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three.js - Modify the curve of a spline

So I have a scene with a camera following a spline.
This spline is created directly with three.js thanks to the CatmullRomCurve3() method.
As you can see on the snippet, the spline automatically creates a bumb before and after going down.
I would like to get rid of it : I want my spline to go down and flat directly (I want to keep the curve though).
I played with all the types of curve allowed (centripetal, chordal and catmullrom) but the bumbs are still there.
Does anyone know how can I manage to do it ?
Thanks a lot
var renderer, scene, camera, spline;
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
scene = new THREE.Scene();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, .1, 2000 );
camera.position.set(0, 0, 40);
camera.lookAt(0,0, 0);
spline = new THREE.CatmullRomCurve3([
new THREE.Vector3( -70, 9 ),
new THREE.Vector3( -12, 9 ),
new THREE.Vector3( -8, 9 ),
new THREE.Vector3( 8, -9 ),
new THREE.Vector3( 12, -9 ),
new THREE.Vector3( 70, -9 ),
]);
var points = spline.getPoints(500);
var geometry = new THREE.BufferGeometry().setFromPoints( points );
var material = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial( { color : 0xffffff } );
// Create the final object to add to the scene
var splineObject = new THREE.Line( geometry, material );
scene.add(splineObject);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
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An instance of THREE.CatmullRomCurve3 is not the correct curve type if you are looking for a linear interpolation between points. Try it with THREE.Path instead and by connecting your points via .lineTo().
var renderer, scene, camera, spline;
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
scene = new THREE.Scene();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 2000 );
camera.position.set(0, 0, 40);
var path = new THREE.Path();
path.moveTo( -70, 9 );
path.lineTo( -8, 9 );
path.lineTo( 8, - 9 );
path.lineTo( 70, -9 );
var points = path.getPoints(500);
var geometry = new THREE.BufferGeometry().setFromPoints( points );
var material = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial( { color : 0xffffff } );
// Create the final object to add to the scene
var splineObject = new THREE.Line( geometry, material );
scene.add(splineObject);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
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Set 3d cube rotation origin

I have a simple 3d cube (BoxGeometry of 100, 100, 100) and I am trying to rotate it. If we call all 100x100x100 a tile - when I rotate it I can see it's overlapping the below tile.
(by changing color, now I totally understand the behaviour).
tl.to(this.cube4.rotation, 0.5, {z: -45* Math.PI/180});
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What if I want to rotate it based on an anchor point of right bottom? So instead of overflowing inside the below tile, it will overflow that portion to above tile.
So it will look like the green example and not the red example:
The red example here is achieved by
tl.to(this.cube4.rotation, 0.5, {z: -45* Math.PI/180});
tl.to(this.cube4.position, 0.5, {x: 50 }, 0.5);
I am very new to three.js so if any terminology is wrong, please warn me

