glDepthRange

NAME

glDepthRange -- specify the mapping of z values from normalized device coordinates to window coordinates

C SPECIFICATION

void glDepthRange(GLclampd near,
                  GLclampd far)

PARAMETERS

near: Specifies the mapping of the near clipping plane to window coordinates. The default value is 0.
far: Specifies the mapping of the far clipping plane to window coordinates. The default value is 1.

DESCRIPTION

After clipping and division by w, z coordinates range from -1.0 to 1.0, corresponding to the near and far clipping planes. glDepthRange specifies a linear mapping of the normalized z coordinates in this range to window z coordinates. Regardless of the actual depth buffer implementation, window coordinate depth values are treated as though they range from 0.0 through 1.0 (like color components). Thus, the values accepted by glDepthRange are both clamped to this range before they are accepted.

The default mapping of 0, 1 maps the near plane to 0 and the far plane to 1. With this mapping, the depth buffer range is fully utilized.

NOTES

It is not necessary, that near be less than far. Reverse mappings such as 1, 0 are acceptable.

ERRORS

GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if glDepthRange is called between a call to glBegin and the corresponding call to glEnd.

ASSOCIATED GETS

glGet with argument GL_DEPTH_RANGE