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title: Projector category: Addons layout: docs

Projector

This class can project a given scene in 3D space into a 2D representation used for rendering with a 2D API. Projector is currently used by SVGRenderer and was previously used by the legacy CanvasRenderer.

Import

Projector is an addon, and must be imported explicitly, see Installation#Addons.

import { Projector } from 'three/addons/renderers/Projector.js';

Constructor

new Projector()

Constructs a new projector.

Methods

.projectScene( scene : Object3D, camera : Camera, sortObjects : boolean, sortElements : boolean ) : Object

Projects the given scene in 3D space into a 2D representation. The result is an object with renderable items.

scene | A scene or any other type of 3D object.
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camera | The camera.
sortObjects | Whether to sort objects or not.
sortElements | Whether to sort elements (faces, lines and sprites) or not.

Returns: The projected scene as renderable objects.

Source

examples/jsm/renderers/Projector.js