A growing collection of useful helpers and abstractions for react-three-fiber.
npm install @react-three/dreiimport { PerspectiveCamera, PositionalAudio, ... } from '@react-three/drei'Index
Exports
Cameras
PerspectiveCamera
A responsive THREE.PerspectiveCamera that can set itself as the default.
<PerspectiveCamera
makeDefault // Registers it as the default camera system-wide (default=false)
{...props} // All THREE.PerspectiveCamera props are valid
>
<mesh />
</PerspectiveCamera>OrthographicCamera
A responsive THREE.OrthographicCamera that can set itself as the default.
Controls
If available controls have damping enabled by default, they manage their own updates, remove themselves on unmount, are compatible with the invalidateFrameloop canvas-flag. They inherit all props from their underlying THREE controls.
OrbitControls
MapControls
TrackballControls
FlyControls
DeviceOrientationControls
TransformControls
PointerLockControls
Shapes
Buffer-geometry short-cuts:
<Plane args={[2, 2]} />
<Sphere>
<meshBasicMaterial attach="material" color="hotpink" />
</Sphere>Plane
Box
Sphere
Circle
Cone
Cylinder
Tube
Torus
TorusKnot
Ring
Tetrahedron
Polyhedron
Icosahedron
Octahedron
Dodecahedron
Extrude
Lathe
Parametric
RoundedBox
A box buffer geometry with rounded corners, done with extrusion.
<RoundedBox
args={[1, 1, 1]} // Width, Height and Depth of the box
radius={0.05} // Border-Radius of the box
smoothness={4} // Optional, number of subdivisions
{...meshProps} // All THREE.Mesh props are valid
>
<meshPhongMaterial attach="material" color="#f3f3f3" wireframe />
</RoundedBox>ScreenQuad
<ScreenQuad>
<myMaterial />
</ScreenQuad>A triangle that fills the screen, ideal for full-screen fragment shader work (raymarching, postprocessing).
Abstractions
Text
Hi-quality text rendering w/ signed distance fields (SDF) and antialiasing, using troika-3d-text. All of troikas props are valid!
<Text
color="black" // default
anchorX="center" // default
anchorY="middle" // default
>
hello world!
</Text>Line
Renders a THREE.Line2.
<Line
points={[[0, 0, 0], ...]} // Array of points
color="black" // Default
lineWidth={1} // In pixels (default)
dashed={false} // Default
vertexColors={[[0, 0, 0], ...]} // Optional array of RGB values for each point
{...lineProps} // All THREE.Line2 props are valid
{...materialProps} // All THREE.LineMaterial props are valid
/>Detailed
A wrapper around THREE.LOD (Level of detail).
<Detailed
distances={[0, 10, 20]} // Camera distances, correspends to the # of the children
{...props} // All THREE.LOD props are valid
>
<mesh geometry={highDetail} />
<mesh geometry={mediumDetail} />
<mesh geometry={lowDetail} />
</Detailed>PositionalAudio
A wrapper around THREE.PositionalAudio. Add this to groups or meshes to tie them to a sound that plays when the camera comes near.
<PositionalAudio
url="/sound.mp3" // Url of the sound file
distance={1} // Camera distance (default=1)
loop // Repat play (default=true)
{...props} // All THREE.PositionalAudio props are valid
/>Billboard
Adds a <Plane /> that always faces the camera.
<Billboard
follow={true} // Follow the camera (default=true)
lockX={false} // Lock the rotation on the x axis (default=false)
lockY={false} // Lock the rotation on the y axis (default=false)
lockZ={false} // Lock the rotation on the z axis (default=false)
/>Environment
Sets up a global cubemap, which affects scene.environment, and optionally scene.background. A selection of presets from HDRI Haven are available for convenience.
<Environment
background={false} // Whether to affect scene.background
files={['px.png', 'nx.png', 'py.png', 'ny.png', 'pz.png', 'nz.png']} // Array of cubemap files OR single equirectangular file
path={'/'} // Path to the above file(s)
preset={null} // Preset string (overrides files and path)
/>Effects
Abstraction around threes own EffectComposer.
