Frustum: request add function

Request add Frustum function named containsSphere.code like this

function (sphere) {

        var planes = this.planes;

        for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++) {

            if (planes[i].distanceToPoint(sphere.center) < sphere.radius) {

                return false;

            }

        }

        return true;

    }

It will be useful to judge whether or not to see a whole object.

[gkjohnson]

Not sure why you use an instance of Frustum 🤔.

I agree that everything that’s needed is available but just for some more context OP is probably trying to calculate what is in view of a camera by the hierarchical bounds to the camera frustum – basically doing manual frustum culling so you know which objects need to be processed further for that frame. The existing Frustum.intersectsSphere should be enough here, though.

It could be a way to instead of calculating geometric errors in 3dtils

Shameless plug but OP if you’re interested I am also working on a 3d tiles implementation for three.js that you can check out here if you’re interested:

https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/3DTilesRendererJS

[Mugen87]

In order to determine if an object’s bounding volume is inside a specific cell of a Octree or other spatial structures like BVH, I would use Box3.intersectsSphere() or Box3.containsBox() (just derive the AABB from your sphere). Not sure why you use an instance of Frustum 🤔.

It seems the existing interface is sufficient for your use case. Closing.