1991-2006
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
gluQuadricNormals
3G

# gluQuadricNormals

specify what kind of normals are desired for quadrics

## C Specification

                    void gluQuadricNormals
                    GLUquadric* quad
                    GLenum normal

## Parameters

`quad`

  Specifies the quadrics object (created with gluNewQuadric).

`normal`

  Specifies the desired type of normals. Valid values are `GLU_NONE`, `GLU_FLAT`, and `GLU_SMOOTH`.

## Description

`gluQuadricNormals` specifies what kind of normals are desired for quadrics rendered with `quad`. The legal values are as follows:

`GLU_NONE`

  No normals are generated.

`GLU_FLAT`

  One normal is generated for every facet of a quadric.

`GLU_SMOOTH`

  One normal is generated for every vertex of a quadric. This is the initial value.

## See Also

gluNewQuadric, gluQuadricDrawStyle, gluQuadricOrientation, 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/.