Add the ("red") cube to a THREE.Group, in that way that the rotation axis (the edge) is in the origin of the group. This means the cube has to be shifted by the half side length.
If you rotate the group object, then the cube (which is inside the group) will rotate around the edge and not around its center.
e.g.
var bbox = new THREE.Box3().setFromObject(cube);
cube.position.set(bbox.min.x, bbox.max.y, 0);
var pivot = new THREE.Group();
pivot.add(cube);
scene.add(pivot);
See also the answer to How to center a group of objects?, which uses this solution to rotate a group of objects.
(function onLoad() {
var camera, scene, renderer, orbitControls, pivot;
var rot = 0.02;
init();
animate();
function init() {
container = document.getElementById('container');
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true,
alpha: true
});
renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
container.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(70, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 100);
camera.position.set(4, 1, 2);
//camera.lookAt( -1, 0, 0 );
loader = new THREE.TextureLoader();
loader.setCrossOrigin("");
scene = new THREE.Scene();
scene.background = new THREE.Color(0xffffff);
scene.add(camera);
window.onresize = function() {
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
}
orbitControls = new THREE.OrbitControls(camera, container);
var ambientLight = new THREE.AmbientLight(0x404040);
scene.add(ambientLight);
var directionalLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight( 0xffffff, 0.5 );
directionalLight.position.set(1,2,-1.5);
scene.add( directionalLight );
addGridHelper();
createModel();
}
function createModel() {
var material = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({color:'#80f080'});
var geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry( 1, 1, 1 );
var cube1 = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
cube1.position.set(0,-0.5,-0.5);
var cube2 = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
cube2.position.set(0,0.5,-0.5);
var cube3 = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
cube3.position.set(0,-0.5,0.5);
var material2 = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({color:'#f08080'});
var cube4 = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material2);
var bbox = new THREE.Box3().setFromObject(cube4);
cube4.position.set(bbox.min.x, bbox.max.y, 0);
pivot = new THREE.Group();
pivot.add(cube4);
pivot.position.set(-bbox.min.x, 0.5-bbox.max.y, 0.5);
scene.add(cube1);
scene.add(cube2);
scene.add(cube3);
scene.add(pivot);
}
function addGridHelper() {
var helper = new THREE.GridHelper(100, 100);
helper.material.opacity = 0.25;
helper.material.transparent = true;
scene.add(helper);
var axis = new THREE.AxesHelper(1000);
scene.add(axis);
}
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
orbitControls.update();
pivot.rotation.z += rot;
if (pivot.rotation.z > 0.0 || pivot.rotation.z < -Math.PI/2) rot *= -1;
render();
}
function render() {
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
})();
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<script src="https://rawcdn.githack.com/mrdoob/three.js/r124/examples/js/controls/OrbitControls.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tween.js/17.2.0/Tween.js"></script>
<div id="container"></div>

From the first image, it appears that the pivot of your red tile is at its center.
For the rotation you want, you would ideally change the pivot to the lower right of the cube. This is impossible without modifying the geometry of the cube.
BUT a simple trick is to create an empty node at that pivot point, parent your cube to that empty, and apply your rotation to the empty. (Don't forget to remove your translation, you don't need it anymore)
Here is some pseudo code, assuming your red box is centered at (0,0,0) and has a width and height of 100:
// create an empty node at desired rotation pivot
var empty = new Object3D or group
empty.position = (50, -50, 0)
// parent your cube to the empty
var cube = your box
empty.add(cube)
// you may need to change the local position of your cube to bring it back to its global position of (0,0,0)
cube.position = (-50, 50, 0)
rotate empty by 45°

