Triangle Strip

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Triangle strip made up of 4 triangles

A triangle strip consists of interconnected triangles. It is defined by a sequence of corner points for the triangles, each group of three consecutive corner points describing a triangle.

Triangle strips are used in computer graphics to efficiently display three-dimensional objects. They are directly supported in programming interfaces such as OpenGL and DirectX .

literature

  • Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman: Real-Time Rendering . 3. Edition. Peters, Wellesley 2008, ISBN 978-1-56881-424-7 .