Finding center of 2D triangle?

Question

I've been given a struct for a 2D triangle with x and y coordinates, a rotation variable, and so on. From the point created by those x and y coordinates, I am supposed to draw a triangle around the point and rotate it appropriately using the rotation variable.

I'm familiar with drawing triangles in OpenGl with GL_TRIANGLES. My problem is somehow extracting the middle of a triangle and drawing the vertices around it.

edit: Yes, what I am looking for is the centroid.

Answer 1

There are different "types" of centers of a triangle. Details on: The Centers of a Triangle. A quick method for finding a center of a triangle is to average all your point's coordinates. For example:

GLfloat centerX = (tri[0].x + tri[1].x + tri[2].x) / 3; GLfloat centerY = (tri[0].y + tri[1].y + tri[2].y) / 3; 

When you find the center, you will need to rotate your triangle about the center. To do this, translate so that the center is now at (0, 0). Perform your rotation. Now reverse the translation you performed earlier.