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Need help in figuring out why my 3d model is not being rendered in the browser

I am new to three.js and 3D model rendering and have been playing around with this sample code that i found on the internet. My aim here is to be able to render my 3D model using the chrome browser.
The default code is :
var scene = new THREE.Scene();
var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 75, window.innerWidth/window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000 );
var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
document.body.appendChild( renderer.domElement );
var geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry( 1, 1, 1 );
var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0x00ff00 } );
var cube = new THREE.Mesh( geometry, material );
scene.add( cube );
camera.position.z = 5;
var animate = function () {
requestAnimationFrame( animate );
cube.rotation.x += 0.1;
cube.rotation.y += 0.1;
renderer.render(scene, camera);
};
animate();
When i go to my browser and type in http://localhost:8080/ i get a cube rotating
Now i try modifying the code to
var scene = new THREE.Scene();
var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 75, window.innerWidth/window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000 );
camera.position.z = 200;
var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
document.body.appendChild( renderer.domElement );
var controls = new THREE.OrbitControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
controls.enableDamping = true;
controls.dampingFactor = 0.25;
controls.enableZoom = true;
var keyLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(new THREE.Color('hsl(30, 100%, 75%)'), 1.0);
keyLight.position.set(-100, 0, 100);
var fillLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(new THREE.Color('hsl(240, 100%, 75%)'), 0.75);
fillLight.position.set(100, 0, 100);
var backLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff, 1.0);
backLight.position.set(100, 0, -100).normalize();
scene.add(keyLight);
scene.add(fillLight);
scene.add(backLight);
var mtlLoader = new THREE.MTLLoader();
mtlLoader.setTexturePath('/examples/3d-obj-loader/assets/');
mtlLoader.setPath('/examples/3d-obj-loader/assets/');
mtlLoader.load('r2-d2.mtl', function (materials) {
materials.preload();
var objLoader = new THREE.OBJLoader();
objLoader.setMaterials(materials);
objLoader.setPath('/examples/3d-obj-loader/assets/');
objLoader.load('r2-d2.obj', function (object) {
scene.add(object);
object.position.y -= 60;
});
});
var animate = function () {
requestAnimationFrame( animate );
controls.update();
renderer.render(scene, camera);
};
animate();
This should give me an image of r2-d2 model being rendered but i see a blank screen
I would really appreciate help in understanding what i am missing.

How to animate the gltf model with threejs

I have a cube model which is GLTF format, now i am trying to animate it by changing the textures material.
Now currently, there are 300 heat map images as the texture material, the requirement from supervisor is animating the cube model by loading heat map images one by one.
Texture materials set
About the animation, I tried to use VectorKeyFrameTrack to change the child.material. But it does not work.
the codes:
if (WEBGL.isWebGLAvailable() === false) {
document.body.appendChild(WEBGL.getWebGLErrorMessage());
}
var camera, scene, renderer;
init();
function init() {
//init scene
scene = new THREE.Scene();
scene.background = new THREE.Color(0x999999);
//add directional light and spotlight
var light = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff);
light.position.set(3, 15.0, -29).normalize();
scene.add(light);
var light1 = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff);
light.position.set(-20, 7.0, -2).normalize();
scene.add(light1);
var light2 = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff);
light.position.set(-5, 15.0, 30).normalize();
scene.add(light2);
var light3 = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff);
light.position.set(15, 5.0, -15).normalize();
scene.add(light3);
//add camera
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(35, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 500);
camera.position.y = 5;
camera.position.z = 10;
scene.add(camera);
//add grid
var grid = new THREE.GridHelper(50, 50, 0xffffff, 0x555555);
scene.add(grid);
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({antialias: true});
renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
//Generate textures array
var loadedTexture = new THREE.TextureLoader().load("1.png");
var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({map: loadedTexture});
var loadedTexture2 = new THREE.TextureLoader().load("2.png");
var material1 = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({map: loadedTexture2});
//Load Collada file
var path = "./image/"
var format = ".png";
var a = "Avg_Displacement_";
var material_list = [];
var times = [];
for (var i = 0; i <= 314; i++) {
var loadedTexture = new THREE.TextureLoader().load(path + a + i + format);
var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({map: loadedTexture});
material_list.push(material);
times.push(i);
}
console.log(material_list);
var loader = new THREE.GLTFLoader();
loader.load('scene.gltf', function (gltf) {
gltf.scene.scale.set(0.3, 0.3, 0.3);
// console.log(gltf.scene.children[0].material);
// var kf = new THREE.VectorKeyframeTrack( '.scene.material', times, material_list );
// var clip = new THREE.AnimationClip('Action', 315, [kf]);
//
// mixer = new THREE.AnimationMixer(gltf);
// var clipAction = mixer.clipAction(clip);
// clipAction.play();
gltf.scene.traverse(function (child) {
if (child.isMesh) {
var kf = new THREE.VectorKeyframeTrack('child.material', times, material_list);
var clip = new THREE.AnimationClip('Action', 3, [kf]);
mixer = new THREE.AnimationMixer(child);
var clipAction = mixer.clipAction(clip);
clipAction.play()
// child.material = material;
}
scene.add(gltf.scene);
});
});
var controls = new THREE.OrbitControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
controls.addEventListener('change', render);
controls.update();
window.addEventListener('resize', onWindowResize, false);
}
function onWindowResize() {
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
render();
}
function render() {
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
// function animate() {
//
// requestAnimationFrame( animate );
//
// mesh.material.map.offset.x += 0.005;
// mesh.material.map.offset.y += 0.005;
//
// renderer.render( scene, camera );
//
// }
child.material
the second problem is how to animate the model by loading each image as the texture as material.