<Effects
multisamping={8} // Default, uses WebGL2 multisamping if available
renderIndex={1} // Default
disableGamma={false} // Default, would switch off the gamma-correction-pass
disableRenderPass={false} // Default, would remove the first scene-render-pass
>
{/* Generic passes go here ... */}
<lUTPass attachArray="passes" lut={texture3D} />
</Effects>useAnimations
A hook that abstracts AnimationMixer.
const { nodes, materials, animations } = useGLTF(url)
const { ref, mixer, names, actions, clips } = useAnimations(animations)
useEffect(() => {
actions.jump.play()
})
return (
<mesh ref={ref} />Shaders
MeshWobbleMaterial
This material makes your geometry wobble and wave around. It was taken from the threejs-examples and adapted into a self-contained material.
<mesh>
<boxBufferGeometry attach="geometry" />
<MeshWobbleMaterial
attach="material"
factor={1} // Strength, 0 disables the effect (default=1)
speed={10} // Speed (default=1)
/>
</mesh>MeshDistortMaterial
This material makes your geometry distort following simplex noise.
<mesh>
<boxBufferGeometry attach="geometry" />
<MeshDistortMaterial
attach="material"
distort={1} // Strength, 0 disables the effect (default=1)
speed={10} // Speed (default=1)
/>
</mesh>Sky
Adds a sky to your scene.
<Sky
distance={450000} // Camera distance (default=450000)
sunPosition={[0, 1, 0]} // Sun position normal (defaults to inclination and azimuth if not set)
inclination={0} // Sun elevation angle from 0 to 1 (default=0)
azimuth={0.25} // Sun rotation around the Y axis from 0 to 1 (default=0.25)
{...props} // All three/examples/jsm/objects/Sky props are valid
/>Stars
Adds a blinking shader-based starfield to your scene.
<Stars
radius={100} // Radius of the inner sphere (default=100)
depth={50} // Depth of area where stars should fit (default=50)
count={5000} // Amount of stars (default=5000)
factor={4} // Size factor (default=4)
saturation={0} // Saturation 0-1 (default=0)
fade // Faded dots (default=false)
/>ContactShadows
A contact shadow implementation.
<ContactShadows
opacity={1}
width={1}
height={1}
blur={1} // Amount of blue (default=1)
far={10} // Focal distance (default=10)
resolution={256} // Rendertarget resolution (default=256)
/>softShadows
Injects percent closer soft shadows (pcss) into threes shader chunk.
softShadows({
frustrum: 3.75, // Frustrum width (default: 3.75)
size: 0.005, // World size (default: 0.005)
near: 9.5, // Near plane (default: 9.5)
samples: 17, // Samples (default: 17)
rings: 11, // Rings (default: 11)
})shaderMaterial
Creates a THREE.ShaderMaterial for you with easier handling of uniforms, which are also automatically declared as setter/getters on the object.
import { extend } from 'react-three-fiber'
import glsl from 'babel-plugin-glsl/macro'
const ColorShiftMaterial = shaderMaterial(
{ time: 0, color: new THREE.Color(0.2, 0.0, 0.1) },
// vertex shader
glsl`
varying vec2 vUv;
void main() {
vUv = uv;
gl_Position = projectionMatrix * modelViewMatrix * vec4(position, 1.0);
}
`,
// fragment shader
glsl`
uniform float time;
uniform vec3 color;
varying vec2 vUv;
void main() {
gl_FragColor.rgba = vec4(0.5 + 0.3 * sin(vUv.yxx + time) + color, 1.0);
}
`
)
extend({ ColorShiftMaterial })
// in your component
<mesh>
<colorShiftMaterial attach="material" color="hotpink" time={1} />
</mesh>Misc
useContextBridge
Allows you to forward contexts provided above the <Canvas /> to be consumed from within the <Canvas /> normally
function SceneWrapper() {
// bridge any number of contexts
const ContextBridge = useContextBridge(ThemeContext, GreetingContext)
return (
<Canvas>
<ContextBridge>
<Scene />
</ContextBridge>
</Canvas>
)
}
function Scene() {
// we can now consume a context within the Canvas
const theme = React.useContext(ThemeContext)
const greeting = React.useContext(GreetingContext)
return (
//...
)
}useFBO
Creates a THREE.WebGLRenderTarget or THREE.WebGLMultisampleRenderTarget.
const target = useFBO(
// width: 500, height: 500,
// width and height are optional and defaulted to the viewport size
// multiplied by the renderer pixel ratio, and recalculated whenever the
// viewport size changes.
{
multisample: true, // if the renderer supports webGL2, it will return a WebGLMultisampleRenderTarget
stencilBuffer: false // you can pass any options supported by THREE.WebGLRenderTarget
}
)The rendertarget is automatically disposed when unmounted.
