This section contains the class Object and two related classes : Material and Mesh.

This class represents how the light behaves on the object in the Phong illumination, it contains the color of the object and 4 other variables : The first 3 (ambient, diffuse and specular) define the opacity of the 3 parts of the Phong illumination, and the last variable is the shininess that defines the size and the smoothness of the reflection. (more information on Wikipedia)

• Constructors :

  • You can specify the color and each parameter of the Phong illumination.
  • You can also only give the color (in this case the object will not interact with light).

• Functions :

  • This class only contains getters and setters of the Phong parameters.
    
    

This class represents a 3D model with all the data necessary for the correct display of the shape : positions, normals and texture coordinates.

• Attributes :

  • positions (Vector3 array) : The positions data of the mesh.
  • normals (Vector3 array) : The normals data of the mesh.
  • texcoords (Vector2 array) : The texture data of the mesh.

• Static variables :

  • circle_64 (Mesh) : A circle with 64 edges.
  • empty_circle_64 (Mesh) : An empty circle with 64 edges.
  • cone_64 (Mesh) : A cone with 64 latitudes.
  • cube (Mesh) : A cube.
  • empty_cube (Mesh) : An empty cube.
  • cylinder_64 (Mesh) : A cylinder with 64 latitudes.
  • null (Mesh) : An empty mesh.
  • sphere_64 (Mesh) : A sphere with 64 latitudes and longitudes.
  • square (Mesh) : A square.
  • empty_square (Mesh) : An empty square.
  • screen (Mesh) : A shape that takes all the screen for post processing shaders.

• Functions :

  • Functions giving the size of each part of the mesh (useful for OpenGL functions).
  • A clear function that empty the mesh.
  • Static functions working as constructors for the default shapes (spheres, cones, cylinders...).

• Operators :

  • The + operator allows you to merge two meshes.
  • The * operator allows you to apply a matrix to a mesh.
    
    

This class represents a 3D object, it can be binded for optimization but it is not essential.

• Attributes :

  • mesh (Mesh) : The mesh of the object. (Be careful, if you change the mesh directly you must use the update_mesh function to apply the modifications)
  • material (Material) : The material of the object.

• Constructors :

  • You can specify the mesh and the material of the object.

• Functions :

  • You can use bind and unbind for optimization but it is not essential.
  • The create function is usefull to initialize an already constructed object.
  • You can change the shader (initially it is the default shader).
  • You can add a texture to the object.
  • The set_mesh function allows to change the mesh and update it directly.
  • You can get and set the position, the size, the rotation and the thickness of the borders of the object.