Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] OpenGl + Mouse Selection

[Jasper P. <ja...@pe...>]

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That sounds like what I want.  Thanks for the search reference!
- -Jasper

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Mike C. Fletcher wrote:
> There are a number of ways to do this, but the most common way I've 
> encountered is to use the glSelectBuffer-based selection mechanisms 
> which come with OpenGL.  You can find sample code for the glSelectBuffer 
> stuff in OpenGLContext or just about any OpenGL reference or programming 
> Web site (such as NeHe).
> 
> The basic approach is to re-render the scene in "select" mode, pushing 
> "names" (integers) onto the selection stack as you render to a frustum 
> which is the projection of your picking point to infinity.  When you 
> exit the select rendering mode you receive a list of records indicating 
> which names were active when items were rendered to the frustum.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Mike

[snip my original question]
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