isomath

This is a small JS library designed to help out with isometric math. By design it is simply the isometric math functions required to translate from x,y,z isometric space to the x,y screen coordinates (and associated functions).

What you do with it is up to you.

Example Usage

The first step in using isomath is initializing an isometric projection. This is done by calling the isomath function. If called without any parameters then it defaults to the 1:2 project.

const isomath = require('..');

// get a reference to a projection (optional, but encouraged)
const project = isomath();

// project the isometric coordinates 0, 10, 50
console.log(project(0, 10, 50));
// --> [ -44.721359549995796, -32.3606797749979 ]

As you can see above, the project function returns an array of x, y coordinates. Why an array? Well thanks to spread syntax this is pretty useful:

const project = require('..')({ origin: [250, 250]});
const crel = require('crel');

const canvas = crel('canvas', { width: 500, height: 500 });
const context = canvas.getContext('2d');

// draw a simple line
context.moveTo(...project(0, 0, 0));
context.lineTo(...project(200, 0, 0));
context.stroke();

document.body.appendChild(canvas);

Wonderful, isn't it :)

Clamping Values

You will see in many guides on using canvas, that it's a good idea to clamp your values to aid performance. In general having values aligned around the 0.5 value will produce a well performing and visually appealing display.

Should you want to clamp values (I do), then specify clamp true when initializing your projection.

NOTE: When doing this you will always have to manually specify the isometric projection ratio (default = 0.5):

const isomath = require('..');

// get a reference to a projection, specify clamping
const project = isomath({ angle: 0.5, clamp: true });

// project the isometric coordinates 0, 10, 50
console.log(project(0, 10, 50));
// --> [ -45, -32 ]

Running the Examples

From the command-line (after installing dependencies), run the followinng:

npm run examples

Then you will be able to access the examples at http://localhost:8080/axes.html, http://localhost:8080/draw-simple.html, etc (i.e. for every example js file that exists an html file is generated to access that example).

LICENSE

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2019 Damon Oehlman [email protected]

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