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TubeGeometry

Creates a tube that extrudes along a 3D curve.

Code Example

class CustomSinCurve extends THREE.Curve {
	getPoint( t, optionalTarget = new THREE.Vector3() ) {
		const tx = t * 3 - 1.5;
		const ty = Math.sin( 2 * Math.PI * t );
		const tz = 0;
		return optionalTarget.set( tx, ty, tz );
	}
}
const path = new CustomSinCurve( 10 );
const geometry = new THREE.TubeGeometry( path, 20, 2, 8, false );
const material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0x00ff00 } );
const mesh = new THREE.Mesh( geometry, material );
scene.add( mesh );

Constructor

new TubeGeometry( path : Curve, tubularSegments : number, radius : number, radialSegments : number, closed : boolean )

Constructs a new tube geometry.

path | A 3D curve defining the path of the tube. Default is QuadraticBezierCurve3.
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tubularSegments | The number of segments that make up the tube. Default is 64.
radius | The radius of the tube. Default is 1.
radialSegments | The number of segments that make up the cross-section. Default is 8.
closed | Whether the tube is closed or not. Default is false.

Properties

.parameters : Object

Holds the constructor parameters that have been used to generate the geometry. Any modification after instantiation does not change the geometry.

Static Methods

.fromJSON( data : Object ) : TubeGeometry

Factory method for creating an instance of this class from the given JSON object.

data | A JSON object representing the serialized geometry.
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Returns: A new instance.

Source

src/geometries/TubeGeometry.js