Canvas 3d JS Library

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Current Release:

  • Canvas 3D JS Library Release 0.5:
    • Non-compressed release
    • Minified release
  • This release includes:
    • texturing for 2.0 context.
    • preliminary text API

SVN info:

svn://cdot.senecac.on.ca/canvas3d (All versions licensed under the MIT Licence)

Tools:

  • dumptool2 - a maxscript tool that creates a js file containing the arrays needed for your model.  To use:
    • centre your object.
    • In the utility tab, run the script.
    • Then select “C3DL Model Dump Tool” from the drop down menu.
    • Type in the name you wish to give your model
    • A js file with your model name will be created with 4 arrays in it.  Use the 4 arrays in your call to the model.init() function.

Old Releases:

  • Canvas 3d Library 0.4 release
    • This version includes many bug fixes to the library. Objects can now be translated, rotated. Multiple canvases can be created. camera bugs fixed also.
  • Canvas 3d Library 0.3 release
    • now supporting model and texture loading. Model manipulation not yet available with this release
  • Canvas 3d Library 0.2 release. Works with Canvas 3D 0.2.0.
  • Canvas 3d Library 0.1 release (with 4 spinning cubes example) . To view load index.html into a browser that is running the Canvas 3D extension. This version of the library is now obsolete and will not work with the addon that can be downloaded from addons.mozilla.org. It will work with the older version of canvas 3d (which will require an older version of minefield from around early Dec. 2007)

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C3DL Development News

Portable Canvas v0.2!

Portable Canvas version 0.2 is available!!

It is now a usable browser, but restricted to pages on c3dl.org only. It can display canvas elements right out of the box, and doesn’t require anything else to be on your system (not even FF3!)*. It’s only been tested on Windows XP, but in theory it should be easy [...]

Namespaces and const

As our library expands with more functions, classes and global variables, the need for namespacing increases.  I started placing code in a C3DL namespace when I wrote the matrix stack operations.  However, yesterday I was looking in the constants.js file and saw the ‘tolerance’ variable.  It’s a const variable used when comparing floats to check [...]

Tutorials

  • Tutorial #1: Installing Canvas 3D Addon
  • Tutorial #2: A Scene and a Cube
  • Tutorial #3: Update Callback
  • Tutorial #4: Models 101

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