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Description

An example of using a combination of

in the same scene.

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OrbitControls with DragControls Script

./src/client/client.ts

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import * as THREE from 'three'
import { OrbitControls } from 'three/examples/jsm/controls/OrbitControls'
import { DragControls } from 'three/examples/jsm/controls/DragControls'
// import { TransformControls } from 'three/examples/jsm/controls/TransformControls'
import Stats from 'three/examples/jsm/libs/stats.module'

const scene = new THREE.Scene()
scene.add(new THREE.AxesHelper(5))

const camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000)
camera.position.z = 2

const renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer()
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight)
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement)

const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry()
const material = new THREE.MeshNormalMaterial({ transparent: true })

const cube = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material)
scene.add(cube)

const orbitControls = new OrbitControls(camera, renderer.domElement)

const dragControls = new DragControls([cube], camera, renderer.domElement)
dragControls.addEventListener('dragstart', function (event) {
  orbitControls.enabled = false
  ;((event.object as THREE.Mesh).material as THREE.Material).opacity = 0.33
})
dragControls.addEventListener('dragend', function (event) {
  orbitControls.enabled = true
  ;((event.object as THREE.Mesh).material as THREE.Material).opacity = 1
})

// const transformControls = new TransformControls(camera, renderer.domElement)
// transformControls.attach(cube)
// transformControls.setMode('rotate')
// scene.add(transformControls.getHelper())

// transformControls.addEventListener('dragging-changed', function (event) {
//     orbitControls.enabled = !event.value
//     //dragControls.enabled = !event.value
// })

// window.addEventListener('keydown', function (event) {
//     switch (event.key) {
//         case 'g':
//             transformControls.setMode('translate')
//             break
//         case 'r':
//             transformControls.setMode('rotate')
//             break
//         case 's':
//             transformControls.setMode('scale')
//             break
//     }
// })

const backGroundTexture = new THREE.CubeTextureLoader().load(['img/px_eso0932a.jpg', 'img/nx_eso0932a.jpg', 'img/py_eso0932a.jpg', 'img/ny_eso0932a.jpg', 'img/pz_eso0932a.jpg', 'img/nz_eso0932a.jpg'])
scene.background = backGroundTexture

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

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

function animate() {
  requestAnimationFrame(animate)

  render()

  stats.update()
}

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

animate()

OrbitControls with TransformControls Script

./src/client/client.ts

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import * as THREE from 'three'
import { OrbitControls } from 'three/examples/jsm/controls/OrbitControls'
// import { DragControls } from 'three/examples/jsm/controls/DragControls'
import { TransformControls } from 'three/examples/jsm/controls/TransformControls'
import Stats from 'three/examples/jsm/libs/stats.module'

const scene = new THREE.Scene()
scene.add(new THREE.AxesHelper(5))

const camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000)
camera.position.z = 2

const renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer()
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight)
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement)

const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry()
const material = new THREE.MeshNormalMaterial({ transparent: true })

const cube = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material)
scene.add(cube)

const orbitControls = new OrbitControls(camera, renderer.domElement)

// const dragControls = new DragControls([cube], camera, renderer.domElement)
// dragControls.addEventListener('dragstart', function (event) {
//     orbitControls.enabled = false
//     ;((event.object as THREE.Mesh).material as THREE.Material).opacity = 0.33
// })
// dragControls.addEventListener('dragend', function (event) {
//     orbitControls.enabled = true
//     ;((event.object as THREE.Mesh).material as THREE.Material).opacity = 1
// })

const transformControls = new TransformControls(camera, renderer.domElement)
transformControls.attach(cube)
transformControls.setMode('rotate')
scene.add(transformControls.getHelper())

transformControls.addEventListener('dragging-changed', function (event) {
  orbitControls.enabled = !event.value
  //dragControls.enabled = !event.value
})

window.addEventListener('keydown', function (event) {
  switch (event.key) {
    case 'g':
      transformControls.setMode('translate')
      break
    case 'r':
      transformControls.setMode('rotate')
      break
    case 's':
      transformControls.setMode('scale')
      break
  }
})

const backGroundTexture = new THREE.CubeTextureLoader().load(['img/px_eso0932a.jpg', 'img/nx_eso0932a.jpg', 'img/py_eso0932a.jpg', 'img/ny_eso0932a.jpg', 'img/pz_eso0932a.jpg', 'img/nz_eso0932a.jpg'])
scene.background = backGroundTexture

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

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

function animate() {
  requestAnimationFrame(animate)

  render()

  stats.update()
}

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

animate()