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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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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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Zoom in to the object based on mouse pointer

Here I'm trying to zoom in the object(say cube) based on the on mouse pointer position. Here I googled and got a idea that it can be achieved in D3 JS and also it can achieved by capturing the mouse pointer 3D point and passing it in the mouse wheel function.
Here's the fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/fpt9hswo/
var scene, renderer, camera;
var cube;
var controls;
var containerWidth = window.innerWidth,
containerHeight = window.innerHeight;
init();
animate();
function init() {
configureRenderer();
scene = new THREE.Scene();
configureCube();
configureCamera();
configureLight();
configureControls();
fitAll();
}
function configureRenderer() {
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true,
alpha: true
});
renderer.setSize(containerWidth, containerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
}
function configureCube() {
var cubeGeometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(20, 20, 20);
var cubeMaterial = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({
color: 0xff0000
});
cube = new THREE.Mesh(cubeGeometry, cubeMaterial);
cube.position.set(50, 0, 0);
scene.add(cube);
}
function configureCamera() {
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(45, containerWidth / containerHeight, 1, 1000);
camera.position.set(0, 160, 400);
camera.lookAt(scene);
}
function configureLight() {
pointLight = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff, 1.0, 100000);
pointLight.position.set(0, 300, 200);
scene.add(pointLight);
}
function configureControls() {
controls = new THREE.TrackballControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
// configuration of controls
controls.rotateSpeed = 5.0;
controls.zoomSpeed = 5.0;
controls.panSpeed = 2.0;
controls.staticMoving = true;
controls.dynamicDampingFactor = 0;
}
function fitAll() {
// Calculate bounding box of the whole scene
var boundingBoxOfNode = new THREE.Box3().setFromObject(scene),
centerOfGravity = boundingBoxOfNode.getCenter();
/************* CAMERA *************************/
camera.position.addVectors(camera.position, centerOfGravity);
camera.lookAt(centerOfGravity);
//new camera positions will be set here
//Eg: camera.position.set(newCamera.x,newCamera.y,newCamera.z);
//Similarly new camera rotation and quaternion coordinates will be set
//Eg: camera.rotation.set(newCamera.rotatex,newCamera.rotatey,newCamera.rotatez);
//Eg: camera.quaternion.set(newCamera.qw,newCamera.qx,newCamera.qy,newCamera.qz);
/************* CONTROLS *************************/
controls.target.set(centerOfGravity.x, centerOfGravity.y, centerOfGravity.z);
//new controls.target values will be set here
//Eg: controls.target.set(newCamera.targetx,newCamera.targety,newCamera.targetz);
}
function animate() {
controls.update();
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
Thanks in advance

