how to rotate a scene in the correct way ?

I hope i don't ask some FAQ qustion .

I would like to rotate an object (after changing it place ).

when i move the object (qube) and then rotate it it will rotare with a big circle around the orignal center point (0,0,0) instead of a x,yz around what it was created .

i tried to play with glLookAt() in the next way [NEWB alert] :
i add this code as a case statment that a key will call it :

glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW) ;
glLoadIdentity() ;
fTranslatey -= 0.1;
gluLookAt(fTranslatex, fTranslatey, fTranslatez,0,0,0,0,1,1);
glutPostRedisplay(); break;


I guess it is reall

You need to translate before you rotate, ie. swap the blue with the red:

Code:

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void disp()
{
 glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
 glLoadIdentity();
 
 glRotatef(angle,1.0,1.0,0.0);
 glTranslatef(fTranslatex, fTranslatey, fTranslatez);

 glScalef(fScale, fScale, fScale);
  drawcube();

glutSwapBuffers();

}

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i asked why the defrance
and was unswared else where :

if you call glRotate, then glTranslate, the result will be a matrix that effectively translates the object first, then rotates the translated object around the origin.

Thank you