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SimpleMeshLayer

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The SimpleMeshLayer renders a number of instances of an arbitrary 3D geometry. For example, it can be used to visualize a fleet of 3d cars each with a position and an orientation over the map.

import {Deck} from '@deck.gl/core';
import {SimpleMeshLayer} from '@deck.gl/mesh-layers';
import {OBJLoader} from '@deck.gl/obj';

const layer = new SimpleMeshLayer({
  id: 'SimpleMeshLayer',
  data: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visgl/deck.gl-data/master/website/bart-stations.json',
  
  getColor: d => [Math.sqrt(d.exits), 140, 0],
  getOrientation: d => [0, Math.random() * 180, 0],
  getPosition: d => d.coordinates,
  mesh: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visgl/deck.gl-data/master/website/humanoid_quad.obj',
  sizeScale: 30,
  pickable: true,
  loaders: [OBJLoader]
});

new Deck({
  initialViewState: {
    longitude: -122.4,
    latitude: 37.74,
    zoom: 11
  },
  controller: true,
  getTooltip: ({object}) => object && object.name,
  layers: [layer]
});

loaders.gl offers a category of loaders for loading meshes from standard formats. For example, the following code adds support for PLY files:

import {SimpleMeshLayer} from '@deck.gl/mesh-layers';
import {PLYLoader} from '@loaders.gl/ply';

new SimpleMeshLayer({
  mesh: 'path/to/model.ply',
  loaders: [PLYLoader]
});

Installation​

To install the dependencies from NPM:

npm install deck.gl
# or
npm install @deck.gl/core @deck.gl/mesh-layers
import {SimpleMeshLayer} from '@deck.gl/mesh-layers';
import type {SimpleMeshLayerProps} from '@deck.gl/mesh-layers';

new SimpleMeshLayer<DataT>(...props: SimpleMeshLayerProps<DataT>[]);

To use pre-bundled scripts:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/deck.gl@^9.0.0/dist.min.js"></script>
<!-- or -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@deck.gl/core@^9.0.0/dist.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@deck.gl/mesh-layers@^9.0.0/dist.min.js"></script>
new deck.SimpleMeshLayer({});

Properties​

Inherits from all Base Layer properties.

Mesh​

mesh (string | object)​

The geometry to render for each data object. One of:

  • An URL to a mesh description file in a format supported by loaders.gl. The appropriate loader will have to be registered via the loaders.gl registerLoaders function for this usage.
  • A luma.gl Geometry instance
  • An object containing the following fields:
    • positions (Float32Array) - 3d vertex offset from the object center, in meters
    • normals (Float32Array) - 3d normals
    • texCoords (Float32Array) - 2d texture coordinates

texture (string | Texture | Image | ImageData | HTMLCanvasElement | HTMLVideoElement | ImageBitmap | Promise | object, optional)​

  • Default null.

The texture of the geometries.

  • If a string is supplied, it is interpreted as a URL or a Data URL.
  • One of the following, or a Promise that resolves to one of the following:
    • One of the valid pixel sources for WebGL2 texture
    • A luma.gl Texture instance
    • A plain object that can be passed to the Texture constructor, e.g. {width: <number>, height: <number>, data: <Uint8Array>}. Note that whenever this object shallowly changes, a new texture will be created.

The image data will be converted to a Texture object. See textureParameters prop for advanced customization.

If texture is supplied, texture is used to render the geometries. Otherwise, object color obtained via the getColor accessor is used.

textureParameters (object)​

Customize the texture parameters.

If not specified, the layer uses the following defaults to create a linearly smoothed texture from texture:

{
  minFilter: 'linear',
  magFilter: 'linear',
  mipmapFilter: 'linear',
  addressModeU: 'clamp-to-edge',
  addressModeV: 'clamp-to-edge'
}

Render Options​

sizeScale (number, optional) transition-enabled​

  • Default 1.

Multiplier to scale each geometry by.

wireframe (boolean, optional)​

  • Default: false

Whether to render the mesh in wireframe mode.

material (Material, optional)​

  • Default: true

This is an object that contains material props for lighting effect applied on extruded polygons. Check the lighting guide for configurable settings.

Data Accessors​

getPosition (Accessor<Position>, optional) transition-enabled​

  • Default: object => object.position

Method called to retrieve the center position for each object in the data stream.

getColor (Accessor<Color>, optional) transition-enabled​

  • Default: [0, 0, 0, 255]

If mesh does not contain vertex colors, use this color to render each object. If mesh contains vertex colors, then the two colors are mixed together. Use [255, 255, 255] to use the original mesh colors. If texture is assigned, then both colors will be ignored.

The color is in the format of [r, g, b, [a]]. Each channel is a number between 0-255 and a is 255 if not supplied.

  • If an array is provided, it is used as the color for all objects.
  • If a function is provided, it is called on each object to retrieve its color.

getOrientation (Accessor<number[3]>, optional)​

  • Default: [0, 0, 0]

Object orientation defined as a vec3 of Euler angles, [pitch, yaw, roll] in degrees. This will be composed with layer's modelMatrix.

  • If an array is provided, it is used as the orientation for all objects.
  • If a function is provided, it is called on each object to retrieve its orientation.

getScale (Accessor<number[3]>, optional)​

  • Default: [1, 1, 1]

Scaling factor on the mesh along each axis.

  • If an array is provided, it is used as the scale for all objects.
  • If a function is provided, it is called on each object to retrieve its scale.

getTranslation (Accessor<number[3]>, optional)​

  • Default: [0, 0, 0]

Translation of the mesh along each axis. Offset from the center position given by getPosition. [x, y, z] in meters. This will be composed with layer's modelMatrix.

  • If an array is provided, it is used as the offset for all objects.
  • If a function is provided, it is called on each object to retrieve its offset.

getTransformMatrix (Accessor<number[16]>, optional)​

  • Default: null

Explicitly define a 4x4 column-major model matrix for the mesh. If provided, will override getOrientation, getScale, getTranslation.

  • If an array is provided, it is used as the transform matrix for all objects.
  • If a function is provided, it is called on each object to retrieve its transform matrix.

Source​

modules/mesh-layers/src/simple-mesh-layer