To do what you want you've to implement your own mouse wheel event and you've to disable the default zoom of THREE.TrackballControls:
controls = new THREE.TrackballControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
//...
controls.zoomSpeed = 0.0;
Add a wheel event:
e.g.
renderer.domElement.addEventListener("wheel", event => {
const delta = event.deltaY;
// [...]
}
Zooming in perspective projection can be achieved, by shifting the camera position in the depth of the world.
If you want to zoom to a point, this can be achieved by moving the camera along a ray, from the camera position through the cursor (mouse) position and to move the target position in parallel.
A point on the ray from the camera to the cursor in normalized device space can be found with ease. In normalized device space all coordinates are in range [-1, 1] and all points with the same x and y coordinate are at the same ray. If the z coordinate is -1, the the point is on the near plane and if z is 1 then the point is on the far plane.
e.g. NDC point on the far plane and on a ray through the cursor:
let x = 2 * event.clientX / window.innerWidth - 1;
let y = 1 - 2 * event.clientY / window.innerHeight;
let cursorpos = new THREE.Vector3(x, y, 1);
This point in normalized device space can be transformed to a point in world space, by THREE.Vector3.unproject(). The parameter to the function has to be the THREE.Camera which defines the view and projection:
cursorpos.unproject(camera);
The direction for the movement of the camera is the normalized direction from the camera position to the cursor position in world space:
let dir = new THREE.Vector3().copy(cursorpos).sub(camera.position).normalize();
Calculate the movement dependent on the direction and the mouse wheel delta and update the camera and THREE.TrackballControls:
let shift = new THREE.Vector3().copy(dir).multiplyScalar(delta * 0.1);
camera.position.add(shift);
controls.position0.add(shift);
controls.target.add(shift);
See the example, where I applied the suggestions to the code of the question:
var scene, renderer, camera;
var cube;
var controls;
var containerWidth = window.innerWidth,
containerHeight = window.innerHeight;
init();
animate();
function init() {
configureRenderer();
scene = new THREE.Scene();
configureCube();
configureCamera();
configureLight();
configureControls();
}
function configureRenderer() {
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true,
alpha: true
});
renderer.setSize(containerWidth, containerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
window.onresize = function() {
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
if (controls)
controls.handleResize();
}
renderer.domElement.addEventListener("wheel", event => {
const delta = event.deltaY;
let x = 2 * event.clientX / window.innerWidth - 1;
let y = 1 - 2 * event.clientY / window.innerHeight;
let cursorpos = new THREE.Vector3(x, y, 1);
cursorpos.unproject(camera);
let dir = new THREE.Vector3().copy(cursorpos).sub(camera.position).normalize();
let shift = new THREE.Vector3().copy(dir).multiplyScalar(delta * 0.1);
camera.position.add(shift);
controls.position0.add(shift);
controls.target.add(shift);
});
}
function configureCube() {
var cubeGeometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(20, 20, 20);
var cubeMaterial = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({
color: 0xff0000
});
cube = new THREE.Mesh(cubeGeometry, cubeMaterial);
cube.position.set(50, 0, 0);
scene.add(cube);
}
function configureCamera() {
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(45, containerWidth / containerHeight, 1, 1000);
camera.position.set(0, 160, 400);
camera.lookAt(scene);
}
function configureLight() {
pointLight = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff, 1.0, 100000);
pointLight.position.set(0, 300, 200);
scene.add(pointLight);
}
function configureControls() {
controls = new THREE.TrackballControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
// configuration of controls
controls.rotateSpeed = 5.0;
controls.zoomSpeed = 0.0;
controls.panSpeed = 2.0;
controls.staticMoving = true;
controls.dynamicDampingFactor = 0;
}
function animate() {
controls.update();
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
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Three.Js positioning problem and coneGeometry error

I am trying to build a rocketship model by add different shapes to a large group and position them at specific axis.
When I try to use
rocketConeMesh.position.y = 15;
The shape does not move at all, I am trying to put the rocketCone (The nose of the rocket ship) on top of the rocketBody and then have them under the same group.
I get the followig error message
"THREE.Object3D.add: object not an instance of THREE.Object3D. "
for the coneGeometry object.
my code is as follows:
<script type="text/javascript">
// create a scene, that will hold all our elements such as objects, cameras and lights.
var scene = new THREE.Scene();
// create a camera, which defines where we're looking at.
var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000);
// create a render and set the size
var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
window.addEventListener('resize', function()
{
var width = window.innerWidth;
var height = window.innerHeight;
renderer.setSize(width, height);
camera.aspect = width / height;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
} );
controls = new THREE.OrbitControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
// create the object group that contains all the sub-shapes
var rocketGroup = new THREE.Object3D();
scene.add(rocketGroup);
//The object below is the top cone of the rocket
var rocketCone = new THREE.ConeGeometry(6, 10, 6);
var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({color: 0xcccccc, wireframe: true});
var cone = new THREE.Mesh(rocketCone, material);
rocketConeMesh = new THREE.Mesh(rocketCone,new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial())
scene.add(cone);
//Specify the position of the rocket cone
rocketConeMesh.position.y = 15;
//Add the rocketCone to the lowpolyRocket group
rocketGroup.add(rocketCone);
/******************************************************************************************************************/
//var rocketBody = new THREE.CylinderGeometry( 5, 5, 20, 32 );
//var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({color: 0xcccccc, wireframe:false});
//var cylinder = new THREE.Mesh(rocketBody, material);
//scene.add(cylinder);
// position and point the camera to the center of the scene
camera.position.x = -30;
camera.position.y = 20;
camera.position.z = 30;
camera.lookAt(scene.position);
// game logic
var update = function ( )
{
//cone.rotation.x += 0.01;
//cone.rotation.y += 0.005;
};
// draw scene
var render = function ( )
{
renderer.render(scene, camera);
};
// run game loop (update, render, repeat)
var GameLoop = function ( )
{
requestAnimationFrame(GameLoop);
update( );
render( );
};
GameLoop( );
</script>

