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<h2>Name</h2>

<p>glCullFace — specify whether front- or back-facing polygons can be culled</p>

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<h2>C Specification</h2>

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<code class="funcdef">void <strong class="fsfunc">glCullFace</strong>(</code>

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<td>GLenum <var class="pdparam">mode</var><code>)</code>;</td>

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<h2>Parameters</h2>

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<em class="parameter">

<code>mode</code>

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Specifies whether front- or back-facing polygons are candidates for culling.

Symbolic constants

<code class="constant">GL_FRONT</code>, <code class="constant">GL_BACK</code>, and <code class="constant">GL_FRONT_AND_BACK</code> are accepted.

The initial value is <code class="constant">GL_BACK</code>.

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<h2>Description</h2>

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<code class="function">glCullFace</code> specifies whether front- or back-facing polygons are culled

(as specified by <span class="emphasis"><em>mode</em></span>) when polygon culling is enabled. Polygon

culling is initially disabled.

To enable and disable polygon culling, call the

<a class="citerefentry" href="glEnable"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glEnable</span></span></a> and <a class="citerefentry" href="glDisable"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glDisable</span></span></a> commands

with the argument <code class="constant">GL_CULL_FACE</code>.

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<a class="citerefentry" href="glFrontFace"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glFrontFace</span></span></a> specifies which of the clockwise and counterclockwise polygons

are front-facing and back-facing.

See <a class="citerefentry" href="glFrontFace"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glFrontFace</span></span></a>.

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<h2>Notes</h2>

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If <em class="parameter"><code>mode</code></em> is <code class="constant">GL_FRONT_AND_BACK</code>, no polygons are drawn, but other

primitives such as points and lines are drawn.

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<h2>Errors</h2>

<p>

<code class="constant">GL_INVALID_ENUM</code> is generated if <em class="parameter"><code>mode</code></em> is not an accepted value.

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<h2>Associated Gets</h2>

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<a class="citerefentry" href="glIsEnabled"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glIsEnabled</span></span></a> with argument <code class="constant">GL_CULL_FACE</code>

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<a class="citerefentry" href="glGet"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glGet</span></span></a> with argument <code class="constant">GL_CULL_FACE_MODE</code>

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<h2>API Version Support</h2>

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<span class="bold"><strong>OpenGL ES API Version</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>2.0</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>3.0</strong></span>

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<span class="bold"><strong>3.1</strong></span>

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<td style="text-align: left; border-right: 2px solid ; ">glCullFace</td>

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<td style="text-align: center; border-right: 2px solid ; ">✔</td>

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<div class="refsect1" id="seealso">

<h2>See Also</h2>

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<a class="citerefentry" href="glEnable"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glEnable</span></span></a>,

<a class="citerefentry" href="glFrontFace"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">glFrontFace</span></span></a>

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<div class="refsect1" id="Copyright">

<h2>Copyright</h2>

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Copyright © 1991-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Copyright © 2010-2014 Khronos Group.

This document is licensed under the SGI Free Software B License.

For details, see

<a class="link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171022161616/http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/" target="_top">https://web.archive.org/web/20171022161616/http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</a>.

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