GLUBUILD3DMIPMAPLEVE(3G)

NAME
gluBuild3DMipmapLevels - builds a subset of three-dimensional mipmap levels

C SPECIFICATION

GLint gluBuild3DMipmapLevels(GLenum target, GLint internalFormat, GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLsizei depth, GLenum format, GLenum type, GLint level, GLint base, GLint max, const void * data);

PARAMETERS

target
    Specifies the target texture. Must be GLU_TEXTURE_3D.

internalFormat
    Requests the internal storage format of the texture image. The most current version of the SGI implementation of GLU does not check this value for validity before passing it on to the underlying OpenGL implementation. A value that is not accepted by the OpenGL implementation will lead to an OpenGL error. The benefit of not checking this value at the GLU level is that OpenGL extensions can add new internal texture formats without requiring a revision of the GLU implementation. Older implementations of GLU check this value and raise a GLU error if it is not 1, 2, 3, or 4 or one of the following symbolic constants: GLU_ALPHA, GLU_ALPHA4, GLU_ALPHA8, GLU_ALPHA12, GLU_ALPHA16, GLU_LUMINANCE, GLU_LUMINANCE4, GLU_LUMINANCE8, GLU_LUMINANCE12, GLU_LUMINANCE16, GLU_LUMINANCE_ALPHA, GLU_LUMINANCE4_ALPHA4, GLU_LUMINANCE6_ALPHA2, GLU_LUMINANCE8_ALPHA8, GLU_LUMINANCE12_ALPHA4, GLU_LUMINANCE12_ALPHA12, GLU_LUMINANCE16_ALPHA16, GLU_INTENSITY, GLU_INTENSITY4, GLU_INTENSITY8, GLU_INTENSITY12, GLU_INTENSITY16, GLU_RGB, GLU_R3_G3_B2, GLU_RGB4, GLU_RGB5, GLU_RGB8, GLU_RGB10, GLU_RGB12, GLU_RGB16, GLU_RGBA, GLU_RGBA2, GLU_RGBA4, GLU_RGB5_A1, GLU_RGBA8, GLU_RGB10_A2, GLU_RGBA12, or GLU_RGBA16.

width, height, depth
    Specifies in pixels the width, height and depth respectively, of the texture image. These should be a power of 2.

format
    Specifies the format of the pixel data. Must be one of GLU_COLOR_INDEX, GLU_DEPTH_COMPONENT, GLU_RED, GLU_GREEN, GLU_BLUE, GLU_ALPHA, GLU_RGB, GLU_RGBA, GLU_BGR, GLU_BGRA, GLU_LUMINANCE, or GLU_LUMINANCE_ALPHA.

type
    Specifies the data type for data. Must be one of GLU_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GLU_BYTE, GLU_BITMAP, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT, GLU_SHORT, GLU_UNSIGNED_INT, GLU_INT, GLU_FLOAT, GLU_UNSIGNED_BYTE_3_3_2, GLU_UNSIGNED_BYTE_2_3_3_REV, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5_REV, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4_REV, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_1_5_5_5_REV, GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8, GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8_REV, GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_10_10_10_2, or GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV.

level
    Specifies the mipmap level of the image data.

base
    Specifies the minimum mipmap level to pass to glTexImage3D().

max
    Specifies the maximum mipmap level to pass to glTexImage3D().

data
    Specifies a pointer to the image data in memory.

DESCRIPTION

gluBuild3DMipmapLevels builds a subset of prefiltered three-dimensional texture maps of decreasing resolutions called a mipmap. This is used for the antialiasing of texture mapped primitives.

A return value of zero indicates success, otherwise a GLU error code is returned (see gluErrorString()).

A series of mipmap levels from base to max is built by decimating data in half along both dimensions until size 1 × 1 × 1 is reached. At each level, each texel in the halved mipmap level is an average of the corresponding eight texels in the larger mipmap level. (If exactly one of the dimensions is 1, four texels are averaged. If exactly two of the dimensions are 1, two texels are averaged.) glTexImage3D() is called to load these mipmap levels from base to max. If max is larger than the highest mipmap level for the texture of the specified size, then a GLU error code is returned (see gluErrorString()) and nothing is loaded.

For example, if level is 2 and width is 16, height is 8 and depth is 4, the following levels are possible: 16 × 8 × 4, 8 × 4 × 2, 4 × 2 × 1, 2 × 1 × 1, 1 × 1 × 1. These correspond to levels 2 through 6 respectively. If base is 3 and max is 5, then only mipmap levels 8 × 4 × 2, 4 × 2 × 1, and 2 × 1 × 1 are loaded. However, if max is 7, then an error is returned and nothing is loaded, since max is larger than the highest mipmap level which is, in this case, 6.

The highest mipmap level can be derived from the formula log 2 ⁡ max ⁡ width height depth × 2 level.

See the glTexImage1D() reference page for a description of the acceptable values for format parameter. See the glDrawPixels() reference page for a description of the acceptable values for type parameter.

NOTES

gluBuild3DMipmapLevels is only available if the GLU version is 1.3 or greater.

Formats GLU_BGR, and GLU_BGRA, and types GLU_UNSIGNED_BYTE_3_3_2, GLU_UNSIGNED_BYTE_2_3_3_REV, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5_REV, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4_REV, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1, GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_1_5_5_5_REV, GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8, GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8_REV, GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_10_10_10_2, and GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV are only available if the GL version is 1.2 or greater.

ERRORS

GLU_INVALID_VALUE is returned if level > base, base < 0, max < base, or max is > the highest mipmap level for data.

GLU_INVALID_VALUE is returned if width, height, or depth is < 1.

GLU_INVALID_ENUM is returned if internalFormat, format, or type is not legal.

GLU_INVALID_OPERATION is returned if type is GLU_UNSIGNED_BYTE_3_3_2 or GLU_UNSIGNED_BYTE_2_3_3_REV and format is not GLU_RGB.

GLU_INVALID_OPERATION is returned if type is GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5 or GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5_REV and format is not GLU_RGB.

GLU_INVALID_OPERATION is returned if type is GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4 or GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4_REV and format is neither GLU_RGBA nor GLU_BGRA.

GLU_INVALID_OPERATION is returned if type is GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1 or GLU_UNSIGNED_SHORT_1_5_5_5_REV and format is neither GLU_RGBA nor GLU_BGRA.

GLU_INVALID_OPERATION is returned if type is GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8 or GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8_REV and format is neither GLU_RGBA nor GLU_BGRA.

GLU_INVALID_OPERATION is returned if type is GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_10_10_10_2 or GLU_UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV and format is neither GLU_RGBA nor GLU_BGRA.

SEE ALSO

gluBuild1DMipmapLevels(), gluBuild1DMipmaps(), gluBuild2DMipmapLevels(), gluBuild2DMipmaps(), gluBuild3DMipmaps(), gluErrorString(), glDrawPixels(), glGetTexImage(), glGetTexLevelParameter(), glTexImage1D(), glTexImage2D(), glTexImage3D()

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