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Frustum

Extends Component
Defined in: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:1
Module: camera
Parent Module: xeogl

A Frustum defines a perspective projection as a frustum-shaped view volume for a Camera.

Overview

  • A Camera has a Frustum to configure its frustum-based perspective projection mode.
  • A Frustum lets us explicitly set the positions of the left, right, top, bottom, near and far planes, which is useful for asymmetrical view volumes, such as those used for stereo viewing.
  • A Frustum's near and far properties specify the distances to the WebGL clipping planes.

Examples

Usage

Constructor

Frustum

(
  • [owner]
  • [cfg]
)

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:1

Parameters:

  • [owner] Component optional

    Owner component. When destroyed, the owner will destroy this component as well. Creates this component within the default Scene when omitted.

  • [cfg] optional

    Configs

    • [id] String optional

      Optional ID, unique among all components in the parent scene, generated automatically when omitted.

    • [meta] String:Object optional

      Optional map of user-defined metadata to attach to this Frustum.

    • [left=-1] Number optional

      Position of the Frustum's left plane on the View-space X-axis.

    • [right=1] Number optional

      Position of the Frustum's right plane on the View-space X-axis.

    • [bottom=-1] Number optional

      Position of the Frustum's bottom plane on the View-space Y-axis.

    • [top=1] Number optional

      Position of the Frustum's top plane on the View-space Y-axis.

    • [near=0.1] Number optional

      Position of the Frustum's near plane on the View-space Z-axis.

    • [far=1000] Number optional

      Position of the Frustum's far plane on the positive View-space Z-axis.

Methods

create

(
  • [cfg]
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:896

Convenience method for creating a Component within this Component's Scene.

The method is given a component configuration, like so:

var material = myComponent.create({
     type: "xeogl.PhongMaterial",
     diffuse: [1,0,0],
     specular: [1,1,0]
}, "myMaterial");

Parameters:

  • [cfg] optional

    Configuration for the component instance.

Returns:

:

destroy

()

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:1005

Destroys this component.

Fires a destroyed event on this Component.

Automatically disassociates this component from other components, causing them to fall back on any defaults that this component overrode on them.

TODO: describe effect with respect to #create

error

(
  • message
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:583

Logs an error for this component to the JavaScript console.

The console message will have this format: [ERROR] [<component type> =<component id>: <message>

Also fires the message as an error event on the parent Scene.

Parameters:

  • message String

    The message to log

fire

(
  • event
  • value
  • [forget=false]
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:407

Fires an event on this component.

Notifies existing subscribers to the event, optionally retains the event to give to any subsequent notifications on the event as they are made.

Parameters:

  • event String

    The event type name

  • value Object

    The event parameters

  • [forget=false] Boolean optional

    When true, does not retain for subsequent subscribers

hasSubs

(
  • event
)
Boolean

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:534

Returns true if there are any subscribers to the given event on this component.

Parameters:

  • event String

    The event

Returns:

Boolean:

True if there are any subscribers to the given event on this component.

isType

(
  • type
)
Boolean

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:371

Tests if this component is of the given type, or is a subclass of the given type.

The type may be given as either a string or a component constructor.

This method works by walking up the inheritance type chain, which this component provides in property Component/superTypes:property, returning true as soon as one of the type strings in the chain matches the given type, of false if none match.

Examples:

var myRotate = new xeogl.Rotate({ ... });

myRotate.isType(xeogl.Component); // Returns true for all xeogl components
myRotate.isType("xeogl.Component"); // Returns true for all xeogl components
myRotate.isType(xeogl.Rotate); // Returns true
myRotate.isType(xeogl.Transform); // Returns true
myRotate.isType("xeogl.Transform"); // Returns true
myRotate.isType(xeogl.Mesh); // Returns false, because xeogl.Rotate does not (even indirectly) extend xeogl.Mesh

Parameters:

  • type String | Function

    Component type to compare with, eg "xeogl.PhongMaterial", or a xeogl component constructor.

