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Display World Axes


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World Axes.

This snippet displays the world axes. The X axis is red, the Y axis green and the Z axis blue. The length of the axes may be set with the size parameter.

function showWorldAxis(size) {
    var makeTextPlane = function(text, color, size) {
        var dynamicTexture = new BABYLON.DynamicTexture("DynamicTexture", 50, scene, true);
        dynamicTexture.hasAlpha = true;
        dynamicTexture.drawText(text, 5, 40, "bold 36px Arial", color , "transparent", true);
        var plane = BABYLON.Mesh.CreatePlane("TextPlane", size, scene, true);
        plane.material = new BABYLON.StandardMaterial("TextPlaneMaterial", scene);
        plane.material.backFaceCulling = false;
        plane.material.specularColor = new BABYLON.Color3(0, 0, 0);
        plane.material.diffuseTexture = dynamicTexture;
    return plane;
     };
    var axisX = BABYLON.Mesh.CreateLines("axisX", [ 
      BABYLON.Vector3.Zero(), new BABYLON.Vector3(size, 0, 0), new BABYLON.Vector3(size * 0.95, 0.05 * size, 0), 
      new BABYLON.Vector3(size, 0, 0), new BABYLON.Vector3(size * 0.95, -0.05 * size, 0)
      ], scene);
    axisX.color = new BABYLON.Color3(1, 0, 0);
    var xChar = makeTextPlane("X", "red", size / 10);
    xChar.position = new BABYLON.Vector3(0.9 * size, -0.05 * size, 0);
    var axisY = BABYLON.Mesh.CreateLines("axisY", [
        BABYLON.Vector3.Zero(), new BABYLON.Vector3(0, size, 0), new BABYLON.Vector3( -0.05 * size, size * 0.95, 0), 
        new BABYLON.Vector3(0, size, 0), new BABYLON.Vector3( 0.05 * size, size * 0.95, 0)
        ], scene);
    axisY.color = new BABYLON.Color3(0, 1, 0);
    var yChar = makeTextPlane("Y", "green", size / 10);
    yChar.position = new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 0.9 * size, -0.05 * size);
    var axisZ = BABYLON.Mesh.CreateLines("axisZ", [
        BABYLON.Vector3.Zero(), new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 0, size), new BABYLON.Vector3( 0 , -0.05 * size, size * 0.95),
        new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 0, size), new BABYLON.Vector3( 0, 0.05 * size, size * 0.95)
        ], scene);
    axisZ.color = new BABYLON.Color3(0, 0, 1);
    var zChar = makeTextPlane("Z", "blue", size / 10);
    zChar.position = new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 0.05 * size, 0.9 * size);
};

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