1991-2006
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
gluQuadricOrientation
3G

# gluQuadricOrientation

specify inside/outside orientation for quadrics

## C Specification

                    void gluQuadricOrientation
                    GLUquadric* quad
                    GLenum orientation

## Parameters

`quad`

  Specifies the quadrics object (created with gluNewQuadric).

`orientation`

  Specifies the desired orientation. Valid values are `GLU_OUTSIDE` and `GLU_INSIDE`.

## Description

`gluQuadricOrientation` specifies what kind of orientation is desired for quadrics rendered with `quad`. The `orientation` values are as follows:

`GLU_OUTSIDE`

  Quadrics are drawn with normals pointing outward (the initial value).

`GLU_INSIDE`

  Quadrics are drawn with normals pointing inward.

Note that the interpretation of outward and inward depends on the quadric being drawn.

## See Also

gluNewQuadric, gluQuadricDrawStyle, gluQuadricNormals, gluQuadricTexture

## Copyright

Copyright 1991-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI Free Software B License. For details, see http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/.