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<refentry id="glMultiDrawElements">
<refmeta>
<refmetainfo>
<copyright>
<year>1991-2006</year>
<holder>Silicon Graphics, Inc.</holder>
</copyright>
</refmetainfo>
<refentrytitle>glMultiDrawElements</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>glMultiDrawElements</refname>
<refpurpose>render multiple sets of primitives by specifying indices of array data elements</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>glMultiDrawElements</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>GLenum <parameter>mode</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const GLsizei * <parameter>count</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>GLenum <parameter>type</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const GLvoid ** <parameter>indices</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>GLsizei <parameter>primcount</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1 id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>mode</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies what kind of primitives to render.
Symbolic constants
<constant>GL_POINTS</constant>,
<constant>GL_LINE_STRIP</constant>,
<constant>GL_LINE_LOOP</constant>,
<constant>GL_LINES</constant>,
<constant>GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP</constant>,
<constant>GL_TRIANGLE_FAN</constant>,
<constant>GL_TRIANGLES</constant>,
<constant>GL_QUAD_STRIP</constant>,
<constant>GL_QUADS</constant>,
and <constant>GL_POLYGON</constant> are accepted.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>count</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Points to an array of the elements counts.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>type</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the type of the values in <parameter>indices</parameter>. Must be one of
<constant>GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE</constant>, <constant>GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT</constant>, or
<constant>GL_UNSIGNED_INT</constant>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>indices</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies a pointer to the location where the indices are stored.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>primcount</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the size of the <parameter>count</parameter> array.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="description"><title>Description</title>
<para>
<function>glMultiDrawElements</function> specifies multiple sets of geometric primitives with very few subroutine
calls. Instead of calling a GL function to pass each individual vertex,
normal, texture coordinate, edge flag, or color, you can prespecify
separate arrays of vertices, normals, and so on, and use them to construct a
sequence of primitives with a single call to <function>glMultiDrawElements</function>.
</para>
<para>
<function>glMultiDrawElements</function> is identical in operation to <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glDrawElements</refentrytitle></citerefentry> except that
<parameter>primcount</parameter> separate lists of elements are specified.
</para>
<para>
Vertex attributes that are modified by <function>glMultiDrawElements</function> have an
unspecified value after <function>glMultiDrawElements</function> returns. For example, if
<constant>GL_COLOR_ARRAY</constant> is enabled, the value of the current color is
undefined after <function>glMultiDrawElements</function> executes. Attributes that aren't
modified maintain their previous values.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
<para>
<function>glMultiDrawElements</function> is available only if the GL version is 1.4 or greater.
</para>
<para>
<function>glMultiDrawElements</function> is included in display lists. If <function>glMultiDrawElements</function> is entered into a
display list,
the necessary array data (determined by the array pointers and
enables) is also
entered into the display list. Because the array pointers and
enables are client-side state, their values affect display lists
when the lists are created, not when the lists are executed.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="errors"><title>Errors</title>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_ENUM</constant> is generated if <parameter>mode</parameter> is not an accepted value.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_VALUE</constant> is generated if <parameter>primcount</parameter> is negative.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_OPERATION</constant> is generated if a non-zero buffer object name is bound to an
enabled array or the element array and the buffer object's data store is currently mapped.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_OPERATION</constant> is generated if <function>glMultiDrawElements</function> is executed between
the execution of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glBegin</refentrytitle></citerefentry> and the corresponding <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glEnd</refentrytitle></citerefentry>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glArrayElement</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glColorPointer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glDrawArrays</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glDrawRangeElements</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glEdgeFlagPointer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glFogCoordPointer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGetPointerv</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glIndexPointer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glInterleavedArrays</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glNormalPointer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glSecondaryColorPointer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexCoordPointer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glVertexPointer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title>
<para>
Copyright <trademark class="copyright"></trademark> 1991-2006
Silicon Graphics, Inc. This document is licensed under the SGI
Free Software B License. For details, see
<ulink url="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</ulink>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>