three-trackballcontrols

A module for using THREE.TrackballControls with nodejs

Setup and Installation

Installation

npm install three-trackballcontrols or yarn add three-trackballcontrols

Usage

Using as module

Example was using three.js + three-trackballcontrols inside of a very simple React app.

import * as THREE from 'three';
import TrackballControls from 'three-trackballcontrols';
 
// Assumes there is a `camera` and `renderer` initialized.
const controls = new TrackballControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
 
// Any manual camera changes should be done first, then update the controls.
camera.position.z = 5;
controls.update();
 
const animate = function () {
  requestAnimationFrame(animate);
 
  // Required for updating during animations.
  controls.update();
  renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
animate();

Using with CDN / static hosted three.js

Example uses JSDelivr version, look up the latest URL for using with static hosting.

<script type="module">
  import TrackballControls from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/three-trackballcontrols@0.0.8/index.min.js';
 
  // Assumes that a `camera` and `renderer` initialized.
  const controls = new TrackballControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
 
  // Any manual camera changes should be done first, then update the controls.
  camera.position.z = 5;
  controls.update();
 
  const animate = function () {
    requestAnimationFrame(animate);
 
    // Required for updating during animations.
    controls.update();
    renderer.render(scene, camera);
  }
</script> 

To-Dos

• Testing