OpenGL / Cinder – Custom Dynamic Attributes Example (GLSL 1.2)

Here’s an example of using dynamic custom attributes in GLSL 1.2 and Cinder.
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void makeVBO()
{
	gl::VboMesh::Layout layout;
	layout.setDynamicPositions();
	layout.addDynamicCustomFloat();  // add a custom dynamic float
	

	vboModel = gl::VboMesh(NUM_VBO_VERTICES, 0, layout, GL_POINTS); // create vbo mesh with dynamic positions
	
	mShader.bind();
	GLuint loc = mShader.getAttribLocation("myAttribute"); // get location of "attribute float myAttribute" in vertex shader
	vboModel.setCustomDynamicLocation(0, loc); // set the local 'id' of the attribute
	mShader.unbind();

	int distFromCenter = VBO_RADIUS;

        // generate random vertices
	vector<Vec3f> vPositions;
	for (int j = 1; j < NUM_VBO_VERTICES; ++j)
	{
		vPositions.push_back(
			Vec3f(-(distFromCenter / 2) + randFloat()*distFromCenter,
			-(distFromCenter / 2) + randFloat()*distFromCenter,
			-(distFromCenter / 2) + randFloat()*distFromCenter)
			);
	}

        // iterate through vertices
	int i = 0;
	gl::VboMesh::VertexIter iter = vboModel.mapVertexBuffer();
	
	for (int idx = 0; idx < NUM_VBO_VERTICES; ++idx) {

		// set position of vertex
                iter.setPosition(vPositions[i]);
		
                // set the value of 'myAttribute' to a random number
                iter.setCustomFloat(0, 10+Rand::randFloat()*90);
		++iter;
		++i;
	}

}

void draw()
{
        mShader.bind();
        gl::draw(vboModel);
        mShader.unbind();
}