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DXClipPlane

Function

Creates a clipping Object defined by a clipping plane.

Syntax

#include <dx/dx.h>

Object DXClipPlane(Object o, Point p, Vector n)

Functional Details

Creates a new Object that defines a clipping transformation to be performed on Object o at render time. The Object will be clipped by the plane that contains p and is perpendicular to vector n. The Object on the side of the plane pointed to by n is retained.

A Point or Vector is defined as follows:

typedef struct point {
float x, y, z;
} Point, Vector;

Return Value

Returns an Object describing to the renderer how to clip at render time or returns NULL and sets an error code.

See Also

DXClipBox

15.2 , "Clipping".


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