I think you can get the bounds of the rotated object like this:
bounds = new THREE.Box3().setFromObject( theRedObject )
Then reposition the object.y based on its bounds.min.y
let scene, camera, controls, ambient, point, loader, renderer, container, stats;
const targetRotation = 0;
const targetRotationOnMouseDown = 0;
const mouseX = 0;
const mouseXOnMouseDown = 0;
const windowHalfX = window.innerWidth / 2;
const windowHalfY = window.innerHeight / 2;
init();
animate();
var box, b1, b2, b3;
function init() {
// Create a scene which will hold all our meshes to be rendered
scene = new THREE.Scene();
// Create and position a camera
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(
60, // Field of view
window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, // Aspect ratio
/*window.innerWidth / -8,
window.innerWidth / 8,
window.innerHeight / 8,
window.innerHeight / -8,
*/
0.1, // Near clipping pane
1000 // Far clipping pane
);
scene.add(camera)
// Reposition the camera
camera.position.set(0, 5, 10);
// Point the camera at a given coordinate
camera.lookAt(new THREE.Vector3(0, 0, 0));
// Add orbit control
controls = new THREE.OrbitControls(camera);
controls.target.set(0, -0.5, 0);
controls.update();
// Add an ambient lights
ambient = new THREE.AmbientLight(0xffffff, 0.2);
scene.add(ambient);
// Add a point light that will cast shadows
point = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff, 1);
point.position.set(25, 50, 25);
point.castShadow = true;
point.shadow.mapSize.width = 1024;
point.shadow.mapSize.height = 1024;
scene.add(point);
group = new THREE.Group();
group.position.y = 0;
scene.add(group);
rotationAnchor = new THREE.Object3D()
group.add(rotationAnchor);
box = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.BoxGeometry(), new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({
color: 'grey'
}))
b1 = box.clone();
b2 = box.clone();
b3 = box.clone();
b3.material = b3.material.clone()
b3.material.color.set('red')
group.add(box);
group.add(b1);
b1.position.y += 1
group.add(b2);
b2.position.z += 1
rotationAnchor.add(b3);
rotationAnchor.position.set(0.5, 0.5, 1.5)
b3.position.set(-.5, -.5, -.5)
// Create a renderer
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true
});
// Set size
renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
// Set color
renderer.setClearColor(0xf8a5c2);
renderer.gammaOutput = true;
// Enable shadow mapping
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
renderer.shadowMap.type = THREE.PCFSoftShadowMap;
// Append to the document
container = document.createElement("div");
document.body.appendChild(container);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
// Add resize listener
window.addEventListener("resize", onWindowResize, false);
// Enable FPS stats
stats = new Stats();
container.appendChild(stats.dom);
var gui = new dat.GUI({
height: 5 * 32 - 1
});
let params = {
'test': 4,
'bevelThickness': 1,
'bevelSize': 1.5,
'bevelSegments': 3
}
gui.add(params, 'test', 0, 10).onChange(val => {
test = val
})
}
function onWindowResize() {
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
}
function animate() {
rotationAnchor.rotation.z = (Math.cos(performance.now() * 0.001) * Math.PI * 0.25) + (Math.PI * 1.25)
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
// Re-render scene
renderer.render(scene, camera);
// Update stats
stats.update();
}
body {
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0;
}
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<script src="https://threejs.org/examples/js/controls/OrbitControls.js"></script>
<script src="https://threejs.org/examples/js/libs/stats.min.js"></script>
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Three JS Level Horizon Camera

I've dug around everywhere looking for a solution to this. It seems that on OrbitControls and TrackballControlls the camera wont stay horizontal! As you move around with TrackballControlls the scene starts to roll. OrbitControlls dragging from left to right only rolls the scene. I'd like to be able to use the TrackballControls but keep the camera level with the horizon when moving around the center of the scene. Is this possible?
My code:
// SETUP GLOBAL VARIABLES
var camera, controls, scene, renderer;
// PLANET PHYSICAL LOCATIONS
var sun, mercPL, venPL, earthPL, marsPL, jupPL, satPL, urPL, nepPL;
// TIME, AND SCALARS
var now, scalar, planetScalar;
init();
animate();
function init() {
scene = new THREE.Scene();
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
renderer.setPixelRatio( window.devicePixelRatio );
renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
var container = document.getElementById( 'container' );
container.appendChild( renderer.domElement );
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 60, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 100000 );
camera.position.z = 200;
controls = new THREE.OrbitControls( camera, renderer.domElement );
//controls.addEventListener( 'change', render ); // add this only if there is no animation loop (requestAnimationFrame)
controls.enableDamping = true;
controls.dampingFactor = 0.8;
controls.enableZoom = true;
// ADD THE SUN PHYSICAL LOCATION
var geometry = new THREE.SphereGeometry(5, 30, 30, 0, Math.PI * 2, 0, Math.PI * 2);
var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({color: "Yellow"});
sun = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
scene.add(sun);
var segmentCount = 32,
radius = 80,
geometry = new THREE.Geometry(),
material = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({ color: 0xFFFFFF });
for (var i = 0; i <= segmentCount; i++) {
var theta = (i / segmentCount) * Math.PI * 2;
geometry.vertices.push(
new THREE.Vector3(
Math.cos(theta) * radius,
Math.sin(theta) * radius,
0));
}
scene.add(new THREE.Line(geometry, material));
var segmentCount2 = 32,
radius2 = 120,
geometry2 = new THREE.Geometry(),
material2 = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({ color: 0xFFFFFF });
for (var i = 0; i <= segmentCount2; i++) {
var theta = (i / segmentCount2) * Math.PI * 2;
geometry2.vertices.push(
new THREE.Vector3(
Math.cos(theta) * radius2,
Math.sin(theta) * radius2,
0));
}
scene.add(new THREE.Line(geometry2, material2));
//
window.addEventListener( 'resize', onWindowResize, false );
//
render();
}
function onWindowResize() {
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
}
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame( animate );
controls.update();
render(); // MUST BE HERE FOR ANIMATION
}
function render() {
renderer.render( scene, camera );
}
Thanks!

