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Low scales models aren’t drawn in THREE.js

I draw a sphere using this code
function sphere(cena,x,y,z,radius,colorr)
{
var sphereGeometry = new THREE.SphereGeometry( radius, 10, 10);
var materiall = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: colorr , side: THREE.DoubleSide} );
var cir = new THREE.Mesh( sphereGeometry, materiall )
cir.position.x=x;
cir.position.y=y;
cir.position.z=z;
cena.add( cir );
return cir ;
}
Now I am drawing a sphere with radius 10^(-6)
var um=Math.pow(10,-6);
sphere(scene,0,0,0,um*3.5,'green')
Nothing is drawn. The same is for um*30. Only from um*300 the sphere appears. Camera near is set 0.000001
I need that scales, what to do?
Lines, by the way are drawn well

It depends on how you position your camera. Try it with this code:
var camera, scene, renderer;
init();
animate();
function init() {
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 70, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.000001, 1 );
scene = new THREE.Scene();
var um = Math.pow( 10, - 6 );
camera.position.z = um * 10;
var mesh = sphere( scene, 0, 0, 0, um * 3.5 , 'green' );
scene.add( mesh );
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer( { antialias: true } );
renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
document.body.appendChild( renderer.domElement );
}
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame( animate );
renderer.render( scene, camera );
}
function sphere(cena,x,y,z,radius,colorr) {
var sphereGeometry = new THREE.SphereBufferGeometry( radius, 10, 10);
var materiall = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: colorr , side: THREE.DoubleSide} );
var cir = new THREE.Mesh( sphereGeometry, materiall );
cir.position.x=x;
cir.position.y=y;
cir.position.z=z;
cena.add( cir );
return cir;
}
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/three#0.114/build/three.js"></script>

ThreeJS rotate around axis

I want to rotate this cube around the light blue axis. I works If I change the rotation around THREE.Vector3(0,0,0) instead of THREE.Vector3(0.4,0,0.9)
I don't know why the cubes shape changes and why it gets smaller with more iterations
An fiddle showing this problem (please ignore the crappy implementation. I just changed a old one)
So this is how I do the rotation:
function rotate(deg) {
_initTranslation = new THREE.Vector3();
_initRotation = new THREE.Quaternion();
_initScale = new THREE.Vector3();
rotateMatrix = new THREE.Matrix4();
cube.matrix.decompose(_initTranslation, _initRotation, _initScale);
cube.matrix = rotateMatrix.compose(_initTranslation, new THREE.Quaternion().setFromAxisAngle(new THREE.Vector3(0.4,1,0.9), THREE.Math.degToRad(deg)), _initScale);
cube.matrixAutoUpdate = false;
cube.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate = true;
}
Maybe someone knows what I did wrong.
var renderer, scene, camera, controls;
var geometry, material, line, vertices, last, _initTranslation, _initRotation, initScale, rotateMatrix;
var deg = 0;
init();
animate();
function init() {
document.body.style.cssText = 'margin: 0; overflow: hidden;' ;
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer( { alpha: 1, antialias: true, clearColor: 0xffffff } );
renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
document.body.appendChild( renderer.domElement );
scene = new THREE.Scene();
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 40, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 1000 );
camera.position.set( 5, 5, 5 );
controls = new THREE.OrbitControls( camera, renderer.domElement );
geometry2 = new THREE.BoxGeometry( .5, .5, .5 );
material2 = new THREE.MeshNormalMaterial();
cube = new THREE.Mesh( geometry2, material2 );
scene.add( cube );
material = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({ color: 0x0077ff });
geometry = new THREE.Geometry();
geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3( 0, 0, 0) );
line = new THREE.Line( geometry, material )
scene.add( line );
var sphereAxis = new THREE.AxesHelper(20);
scene.add(sphereAxis);
addStep();
cube.lookAt(new THREE.Vector3(0.4,0,0.9));
}
function addStep() {
vertices = geometry.vertices;
last = vertices[ vertices.length - 1 ];
vertices.push(
new THREE.Vector3(0.4,0,0.9)
);
geometry = new THREE.Geometry();
geometry.vertices = vertices;
scene.remove( line );
line = new THREE.Line( geometry, material )
scene.add( line );
}
function animate() {
rotate(deg)
deg += 5
requestAnimationFrame( animate );
renderer.render(scene, camera);
controls.update();
}
function rotate(deg) {
_initTranslation = new THREE.Vector3();
_initRotation = new THREE.Quaternion();
_initScale = new THREE.Vector3();
rotateMatrix = new THREE.Matrix4();
cube.matrix.decompose(_initTranslation, _initRotation, _initScale);
cube.matrix = rotateMatrix.compose(_initTranslation, new THREE.Quaternion().setFromAxisAngle(new THREE.Vector3(0.4,0,0.9), THREE.Math.degToRad(deg)), _initScale);
cube.matrixAutoUpdate = false;
cube.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate = true;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/102/three.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://threejs.org/examples/js/controls/OrbitControls.js"></script>

