I am currently following this tutorial by Jerome Etienne on generating a procedural city using Three.js. The tutorial uses revision 59 of Three.js while I am working with revision 73.
The problem comes from this line in the tutorial,
THREE.GeometryUtils.merge( cityGeometry, buildingMesh );
The method is no longer available. The new way to accomplish this according to this answer is,
buildingMesh.updateMatrix();
cityGeometry.merge( buildingMesh.geometry, buildingMesh.matrix );
However, when I do this, the location of the roof in the UV map changes.
This is what it looks like when I render the buildings individually.
And this is what it looks like when I merge them. Notice the roof location in the UV map.
Specification of the roof's UV map is per the tutorial. Specifically,
geometry.faceVertexUvs[0][4][0].set( 0, 0 );
geometry.faceVertexUvs[0][4][1].set( 0, 0 );
geometry.faceVertexUvs[0][4][2].set( 0, 0 );
geometry.faceVertexUvs[0][5][0].set( 0, 0 );
geometry.faceVertexUvs[0][5][1].set( 0, 0 );
geometry.faceVertexUvs[0][5][2].set( 0, 0 );
and the buildingMesh is created as follows (in a for loop where n is the number of buildings),
var buildingMesh = new THREE.Mesh( geometry );
What do I need to change or do differently in order for the merged mesh to respect the geometry's UV map?
Here is one that uses the latest three.js version (v79). From your code, I don't see how my update is different from yours, but all roofs are rendered correctly:
https://codepen.io/Sphinxxxx/pen/WrbvEz?editors=0010
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I have two meshes on my scene. One cylinder and one classic plane in the middle.
I applied a png texture on my cylinder so we can see through. It seems to work for the cylinder.
On this screenshot you'll easily see my issue : I don't understand why my image is not visible behind my cylinder.
The code I used for my cylinder :
myCylinderMesh.material.transparent = true;
myCylinderMesh.material.side = THREE.DoubleSide;
How can I manage to see the part of the image hidden behind the cylinder ?
EDIT 1 :
I added the code that #ScieCode sent me :
myCylinderMesh.material.alphaTest = 0.5;
Here's the result :
It works better : now I can see the part missing of my image. But there's one thing missing : the opacity of my cylinder. I'm supposed to see my image behind the letters too.
Currently I have this opacity :
myCylinderMesh.material.opacity = 0.7;
Do you know what I am missing ? Thanks
EDIT 2 :
Here's the code for my two meshes :
Cylinder :
geoCylinder = new THREE.CylinderBufferGeometry( 0.4, 0.4, 2*Math.PI*0.4/(2048/128), 64, 1, true );
matCylinder = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { map:texture, transparent:true, color:0x000000, alphaTest: 0.5, opacity: 0.6, side: THREE.DoubleSide } );
meshCylinder = new THREE.Mesh( geoCylinder, matCylinder );
Plane :
geoPlane = new THREE.PlaneBufferGeometry( 0.8, 0.8 );
matPlane = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { map: texturePlane, transparent:true} );
meshPlane = new THREE.Mesh( geoPlane, matPlane );
This behavior happens because of how transparency rendering works internally. Transparent objects need to be sorted/rendered separately from opaque objects. This assures that objects will render as expected on the final image. (not always, though)
The problem here is that your plane geometry is inside the cylinder geometry, when sorting it will either be rendered first or later. Which, in turn, causes these artifacts you are experiencing here. The whole transparency render is a lot more complex than what I'm making it to be.
Since your plane object doesn't need to be translucent, you can simply set the alphaTest property of its material. Which will only render the fragment pixels with alpha greater than this value. This will also prevent that object from being considered transparent and it will always be rendered first, fixing the artifacts in your scene.
JSFiddle
Additional info: When using a transparent material with DoubleSide, you might experience self transparency problems. This happens for the same reason I just explained, but between faces of the same object. A possible solution for this problem is to set depthWrite = false, this prevent the object from writing to the depth buffer. So every face will get rendered, disregarding if another face occludes it.
