sprites: Add sprites

In rgl: 3D Visualization Using OpenGL

Add sprites

Description

Adds a sprite set shape node to the scene.

Usage

sprites3d(x, y = NULL, z = NULL, radius = 1, 
          shapes = NULL, userMatrix, 
          fixedSize = FALSE, 
          adj = 0.5, pos = NULL, offset = 0.25, 
          rotating = FALSE, ...)
particles3d(x, y = NULL, z = NULL, radius = 1, ...)

Arguments

x, y, z	point coordinates. Any reasonable way of defining the coordinates is acceptable. See the function xyz.coords for details.
radius	vector or single value defining the sprite radius
shapes	NULL for a simple square, or a vector of identifiers of shapes in the scene
userMatrix	if shape is not NULL, the transformation matrix for the shapes
fixedSize	should sprites remain at a fixed size, or resize with the scene?
adj, pos, offset	positioning arguments; see Details
rotating	should sprites remain at a fixed orientation, or rotate with the scene?
...	material properties when shapes = NULL, texture mapping is supported

Details

Simple sprites (used when shapes is NULL) are 1 by 1 squares that are directed towards the viewpoint. Their primary use is for fast (and faked) atmospherical effects, e.g. particles and clouds using alpha blended textures. Particles are sprites using an alpha-blended particle texture giving the illusion of clouds and gases. The centre of each square will by default be at the coordinates given by x, y, z. This may be adjusted using the adj or pos parameters.

adj and pos are treated similarly to the same parameters for text3d. adj has 3 entries, for adjustment to the x, y and z coordinates respectively. For x, a value of 0 puts the sprite to the right of the specified point, 0.5 centers it there, and 1 puts it to the left. The other coordinates are similar. By default, each value is 0.5 and the sprites are centered at the points given by (x, y, z).

The pos parameter overrides adj. It should be an integer or vector of integers (one per point), interpreted as in text3d to position the sprite relative to the (x, y, z) point: 0 is centered on it, 1 is below, 2 is to the left, 3 is above, 4 is to the right, 5 is in front, and 6 is behind. offset is the fraction of the sprite size to separate it from the point.

When shapes is not NULL, it should be a vector of identifiers of objects to plot in the scene (e.g. as returned by plotting functions or by ids3d). These objects will be removed from the scene and duplicated as a sprite image in a constant orientation, as specified by userMatrix. By default the origin (0, 0, 0) will be plotted at the coordinates given by (x, y, z), perhaps modified by adj or pos.

The userMatrix argument is ignored for shapes = NULL. For shapes, sprites3d defaults the matrix to r3dDefaults$userMatrix.

If any coordinate is NA, the sprite is not plotted.

The id values of the shapes may be retrieved after plotting using rgl.attrib(id, "ids"); the user matrix is retrieved using rgl.attrib(id, "usermatrix").

Value

These functions are called for the side effect of displaying the sprites. The shape ID of the displayed object is returned.

See Also

material3d, text3d

Examples

open3d()
particles3d( rnorm(100), rnorm(100), rnorm(100), color = rainbow(100) )
# is the same as
sprites3d( rnorm(100), rnorm(100), rnorm(100), color = rainbow(100),
  lit = FALSE, alpha = .2,
  textype = "alpha", texture = system.file("textures/particle.png", package = "rgl") )
sprites3d( rnorm(10) + 6, rnorm(10), rnorm(10), shape = shade3d(tetrahedron3d(), col = "red") )

rgl documentation built on July 9, 2023, 7:36 p.m.