The vector component of the Quaternion has to be (normalize.). The length of a normalized vector (Unit vector) is 1.0.
In your case the length of the vector component (THREE.Vector3(0.4, 0, 0.9)) is less than 1.0:
sqrt(0.9*0.9 + 0.0*0.0 + 0.4*0.4) = sqrt(0.81 + 0.16) = sqrt(0.97) = 0.9409
This causes that the cube scales sown by time. This can be verified by logging the scaling component (console.log(_initScale)).
If you would use a vector component with a length greater than 1.0 (e.g. THREE.Vector3(0.5, 0, 0.9), then the cube will scale up.
Normalize the axis of the Quaternion, to solve the issue:
let axis = new THREE.Vector3(0.4, 0, 0.9);
let q = new THREE.Quaternion().setFromAxisAngle(axis.normalize(), THREE.Math.degToRad(deg));
cube.matrix = rotateMatrix.compose(_initTranslation, q, _initScale);
If you want that one side of the cube is aligned to the axis, in that way, that the axis is normal to the side, then this is something completely different.
You've to do 2 rotations. First rotate the cube (e.g.) continuously around the x-axis, then turn the x-axis to the target axis (0.4, 0, 0.9). Use .setFromAxisAngle` to initialize a quaternion which rotates the x-axis to the target axis:
let x_axis = new THREE.Vector3(1, 0, 0);
let axis = new THREE.Vector3(0.4, 0, 0.9);
let q_align = new THREE.Quaternion().setFromUnitVectors(x_axis, axis.normalize());
let q_rotate = new THREE.Quaternion().setFromAxisAngle(x_axis, THREE.Math.degToRad(deg));
let q_final = q_align.clone().multiply(q_rotate);
cube.matrix = rotateMatrix.compose(_initTranslation, q, _initScale);
See the example, which compares the 2 different behavior:
var renderer, scene, camera, controls;
var geometry, material, line, vertices, last, _initTranslation, _initRotation, initScale, rotateMatrix;
var deg = 0;
init();
animate();
function init() {
document.body.style.cssText = 'margin: 0; overflow: hidden;' ;
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer( { alpha: 1, antialias: true, clearColor: 0xffffff } );
renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
document.body.appendChild( renderer.domElement );
scene = new THREE.Scene();
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 40, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 1000 );
camera.position.set( 1, 3, 3 );
controls = new THREE.OrbitControls( camera, renderer.domElement );
geometry2 = new THREE.BoxGeometry( .5, .5, .5 );
material2 = new THREE.MeshNormalMaterial();
let shift = 0.5
cube = new THREE.Mesh( geometry2, material2 );
cube.matrix.makeTranslation(shift, 0, 0);
scene.add( cube );
cube2 = new THREE.Mesh( geometry2, material2 );
cube2.matrix.makeTranslation(-shift, 0, 0);
scene.add( cube2 );
material = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({ color: 0x0077ff });
geometry = new THREE.Geometry();
geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3(-0.4, 0, -0.9), new THREE.Vector3(0.4, 0, 0.9) );
line = new THREE.Line( geometry, material )
line.position.set(shift, 0, 0);
scene.add( line );
line2 = new THREE.Line( geometry, material )
line2.position.set(-shift, 0, 0);
scene.add( line2 );
var sphereAxis = new THREE.AxesHelper(20);
scene.add(sphereAxis);
window.onresize = function() {
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
}
}
function animate() {
rotate(deg)
deg += 5
requestAnimationFrame( animate );
renderer.render(scene, camera);
controls.update();
}
function rotate(deg) {
_initTranslation = new THREE.Vector3();
_initRotation = new THREE.Quaternion();
_initScale = new THREE.Vector3();
let x_axis = new THREE.Vector3(1, 0, 0);
let axis = new THREE.Vector3(0.4, 0, 0.9);
// cube
cube.matrix.decompose(_initTranslation, _initRotation, _initScale);
let q_align = new THREE.Quaternion().setFromUnitVectors(x_axis, axis.normalize());
let q_rotate = new THREE.Quaternion().setFromAxisAngle(x_axis, THREE.Math.degToRad(deg));
let q_final = q_align.clone().multiply(q_rotate);
cube.matrix.compose(_initTranslation, q_final, _initScale);
cube.matrixAutoUpdate = false;
cube.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate = true;
// cube2
cube2.matrix.decompose(_initTranslation, _initRotation, _initScale);
q = new THREE.Quaternion().setFromAxisAngle(axis.normalize(), THREE.Math.degToRad(deg));
cube2.matrix.compose(_initTranslation, q, _initScale);
cube2.matrixAutoUpdate = false;
cube2.matrixWorldNeedsUpdate = true;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/102/three.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://threejs.org/examples/js/controls/OrbitControls.js"></script>

