Glow Extras

Companion library for glow with convenience and helper functions.

Usage

Add git submodule

git submodule add https://www.graphics.rwth-aachen.de:9000/Glow/glow-extras.git
git submodule update --init --recursive

Add to cmake (be sure to do that after glow)

add_subdirectory(path/to/glow-extras)

Choose which libraries you need

# all
target_link_libraries(YourLib PUBLIC glow-extras)

# .. or single ones
target_link_libraries(YourLib PUBLIC glow-extras-camera)
target_link_libraries(YourLib PUBLIC glow-extras-geometry)
target_link_libraries(YourLib PUBLIC glow-extras-shader)

CAUTION: If you use extras that require dependencies, you have to add them manually before. E.g. for glow-extras-assimp:

add_subdirectory(path/to/assimp) # https://graphics.rwth-aachen.de:9000/ptrettner/assimp-lean
add_subdirectory(path/to/glow-extras) # AFTER dependencies

target_link_libraries(YourLib PUBLIC glow-extras-assimp) # internally depends on assimp

glow-extras will disable (and tell you) all sub-libs that were disabled due to missing dependencies.

Sub-libs

Currently supported sub-libs with their intent and dependencies.

• glow-extras-camera
• glow-extras-geometry
• glow-extras-shader
• glow-extras-assimp
• glow-extras-timing
• glow-extras-pipeline

glow-extras-camera

Camera classes:

• BaseCamera
• StaticCamera
• GenericCamera

glow-extras-geometry

Template-heavy library for creating geometry (VertexArrays in particular)

Noteworthy classes:

• Quad
• Cube

glow-extras-shader

TODO: Shader generation

glow-extras-assimp

DEPENDENCY: assimp

Suggested submodule: https://www.graphics.rwth-aachen.de:9000/ptrettner/assimp-lean.git

TODO: Assimp importer

glow-extras-timing

DEPENDENCY: aion

Suggested submodule: https://graphics.rwth-aachen.de:9000/ptrettner/aion

TODO: Aion timings and custom GPU timer

glow-extras-pipeline

A pre-built Forward+ rendering pipeline with various configurable features.