coin_shaders(3)                      Coin                      coin_shaders(3)

NAME
       coin_shaders - Shader Classes

        - Shaders are programs that run on the graphics processor and replace
       the formerly fixed OpenGL pipeline.


SYNOPSIS
   Classes
       class SoVertexAttribute
           A generic node for providing GL vertex attributes of various types.
       class SoVertexAttributeBinding
           The SoVertexAttributeBinding class is a node for setting up how
           vertex attributes are mapped to shapes.
       class SoFragmentShader
           The SoFragmentShader class is used for setting up fragment shader
           programs.
       class SoGeometryShader
           The SoGeometryShader class is used for loading geometry shader
           programs.
       class SoShaderObject
           The SoShaderObject class is the superclass for all shader classes
           in Coin.
       class SoShaderParameter
           The SoShaderParameter class is the base class for all shader
           parameter classes.
       class SoUniformShaderParameter
           The SoUniformShaderParameter class is the base class for all
           uniform shader variables.
       class SoShaderParameter1f
           The SoShaderParameter1f class is used to define a floating point
           value as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameter1i
           The SoShaderParameter1i class is used to define an integer value as
           shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameter2f
           The SoShaderParameter2f class is used to define a two-dimensional
           floating point value as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameter2i
           The SoShaderParameter2i class is used to define a two-dimensional
           integer value as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameter3f
           The SoShaderParameter3f class is used to define a three-dimensional
           floating point value as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameter3i
           The SoShaderParameter3i class is used to define a three-dimensional
           integer value as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameter4f
           The SoShaderParameter4f class is used to define a four-dimensional
           floating point value as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameter4i
           The SoShaderParameter4i class is used to define a four-dimensional
           integer value as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameterArray1f
           The SoShaderParameterArray1f class is used to define a floating
           point array as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameterArray1i
           The SoShaderParameterArray1i class is used to define an integer
           array as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameterArray2f
           The SoShaderParameterArray2f class is used to define a
           two-dimensional floating point array as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameterArray2i
           The SoShaderParameterArray2i class is used to define a
           two-dimensional integer array as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameterArray3f
           The SoShaderParameterArray3f class is used to define a
           three-dimensional floating point array as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameterArray3i
           The SoShaderParameterArray3i class is used to define a
           three-dimensional integer array as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameterArray4f
           The SoShaderParameterArray4f class is used to define a
           four-dimensional floating point array as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameterArray4i
           The SoShaderParameterArray4i class is used to define a
           four-dimensional integer array as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameterMatrix
           The SoShaderParameterMatrix class is used to define a matrix as
           shader parameter.
       class SoShaderParameterMatrixArray
           The SoShaderParameterMatrixArray class is used to define a matrix
           array as shader parameter.
       class SoShaderStateMatrixParameter
           The SoShaderStateMatrixParameter class is used to define a matrix
           as shader parameter whose content is derived from the traversal
           state.
       class SoShaderProgram
           The SoShaderProgram class is used to specify a set of
           vertex/geometry/fragment objects.
       class SoVertexShader
           The SoVertexShader class is used for setting up vertex shader
           programs.

Detailed Description
       Shaders are programs that run on the graphics processor and replace the
       formerly fixed OpenGL pipeline.

       Coin-2.5 added support for Shaders. Shaders replace the fixed function
       vertex and fragment processing in OpenGL by letting the user define the
       processing that takes place at key points in the OpenGL pipeline.
       Vertex shaders handle the operations that occur on each vertex, while
       fragment shaders handle the operations that occur on each pixel. The
       SoShaderProgram node in Coin provides a convenient way of specifying
       the code for vertex and fragment shaders.

       Coin-3.0 expanded upon the shader support by adding support for OpenGL
       Vertex Attributes. When using shaders, programmers are no longer
       limited to the set of attributes that OpenGL defines (glColor,
       glNormal, glTexCoord etc.) You can now define your own per-vertex data
       and pass them to the shaders using the SoVertexAttribute node.

Author
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