How to draw a line along the Z axis in openGL - c++

Question

I'm stuck drawing a line along the Z-axis. I have checked the related topic that OpenGL Can't draw z axis but even if I change my camera position, I still can't see my line; meanwhile, I can see a square draw in XZ-plane.
here is my code:
int main()
{
glfwInit();
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 2);
glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 1);
GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(1024, 768, "some program", NULL, NULL);
glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
glewExperimental = true; // Needed for core profile
if (glewInit() != GLEW_OK) {
std::cerr << "Failed to create GLEW" << std::endl;
glfwTerminate();
return -1;
}
glClearColor(0.2f, 0.298f, 0.298f, 1.0f);
// Compile and link shaders here ...
int shaderProgram = compileAndLinkShaders();
int lineVao = createLineVertexArrayObject(LineArray, sizeof(LineArray));
while (!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
{
GLuint worldMatrixLocation = glGetUniformLocation(shaderProgram, "worldMatrix");
// Each frame, reset color of each pixel to glClearColor
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
glm::mat4 translationMatrix = glm::mat4(1.0f);
glUniformMatrix4fv(worldMatrixLocation, 1, GL_FALSE, &translationMatrix[0][0]);
glUseProgram(shaderProgram);
glBindVertexArray(lineVao);
glDrawArrays(GL_LINES, 0, 2);
glBindVertexArray(0);
glfwSwapBuffers(window);
// Detect inputs
glfwPollEvents();
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE) == GLFW_PRESS)
glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window, true);
if (glfwGetKey(window, GLFW_KEY_1) == GLFW_PRESS)//see the object in other direction
{
glm::mat4 viewMatrix = glm::lookAt(glm::vec3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f), // eye
glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f), // center
glm::vec3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f));// up
GLuint viewMatrixLocation = glGetUniformLocation(shaderProgram, "viewMatrix");
glUniformMatrix4fv(viewMatrixLocation, 1, GL_FALSE, &viewMatrix[0][0]);
}
}
// Shutdown GLFW
glfwTerminate();
return 0;
}
int createLineVertexArrayObject()
int createLineVertexArrayObject(const glm::vec3* vertexArray, int arraySize)
{
// Create a vertex array
GLuint vertexArrayObject;
glGenVertexArrays(1, &vertexArrayObject);
glBindVertexArray(vertexArrayObject);
// Upload Vertex Buffer to the GPU, keep a reference to it (vertexBufferObject)
GLuint vertexBufferObject;
glGenBuffers(1, &vertexBufferObject);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vertexBufferObject);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, arraySize, vertexArray, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, // attribute 0 matches aPos in Vertex Shader
2, // size
GL_FLOAT, // type
GL_FALSE, // normalized?
2 * sizeof(glm::vec3), // stride - each vertex contain 2 vec3 (position, color)
(void*)0 // array buffer offset
);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, // attribute 1 matches aColor in Vertex Shader
2,
GL_FLOAT,
GL_FALSE,
2 * sizeof(glm::vec3),
(void*)sizeof(glm::vec3) // color is offseted a vec3 (comes after position)
);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
glBindVertexArray(0);
return vertexArrayObject;
}
my lineArray[] was like this
glm::vec3 LineArray[] = {
glm::vec3(-0.5f, 0.0f, -0.5f), // position
glm::vec3(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), // color (yellow)
glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), // position
glm::vec3(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), // color (yellow)
};
But I can only see a horizontal line if I change my camera position.

Answer 1

Assuming that you want to draw a 3D line, the size argument of glVertexAttribPointer is wrong. By setting it to two, you tell OpenGL to read only two values and add 0 for z.
Set the size to 3 as in
glVertexAttribPointer(0, // attribute 0 matches aPos in Vertex Shader
3, // size
GL_FLOAT, // type
GL_FALSE, // normalized?
2 * sizeof(glm::vec3), // stride - each vertex contain 2 vec3 (position, color)
(void*)0 // array buffer offset
);
and the z-value will also be read.
Note, that your color binding has the same problem. You only read the read and green value, but not the blue value.