ArtAstra.js

BETA

This is a library for easily generating artistic representation of planets and other celestial objects. It works over three.js.

Installation

npm i artastra

Usage

Call Create functions to make any planet:

import * as THREE from 'three';
import ArtAstra from 'artastra';

const AA = ArtAstra(THREE); //Initialize the library

var scene = new THREE.Scene();

const EarthRadius = 1 ;//Set scale of the models
const position = new THREE.Vector3(150,0,0); //Where you want your planet
const jupiter =  AA.CreateJupiter(EarthRadius, position);

scene.add(jupiter);

And add threejs code to render scene as usual.

Available objects: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. You cand also create Random Stars with the method CreateRandomStars(). Textures can be dowloaded from the repo. If you add the Sun to you model, you must call the method UpdateSolarSystem(); every frame:

function animate() {

    requestAnimationFrame(animate);
    AA.UpdateSolarSystem(scene, camera);

    renderer.render(scene, camera);
}

You can create the entire solar system with the method CreateSolarSystem();

var scene = new THREE.Scene();
CreateSolarSystem(scene);

It populates the scene with stars, a sun, the eigth planets, the earth's moon and a dwarf planet (Pluto). For contribute to this project see contributing instructions.