Selecting object with mouse - Three.js

I know that the question has already been asked. I want to be able to change the color of an object if selected with the mouse. I tried writing the code myself but it seems not to work, so I guess that I am missing something. That's basically the script:
<script>
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/2, window.innerHeight/2 );
renderer.setClearColor( 0xcccccc, 1 );
document.body.appendChild( renderer.domElement );
scene.add(camera);
var geometry = new THREE.Geometry();
geometry.vertices.push(
new THREE.Vector3( -5, 5, 0 ),
new THREE.Vector3( -5, -5, 0 ),
new THREE.Vector3( 5, -5, 0 )
);
var face = new THREE.Face3(0, 1, 2);
geometry.faces.push(face);
var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({color: 0x3300ff});
var triangle = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
scene.add(triangle);
camera.position.z = 10;
document.addEventListener( 'mousedown', onDocumentMouseDown );
function onDocumentMouseDown( event ) {
event.preventDefault();
var mouse3D = new THREE.Vector3( ( event.clientX / window.innerWidth ) * 2 - 1,
-( event.clientY / window.innerHeight ) * 2 + 1,
0.5 );
var projector = new THREE.Projector();
var raycaster = projector.pickingRay( mouse3D.clone(), camera );
var intersects = raycaster.intersectObjects( objects );
if ( intersects.length > 0 ) {
intersects[ 0 ].object.material.color.setHex( Math.random() * 0xffffff );
}
}
var render = function () {
requestAnimationFrame( render );
camera.lookAt( scene.position );
renderer.render( scene, camera );
};
render();
</script>
If someone could help me I would appreciate it.

Updated your code and made jsfiddle
In onDocumentMouseDown added
var raycaster = new THREE.Raycaster();
raycaster.setFromCamera( mouse3D, camera );
instead of
var projector = new THREE.Projector();
var raycaster = projector.pickingRay( mouse3D.clone(), camera );
To objects array added triangle mesh and updated size of the renderer.
I suggest you to start using Console and do some debugging. You can easily find these errors yourself.

Three.js: polyhedron click (raycaster intersect)

