Is it possible to rotate an object around its own axis and not around the base coordinate's axis?

Question

I am following the OpenGL es rotation examples from google to rotate a simple square (not a cube) on my Android App, for example this code:

gl.glRotatef(xro         


        

Answer 1

Try adding

glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glPushMatrix();

before the render code for a single cube that's being rotated, and then

glPopMatrix();

after the rendering is done. It will give you an extra view matrix to work with without affecting your primary modelview matrix.

Essentially what this does is create a new modelview camera, render, then destroy it.