Stats Panel

Import

import { Stats } from '@react-three/drei'

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Stats Panel

Description

Ok, we have done a lot about the fundamentals of understanding React and some React Three Fiber. Each of those concepts we've learned so far will get more involved, but now it's time to start adding more Three.js functionality to our scene since we are now ready to expand on the basics of Three.js.

The first component, which is a very useful tool when developing Three.js applications, is the Stats panel. It will show us by default, the frame rate that our application is achieving. On desktop, this is likely to be 60 frames per second. In VR, you may see 90-120 frames a second depending on the device. Ideally you want to keep that performance for your desktop/device when you gradually add new functionality to your application.

By using the Stats panel, you can see quickly when you've made a change, whether you should consider optimizing it, or trying a different approach.

Stats is a library which comes as part of the Three.js add-ons (a.k.a. examples).

Since we are using React Three Fiber, we can import it via the @react-three/drei collection.

We will need to add the library to our project.

npm install @react-three/drei

@react-three/drei is a collection of useful helpers and modules which are optimized to work with React Three Fiber. Many of the helpers and modules originate from Three.js, and you can use them by importing them from the Three.js add-ons/examples folders, but if you import them via Drei, then you can be sure that they have some optimization for working with React Three Fiber.

Now add this line to the imports section of ./src/App.jsx

import { Stats } from '@react-three/drei'

And in the JSX, add <Stats /> just before the closing </Canvas> tag.

`./src/App.jsx`

import { Canvas } from '@react-three/fiber'
import Polyhedron from './Polyhedron'
import * as THREE from 'three'
import { Stats } from '@react-three/drei'

export default function App() {
  const polyhedron = [
    new THREE.BoxGeometry(),
    new THREE.SphereGeometry(0.785398),
    new THREE.DodecahedronGeometry(0.785398),
  ]

  return (
    <Canvas camera={{ position: [0, 0, 3] }}>
      <Polyhedron position={[-0.75, -0.75, 0]} polyhedron={polyhedron} />
      <Polyhedron position={[0.75, -0.75, 0]} polyhedron={polyhedron} />
      <Polyhedron position={[-0.75, 0.75, 0]} polyhedron={polyhedron} />
      <Polyhedron position={[0.75, 0.75, 0]} polyhedron={polyhedron} />
      <Stats />
    </Canvas>
  )
}

There are 3 views with the Stats panel. Click them to cycle through them.

Frames Per Second	Milliseconds Per Frame	Megabytes Used

If you want the Megabytes Used view to be the default view, then you can use

<Stats showPanel="{2}" />

The Stats panel is extremely useful when developing your application. You can remove it when you no longer need it.

Useful Links


Stats	drei	sbcode.net	codesandbox.io

Working Example

GitHub Branch

git clone https://github.com/Sean-Bradley/React-Three-Fiber-Boilerplate.git
cd React-Three-Fiber-Boilerplate
git checkout stats
npm install
npm start

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