15-462 Lecture 3: Interaction

01/22/2001

15-462 Computer Graphics I

Display Lists

•Encapsulate a sequence of drawing commands

•Optimize and store on server

GLuint listName = glGenLists(1); /* new name */

glNewList (listName, GL_COMPILE); /* new list */

glColor3f(1.0, 0.0, 1.0);

glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);

glVertex3f(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);

...

glEnd();

glTranslatef(1.5, 0.0, 0.0); /* offset next object */

glEndList();

glCallList(listName); /* draw one */