Viewports and Clipping

This section discusses clipping, the last stage of the geometry pipeline. The discussion is organized into the following topics:

• What Is a Viewport?
• Viewport Rectangle
• Clipping Volumes
• Viewport Scaling
• Using Viewports

Microsoft® Direct3D® implements clipping by way of a set of viewport parameters set in the device.

See Also

Direct3D Rendering Pipeline

 Last updated on Thursday, April 08, 2004

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