Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] Coloring Nurb Surface

[Nicolas R. <Nic...@in...>]

On Feb 24, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Michka Popoff wrote:

> Thanks for answering
> 
> Dirk :
> generally the most generic and efficient way for that is to use glTexGen to turn
> your height into a texture coordinate and use a 1D texture for the colors to
> interpolate between. This allows you to fully specify the color that are
> interpolated and also enables you to do non-linear mappings (e.g. have a bright
> band at a specific height). Give it a try!
> 
> Ian Mallett :
> I'd use a vertex shader.
> 

Have a look at glumpy that implement those two ideas (1D texture + shader):
http://code.google.com/p/glumpy/


Nicolas