I'm very new to both three.js & to js in general.
1st I select a polyHedron geometry with a dat.gui checkbox
which renders say a tetrahedron. these selections work.
I also have a dat.gui checkbox to either phongfill or wireframe render.
I initially wanted just a wireframe type mesh but not with all of the internal triangles. I found the edgesgeometry() function which draws pretty much what I want(hard edges only). there is however a known issue with linewidth not working in windows anymore. all lines drawn as strokeweight/width 1.
I'd like to use tubeGeometry() to draw tubes of whatever radius as opposed to 1weight lines. I know I'll have to draw something such as a sphere at/over the connection vertices for it to not look ridiculous.
geo = new THREE.TetrahedronBufferGeometry(controls0.Radius,controls0.Detail);
...
egeo = new THREE.EdgesGeometry( geo );
lmat = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({ color: 0x0099ff, linewidth: 4 });
ph = new THREE.LineSegments( egeo, lmat );
scene.add(ph);
....
playing around in the console I found some geometry/bufferGeomery arrays that are likely the vertices/indices of my selected X-hedron as their sizes change with type(tetra/icosa etc) selection & detail increase/decrease:
//p = dome.geometry.attributes.uv.array;
p = egeo.attributes.position.array
//p = geo.attributes.uv.array
...
var path = new THREE.Curve();
path.getPoint = function (t) {
// trace the arc as t ranges from 0 to 1
var segment = (0 - Math.PI*2) *t;
return new THREE.Vector3( Math.cos(segment), Math.sin(segment), 0);
};
var geomet = new THREE.TubeBufferGeometry( path, 10, 0.2, 12, false );
var mesh = new THREE.Mesh( geomet, mat );
scene.add( mesh );
from above the tubeGeometry() draws fine separately as well but with the "path" made by that curve example. How can I use the vertices from my tetrahedron for example to create that "path" to pass to tubegeometry() ?
maybe a function that creates "segment vectors" from the vertices ?
I think it needs other properties of curve/path as well ?
I'm quite stuck at this point.
ANY Help, suggestions or examples would be greatly appreciated !
thanks.
You can try to create a TubeGeometry for each edge. Generate a LineCurve3 as the input path. Use the vertices of the edge as the start and end vector for the line.
Consider to use something like "triangulated lines" as an alternative in order to visualize the wireframe of a mesh with a linewidth greater than 1. With the next release of three.js(R91) there are new line primitives for this. Demo:
https://rawgit.com/mrdoob/three.js/dev/examples/webgl_lines_fat.html
This approach is much more performant than drawing a bunch of meshes with a TubeGeometry.
I want to use a texture on the surface of my extruded geometry. I have been researching custom UVgenerators for a while now, and have found these related questions:
1.) How to apply a texture to THREE.ExtrudeGeometry?
2.) Loaded texture appears blurred, or like a single color. How to make the texture crisp and sharp
However, the method proposed to divide my geometry points by 1000 and to mesh.scale.set(1000,1000,1) doesn't work because my geometry is no longer in the correct place. I would prefer to specify the UV Mapping. One answer says to implement a custom uvgenerator based on the source code, but I am stuck & can't figure out what to do.
This is my geometry creation, the material is 512x512px, how can I map a texture onto the top?:
pointList=[[0,0,0],
[0,1000,0],
[750,1000,0],
[750,750,0],
[1000,750,0],
[1000,0,0]]
for (i=0;i < pointList.length; i++) {
point = pointList[i];
x = point[0];
y = point[1];
myPoints.push( new THREE.Vector2 (x,y) );
}
myShape = new THREE.Shape( myPoints );
extrusionSettings = {
amount:height
};
myGeometry = new THREE.ExtrudeGeometry( myShape, extrusionSettings );
resultshape = new THREE.Mesh( myGeometry, material );
You can specify custom UVs for your ExtrudeGeometry by specifying your own UVGenerator, one of the properties of extrusionSettings.
