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How to draw cylinder in y or x axis in opengl

I just want to draw a cylinder in opengl. I found lots of samples but all of them draws cylinders in z axis. I want them be in x or y axis. How can i do this. The code below is the code draw the cylinder in z direction and i dont want it 

  GLUquadricObj *quadratic;
  quadratic = gluNewQuadric();
  gluCylinder(quadratic,0.1f,0.1f,3.0f,32,32);
Solution

  • You can use glRotate(angle, x, y, z) to rotate your coordinate system:

    GLUquadricObj *quadratic;
quadratic = gluNewQuadric();
glRotatef(90.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
gluCylinder(quadratic,0.1f,0.1f,3.0f,32,32);

    http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/man/xhtml/glRotate.xml