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<Mask>

Masks use the stencil buffer to cut out areas of the screen. This component is a port of drei’s <Mask> component.

The Mask component requires Three.js to render with a stencil buffer. As of r163, stencil is set to false by default. To enable the stencil buffer, set it in your canvas’s renderer params: <Canvas rendererParameters={{ stencil: true }}>. In prior versions the default is true already.
<script lang="ts">
  import { Canvas } from '@threlte/core'
  import Scene from './Scene.svelte'
</script>

<div>
  <Canvas>
    <Scene />
  </Canvas>
</div>

<style>
  div {
    height: 100%;
  }
</style>
<script lang="ts">
  import { T, useTask } from '@threlte/core'
  import { OrbitControls, Grid, Float, TransformControls, Mask, useMask } from '@threlte/extras'
  import { Pane, Checkbox, List } from 'svelte-tweakpane-ui'

  let rotation = 0
  let inverse = true
  let move = false
  let target: 1 | 2 | 3 = 1

  let torusStencil: any = useMask(1, true)
  let boxStencil: any = useMask(2, true)
  let icoStencil: any = useMask(3, true)

  const settingsChanged = () => {
    if (inverse) {
      torusStencil = useMask(1, true)
      boxStencil = useMask(2, true)
      icoStencil = useMask(3, true)
    } else {
      torusStencil = target === 1 ? useMask(1, false) : {}
      boxStencil = target === 2 ? useMask(2, false) : {}
      icoStencil = target === 3 ? useMask(3, false) : {}
    }
  }

  $: {
    settingsChanged()
    inverse
    target
  }

  useTask(() => {
    rotation -= 0.001
  })
</script>

<Pane
  title="Mask"
  position="fixed"
>
  <Checkbox
    bind:value={inverse}
    label="inverse"
  />
  <List
    bind:value={target}
    label="target"
    options={{ torus: 1, box: 2, ico: 3 }}
  />
  <Checkbox
    bind:value={move}
    label="move"
  />
</Pane>

<T.PerspectiveCamera
  makeDefault
  position={[3, 4, 15]}
  fov={15}
>
  <OrbitControls
    enableDamping
    target={[0, 0.5, 0]}
  />
</T.PerspectiveCamera>

<T.Group
  position={[0, 1, 2]}
  let:ref
>
  <Mask id={target}>
    <T.CircleGeometry args={[0.65]} />
    <T.MeshBasicMaterial />
  </Mask>
  <T.Mesh>
    <T.RingGeometry args={[0.6, 0.7, 50]} />
    <T.MeshBasicMaterial />
  </T.Mesh>
  {#if move}
    <TransformControls
      object={ref}
      showZ={false}
    />
  {/if}
</T.Group>

<T.DirectionalLight
  intensity={3}
  position.x={5}
  position.y={10}
/>
<T.AmbientLight intensity={0.6} />

<Grid
  gridSize={[8, 8]}
  cellColor={'#46536b'}
  position.y={-0.3}
  sectionColor="#ffffff"
  sectionThickness={0}
  fadeDistance={50}
/>

<Float
  floatIntensity={1}
  floatingRange={[0, 1]}
>
  <T.Mesh position={[0, 0.3, 0]}>
    <T.TorusKnotGeometry args={[0.5, 0.15, 100, 12, 2, 3]} />
    <T.MeshStandardMaterial
      color="#F85122"
      {...torusStencil}
    />
  </T.Mesh>
</Float>

<Float
  floatIntensity={1}
  floatingRange={[0, 0.5]}
>
  <T.Mesh
    position.y={0.5}
    position={[-1.5, 0, -2]}
  >
    <T.BoxGeometry />
    <T.MeshStandardMaterial
      color="#0059BA"
      {...boxStencil}
    />
  </T.Mesh>
</Float>

<Float
  floatIntensity={1}
  floatingRange={[0, 0.5]}
>
  <T.Mesh
    position={[1.5, 0.3, -2]}
    rotation={[rotation, 128, rotation]}
    scale={0.8}
  >
    <T.IcosahedronGeometry />
    <T.MeshStandardMaterial
      color="#F8EBCE"
      {...icoStencil}
    />
  </T.Mesh>
</Float>

First you need to define a mask, give it the shape that you want.

<Mask id={1}>
  <T.PlaneGeometry />
  <T.MeshBasicMaterial />
</Mask>

Now refer to it with the useMask hook and the same id, your content will now be masked out by the geometry defined above.

<script lang="ts">
  import { useMask } from '@threlte/extras'
  const stencil = useMask(1)
</script>

<T.Mesh>
  <T.TorusKnotGeometry />
  <T.MeshStandardMaterial {...stencil} />
</T.Mesh>

You can build compound masks with multiple shapes by re-using an id. You can also use the mask as a normal mesh by providing colorWrite and depthWrite props.

<Mask
  position={[-1, 0, 0]}
  id={1}
>
  <T.PlaneGeometry />
  <T.MeshBasicMaterial />
</Mask>
<Mask
  colorWrite
  depthWrite
  position={[1, 0, 0]}
  id={1}
>
  <T.CircleGeometry />
  <T.MeshBasicMaterial />
</Mask>

Invert masks individually by providing a 2nd boolean argument to the useMask hook.

const stencil = useMask(1, true)

Component Signature

<Mask> extends <T.Mesh> and supports all its props, slot props, bindings and events.

Props

name
type
required
default
description

colorWrite
boolean
no
false
If colors of the masks own material will leak through.

depthWrite
boolean
no
false
If depth of the masks own material will leak through.

id
number
no
1
Each mask must have an id, you can have compound masks referring to the same id.