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Should I use Game Engines to learn to make 3D games?

HI i am a software engineering student in his second-last year. I am proficient with C,C++,C# and java programming languages, and being a student of engineering I have studied calculus, vectors etc ...
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Draw contour around object in Opengl

I need to draw contour around 2d objects in 3d space. I tried drawing lines around object(+points to fill the gap), but due to line width, some part of it(~50%) was covering object. I tried to use ...
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How can I implement a renderer that can draw many kinds of primitives?

This is somewhat linked to a question I previously asked concerning the drawing of indexed primitives. My problem was that I was only drawing one cube when I wanted to draw many. I was told that the ...
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How can I draw many objects on screen instead of just one?

Like many beginner graphics programmers I followed a tutorial which showed me how to set up buffer descriptions and fill out the vertex buffer etc... - the steps involved in drawing a simple indexed ...