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_define(_filters,eqn)_C_
_C_      eqn is automatically replaced with neqn for nroff
_header(ClipPlane,specify a plane against which all geometry is clipped)
_names(ClipPlane)
.EQ
delim $$
.EN
.SH PARAMETERS
_phead(_param1)
Specifies which clipping plane is being positioned.
Symbolic names of the form _const(CLIP_PLANE)\f2i\fP,
where \f2i\fP is an integer between 0 and _const(MAX_CLIP_PLANES)$^-^1$,
are accepted.
_phead(_param2)
Specifies the address of an array of four double-precision floating-point values.
These values are interpreted as a plane equation.
.SH DESCRIPTION
Geometry is always clipped against the boundaries of a six-plane frustum
in \f2x\fP, \f2y\fP, and \f2z\fP.  
_cmnd allows the specification of additional planes,
not necessarily perpendicular to the \f2x\fP, \f2y\fP, or \f2z\fP axis,
against which all geometry is clipped.
To determine the maximum number of additional clipping planes, call
_cmnd(GetIntegerv) with argument _const(MAX_CLIP_PLANES). All
implementations support at least six such clipping planes. 
Because the resulting clipping region is the intersection
of the defined half-spaces,
it is always convex.
.P
_cmnd specifies a half-space using a four-component plane equation.
When _cmnd is called,
_param2 is transformed by the inverse of the modelview matrix
and stored in the resulting eye coordinates.
Subsequent changes to the modelview matrix have no effect on the
stored plane-equation components.
If the dot product of the eye coordinates of a vertex with the
stored plane equation components is positive or zero,
the vertex is \f2in\f1 with respect to that clipping plane.
Otherwise, it is \f2out\fP.
.P 
To enable and disable clipping planes, call
_cmnd(Enable) and _cmnd(Disable) with the argument 
_const(CLIP_PLANE)\f2i\fP, 
where \f2i\fP is the plane number.
.P
All clipping planes are initially defined as (0, 0, 0, 0) in eye coordinates
and are disabled.
.SH NOTES
It is always the case that _const(CLIP_PLANE)$i$ = _const(CLIP_PLANE0)$~+~i$.
.SH ERRORS
_const(INVALID_ENUM) is generated if _param1 is not an accepted value.
.P
_const(INVALID_OPERATION) is generated if _cmnd
is executed between the execution of _cmnd(Begin)
and the corresponding execution of _cmnd(End).
.SH ASSOCIATED GETS
_cmnd(GetClipPlane)
.br
_cmnd(IsEnabled) with argument _const(CLIP_PLANE)\f2i\fP
.SH SEE ALSO
_cmnd(Enable)