rocketGroup.add(rocketCone);
This code is not valid since it's not possible to add an instance of ConeGeometry to an Object3D. Try to change your code to the following:
rocketGroup.add(rocketConeMesh);
Now you add the mesh (which is derived from THREE.Object3D) to rocketGroup. It's now part of the scene graph and changing its transformation should work.
BTW: I don't understand why you create two meshes with your rocketCone geometry. I guess you can remove the cone variable.

Three.js: Raycast Has an Empty Array of Intersects

I am using this example for my WebGL panorama cube: https://threejs.org/examples/?q=pano#webgl_panorama_equirectangular
I want to know what cube user clicks on and I discovered I can use Raycaster for this. According to docs I added the following function:
function onMouseDown( event ) {
event.preventDefault();
var mouseVector = new THREE.Vector3(
( event.clientX / window.innerWidth ) * 2 - 1,
- ( event.clientY / window.innerHeight ) * 2 + 1,
1 );
//projector.unprojectVector( mouseVector, camera );
mouseVector.unproject( camera );
var raycaster = new THREE.Raycaster( camera.position, mouseVector.sub( camera.position ).normalize() );
// create an array containing all objects in the scene with which the ray intersects
var intersects = raycaster.intersectObjects( scene.children );
console.log(intersects);
if (intersects.length>0){
console.log("Intersected object:", intersects.length);
intersects[ 0 ].object.material.color.setHex( Math.random() * 0xffffff );
}
// ...
But intersects is always empty. My scene is defined as
scene = new THREE.Scene();
and has skyBox added:
var skyBox = new THREE.Mesh( new THREE.CubeGeometry( 1, 1, 1 ), materials );
skyBox.applyMatrix( new THREE.Matrix4().makeScale( 1, 1, - 1 ) );
scene.add( skyBox );
I've seen similar posts related to this issue but could not figure out how to apply to this example. Any directions are appreciated.

