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Learning Three.js: The JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL - Second Edition

You're reading from   Learning Three.js: The JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL - Second Edition Create stunning 3D graphics in your browser using the Three.js JavaScript library

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784392215
Length 422 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Creating Your First 3D Scene with Three.js 2. Basic Components That Make Up a Three.js Scene FREE CHAPTER 3. Working with the Different Light Sources Available in Three.js 4. Working with Three.js Materials 5. Learning to Work with Geometries 6. Advanced Geometries and Binary Operations 7. Particles, Sprites, and the Point Cloud 8. Creating and Loading Advanced Meshes and Geometries 9. Animations and Moving the Camera 10. Loading and Working with Textures 11. Custom Shaders and Render Postprocessing 12. Adding Physics and Sounds to Your Scene Index

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In this chapter, we discussed all of the standard geometries Three.js has to offer. As you saw, there are a whole lot of geometries you can use right out of the box. To best learn how to use the geometries, experiment with the geometries. Use the examples in this chapter to get to know the properties you can use to customize the standard set of geometries available from Three.js. It is also a good thing that when you start with geometries, you choose a basic material; don't go directly for the complex materials, but start simple with THREE.MeshBasicMaterial with the wireframe set to true, or THREE.MeshNormalMaterial. That way, you'll get a much better picture of the true shape of a geometry. For two-dimensional shapes, it's important to remember that they are placed on the x-y plane. If you want to have a two-dimensional shape horizontally, you'll have to rotate the mesh around the x axis for -0.5 * PI. And finally, take care that if you're rotating a two...

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