I'm making a Three.js application and I want to catch clicks on objects. When I create cube or sphere everything is ok, but I fail with polyhedron - Raycaster.intersectObjects() returns empty result.
My code is below (see click events in console.log()).
What can I do to make it work? Are there other ways to create polyhedrons?
<html>
<head>
<title>Моё 3</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<style>
body { margin: 0; }
canvas { width: 100%; height: 100% }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="ThreeJS" style="position: absolute; left:0px; top:0px"></div>
<script src="http://stemkoski.github.io/Three.js/js/Three.js"></script>
<script src="http://stemkoski.github.io/Three.js/js/Detector.js"></script>
<script src="http://stemkoski.github.io/Three.js/js/Stats.js"></script>
<script src="http://stemkoski.github.io/Three.js/js/OrbitControls.js"></script>
<script src="http://stemkoski.github.io/Three.js/js/THREEx.KeyboardState.js"></script>
<script src="http://stemkoski.github.io/Three.js/js/THREEx.FullScreen.js"></script>
<script src="http://stemkoski.github.io/Three.js/js/THREEx.WindowResize.js"></script>
<script>
/*
Three.js "tutorials by example"
Author: Lee Stemkoski
Date: July 2013 (three.js v59dev)
*/
// MAIN
var polyhedronShape, polyhedronPts = [], cube, mesh;
// standard global variables
var container, scene, camera, renderer, controls, stats;
var keyboard = new THREEx.KeyboardState();
var clock = new THREE.Clock();
// custom global variables
var targetList = [];
var projector, mouse = { x: 0, y: 0 };
init();
animate();
// FUNCTIONS
function init()
{
// SCENE
scene = new THREE.Scene();
// CAMERA
var SCREEN_WIDTH = window.innerWidth, SCREEN_HEIGHT = window.innerHeight;
var VIEW_ANGLE = 45, ASPECT = SCREEN_WIDTH / SCREEN_HEIGHT, NEAR = 0.1, FAR = 20000;
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( VIEW_ANGLE, ASPECT, NEAR, FAR);
scene.add(camera);
camera.position.set(0,150,400);
camera.lookAt(scene.position);
// RENDERER
if ( Detector.webgl )
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer( {antialias:true} );
else
renderer = new THREE.CanvasRenderer();
renderer.setSize(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT);
container = document.getElementById( 'ThreeJS' );
container.appendChild( renderer.domElement );
// EVENTS
THREEx.WindowResize(renderer, camera);
THREEx.FullScreen.bindKey({ charCode : 'm'.charCodeAt(0) });
// CONTROLS
controls = new THREE.OrbitControls( camera, renderer.domElement );
// STATS
stats = new Stats();
stats.domElement.style.position = 'absolute';
stats.domElement.style.bottom = '0px';
stats.domElement.style.zIndex = 100;
container.appendChild( stats.domElement );
// LIGHT
var light = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff);
light.position.set(0,250,0);
scene.add(light);
// FLOOR
var floorTexture = new THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture( 'images/checkerboard.jpg' );
floorTexture.wrapS = floorTexture.wrapT = THREE.RepeatWrapping;
floorTexture.repeat.set( 10, 10 );
var floorMaterial = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { map: floorTexture, side: THREE.DoubleSide } );
var floorGeometry = new THREE.PlaneGeometry(1000, 1000, 10, 10);
var floor = new THREE.Mesh(floorGeometry, floorMaterial);
floor.position.y = -0.5;
floor.rotation.x = Math.PI / 2;
scene.add(floor);
// SKYBOX/FOG
var skyBoxGeometry = new THREE.CubeGeometry( 10000, 10000, 10000 );
var skyBoxMaterial = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0x9999ff, side: THREE.BackSide } );
var skyBox = new THREE.Mesh( skyBoxGeometry, skyBoxMaterial );
scene.add(skyBox);
////////////
// CUSTOM //
////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// this material causes a mesh to use colors assigned to faces
var faceColorMaterial = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial(
{ color: 0xffffff, vertexColors: THREE.FaceColors } );
var sphereGeometry = new THREE.SphereGeometry( 80, 32, 16 );
for ( var i = 0; i < sphereGeometry.faces.length; i++ )
{
face = sphereGeometry.faces[ i ];
face.color.setRGB( 0, 0, 0.8 * Math.random() + 0.2 );
}
var sphere = new THREE.Mesh( sphereGeometry, faceColorMaterial );
sphere.position.set(0, 50, 0);
scene.add(sphere);
targetList.push(sphere);
// Create an array of materials to be used in a cube, one for each side
var cubeMaterialArray = [];
// order to add materials: x+,x-,y+,y-,z+,z-
cubeMaterialArray.push( new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0xff3333 } ) );
cubeMaterialArray.push( new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0xff8800 } ) );
cubeMaterialArray.push( new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0xffff33 } ) );
cubeMaterialArray.push( new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0x33ff33 } ) );
cubeMaterialArray.push( new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0x3333ff } ) );
cubeMaterialArray.push( new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0x8833ff } ) );
var cubeMaterials = new THREE.MeshFaceMaterial( cubeMaterialArray );
// Cube parameters: width (x), height (y), depth (z),
// (optional) segments along x, segments along y, segments along z
var cubeGeometry = new THREE.CubeGeometry( 100, 100, 100, 1, 1, 1 );
// using THREE.MeshFaceMaterial() in the constructor below
// causes the mesh to use the materials stored in the geometry
cube = new THREE.Mesh( cubeGeometry, cubeMaterials );
cube.position.set(-100, 50, -50);
scene.add( cube );
targetList.push(cube);
// polyhedron
polyhedronPts.push( new THREE.Vector2 ( -100, 600 ) );
polyhedronPts.push( new THREE.Vector2 ( 300, 600 ) );
polyhedronPts.push( new THREE.Vector2 ( 600, -100 ) );
polyhedronShape = new THREE.Shape( polyhedronPts );
var extrudeSettings = {amount: 20}; // bevelSegments: 2, steps: 2 , bevelSegments: 5, bevelSize: 8, bevelThickness:5
var geometry = new THREE.ExtrudeGeometry( polyhedronShape, extrudeSettings );
mesh = THREE.SceneUtils.createMultiMaterialObject( geometry, [ new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0x00cc00 } ), new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0xff3333, wireframe: true, transparent: true } ) ] );
mesh.position.set( -50, 50, 300 );
mesh.rotation.set( 300, 0, 0 );
//mesh.scale.set( 1, 1, 1 );
scene.add( mesh );
targetList.push(mesh);
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// initialize object to perform world/screen calculations
projector = new THREE.Projector();
// when the mouse moves, call the given function
document.addEventListener( 'mousedown', onDocumentMouseDown, false );
}
function onDocumentMouseDown( event )
{
// the following line would stop any other event handler from firing
// (such as the mouse's TrackballControls)
// event.preventDefault();
//console.log("Click.");
// update the mouse variable
mouse.x = ( event.clientX / window.innerWidth ) * 2 - 1;
mouse.y = - ( event.clientY / window.innerHeight ) * 2 + 1;
// find intersections
// create a Ray with origin at the mouse position
// and direction into the scene (camera direction)
var vector = new THREE.Vector3( mouse.x, mouse.y, 1 );
projector.unprojectVector( vector, camera );
var ray = new THREE.Raycaster( camera.position, vector.sub( camera.position ).normalize() );
// create an array containing all objects in the scene with which the ray intersects
var intersects = ray.intersectObjects( targetList );
// if there is one (or more) intersections
if ( intersects.length > 0 )
{
console.log("Hit # " + toString( intersects[0].point ) );
// change the color of the closest face.
intersects[ 0 ].face.color.setRGB( 0.8 * Math.random() + 0.2, 0, 0 );
intersects[ 0 ].object.geometry.colorsNeedUpdate = true;
}
}
function toString(v) { return "[ " + v.x + ", " + v.y + ", " + v.z + " ]"; }
function animate()
{
requestAnimationFrame( animate );
render();
update();
}
function update()
{
if ( keyboard.pressed("z") )
{
// do something
}
controls.update();
stats.update();
}
function render()
{
renderer.render( scene, camera );
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

