GLUTSOLIDCUBE(3)

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πŸ’– glutSolidCube(3) β€” the OpenGLUT glow-up edition πŸ’–

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about glutSolidCube from the OpenGLUT geometry squad. this one is literally the moment you need a whole entire cube, filled in, sitting pretty at the origin. it's giving "starter block for your 3D empire." periodt. ✨


🌈 LIBRARY 🌈

OpenGLUT β€” geometry, babes. that's the aisle we're shopping in. πŸŽ€


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <openglut.h>

void
glutSolidCube(GLdouble width);

like, one function, one argument, zero drama. we love a low-maintenance icon. 🫢


πŸ“ PARAMETERS πŸ“

  • width β€” the width, the height and the depth of the cube. yep, all three. it's a cube, bestie, all the sides match, that's the whole point. πŸ’…

πŸ’€ DESCRIPTION πŸ’€

so here's the tea: glutSolidCube() draws a solid-shaded cube whose side-length is whatever you handed it as width.

and where does it live? the vertices of the cube sit at:

(+/- width/2, +/- width/2, +/- width/2)

which means β€” and this is the important part, write it down β€” the cube is centered at the origin. not off to the side, not floating in some random corner. dead center. main character energy, fr fr. πŸ‘‘

so if you pass in a small width, you get a lil baby cube. big width, big chonky cube. it's all proportional, no cap. πŸ¦‹


πŸ‘‘ AUTHORS πŸ‘‘

code contributed by Andreas Umbach <marvin@dataway.ch> β€” absolute legend, we stan. πŸ’œ


🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

  • glutWireCube(3) β€” the see-through sibling, if you're feeling skeletal instead. same cube, but wireframe vibes. πŸ•ΈοΈ

and that's the whole page, bestie!! no more notes, no warnings, no exit statuses to stress about β€” just a cube, centered, solid, slaying. iykyk. πŸŽ€

sending you off with the official receipts: this page is from the OpenGLUT manual, it's stamped UNDATED, and the footer just says UNTITLED() β€” mysterious of it, honestly. anyway ily, go draw a cube. πŸ’–βœ¨πŸ”₯🌸