EllipsoidGraphics

new Cesium.EllipsoidGraphics(options)

Describe an ellipsoid or sphere. The center position and orientation are determined by the containing Entity.
Name Type Description
options EllipsoidGraphics.ConstructorOptions optional Object describing initialization options
Demo:

Members

readonly definitionChanged : Event

Gets the event that is raised whenever a property or sub-property is changed or modified.

distanceDisplayCondition : Property|undefined

Gets or sets the DistanceDisplayCondition Property specifying at what distance from the camera that this ellipsoid will be displayed.
Gets or sets the boolean Property specifying whether the ellipsoid is filled with the provided material.
Default Value: true

heightReference : Property|undefined

Gets or sets the Property specifying the HeightReference.
Default Value: HeightReference.NONE
Gets or sets the Cartesian3 Property specifying the inner radii of the ellipsoid.
Default Value: radii
Gets or sets the Property specifying the material used to fill the ellipsoid.
Default Value: Color.WHITE
Gets or sets the Property specifying the maximum clock angle of the ellipsoid.
Default Value: 2*PI
Gets or sets the Property specifying the maximum cone angle of the ellipsoid.
Default Value: PI
Gets or sets the Property specifying the minimum clock angle of the ellipsoid.
Default Value: 0.0
Gets or sets the Property specifying the minimum cone angle of the ellipsoid.
Default Value: 0.0
Gets or sets the Property specifying whether the ellipsoid is outlined.
Default Value: false
Gets or sets the Property specifying the Color of the outline.
Default Value: Color.BLACK
Gets or sets the numeric Property specifying the width of the outline.

Note: This property will be ignored on all major browsers on Windows platforms. For details, see (@link https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium/issues/40}.

Default Value: 1.0
Gets or sets the Cartesian3 Property specifying the radii of the ellipsoid.
Get or sets the enum Property specifying whether the ellipsoid casts or receives shadows from light sources.
Default Value: ShadowMode.DISABLED
Gets or sets the boolean Property specifying the visibility of the ellipsoid.
Default Value: true

slicePartitions : Property|undefined

Gets or sets the Property specifying the number of radial slices per 360 degrees.
Default Value: 64

stackPartitions : Property|undefined

Gets or sets the Property specifying the number of stacks.
Default Value: 64
Gets or sets the Property specifying the number of samples per outline ring, determining the granularity of the curvature.
Default Value: 128

Methods

Duplicates this instance.
Name Type Description
result EllipsoidGraphics optional The object onto which to store the result.
Returns:
The modified result parameter or a new instance if one was not provided.
Assigns each unassigned property on this object to the value of the same property on the provided source object.
Name Type Description
source EllipsoidGraphics The object to be merged into this object.

Type Definitions

Cesium.EllipsoidGraphics.ConstructorOptions

Initialization options for the EllipsoidGraphics constructor
Properties:
Name Type Attributes Default Description
show Property | boolean <optional>
true A boolean Property specifying the visibility of the ellipsoid.
radii Property | Cartesian3 <optional>
A Cartesian3 Property specifying the radii of the ellipsoid.
innerRadii Property | Cartesian3 <optional>
A Cartesian3 Property specifying the inner radii of the ellipsoid.
minimumClock Property | number <optional>
0.0 A Property specifying the minimum clock angle of the ellipsoid.
maximumClock Property | number <optional>
2*PI A Property specifying the maximum clock angle of the ellipsoid.
minimumCone Property | number <optional>
0.0 A Property specifying the minimum cone angle of the ellipsoid.
maximumCone Property | number <optional>
PI A Property specifying the maximum cone angle of the ellipsoid.
heightReference Property | HeightReference <optional>
HeightReference.NONE A Property specifying what the height from the entity position is relative to.
fill Property | boolean <optional>
true A boolean Property specifying whether the ellipsoid is filled with the provided material.
material MaterialProperty | Color <optional>
Color.WHITE A Property specifying the material used to fill the ellipsoid.
outline Property | boolean <optional>
false A boolean Property specifying whether the ellipsoid is outlined.
outlineColor Property | Color <optional>
Color.BLACK A Property specifying the Color of the outline.
outlineWidth Property | number <optional>
1.0 A numeric Property specifying the width of the outline.
stackPartitions Property | number <optional>
64 A Property specifying the number of stacks.
slicePartitions Property | number <optional>
64 A Property specifying the number of radial slices.
subdivisions Property | number <optional>
128 A Property specifying the number of samples per outline ring, determining the granularity of the curvature.
shadows Property | ShadowMode <optional>
ShadowMode.DISABLED An enum Property specifying whether the ellipsoid casts or receives shadows from light sources.
distanceDisplayCondition Property | DistanceDisplayCondition <optional>
A Property specifying at what distance from the camera that this ellipsoid will be displayed.
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