1991-2006
 132             Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
 133             Free Software B License. For details, see
 134             <ulink url="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</ulink>.
 135         </para>
 136     </refsect1>
 137 </refentry>