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Euler

A class representing Euler angles.

Euler angles describe a rotational transformation by rotating an object on its various axes in specified amounts per axis, and a specified axis order.

Iterating through an instance will yield its components (x, y, z, order) in the corresponding order.

Code Example

const a = new THREE.Euler( 0, 1, 1.57, 'XYZ' );
const b = new THREE.Vector3( 1, 0, 1 );
b.applyEuler(a);

Constructor

new Euler( x : number, y : number, z : number, order : string )

Constructs a new euler instance.

x | The angle of the x axis in radians. Default is 0.
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y | The angle of the y axis in radians. Default is 0.
z | The angle of the z axis in radians. Default is 0.
order | A string representing the order that the rotations are applied. Default is Euler.DEFAULT_ORDER.

Properties

.isEuler : boolean (readonly)

This flag can be used for type testing.

Default is true.

.order : string

A string representing the order that the rotations are applied.

Default is 'XYZ'.

.x : number

The angle of the x axis in radians.

Default is 0.

.y : number

The angle of the y axis in radians.

Default is 0.

.z : number

The angle of the z axis in radians.

Default is 0.

.DEFAULT_ORDER : string

The default Euler angle order.

Default is 'XYZ'.

Methods

.clone() : Euler

Returns a new Euler instance with copied values from this instance.

Returns: A clone of this instance.

.copy( euler : Euler ) : Euler

Copies the values of the given Euler instance to this instance.

euler | The Euler instance to copy.
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Returns: A reference to this Euler instance.

.equals( euler : Euler ) : boolean

Returns true if this Euler instance is equal with the given one.

euler | The Euler instance to test for equality.
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Returns: Whether this Euler instance is equal with the given one.

.fromArray( array : Array.<number, number, number, ?string> ) : Euler

Sets this Euler instance's components to values from the given array. The first three entries of the array are assign to the x,y and z components. An optional fourth entry defines the Euler order.

array | An array holding the Euler component values.
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Returns: A reference to this Euler instance.

.reorder( newOrder : string ) : Euler

Resets the euler angle with a new order by creating a quaternion from this euler angle and then setting this euler angle with the quaternion and the new order.

Warning: This discards revolution information.

newOrder | A string representing the new order that the rotations are applied.
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Returns: A reference to this Euler instance.

.set( x : number, y : number, z : number, order : string ) : Euler

Sets the Euler components.

x | The angle of the x axis in radians.
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y | The angle of the y axis in radians.
z | The angle of the z axis in radians.
order | A string representing the order that the rotations are applied.

Returns: A reference to this Euler instance.

.setFromQuaternion( q : Quaternion, order : string, update : boolean ) : Euler

Sets the angles of this Euler instance from a normalized quaternion.

q | A normalized Quaternion.
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order | A string representing the order that the rotations are applied.
update | Whether the internal onChange callback should be executed or not. Default is true.

Returns: A reference to this Euler instance.

.setFromRotationMatrix( m : Matrix4, order : string, update : boolean ) : Euler

Sets the angles of this Euler instance from a pure rotation matrix.

m | A 4x4 matrix of which the upper 3x3 of matrix is a pure rotation matrix (i.e. unscaled).
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order | A string representing the order that the rotations are applied.
update | Whether the internal onChange callback should be executed or not. Default is true.

Returns: A reference to this Euler instance.

.setFromVector3( v : Vector3, order : string ) : Euler

Sets the angles of this Euler instance from the given vector.

v | The vector.
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order | A string representing the order that the rotations are applied.

Returns: A reference to this Euler instance.

.toArray( array : Array.<number, number, number, string>, offset : number ) : Array.<number, number, number, string>

Writes the components of this Euler instance to the given array. If no array is provided, the method returns a new instance.

array | The target array holding the Euler components. Default is [].
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offset | Index of the first element in the array. Default is 0.

Returns: The Euler components.

Source

src/math/Euler.js