Name

    SGIX_vertex_preclip

Name Strings

    GL_SGIX_vertex_preclip
    GL_SGIX_vertex_preclip_hint

Contact

    John Francis, Silicon Graphics (jfrancis 'at' sgi.com)
    Dave Gorgen, Silicon Graphics (dgorgen 'at' sgi.com)

Status

    XXX - Not complete yet!!!

Version

    Last Modified Date: April 19, 2000

Number

    210

Dependencies

    OpenGL 1.2 is required.

Overview

    Certain graphics subsystems are capable of performing fast
    2D viewport or, in some cases, 3D volume "scissoring" operations
    within some coordinate range much faster that the host CPU could
    re-tesselate clipped primitives.

    This extension introduces the notion of an extended rasterizable view
    volume that is an expansion of the clip-space view volume.	This volume
    is the space within which a particular graphics system is much more
    efficient at rejecting fragments that lie outside the view volume than
    it is at performing strict view volume clipping.

    Clip-checking can be turned on or off through the glEnable/glDisable
    mechanism, and can be further controlled by using glHint.

IP Status

    None

Issues

    Should more precise control be given, instead of just a hint?

	NO. (Or not yet, anyway).

New Procedures and Functions

    None

New Tokens

    Accepted by the <cap> parameter of Enable, Disable, and IsEnabled,
    and the <pname> parameter of GetBooleanv, GetIntegerv, GetFloatv,
    and GetDoublev:

    VERTEX_PRECLIP_SGIX		    0x83EE

    Accepted by the <target> parameter of Hint and the <pname> parameter
    of GetBooleanv, GetIntegerv, GetFloatv, and GetDoublev:

    VERTEX_PRECLIP_HINT_SGIX	    0x83EF


Additions to Chapter 2 of the OpenGL 1.2.1 Specification (OpenGL Operation)

    At the end of section 2.11	Clipping  Add:

    The precision of the arithmetic used in the clipping operation is
    undefined.	Some implementations may be able to maintain full
    accuracy for all primitives, while other implementations may have
    limits on the extent of a primitive, or retain full accuracy only
    within some rasterizable volume (larger than the clip volume).

    Such implementations can make use of the VERTEX_PRECLIP extension.
    If this feature is enabled, all primitives will be pre-clipped to
    the rasterizable volume before any other processing.

Additions to Chapter 3 of the OpenGL 1.2.1 Specification (Rasterization)

    None

Additions to Chapter 4 of the OpenGL 1.2.1 Specification (Per-Fragment
Operations and the Frame Buffer)

    None

Additions to Chapter 5 of the OpenGL 1.2.1 Specification (Special Functions)

    In section 5.6  Hints:

    remove the word 'and' in front of FOG_HINT

    replace the period after the description of FOG_HINT with

    ; and VERTEX_PRECLIP_HINT, indicating the strictness of
    checking for primitives which extend beyond the rasterizable
    volume.

Additions to Chapter 6 of the OpenGL 1.2.1 Specification (State and
State Requests)

    Only the changes to tables 6.7 and 6.23 detailed below

Additions to Appendix A of the OpenGL 1.2.1 Specification (Invariance)

    None

Additions to the AGL/GLX/WGL Specifications

    None

Errors

    None

New State

  (table 6.7, Transformation State)
								Initial
    Get Value				Type	Get Command	Value	Description	 Sec.	 Attribute
    ---------				----	-----------	------- -----------	 ----	 ---------
    VERTEX_PRECLIP			 B	 IsEnabled	 False	Pre-clip On/Off  2.11  transform/enable


  (table 6.23, Hints)
								Initial
    Get Value				Type	Get Command	Value	Description	 Sec.	 Attribute
    ---------				----	-----------	------- -----------	 ----	 ---------
    VERTEX_PRECLIP_HINT			 Z3	GetIntegerv   DONT_CARE Pre-clip Hint	 5.6	   hint

New Implementation Dependent State

    None

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