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Asked: 2026-06-03T05:27:01+00:00

I want to draw several cubes using glutSolidCube in some points in space. The

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I want to draw several cubes using glutSolidCube in some points in space. The examples I have found just call glutSolidCube and it works, but the only way a cube gets drawn for me is if the line is enclosed in glBegin(GL_POLYGON), which isn’t required in the examples I’ve seen, and I only get one cube instead of several. What I have is:

glColor3f(1, 0, 0);
glLoadIdentity();
glTranslatef(5,2,1);
glutSolidCube(1);


glLoadIdentity();
glTranslatef(10,8,0);
glutSolidCube(1);

glLoadIdentity();
glTranslatef(3,7,9);
glutSolidCube(1);

glLoadIdentity();
glTranslatef(1,4,6);
glutSolidCube(1);

When I run this nothing happens. I know there’s not a problem with the points being outside my view because if I draw vertices at the same points, I can see them. As far as I can tell from the examples and documentation I’ve read, I’m not doing anything incorrect. Can someone tell me what I’m doing wrong or give me a snippet of code that draws multiple cubes?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this:

    glColor3f(1, 0, 0);
glPushMatrix();
glTranslatef(5,2,1);
glutSolidCube(1);
glPopMatrix();

glPushMatrix();
glTranslatef(10,8,0);
glutSolidCube(1);
glPopMatrix();

glPushMatrix();
glTranslatef(3,7,9);
glutSolidCube(1);
glPopMatrix();

glPushMatrix();
glTranslatef(1,4,6);
glutSolidCube(1);
glPopMatrix();

    Without re-setting the model view matrix with glLoadIdentity(). Note that to start with you need to call glOrtho() or glPerspective() to set the camera once.

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