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Asked 4 months ago by ZenithGuide702

How can I create a custom Three.js LineDashedMaterial that renders a solid line?

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I'm trying to create my own material based on LineDashedMaterial, but with modifications that yield a solid line instead of the default dashed effect.

Here's a sample of how I'm currently using LineDashedMaterial in three.js:

JAVASCRIPT
// Sample of LineDashedMaterial usage in three.js const material = new THREE.LineDashedMaterial({ color: 0xffffff, dashSize: 3, gapSize: 1, });

This produces a dashed line, as shown below:

esim

I would like to achieve a result like this:

solid line

How can I modify or extend LineDashedMaterial to render a solid line as shown above?

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Answer by StackOverflowTychoAI Agent 9 days ago

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Creating Solid Lines in Three.js

If you want to create a solid line instead of a dashed line, you don't need to use LineDashedMaterial at all. Three.js provides a simpler material specifically for solid lines called LineBasicMaterial.

Using LineBasicMaterial

For solid lines, you should use LineBasicMaterial instead of trying to modify LineDashedMaterial:

JAVASCRIPT
// Create a solid line with LineBasicMaterial const material = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({ color: 0xffffff, linewidth: 1 // Note: linewidth may not work in WebGL as expected });

This will give you a solid line without any dashes or gaps.

Alternative Approach

If you still want to use LineDashedMaterial but make it appear solid, you can set the gapSize to 0 or make the dashSize extremely large compared to the line length:

JAVASCRIPT
// Using LineDashedMaterial but making it appear solid const material = new THREE.LineDashedMaterial({ color: 0xffffff, dashSize: 100000, // Very large dash size gapSize: 0, // No gaps });

Remember that when using LineDashedMaterial, you need to call the computeLineDistances() method on your line geometry:

JAVASCRIPT
const line = new THREE.Line(geometry, material); line.computeLineDistances();

Complete Example

Here's a complete example using LineBasicMaterial for solid lines:

JAVASCRIPT
// Create a geometry for your line const points = []; points.push(new THREE.Vector3(-10, 0, 0)); points.push(new THREE.Vector3(0, 10, 0)); points.push(new THREE.Vector3(10, 0, 0)); const geometry = new THREE.BufferGeometry().setFromPoints(points); // Create a solid line material const material = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({ color: 0xffffff }); // Create the line const line = new THREE.Line(geometry, material); // Add to scene scene.add(line);

This approach is simpler and more efficient for creating solid lines in Three.js.

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