How to merge vertices

I'm basically new to Three.js I find Three.js intersting because I can animate 3D without using any Flash or whatever.
But my problem is that I don't know how to merge 2 simple triangles as one.
So here's my code:
<body>
<script src="js/three.min.js"></script>
<script type=text/javascript>
var camera, scene, renderer;
var geometry, geometry1, material, mesh;
var FrontSide, Backside;
init();
animate();
function init() {
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(100, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 10, 10000);
camera.position.z = 1000;
scene = new THREE.Scene();
geometry = new THREE.Geometry();
geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vertex ( new THREE.Vector3( -100, 100, 100 ) ) );
geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vertex ( new THREE.Vector3( -100, -100, 100 ) ) );
geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vertex ( new THREE.Vector3( 100, 100, 100 ) ) );
geometry.faces.push( new THREE.Face3( 0, 1, 2 ) );
geometry1 = new THREE.Geometry();
geometry1.vertices.push( new THREE.Vertex ( new THREE.Vector3( -100, 100, 100 ) ) );
geometry1.vertices.push( new THREE.Vertex ( new THREE.Vector3( -100, -100, 100 ) ) );
geometry1.vertices.push( new THREE.Vertex ( new THREE.Vector3( 100, 100, 100 ) ) );
geometry1.faces.push( new THREE.Face3( 0, 1, 2 ) );
material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
color: 0x00ff00,
wireFrame: true,
wireFrameLinewidth: 3
});
mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
scene.add(mesh);
renderer = new THREE.CanvasRenderer();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
renderer.setClearColor(0xffffff, 1);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
}
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
//mesh.rotation.x += 0.01;
//mesh.rotation.y -= 0.04;
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
</script>