To specify your custom UV generator, you can use as a template THREE.ExtrudeGeometry.WorldUVGenerator, which can be found in src/extras/geometries/ExtrudeGeometry.js.
There is a simpler solution that may work for you, however.
Instead of a custom UV generator, you can take advantage of the offset and repeat properties of your texture. Use the following pattern:
texture.wrapS = texture.wrapT = THREE.RepeatWrapping;
texture.repeat.set( 1 / 500, 1 / 500 );
texture.offset.set( 0.1, 0.5 );
three.js r.68
I'm trying to make the following in three.js:
I made the model in sketchup with some simple coloured textures and used the collader importer, the result looks like this:
Now I want to dynamically load some photographs onto each of the different planes, however what I end up with is this:
So as you can see, each image is loaded but they are very small and repeated across the rest of the surface.
This is how I load the textures: (preloadTexture() is just a simple preloader)
for(i in cubeSidesArray)
{
preloadTexture(modelThumbsArray[i]);
var newTexture = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial( { map: THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture(modelThumbsArray[i]) } );
cubeSidesArray[i].material = newTexture;
}
How do I get the textures to fill the surface?
Thanks!
Edit - I played with the model in sketchup and managed to get it a little better, but not much!
Edit 2 - Still no luck, I'm starting to think building it in code from scratch would be simpler
Option 1: I would advise you to do or next.
1 -.Import the model blender
2 -.Export blender to threejs
3 -.Use this method of charging.
AgregarModeloBlender function (geometry, materials) {
console.log(materials);
material = new THREE.MeshFaceMaterial( materials );
modelo3d_ = new THREE.Mesh( geometry,material );
escenario.add(modelo3d_);
modelo3d_.add(camera);
modelo3d_.scale.set(5,5,5);
modelo3d_.position.set(-900,25,850);
modelo3d_.rotation.y=Math.PI;
}
4 -. Subsequently trabajr with textures independently.
Example: http://all.develoteca.com/builder/
Option 2: I would advise you to do or this:
1 -. Create the geometric shape (vertices) to modify each of the faces of the texture.
Example: http://develoteca.com/Panel/
Greetings.
I have some code similar to the following...
this.texture = new THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture( 'spritesheet.png' );
this.material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { map: this.texture, side:THREE.DoubleSide } );
this.geometry = new THREE.PlaneGeometry(32, 32, 1, 1);
this.sprite = new THREE.Mesh( this.geometry, this.material );
game.scene.add( this.sprite );
I've also tried along the lines of...
this.material = new THREE.SpriteMaterial( {
map: image,
useScreenCoordinates: true,
alignment: THREE.SpriteAlignment.center
} );
this.sprite = new THREE.Sprite( this.material );
These display the full spritesheet (sort of), as I would expect without further settings.
How do I align the sprite so it only displays say 32x32px starting at offset 50,60 for example ? The three.js documentation doesn't seem have much information, and the examples I've seen tend to use one image per sprite (which may be preferable, or only way possible ?)
Edit: I've spotted a material uvOffset and uvScale that I suspect is related to alignment in a Sprite object if anyone knows how these work. Will dig further.
Well, there is a "uvOffset" and "uvScale" parameter in spriteMaterial , i think you could use those but I cannot present any source code to you.
What you can of course do is using PlaneGeometry and calculate UV Coordinates for the 2 triangles (the plane). For example top-left is your offset and bottom right is calculated from a given offset and size (32x32) but using the whole image size in pixels to get the UV coordinates between 0 and 1
for example topleft is (50/imageSize, 60/imagesize) and bottom right is ( (50+32)/imgSize, (60+32)/imgSize). I think this should work, although i am not quite sure if you would get the result you want as OpenGL treats images "up side down". But you can try and go on from here. Hope this helps.