Three.js - Animation is not playing

I have problem with animating object exported via blender plugin from blender to THREE.js. Animation did not start running...
Of course, I tried many combinations of settings when exporting from blender and importing to THREE.js library, but without success.
Here is code, what I think should work. Comment Critical section annotate where is probably some mistake. Link to source JSON is in the example too. Of course, I can provide source *.blend file, if needed...
var tgaLoader = new THREE.TGALoader();
var objectLoader = new THREE.ObjectLoader();
var clock = new THREE.Clock();
var SCREEN_WIDTH = window.innerWidth;
var SCREEN_HEIGHT = window.innerHeight;
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ antialias: true });
renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
renderer.setSize(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT);
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(renderer.domElement);
objectLoader.load('//cdn.rawgit.com/PiranhaGreg/files/master/scavenger.json', function (loadedScene) {
scene = loadedScene;
mesh = scene.children[0];
scene.background = new THREE.Color('white');
mesh.material = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({ map: tgaLoader.load('//cdn.rawgit.com/PiranhaGreg/files/master/SCA_BODY_V0.TGA') });
hemiLight = new THREE.HemisphereLight('white', 'white', 0.6);
scene.add(hemiLight);
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(30, SCREEN_WIDTH / SCREEN_HEIGHT, 1, 10000);
camera.position.set(500, 200, -100);
controls = new THREE.OrbitControls(camera);
controls.target.set(0, 50, 0);
controls.update();
var geometry = new THREE.PlaneBufferGeometry(200, 200);
var material = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({ shininess: 0.1 });
var ground = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
ground.rotation.x = - Math.PI / 2;
scene.add(ground);
mesh.scale.set(-1, -1, 1);
// Critical section...
mixer = new THREE.AnimationMixer(mesh);
var sequence = THREE.AnimationClip.CreateFromMorphTargetSequence('animation', mesh.geometry.morphTargets, 25, true);
var animation = mixer.clipAction(sequence);
animation.play();
// End of critital section
animate();
});
window.onresize = function() {
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
};
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
render();
}
function render() {
var delta = 0.75 * clock.getDelta();
mixer.update(delta);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
body {
margin: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
}
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/87/three.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.rawgit.com/mrdoob/three.js/master/examples/js/loaders/TGALoader.js" type="application/javascript"></script>
<script src="//cdn.rawgit.com/mrdoob/three.js/master/examples/js/controls/OrbitControls.js"></script>
<div id="container"></div>
Thanks for any suggestion.