Returns:

Boolean:

True if this component is of given type or is subclass of the given type.

log

(
  • message
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:545

Logs a console debugging message for this component.

The console message will have this format: [LOG] [<component type> <component id>: <message>

Also fires the message as a log event on the parent Scene.

Parameters:

  • message String

    The message to log

off

(
  • subId
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:488

Cancels an event subscription that was previously made with Component#on() or Component#once().

Parameters:

  • subId String

    Publication subId

on

(
  • event
  • callback
  • [scope=this]
)
String

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:446

Subscribes to an event on this component.

The callback is be called with this component as scope.

Parameters:

  • event String

    The event

  • callback Function

    Called fired on the event

  • [scope=this] Object optional

    Scope for the callback

Returns:

String:

Handle to the subscription, which may be used to unsubscribe with {@link #off}.

once

(
  • event
  • callback
  • [scope=this]
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:513

Subscribes to the next occurrence of the given event, then un-subscribes as soon as the event is subIdd.

This is equivalent to calling Component#on(), and then calling Component#off() inside the callback function.

Parameters:

  • event String

    Data event to listen to

  • callback Function(data)

    Called when fresh data is available at the event

  • [scope=this] Object optional

    Scope for the callback

warn

(
  • message
)

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:566

Logs a warning for this component to the JavaScript console.

The console message will have this format: [WARN] [<component type> =<component id>: <message>

Also fires the message as a warn event on the parent Scene.

Parameters:

  • message String

    The message to log

Properties

bottom

Number

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:166

Position of this Frustum's bottom plane on the View-space Y-axis.

Fires a bottom event on change.

Default: -1.0

destroyed

Boolean

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:316

True as soon as this Component has been destroyed

far

Number

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:216

Position of this Frustum's far plane on the positive View-space Z-axis.

Fires a far event on change.

Default: 10000.0

id

String final

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:307

Unique ID for this Component within its parent Scene.

left

Number

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:90

Position of this Frustum's left plane on the View-space X-axis.

Fires a left event on change.

Default: -1.0

matrix

Float32Array

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:241

The Frustum's projection transform matrix.

Fires a Frustum/matrix:event event on change.

Default: [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]

metadata

Object

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:299

Arbitrary, user-defined metadata on this component.

model

Model final

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:358

The Model which contains this Component, if any.

Will be null if this Component is not in a Model.

near

Number

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:191

Position of this Frustum's near plane on the positive View-space Z-axis.

Fires a near event on change.

Default: 0.1

right

Number

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:116

Position of this Frustum's right plane on the View-space X-axis.

Fires a right event on change.

Default: 1.0

scene

Scene final

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:250

The parent Scene that contains this Component.

top

Number

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:141

Position of this Frustum's top plane on the View-space Y-axis.

Fires a top event on change.

Default: 1.0

type

String final

Inherited from Component but overwritten in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:46

JavaScript class name for this Component.

For example: "xeogl.AmbientLight", "xeogl.MetallicMaterial" etc.

Events

bottom

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:178

Fired whenever this Frustum's bottom property changes.

Event Payload:

  • value Object

    The property's new value

destroyed

Inherited from Component: /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/component.js:1073

Fired when this Component is destroyed.

far

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:228

Fired whenever this Frustum's far property changes.

Event Payload:

  • value Object

    The property's new value

left

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:103

Fired whenever this Frustum's left property changes.

Event Payload:

  • value Object

    The property's new value

near

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:203

Fired whenever this Frustum's near property changes.

Event Payload:

  • value Object

    The property's new value

right

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:128

Fired whenever this Frustum's right property changes.

Event Payload:

  • value Object

    The property's new value

top

Defined in /home/lindsay/xeolabs/xeogl-next/xeogl/src/camera/frustum.js:153

Fired whenever this Frustum's top property changes.

Event Payload:

  • value Object

    The property's new value