i was hoping someone could help me with the push and pop matrix functions. if i have 2 cubes and i want to rotate and move them differently do i have to use these functions?

hm.. you want 2 cubes to rotate in diferent directions?
about push/pop : those function store/load curent matrix to/from stack. I hope you know what stack is. Anyways, you store the postion, then do some translation/rotation/scaling/... and when calling pop you resotre matrix to the state it was before pushing it to stack...

ok.. so here is some code..

...
// cube 1
glPushMatrix(); // store matrix
glTranslate(...) // translate to postion of first cube
glRotate(angle1,..) // rotate first cube for angle1
DrawCube();
glPopMatrix() // load matrix stored with push
// cube 2
glPushMatrix(); // store matrix
glTranslate(...) // translate to postion of second cube
glRotate(angle2,..) // rotate second cube for angle2
DrawCube();
glPopMatrix() // load matrix stored with push
...


hope this helps...

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yes, that was very helpful!! it''s working now
thanks a bunch