Html
Allows you to tie HTML content to any object of your scene. It will be projected to the objects whereabouts automatically.
<Html
prepend // Project content behind the canvas (default: false)
center // Adds a -50%/-50% css transform (default: false)
fullscreen // Aligns to the upper-left corner, fills the screen (default:false)
scaleFactor={10} // If set (default: undefined), children will be scaled by this factor, and also by distance to a PerspectiveCamera.
zIndexRange={[100, 0]} // Z-order range (default=[16777271, 0])
portal={domnodeRef} // Reference to target container (default=undefined)
{...groupProps} // All THREE.Group props are valid
{...divProps} // All HTMLDivElement props are valid
>
<h1>hello</h1>
<p>world</p>
</Html>Reflector
Easily add reflection to any object
<Reflector>
<planeBufferGeometry args={[2, 5]} attach="geometry" />
</Reflector>Shadow
A cheap canvas-texture-based circular gradient.
<Shadow
color="black" // Color (default:black)
colorStop={0} // First gradient-stop (default:0)
opacity={0.5} // Alpha (default:0.5)
fog={false} // Reacts to fog (default=false)
/>Stats
Adds stats to document.body. It takes over the render-loop!
<Stats
showPanel={0} // Start-up panel (default=0)
className="stats" // Optional className to add to the stats container dom element
{...props} // All stats.js props are valid
/>You can choose to mount Stats to a different DOM Element - for example, for custom styling:
const node = useRef(document.createElement('div'))
useEffect(() => {
node.current.id = 'test'
document.body.appendChild(node.current)
return () => document.body.removeChild(node.current)
}, [])
return <Stats parent={parent} />Center
Calculates a boundary box and centers its children accordingly.
<Center>
<mesh />
</Center>Preload
The WebGLRenderer will compile materials only when they hit the frustrum, which can cause jank. This component precompiles the scene using gl.compile which makes sure that your app is responsive from the get go.
By default gl.compile will only preload visible objects, if you supply the all prop, it will circumvent that. With the scene and camera props you could also use it in portals.
If you have async models you can drop it into the same suspense boundary in concurrent mode.
<Canvas concurrent>
<Suspense fallback={null}>
<Model />
<Preload all />meshBounds
A very fast, but often good-enough bounds-only raycast for meshes. You can use this if performance has precidence over pointer precision.
<mesh raycast={meshBounds} />useCamera
A hook for the rare case when you are using non-default cameras for heads-up-displays or portals, and you need events/raytracing to function properly (raycasting uses the default camera otherwise).
<mesh raycast={useCamera(customCamera)} />useHelper
A hook for a quick way to add helpers to existing nodes in the scene. It handles removal of the helper on unmount and auto-updates it by default.
const mesh = useRef()
useHelper(mesh, BoxHelper, 'cyan')useDetectGPU
This hook uses DetectGPU by @TimvanScherpenzeel to determine what tier should be assigned to the user's GPU.
Canvas.
const GPUTier = useDetectGPU()
// show a fallback for mobile or lowest tier GPUs
return (
{(GPUTier.tier === "0" || GPUTier.isMobile) ? <Fallback /> : <Canvas>...</Canvas>useAspect
This hook calculates aspect ratios (for now only what in css would be image-size: cover is supported). You can use it to make an image fill the screen. It is responsive and adapts to viewport resize. Just give the hook the image bounds in pixels. It returns an array: [width, height, 1].
const scale = useAspect(
"cover", // Aspect ratio: cover | ... more to come, PR's welcome ;)
1024, // Pixel-width
512, // Pixel-height
1 // Optional scaling factor
)
return (
<mesh scale={scale}>
<planeBufferGeometry />
<meshBasicMaterial map={imageTexture} />Modifiers
CurveModifier
Given a curve will replace the children of this component with a mesh that move along said curve calling the property moveAlongCurve on the passed ref. Uses three's Curve Modifier
const curveRef = useRef()
const curve = React.useMemo(() => new THREE.CatmullRomCurve3([...handlePos], true, 'centripetal'), [handlePos])
return (
<CurveModifier ref={curveRef} curve={curve}>
<mesh>
<boxBufferGeometry args={[10, 10]} />
</mesh>
</CurveModifier>
)useEdgeSplit
This hook mutates a mesh geometry using three's Edge Split modifier.
