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Creating a Simple Scene

• Choose File | New | Application from the menu
• Switch to the GLScene tab on the Component Palette
• Drop down a TGLScene
• Drop down a TGLSceneViewer
• Set the Align property of TGLSceneViewer to alClient
• Double click the TGLScene component to bring up the GLScene Editor.
• Right click on the Camera's node and choose Add Camera
• Select the GLSceneViewer and set it's camera property to your new camera.
• Use the TGLScene component to bring back Scene Editor
• Right click on Scene Object to bring up the menu.
• Choose Add Object | Basic Geometry | Cube.
• When you are done, the editor will look like this.
• Use the Scene Object and its menus to add a light.
• Now you need to light the scene and point the camera.
• Select the camera.
• Use the Object Inspector to Position the camera at coordinates 2, 2, 2.
• Set the Target Object property of the camera to Cube1.
• You should now be able to see the cube on your form.
• Select the light in the Inspector and Position it at coordinates 2, 2, 1.
• Run your program.