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Draw a sphere at the Sun's location
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1"> <!-- Use Chrome Frame in IE -->
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
<meta name="description" content="Place a yellow sphere at the Sun's location">
<meta name="cesium-sandcastle-labels" content="Tutorials">
<title>Cesium Demo</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../Sandcastle-header.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../ThirdParty/requirejs-2.1.9/require.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
require.config({
baseUrl : '../../../Source',
waitSeconds : 60
});
</script>
</head>
<body class="sandcastle-loading" data-sandcastle-bucket="bucket-requirejs.html">
<style>
@import url(../templates/bucket.css);
</style>
<div id="cesiumContainer" class="fullSize"></div>
<div id="loadingOverlay"><h1>Loading...</h1></div>
<div id="toolbar"></div>
<script id="cesium_sandcastle_script">
function startup(Cesium) {
"use strict";
//Sandcastle_Begin
var solarRadiusInMeters = 6.955e8;
var viewer = new Cesium.Viewer('cesiumContainer');
viewer.scene.camera.frustum.far = 1e12; //Move the far wall of the viewing frustum.
var scene = viewer.scene;
scene.skyBox.show = false; // Turn off the sky box
scene.sun.show = false; // Don't show the default Sun
// Turn on sun lighting of the globe.
scene.globe.enableLighting = true;
// Create a Yellow rim-lit material.
var material = Cesium.Material.fromType(Cesium.Material.RimLightingType);
material.uniforms.color = Cesium.Color.YELLOW;
// Create Sun graphics primitive.
var sunEllipsoid = scene.primitives.add(new Cesium.EllipsoidPrimitive({
center: new Cesium.Cartesian3(), // For now, place the Sun at the origin.
radii: new Cesium.Cartesian3(solarRadiusInMeters, solarRadiusInMeters, solarRadiusInMeters),
material: material
}));
// Allocate "new" variables outside of the render loop when possible, to reduce garbage collection.
var sunPosition = new Cesium.Cartesian3();
var icrfToFixedScratch = new Cesium.Matrix3();
var sunModelMatrixScratch = new Cesium.Matrix4();
// Update the camera and the Sun with each animation frame.
function icrf(scene, time) {
if (scene.mode !== Cesium.SceneMode.SCENE3D) {
return;
}
var icrfToFixed = Cesium.Transforms.computeIcrfToFixedMatrix(time, icrfToFixedScratch);
if (Cesium.defined(icrfToFixed)) {
// Update the camera with the new ICRF rotation
scene.camera.transform = Cesium.Matrix4.fromRotationTranslation(icrfToFixed);
// Compute Sun position in Inertial.
Cesium.Simon1994PlanetaryPositions.computeSunPositionInEarthInertialFrame(time, sunPosition);
// Transform Sun position from Inertial to Fixed.
Cesium.Matrix3.multiplyByVector(icrfToFixed, sunPosition, sunPosition);
// Update the Sun's modelMatrix to move it from the origin to its new position for this animation frame.
sunEllipsoid.modelMatrix = Cesium.Matrix4.fromRotationTranslation(Cesium.Matrix3.IDENTITY, sunPosition, sunModelMatrixScratch);
}
}
scene.preRender.addEventListener(icrf);
//Sandcastle_End
Sandcastle.finishedLoading();
}
if (typeof Cesium !== "undefined") {
startup(Cesium);
} else if (typeof require === "function") {
require(["Cesium"], startup);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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