o3d pick and move delay problem

[zuo]

Hi!

I am new to o3d/webgl, and i implement my own javascript function to do unproject and intersection calculation for 'pick and move'.

Each time the mouse moving to a new position(x, y), i apply translation to the transform of the selected shape according to my calculation,

which results in delay, i mean, the mouse cursor moves faster than the object before mouse up. Is there any way to improve

the performance?

Thanks.

zuo

[Nicolas Kassis]

HI Zuo,

I have the same problem as you, trying to translate objects around and
I can't come up with something as smooth as what I use for rotation (I
took the code from the Arc Ball example). Would you mind posting the
code you are using, we could compare.

Nic

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[zuo]

Hi, Nicolas

My code structure is almost like this:

It is to move a object on a specified plane.

var objPos; // position of the object to be selected

var objTransform;

function mouseMove(e) {
//...

                       // two points make a line

var pos1 = unproject(e.x, e.y, 0.25);

var pos2 = unproject(e.x, e.y, 0.75);

                       // find intersection with the specified plane

var pos = mousePoleGo(pos1, pos2, objPos);

                        // do translation and update object position

objTransform.translate(pos);

                        objPos = pos;

//...

}

The unproject and mousePoleGo functions are both translated into javascript from some utility library in openGL.

[Dave]

Hi Zuo,

I hope I did interpret your question correctly.

I assume the slow down was caused by multiple picking. The default
picking function in O3D is not the fastest picking that was
implemented.

Since you are only moving along with a plane, how about you just do
picking only once.

Use picking to grab the tangent value of the point. Later, you can
manipulate the translate using that tangent value.

I haven't really tested this method, so I might be wrong.

Dave