I dug in into animation and noticed that it uses morphTargets. And then I remembered about this example. So, the key moment is to set .morphTarget parameter of a material to true, so, I've applied it to the material in your code snippet and it started to work:
mesh.material = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
map: tgaLoader.load('//cdn.rawgit.com/PiranhaGreg/files/master/SCA_BODY_V0.TGA'),
morphTargets: true
});
Though, I'm not sure, if such an approach is correct, but, at least, it's working )
var tgaLoader = new THREE.TGALoader();
var objectLoader = new THREE.ObjectLoader();
var clock = new THREE.Clock();
var SCREEN_WIDTH = window.innerWidth;
var SCREEN_HEIGHT = window.innerHeight;
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ antialias: true });
renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
renderer.setSize(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT);
document.getElementById('container').appendChild(renderer.domElement);
objectLoader.load('//cdn.rawgit.com/PiranhaGreg/files/master/scavenger.json', function (loadedScene) {
scene = loadedScene;
mesh = scene.children[0];
scene.background = new THREE.Color('white');
mesh.material = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({ map: tgaLoader.load('//cdn.rawgit.com/PiranhaGreg/files/master/SCA_BODY_V0.TGA'), morphTargets: true });
hemiLight = new THREE.HemisphereLight('white', 'white', 0.6);
scene.add(hemiLight);
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(30, SCREEN_WIDTH / SCREEN_HEIGHT, 1, 10000);
camera.position.set(500, 200, -100);
controls = new THREE.OrbitControls(camera);
controls.target.set(0, 50, 0);
controls.update();
var geometry = new THREE.PlaneBufferGeometry(200, 200);
var material = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({ shininess: 0.1 });
var ground = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
ground.rotation.x = - Math.PI / 2;
scene.add(ground);
mesh.scale.set(-1, -1, 1);
// Critical section...
mixer = new THREE.AnimationMixer(mesh);
var sequence = THREE.AnimationClip.CreateFromMorphTargetSequence('animation', mesh.geometry.morphTargets, 25, true);
var animation = mixer.clipAction(sequence);
animation.play();
// End of critital section
animate();
});
window.onresize = function() {
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
};
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
render();
}
function render() {
var delta = 0.75 * clock.getDelta();
mixer.update(delta);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
body {
margin: 0px;
overflow: hidden;
}
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/87/three.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.rawgit.com/mrdoob/three.js/master/examples/js/loaders/TGALoader.js" type="application/javascript"></script>
<script src="//cdn.rawgit.com/mrdoob/three.js/master/examples/js/controls/OrbitControls.js"></script>
<div id="container"></div>

Rendering to render target makes some of my graphics invisible

Hi I have been playing with render targets but I ran into some problems. I created a simplified example here:
init = function() {
// RENDERER
canvas = document.getElementById("mycanvas");
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true
});
document.body.appendChild( renderer.domElement );
renderer.setClearColor(0x000000, 1.0);
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
// SCENE
texscene = new THREE.Scene();
texcamera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 70, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 1000 );
texcamera.position.z = 2;
// FRAMEBUFFER
var renderTargetParams = {
minFilter:THREE.LinearFilter,
stencilBuffer:false,
depthBuffer:false,
wrapS: THREE.RepeatWrapping,
wrapT: THREE.RepeatWrapping
};
rendertarget = new THREE.WebGLRenderTarget( 512, 512, renderTargetParams );
// CUBE
var cubeGeo = new THREE.BoxGeometry( 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 );
var cubeMat = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0xff0000 } );
texcube = new THREE.Mesh( cubeGeo, cubeMat )
texscene.add(texcube);
var blueMaterial = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({color:0x7074FF})
var plane = new THREE.PlaneBufferGeometry( 100, 100 );
var planeObject = new THREE.Mesh(plane,blueMaterial);
planeObject.position.z = -15;
texscene.add(planeObject);
/////////////////////////////////
//SCENE
scene = new THREE.Scene();
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 70, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 1000 );
var boxMaterial = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({map:rendertarget.texture});
var boxGeometry2 = new THREE.BoxGeometry( 5, 5, 5 );
mainBoxObject = new THREE.Mesh(boxGeometry2,boxMaterial);
// Move it back so we can see it
mainBoxObject.position.z = -10;
// Add it to the main scene
scene.add(mainBoxObject);
animate();
}
animate = function() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
renderer.render(texscene, texcamera, rendertarget);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
texcube.rotation.y += 0.01;
texcube.rotation.z += 0.01;
mainBoxObject.rotation.x +=0.01;
mainBoxObject.rotation.y += 0.005;
mainBoxObject.rotation.z += 0.008;
}
init();
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/r83/three.js"></script>
I render a red cube and a blue plane to a render target then use it as a texture. Problem is the red cube is not visible in the final result.
Try for yourself to see the render target scene by changing
renderer.render(texscene, texcamera, rendertarget);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
to
renderer.render(texscene, texcamera);

