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Lerp Material Properties

Description

Animating material properties is possible. In this example, if you hover over the polygons, then the color, plus several other material properties are lerped to new settings.

You can also click the polygon, and the scale will either increase or decrease depending on how it was left before the last click.

If you preferred to use JEasings, then I also have a JEasings version.

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Example Script

./src/client/client.ts

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import './style.css'
import * as THREE from 'three'
import { OrbitControls } from 'three/addons/controls/OrbitControls.js'
import Stats from 'three/addons/libs/stats.module.js'

function lerp(x: number, y: number, a: number): number {
  const r = (1 - a) * x + a * y
  return r < 0.001 ? 0 : r
}

class pickable extends THREE.Mesh {
  hovered = false
  clicked = false
  originalColor: THREE.Color
  colorTo = new THREE.Color(0xff2244)

  constructor(geometry: THREE.BufferGeometry, material: THREE.Material) {
    super()
    this.geometry = geometry
    this.material = material
    this.originalColor = (material as THREE.MeshPhysicalMaterial).color.clone()
    this.castShadow = true
  }

  update(delta: number): void {
    this.rotation.x += delta
    this.rotation.y += delta
    const m = this.material as THREE.MeshPhysicalMaterial
    this.hovered
      ? (m.color.lerp(this.colorTo, 0.1),
        (m.thickness = lerp(m.thickness, 3, 0.1)),
        (m.reflectivity = lerp(m.reflectivity, 1, 0.1)),
        (m.roughness = lerp(m.roughness, 0.1, 0.1)),
        (m.clearcoat = lerp(m.clearcoat, 0.1, 0.1)),
        (m.transmission = lerp(m.transmission, 0.99, 0.1)),
        (m.ior = lerp(m.ior, 1.1, 0.1)))
      : (m.color.lerp(this.originalColor, 0.1),
        (m.thickness = lerp(m.thickness, 0, 0.1)),
        (m.reflectivity = lerp(m.reflectivity, 0, 0.1)),
        (m.roughness = lerp(m.roughness, 1.0, 0.1)),
        (m.clearcoat = lerp(m.clearcoat, 0, 0.1)),
        (m.transmission = lerp(m.transmission, 0, 0.1)),
        (m.ior = lerp(m.ior, 1.5, 0.1)))
    this.clicked
      ? this.scale.set(lerp(this.scale.x, 1.5, 0.1), lerp(this.scale.y, 1.5, 0.1), lerp(this.scale.z, 1.5, 0.1))
      : this.scale.set(lerp(this.scale.x, 1.0, 0.1), lerp(this.scale.y, 1.0, 0.1), lerp(this.scale.z, 1.0, 0.1))
  }
}

const raycaster = new THREE.Raycaster()
const pickables: pickable[] = []
let intersects: THREE.Intersection[]

const scene = new THREE.Scene()

const spotLight = new THREE.SpotLight(0xffffff, 500)
spotLight.position.set(5, 5, 5)
spotLight.angle = 0.3
spotLight.penumbra = 0.5
spotLight.castShadow = true
spotLight.shadow.mapSize.width = 512
spotLight.shadow.mapSize.height = 512
spotLight.shadow.bias = -0.001
spotLight.shadow.radius = 20
spotLight.shadow.blurSamples = 10
spotLight.shadow.camera.far = 15
scene.add(spotLight)

const camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 100)
camera.position.y = 2
camera.position.z = 4

const renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ antialias: true })
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight)
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true
renderer.shadowMap.type = THREE.VSMShadowMap
renderer.domElement.addEventListener('pointerdown', onClick, false)

document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement)
document.addEventListener('mousemove', onDocumentMouseMove, false)

const controls = new OrbitControls(camera, renderer.domElement)
controls.enableDamping = true

const envTexture = new THREE.CubeTextureLoader().load(['img/px_25.jpg', 'img/nx_25.jpg', 'img/py_25.jpg', 'img/ny_25.jpg', 'img/pz_25.jpg', 'img/nz_25.jpg'])
envTexture.mapping = THREE.CubeReflectionMapping
scene.environment = envTexture

const cube = new pickable(new THREE.BoxGeometry(), new THREE.MeshPhysicalMaterial({ color: 0xff8800 }))
cube.position.set(-2, 0, 0)
scene.add(cube)
pickables.push(cube)

const cylinder = new pickable(new THREE.CylinderGeometry(0.66, 0.66), new THREE.MeshPhysicalMaterial({ color: 0x008800 }))
scene.add(cylinder)
pickables.push(cylinder)

const pyramid = new pickable(new THREE.TetrahedronGeometry(), new THREE.MeshPhysicalMaterial({ color: 0x0088ff }))
pyramid.position.set(2, 0, 0)
scene.add(pyramid)
pickables.push(pyramid)

const floor = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.PlaneGeometry(10, 10), new THREE.MeshPhysicalMaterial())
floor.rotateX(-Math.PI / 2)
floor.position.y = -1.25
floor.receiveShadow = true
scene.add(floor)

const mouse = new THREE.Vector2()
function onDocumentMouseMove(event: MouseEvent) {
  mouse.set((event.clientX / renderer.domElement.clientWidth) * 2 - 1, -(event.clientY / renderer.domElement.clientHeight) * 2 + 1)
  raycaster.setFromCamera(mouse, camera)
  pickables.forEach((p) => (p.hovered = false))
  intersects = raycaster.intersectObjects(pickables, false)
  if (intersects.length) (intersects[0].object as pickable).hovered = true
}

function onClick() {
  raycaster.setFromCamera(mouse, camera)
  intersects = raycaster.intersectObjects(pickables, false)
  intersects.forEach((i) => {
    ;(i.object as pickable).clicked = !(i.object as pickable).clicked
  })
}

const stats = new Stats()
document.body.appendChild(stats.dom)

const clock = new THREE.Clock()
let delta = 0

function render() {
  renderer.render(scene, camera)
}

function animate() {
  requestAnimationFrame(animate)

  controls.update()

  delta = clock.getDelta()
  pickables.forEach((p) => {
    p.update(delta)
  })

  render()

  stats.update()
}

function onWindowResize() {
  camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight
  camera.updateProjectionMatrix()
  renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight)
  render()
}
window.addEventListener('resize', onWindowResize, false)

animate()

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