Hello! I am wondering how to rotate a 3D object in a 3D world. I am using OpenGL and reading the object's Pivot point(x,y,z) from .3ds file. I should probably first translate the coordinates with some matrix math from world coordinates(that 3ds studio max uses) into object coordinates(that i'm using with openGL), or do you have some better ideas? How do I use the Pivot point and the rotation data(I succesfully read 100 keyframes for this rotation track) to rotate the object succesfully in my 3d world? thank you in advance.. Best wishes, teemu turkki

Hey,

I believe what you want to do is first translate the object to the origin by the pivot point P(-x,-y,-z) then rotate the object, then translate it back to its pivot point.


// Note matrix math works from right to left.
FinalTransform = TransPiv * Rotation * TransOrigin