const meshRef = useEdgeSplit(Math.PI / 2)
return (
<mesh ref={meshRef}>
<boxBufferGeometry args={[10, 10]} />
</mesh>
)useSubdivision
This hook mutates a mesh geometry using three's Subdivision modifier.
const meshRef = useSubdivision(4)
return (
<mesh ref={meshRef}>
<boxBufferGeometry args={[10, 10]} />
</mesh>
)useSimplification
This hook mutates a mesh geometry using three's Simplification modifier.
const meshRef = useSimplification(0.5) // the vertices will be halved
return (
<mesh ref={meshRef}>
<octahedronBufferGeometry args={[2, 5]} />
</mesh>
)useTessellation
This hook mutates a mesh geometry using three's Tessellation modifier. It will break-up faces withe edge longer than the maxEdgeLength parameter.
const meshRef = useTessellation(
2, // passes - number of times the geometry will be subdivided
8 // maxEdgeLength - faces with edges longer than this number will be broken up
)
return (
<mesh ref={meshRef}>
<octahedronBufferGeometry args={[2, 2]} />
</mesh>
)Loaders
useGLTF
A convenience hook that uses useLoader and GLTFLoader, it defaults to CDN loaded draco binaries (https://www.gstatic.com/draco/v1/decoders/) which are only loaded for compressed models.
// Loads model, uses CDN draco when needed
useGLTF(url)
// Use local draco binaries from a custom path
useGLTF(url, '/draco-gltf')
// Preload asset (you would do this in global space, not inside a component!)
useGLTF.preload(url)useFBX
A convenience hook that uses useLoader and FBXLoader:
useFBX(url)
function SuzanneFBX() {
let fbx = useFBX('suzanne/suzanne.fbx')
// wrap fbx in primitive.
return <primitive object={fbx} dispose={null} />
}useTexture
A convenience hook that uses useLoader and TextureLoader
const texture = useTexture(url)
const [texture1, texture2] = useTexture([texture1, texture2])useCubeTexture
A convenience hook that uses useLoader and CubeTextureLoader
const envMap = useCubeTexture(['px.png', 'nx.png', 'py.png', 'ny.png', 'pz.png', 'nz.png'], { path: 'cube/' })useProgress
A convenience hook that wraps THREE.DefaultLoadingManager's progress status.
function Loader() {
const { active, progress, errors, item, loaded, total } = useProgress()
return <Html center>{progress} % loaded</Html>
}
return (
<Suspense fallback={<Loader />}>
<AsyncModels />
</Suspense>
)If you don't want your progress component to re-render on all changes you can be specific as to what you need, for instance if the component is supposed to collect errors only. Look into zustand for more info about selectors.
const errors = useProgress((state) => state.errors)
⚡️ Prototyping
Loader
A quick and easy loading overlay component that you can drop on top of your canvas. It will show an animated loadingbar and a percentage.
<Canvas>
<Suspense fallback={null}>
<AsyncModels />
</Suspense>
</Canvas>
<Loader />You can override styles, too.
<Loader
containerStyles={...container} // Flex layout styles
innerStyles={...inner} // Inner container styles
barStyles={...bar} // Loading-bar styles
dataStyles={...data} // Text styles
dataInterpolation={(p) => `Loading ${p.toFixed(2)}%`} // Text
initialState={(active) => active} // Initial black out state
>useMatcapTexture
Loads matcap textures from this repository: https://github.com/emmelleppi/matcaps
(It is a fork of this repository: https://github.com/nidorx/matcaps)
const [matcap, url] = useMatcapTexture(
0, // index of the matcap texture https://github.com/emmelleppi/matcaps/blob/master/matcap-list.json
1024 // size of the texture ( 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 )
)
return (
...
<meshMatcapMaterial matcap={matcap} />
...
)const [matcap] = useMatcapTexture('3E2335_D36A1B_8E4A2E_2842A5')url to download the texture when you are ready for production!
useNormalTexture
Loads normal textures from this repository: https://github.com/emmelleppi/normal-maps
const [normalMap, url] = useNormalTexture(
1, // index of the normal texture - https://github.com/emmelleppi/normal-maps/blob/master/normals.json
// second argument is texture attributes
{
offset: [0, 0],
repeat: [normRepeat, normRepeat],
anisotropy: 8
}
)
return (
...
<meshStandardMaterial normalMap={normalMap} />
...
)