GLUTSOLIDSPHERE(3)

💖 GLUTSOLIDSPHERE(3) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about glutSolidSphere(3) from OpenGLUT — geometry division, she's iconic, she's serving spheres. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

glutSolidSphere — draws a solid sphere, and yes she is centered at the origin, no cap. 🎀

📚 LIBRARY 📚

OpenGLUT — geometry, babes. that's the department. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <openglut.h>

void
glutSolidSphere(GLdouble radius, GLint slices, GLint stacks);

like. that's the whole vibe. one function. three args. go off. 🦋

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• radius — the radius of the sphere, obviously. how big we're going. 🌈
• slices — the number of divisions around the z axis. (latitudal) 🍓
• stacks — the number of divisions along the z axis. (longitudal) 🧚

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so glutSolidSphere() draws a shaded sphere, and it's centered at the origin — main character placement fr fr. 👑

the surface is built out of quadrangles (except at the poles, where you get triangles acting as degenerate quads, because the poles are just like that 😭) and it's all laid out in a longitude/latitude pattern. very globe, very demure.

the equatorial great circle lies in the xy-plane and is centered on the origin. she's symmetrical, she's aligned, she ate. 💅

💀 CAVEATS 💀

the number of polygons representing the spherical surface is proportional to (slices*stacks). so like, don't come for me when your poly count explodes — that's just math doing math. not me cranking both numbers and wondering why my GPU is crying. 🙈

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• glutWireSphere(3) — the wireframe sister, the see-through icon she is 🦋

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that's the whole page bestie, go draw some spheres and slay 💖

this one's from an UNDATED source, and the footer just says UNTITLED() — mysterious, unlabeled, lowkey giving anonymous baddie energy. periodt. 💅✨