glutwiretorus(3) - Linux man page

Name

glutWireTorus - Draw a wireframe torus.

Library

OpenGLUT - geometry

Synopsis

#include <openglut.h>

void

glutWireTorus(GLdouble dInnerRadius, GLdouble dOuterRadius, GLint nSides, GLint nRings);

Parameters

dInnerRadius Radius of ''tube''

dOuterRadius Radius of ''path''

nSides Facets around ''tube''

nRings Joints along ''path''

Description

This function effectively wraps a cylinder with nSides slats and bends it at nRings facets around a circular path, forming a torus, or ''donut''. The center is at the origin and the ''path'' rings around the z axis.

The torus parameters can be explored interactively with the OpenGLUT shapes demo.

Caveats

dInnerRadius and dOuterRadius are not analogous to similar measurements of an anulus.