OpenGL Quick Reference Guide

The following is a brief summary of a number of functions for OpenGL (GL), the OpenGL utilities (GLU), and the OpenGL utility toolkit (GLUT). This is not a complete reference manual, but it should provide enough basic information to point you in the right direction for reference information. For detailed reference information on GL and GLU consult the OpenGL Reference Manual (2nd edition) and for GLUT consult OpenGL: Programming for the X Window System, by M. J. Kilgard.

It is also possible to get information online through the web. For reference information on OpenGL, GLU, and GLUT visit the following sites.

• Sun's OpenGL Documentation: A good reference for OpenGL and GLU commands.
• OpenGL and GLU Manual Pages: Courtesy of Cal Poly State.
• GLUT Home Page: Look for the GLUT Specification (HTML).

• Basic Information
• Initializations
• Callbacks
• Miscellaneous Display Control Functions
• OpenGL Basic Drawing
• GLUT Utilities for Complex Objects
• GLUT Menu Functions
• Display lists
• Transformations and Perspective
• (Typically) Modelview Transformations
• (Typically) Projection Transformations
• Options
• Lighting
• Blending and Fog
• Texture Mapping

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Last updated: Sat, Feb 8, 2003.