Perhaps this can help you ( all the options are commented in the orbit library)
Level Horizon:
controls.minPolarAngle = Math.PI / 2;
controls.maxPolarAngle = Math.PI / 2;
Focus of Orbit:
controls.target = (cube.position);
Result: (Note: My mouse controls are inverted (Orbit Right / Pan Left) )
Three.js Lock Orbit Controls
Edit: After reviewing your comments code, I think this is what you want:
Three.js Orbit Controls pt 2.
The gist is that :
a) you need to provide the camera with an up vector:
camera.up.set( 0, 0, 1 );
And
b) Target the sun with the camera:
camera.lookAt(sun.position);
You can still play with the damping, and lock the angles ( there are also vertical constraints if you need them) and speed up down the yaw, but I hope this gets you closer.

Rotating a 3d vector in THREE.js on two axes

Sorry for posting possible duplicate.
I have two 3d vectors:
center ( 0, 0, 0 )
orb ( 0, 0, 100 )
I want to rotate the orb-vector around the center-vector on both X and the Y axes.
What I'm trying to achieve is the make and object always be in view of the camera in the direction it's facing.
I've tried this but with no luck.
var vector = new THREE.Vector3( 0, 0, 100 );
vector.applyAxisAngle( new THREE.Vector3( 0, 1, 0 ), Math.PI * 0.5 );
vector.applyAxisAngle( new THREE.Vector3( 1, 0, 0 ), Math.PI * 0.5 );
orbBall.position.copy(vector);

"What I'm trying to achieve is the make and object always be in view of the camera in the direction it's facing."
If you are simply trying to ensure that orbBall always faces the camera, and both orbBall and the camera are part of the THREE scene then you can just use lookAt like so:
orbBall.lookAt(camera.position);
if you need to align a particular side of orbBall you can use a null dummy Object3D to do it, by adding the dummy node to the scene and orbBall to the dummy, in something like this:
dummy = new THREE.Object3D();
scene.add(camera); // "camera" is defined however
scene.add(dummy);
dummy.add(orbBall); // "orbBall" is created as usual
// ... not to align dummy+orbBall
dummy.lookAt(camera.position);
// ...and you can just rotate orbBall around "inside" dummy, just once,
/// to face however you like

