[PyOpenGL-Users] Fastest way to draw many spheres

[Mads I. <mad...@gm...>]

Hi,

We are developing a molecular modeling application which basically boils 
down to drawing of the order 10000-60000 spheres when viewing the larger 
system. So far we render spheres by adding a unit gluSphere to a display 
list and then scaling and positioning this appropriately for each atom 
in the system.

I am aware that display lists are old-school. So my questions boils down 
to this: What is the defacto fastest way of rendering a sphere in a 
modern OpenGL framework?

Best regards,

Mads

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