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4 Specifies the tessellation object (created with <a class="citerefentry" href="gluNewTess.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluNewTess</span></span></a>).
5 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6 Specifies a pointer to user polygon data.
7 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
8 <code class="function">gluTessBeginPolygon</code> and <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessEndPolygon.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessEndPolygon</span></span></a> delimit the definition of a
9 convex, concave or self-intersecting polygon. Within each <code class="function">gluTessBeginPolygon</code>/<a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessEndPolygon.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessEndPolygon</span></span></a>
10 pair, there must be one or more calls to <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessBeginContour.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessBeginContour</span></span></a>/<a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessEndContour.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessEndContour</span></span></a>.
11 Within each contour, there are zero or more calls to <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessVertex.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessVertex</span></span></a>. The vertices
12 specify a closed contour (the last vertex of each contour is automatically linked
13 to the first). See the <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessVertex.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessVertex</span></span></a>, <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessBeginContour.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessBeginContour</span></span></a>, and
14 <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessEndContour.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessEndContour</span></span></a> reference pages for more details.
15 </p><p>
16 <em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> is a pointer to a user-defined data structure. If the appropriate callback(s)
17 are specified (see <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessCallback.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessCallback</span></span></a>), then this pointer is returned to the
18 callback function(s). Thus, it is a convenient way to store per-polygon information.
19 </p><p>
20 Once <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessEndPolygon.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessEndPolygon</span></span></a> is called, the polygon is tessellated, and the
21 resulting triangles are described through callbacks.
22 See <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessCallback.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessCallback</span></span></a> for descriptions of the callback functions.
23 </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="example"></a><h2>Example</h2><p>
24 A quadrilateral with a triangular hole in it can be described as follows:
25 </p><pre class="programlisting">
26 gluTessBeginPolygon(tobj, NULL);
27 gluTessBeginContour(tobj);
28 gluTessVertex(tobj, v1, v1);
29 gluTessVertex(tobj, v2, v2);
30 gluTessVertex(tobj, v3, v3);
31 gluTessVertex(tobj, v4, v4);
32 gluTessEndContour(tobj);
33 gluTessBeginContour(tobj);
34 gluTessVertex(tobj, v5, v5);
35 gluTessVertex(tobj, v6, v6);
36 gluTessVertex(tobj, v7, v7);
37 gluTessEndContour(tobj);
38 gluTessEndPolygon(tobj);
39 </pre><p>
40 </p><p>
41 </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>
42 <a class="citerefentry" href="gluNewTess.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluNewTess</span></span></a>,
43 <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessBeginContour.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessBeginContour</span></span></a>,
44 <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessCallback.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessCallback</span></span></a>,
45 <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessEndPolygon.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessEndPolygon</span></span></a>,
46 <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessNormal.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessNormal</span></span></a>,
47 <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessProperty.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessProperty</span></span></a>,
48 <a class="citerefentry" href="gluTessVertex.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">gluTessVertex</span></span></a>
49 </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="Copyright"></a><h2>Copyright</h2><p>
50 Copyright <span class="trademark"></span>© 1991-2006
51 Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
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