After digging around this issue I realise that it's quite advanced mathematics.
Check out this lecture about quaternions if you're interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHVwd8gYLnI
So I used #bjorke suggestins and used a dummy object, and it works well.
var container, scene, camera, renderer, controls, stats;
var SCREEN_WIDTH = window.innerWidth, SCREEN_HEIGHT = window.innerHeight;
var VIEW_ANGLE = 45, ASPECT = SCREEN_WIDTH / SCREEN_HEIGHT, NEAR = 0.1, FAR = 20000;
scene = new THREE.Scene();
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( VIEW_ANGLE, ASPECT, NEAR, FAR);
camera.position.set(100, 100, 400);
camera.lookAt(scene.position);
scene.add(camera);
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer( {antialias:true} );
renderer.setSize(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT);
container = document.getElementById( 'ThreeJS' );
container.appendChild( renderer.domElement );
var light = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff); //new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff);
light.position.set( 30, 80, -15 );
scene.add(light);
var boxGeo = new THREE.BoxGeometry( 10, 10, 10);
var axes = new THREE.AxisHelper(1000);
scene.add( axes );
var cameraObj = new THREE.Mesh(boxGeo, new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial( {color: 0x888800}));
scene.add(cameraObj);
var orbSpace = new THREE.Object3D();
scene.add(orbSpace);
var orbBall = new THREE.Mesh(boxGeo, new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial( {color: 0x880088}));
orbBall.position.set(0, 0, cameraObj.position.z + 100);
orbSpace.add(orbBall);
animate();
var camX = 0.3;
var camY = 0;
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame( animate );
camY += 0.02;
if (camY >= 2) camY = 0;
cameraObj.rotation.x = Math.PI * document.querySelector('#volume').value;
cameraObj.rotation.y = Math.PI * camY;
orbSpace.position.copy(cameraObj.position);
orbSpace.rotation.copy(cameraObj.rotation)
renderer.render( scene, camera );
}
Here's a codepen about how it works:
http://codepen.io/arpo/pen/RrpMJJ
You can update the X angle in the uper right corner

Changing z rotation in three.js animation

I need to add an additional function to change the Z rotation value of the teapot from within the updateTeapot function. I saw this answer Three.js camera tilt up or down and keep horizon level, but how do I incorporate a z rotation function within this function?
function updateTeapot() {
if (teapot != null) {
teaPotHeight+=1;
teapot.position.y = teaPotHeight%200;
}
}
(function ( lab3 , $, undefined) {
lab3.init = function(hook) {
// Create a renderer
var WIDTH = 600,
HEIGHT = 500;
var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
renderer.setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
hook.append(renderer.domElement);
var scene = new THREE.Scene();
// Create lights
var pointLight =
new THREE.PointLight(0xFFFFFF);
pointLight.position = new THREE.Vector3(-10, 100, 100);
scene.add(pointLight);
// Add ambient light
var ambient = new THREE.AmbientLight( 0x555555 );
scene.add( ambient );
// Create a camera
var VIEW_ANGLE = 65, //65 FOV is most 'natural' FOV
ASPECT = WIDTH / HEIGHT,
NEAR = 0.1, //these elements are needed for cameras to
FAR = 10000; //partition space correctly
var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(
VIEW_ANGLE,
ASPECT,
NEAR,
FAR);
camera.position.z = 300;
scene.add(camera);
// Create and add controls
var controls = new THREE.TrackballControls( camera );
controls.target.set( 0, 0, 0 );
// Create a cube
var material =
new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial(
{
color: 0x00bbcc
});
var cube = new THREE.Mesh(
new THREE.CubeGeometry(
40, 55, 30),
material);
scene.add(cube);
// Animation
function renderLoop() {
renderer.render(scene, camera);
controls.update();
window.requestAnimationFrame(renderLoop);
updateTeapot();
}
window.requestAnimationFrame(renderLoop);
////////////////////////////////////////////////
var teapot = null;
var teaPotHeight=0;
loader = new THREE.JSONLoader();
loader.load( "models/utah-teapot.json", function( geometry ) {
teapot = new THREE.Mesh( geometry, new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({
color: 0x00bb00,
side: THREE.DoubleSide
}));
teapot.scale.set( 20, 20, 20 );
teapot.position = new THREE.Vector3(-30, 100, 20);
function updateTeapot() {
if (teapot != null) {
teaPotHeight+=1;
teapot.position.y = teaPotHeight%200;
}
}
//add it to the scene
scene.add(teapot);
});
}
})(window.lab3 = window.lab3 || {} , jQuery)

Add
teapot.rotation.z = numInRadians;