im just learning to do rotations with matrices. At this point i prefer not to the higherlevel glrot commands.
If i load amodel i want to provide an autorotate function, so the user can activate an automated rotation across x,y,z or all these 3axis at once.
should i make 3 seperate matrices, one for each axis then multiply them together, then pass to the glmultimatrix function, or is there a way to make the required matrix that accounts for all rotations in 1 matrix ?
Also can anyone suggest an algorithm that would exhibit the model in a realy nice rotational way so that it systematicly rotates to every side and angle of the model
I think 3 axes for rotation is overkill in your case. You only want to present all the parts of the model, not to make the use sea-sick, right ?
I suggest 1 main rotation around vertical axis combined with 1 slower ‘ping-pong’ rotation around one horizontal axis (from -85 to 85 degrees).
Just use multmatrix if glrotate does not suits your need (BTW, why ?). And don’t forget to send first the ‘pingpong’ rotation, as matrix multiplications reverse the intuitive order.