Rotating an object around a fixed point in opengl

Question

I have a problem with this openGL code:

glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glLoadIdentity();
glPushMatrix(); // put current matrix on stack

//glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.         


        

Answer 1

try rotating after translation:

    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glLoadIdentity();
glPushMatrix(); // put current matrix on stack

//glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);   
//glTranslatef(-4*1.5, 0.0, 4*1.5);

glTranslatef(xpos, ypos, zpos);
glRotatef(rotationAngle, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f); // rotate the robot on its y-axis
DrawRobot(xpos, ypos, zpos); // draw the robot
glPopMatrix();