Apparantly the problem is caused by turning off the depth buffer as I had done in the settings of my rendertarget
depthBuffer:false,
Removing this line makes my rendertarget render as it should with a red box on a blue background

ThreeJS - Intersection of a line and sphere

I have two objects on my scene: a red line and a sphere.
While camera rotating/zooming/moving, I need to check the following:
Does the line intersects with the sphere looking from the current position of the camera (please see images below)? Please use this JS fiddle that creates the scene on the images.
I know how to find the intersection between the current mouse position and objects on the scene (just like this example shows).
But how to do this in my case?
JS Fiddle Code:
/**
* PREPARE SCENE
*/
var mouse = {
x : 0,
y : 0
};
var projector = new THREE.Projector();
var scene = new THREE.Scene();
var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75,
window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000);
camera.position.x = -5;
camera.position.y = 5;
camera.position.z = 30;
var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ alpha: true });
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
var controls = new THREE.TrackballControls(camera,
renderer.domElement);
controls.rotateSpeed = 3.0;
controls.zoomSpeed = 1.5;
controls.panSpeed = 1.0;
controls.staticMoving = true;
var grid = new THREE.GridHelper(20, 5);
scene.add(grid);
/**
* CREATE SPHERE
*/
var sphere = new THREE.Mesh(
new THREE.SphereGeometry(5, 10, 10),
new THREE.MeshNormalMaterial());
sphere.overdraw = true;
scene.add(sphere);
/**
* CREATE LINE
*/
var lineMaterial = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({
color : 0xFF0000
});
var lineGeometry = new THREE.Geometry();
lineGeometry.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(8, 8, 8));
lineGeometry.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(8, 8, 20));
var line = new THREE.Line(lineGeometry, lineMaterial);
scene.add(line);
renderer.domElement.addEventListener('mousemove', render, false);
render();
function render(event) {
var mouse = {};
/*
* INTERSECTION
*/
if (event != null) {
//intersection job???
}
controls.update();
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}

So, I found the solution that is pretty simple (of course). See new JS Fiddle that checks intersection of the line and sphere and visualizes the ray for debugging.
The JS Fiddle code:
var camera, controls, scene, renderer;
init();
animate();
render();
function init() {
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 10000);
camera.position.z = 800;
controls = new THREE.TrackballControls(camera);
controls.rotateSpeed = 5.0;
controls.zoomSpeed = 1.2;
controls.panSpeed = 4;
controls.noZoom = false;
controls.noPan = false;
controls.staticMoving = true;
controls.addEventListener('change', render);
// world
scene = new THREE.Scene();
sceneTarget = new THREE.Scene();
var grid = new THREE.GridHelper(500, 50);
scene.add(grid);
/**
* CREATE LINE
*/
var lineMaterial = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({
color : 0xFF0000
});
var lineGeometry = new THREE.Geometry();
lineGeometry.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(100, 200, 100));
lineGeometry.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(300, 200, 200));
var line = new THREE.Line(lineGeometry, lineMaterial);
sceneTarget.add(line);
/*
* CREARE SPHERE
*/
var sphere = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.SphereGeometry(150, 100, 100), new THREE.MeshNormalMaterial());
sphere.overdraw = true;
scene.add(sphere);
// renderer
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
alpha: true
});
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
renderer.autoClear = false;
renderer.setClearColor(0xffffff, 1);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
}
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
controls.update();
}
function render() {
renderer.render(scene, camera);
renderer.render(sceneTarget, camera);
intersect();
}
function intersect() {
var direction = new THREE.Vector3(100, 200, 100);
var startPoint = camera.position.clone();
var directionVector = direction.sub( startPoint );
var ray = new THREE.Raycaster(startPoint, directionVector.clone(). normalize());
scene.updateMatrixWorld(); // required, since you haven't rendered yet
var rayIntersects = ray.intersectObjects(scene.children, true);
if (rayIntersects[0]) {
//inersection is found
console.log(rayIntersects[0]);
//visualize the ray for debugging
var material = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({
color: 0x0000ff
});
var geometry = new THREE.Geometry();
geometry.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(ray.ray.origin.x, ray.ray.origin.y, ray.ray.origin.z));
geometry.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(100, 200, 100));
var line = new THREE.Line(geometry, material);
sceneTarget.add( line );
}
}