From d068b668d8a4b08fab0d3c1c4d3d347ab5343d17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Rosedale <philip@highfidelity.io>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:48:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add marker spheres at 1 meter away from origin for better
 avatar size testing

---
 interface/src/Application.cpp |  4 ++--
 interface/src/Util.cpp        | 20 +++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index b59893a10e..d4a3e7118d 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -2921,10 +2921,10 @@ void Application::displaySide(Camera& whichCamera, bool selfAvatarOnly) {
 
     if (!selfAvatarOnly) {
         // draw a red sphere
-        float sphereRadius = 0.25f;
+        float originSphereRadius = 0.05f;
         glColor3f(1,0,0);
         glPushMatrix();
-            glutSolidSphere(sphereRadius, 15, 15);
+            glutSolidSphere(originSphereRadius, 15, 15);
         glPopMatrix();
 
         // disable specular lighting for ground and voxels
diff --git a/interface/src/Util.cpp b/interface/src/Util.cpp
index d557eb67b3..ffee4c7879 100644
--- a/interface/src/Util.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Util.cpp
@@ -332,27 +332,29 @@ void renderWorldBox() {
     glVertex3f(TREE_SCALE, 0, TREE_SCALE);
     glVertex3f(TREE_SCALE, 0, 0);
     glEnd();
-    //  Draw marker dots at very end
+    //  Draw meter markers along the 3 axis to help with measuring things
+    const float MARKER_DISTANCE = 1.f;
+    const float MARKER_RADIUS = 0.05f;
     glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
     glPushMatrix();
-    glTranslatef(TREE_SCALE, 0, 0);
+    glTranslatef(MARKER_DISTANCE, 0, 0);
     glColor3fv(red);
-    glutSolidSphere(0.125, 10, 10);
+    glutSolidSphere(MARKER_RADIUS, 10, 10);
     glPopMatrix();
     glPushMatrix();
-    glTranslatef(0, TREE_SCALE, 0);
+    glTranslatef(0, MARKER_DISTANCE, 0);
     glColor3fv(green);
-    glutSolidSphere(0.125, 10, 10);
+    glutSolidSphere(MARKER_RADIUS, 10, 10);
     glPopMatrix();
     glPushMatrix();
-    glTranslatef(0, 0, TREE_SCALE);
+    glTranslatef(0, 0, MARKER_DISTANCE);
     glColor3fv(blue);
-    glutSolidSphere(0.125, 10, 10);
+    glutSolidSphere(MARKER_RADIUS, 10, 10);
     glPopMatrix();
     glPushMatrix();
     glColor3fv(gray);
-    glTranslatef(TREE_SCALE, 0, TREE_SCALE);
-    glutSolidSphere(0.125, 10, 10);
+    glTranslatef(MARKER_DISTANCE, 0, MARKER_DISTANCE);
+    glutSolidSphere(MARKER_RADIUS, 10, 10);
     glPopMatrix();
 
 }