Try adding this to your material definition:
var materials = new THREE.SomeMaterial({
/* other settings */,
side: THREE.DoubleSide
});
Raycaster won't intersect back-faces unless the side property is set to THREE.BackSide or THREE.DoubleSide. Even though your scaling technically inverts the face direction, the vertex order stays the same, which is what's important to Raycaster.
Some further explanation
The snippet below is showing how a ray projected from a camera at the center of a skybox inverted by a -Z scale might look.
The box itself looks weird because it has been -Z scaled, and the normals no longer match the material. But that's here nor there.
The green arrow represents the original ray. The red arrow represents what will happen to that ray inside the Mesh.raycast function, which will apply the inverse of the object's world matrix to the ray, but not to the object's geometry. This is a whole different problem.
The point I'm making is that within Mesh.raycast, it does not affect the vertex/index order, so when it checks the triangles of the mesh, they are still in their original order. For a standard BoxGeometry/BoxBufferGeometry, this means the faces all face outward from the geometric origin.
This means the rays (regardless of how the transformation matrix affects them) are still trying to intersect the back-face of those triangles, which will not work unless the material is set to THREE.DoubleSide. (It can also be set to THREE.BackSide, but the -Z scale will ruin that.)
Clicking either of the raycast buttons will produce 0 intersects if the -Z scaled box is not set to THREE.DoubleSide (default). Click the "Set THREE.DoubleSide" button and try it again--it will now intersect.
var renderer, scene, camera, controls, stats;
var WIDTH = window.innerWidth,
HEIGHT = window.innerHeight,
FOV = 35,
NEAR = 1,
FAR = 1000,
ray1, ray2, mesh;
function populateScene(){
var cubeGeo = new THREE.BoxBufferGeometry(10, 10, 10),
cubeMat = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({ color: "red", transparent: true, opacity: 0.5 });
mesh = new THREE.Mesh(cubeGeo, cubeMat);
mesh.applyMatrix( new THREE.Matrix4().makeScale( 1, 1, -1 ) );
mesh.updateMatrixWorld(true);
scene.add(mesh);
var dir = new THREE.Vector3(0.5, 0.5, 1);
dir.normalize();
ray1 = new THREE.Ray(new THREE.Vector3(), dir);
var arrow1 = new THREE.ArrowHelper(ray1.direction, ray1.origin, 20, 0x00ff00);
scene.add(arrow1);
var inverseMatrix = new THREE.Matrix4();
inverseMatrix.getInverse(mesh.matrixWorld);
ray2 = ray1.clone();
ray2.applyMatrix4(inverseMatrix);
var arrow2 = new THREE.ArrowHelper(ray2.direction, ray2.origin, 20, 0xff0000);
scene.add(arrow2);
}
function init() {
document.body.style.backgroundColor = "slateGray";
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ antialias: true, alpha: true });
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
document.body.style.overflow = "hidden";
document.body.style.margin = "0";
document.body.style.padding = "0";
scene = new THREE.Scene();
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(FOV, WIDTH / HEIGHT, NEAR, FAR);
camera.position.z = 50;
scene.add(camera);
controls = new THREE.TrackballControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
controls.dynamicDampingFactor = 0.5;
controls.rotateSpeed = 3;
var light = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff, 1, Infinity);
camera.add(light);
stats = new Stats();
stats.domElement.style.position = 'absolute';
stats.domElement.style.top = '0';
document.body.appendChild(stats.domElement);
resize();
window.onresize = resize;
populateScene();
animate();
var rayCaster = new THREE.Raycaster();
document.getElementById("greenCast").addEventListener("click", function(){
rayCaster.ray.copy(ray1);
alert(rayCaster.intersectObject(mesh).length + " intersections!");
});
document.getElementById("redCast").addEventListener("click", function(){
rayCaster.ray.copy(ray2);
alert(rayCaster.intersectObject(mesh).length + " intersections!");
});
document.getElementById("setSide").addEventListener("click", function(){
mesh.material.side = THREE.DoubleSide;
mesh.material.needsUpdate = true;
});
}
function resize() {
WIDTH = window.innerWidth;
HEIGHT = window.innerHeight;
if (renderer && camera && controls) {
renderer.setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
camera.aspect = WIDTH / HEIGHT;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
controls.handleResize();
}
}
function render() {
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
render();
controls.update();
stats.update();
}
function threeReady() {
init();
}
(function () {
function addScript(url, callback) {
callback = callback || function () { };
var script = document.createElement("script");
script.addEventListener("load", callback);
script.setAttribute("src", url);
document.head.appendChild(script);
}
addScript("https://threejs.org/build/three.js", function () {
addScript("https://threejs.org/examples/js/controls/TrackballControls.js", function () {
addScript("https://threejs.org/examples/js/libs/stats.min.js", function () {
threeReady();
})
})
})
})();
body{
text-align: center;
}
<input id="greenCast" type="button" value="Cast Green">
<input id="redCast" type="button" value="Cast Red">
<input id="setSide" type="button" value="Set THREE.DoubleSide">

You might actually want to use an easier process to determine your ray from the camera:
THREE.Raycaster.prototype.setFromCamera( Vector2, Camera );
Simply define your mouse coordinates as you do in a Vector2, then pass the elements to the Raycaster and let it do its thing. It hides the complexity of intersecting the frustrum with the ray from the camera, and should solve your problem.
(Also, the raycaster does indeed only intersect faces that face the ray directly, but since your SkyBox has been inverted its geometries faces are pointing to the inside of the box, so they should intersect if the camera is inside the box. Another possibility is that your box is further away than the raycasters default far value.)
function onMouseDown( event ) {
event.preventDefault();
var mouseVector = new THREE.Vector2(
event.clientX / window.innerWidth * 2 - 1,
-event.clientY / window.innerHeight * 2 + 1
);
var raycaster = new THREE.Raycaster;
raycaster.setFromCamera( mouseVector, camera );
var intersects = raycaster.intersectObjects( scene.children );
console.log(intersects);
if( intersects.length > 0 ){
console.log( "Intersected object:", intersects[ 0 ] );
intersects[ 0 ].object.material.color.setHex( Math.random() * 0xffffff );
}
}

Three.js: Unable to Set Maximum and Minimum Zoom Level

I am using this example for my WebGL panorama cube:
https://threejs.org/examples/?q=pano#webgl_panorama_equirectangular
I want to zoom in and out within limits, i.e. set maximum and minimum zoom level, but not infinitely as code provides by default. For infinite zoom, which later reverses the view if scrolled too much, the function from example above looks like this:
function onDocumentMouseWheel( event ) {
camera.fov += event.deltaY * 0.05;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
}
To address the issue I tried to update FOV when inside my allowed range:
function onDocumentMouseWheel( event ) {
var fovMAX = 95;
var fovMIN = 5;
var newFov = camera.fov + event.deltaY * 0.05;
if (newFov > fovMIN && newFov < fovMAX) {
camera.fov = newFov;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
};
}
Please note my FOV is 90:
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 90, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight), 0.1, 100 );
This seems to have perfectly worked for maximum zoomed-in level - it stops when FOV is 5 and does not zoom in further. However, as I zoom out to FOV 95, it would stop, but if I continue zooming out with mouse more, I would zoom infinitely again, even though FOV remains 95.
How to stop/control infinite zoom out?

Your code works as expected in the minimal example below. (I did make a small change in that I'm using >=/<= rather than >/<.)
var renderer, scene, camera, controls, stats;
var WIDTH = window.innerWidth,
HEIGHT = window.innerHeight,
FOV = 35,
NEAR = 1,
FAR = 1000;
var fovMax = 95,
fovMin = 5,
fovTmp = 0;
function zoom(event) {
event.preventDefault();
fovTmp = camera.fov + (event.deltaY * 0.05);
if (fovTmp >= fovMin && fovTmp <= fovMax) {
camera.fov = fovTmp;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
}
}
function init() {
document.body.style.backgroundColor = "slateGray";
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true,
alpha: true
});
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
document.body.style.overflow = "hidden";
document.body.style.margin = "0";
document.body.style.padding = "0";
scene = new THREE.Scene();
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(FOV, WIDTH / HEIGHT, NEAR, FAR);
camera.position.z = 50;
scene.add(camera);
var light = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff, 1, Infinity);
camera.add(light);
stats = new Stats();
stats.domElement.style.position = 'absolute';
stats.domElement.style.top = '0';
document.body.appendChild(stats.domElement);
resize();
window.onresize = resize;
// POPULATE EXAMPLE
var cubeGeo = new THREE.BoxBufferGeometry(1, 1, 1),
cubeMat = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({
color: "red"
});
var mesh = new THREE.Mesh(cubeGeo, cubeMat);
scene.add(mesh);
window.addEventListener("wheel", zoom);
animate();
}
function resize() {
WIDTH = window.innerWidth;
HEIGHT = window.innerHeight;
if (renderer && camera) {
renderer.setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
camera.aspect = WIDTH / HEIGHT;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
}
}
function render() {
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
render();
stats.update();
}
function threeReady() {
init();
}
(function() {
function addScript(url, callback) {
callback = callback || function() {};
var script = document.createElement("script");
script.addEventListener("load", callback);
script.setAttribute("src", url);
document.head.appendChild(script);
}
addScript("https://threejs.org/build/three.js", function() {
addScript("https://threejs.org/examples/js/libs/stats.min.js", function() {
threeReady();
})
})
})();
Something else is changing your camera's data. Are you sure you're not updating camera.zoom anywhere?
For what it's worth, the only other (core) three.js method that modifies the FOV is PerspectiveCamera.setFocalLength
Edit based on new information
Ah, there's your problem. I didn't know you were using an external mouse controller. OrbitControls doesn't adjust the FOV to create its zoom effect. Instead, it literally moves the camera nearer to/further from the control's target. Your zoom-in likely (by chance) corresponded with it reaching 0 distance. But because it can zoom out to infinity, that's why it continued to zoom out.
Disabling zoom like in your comment should resolve the issue.
three.js r87