Feature request: a method to disable TransformControl axes

[brmscheiner]

I wish there was an easy way to prevent users from moving an object about a particular axis. For example, it would be nice to say

var controls =  new THREE.TransformControls(camera, domElement);
controls.disableAxis('x');

Then the transformControls would have draggable arrows pointing in the Y and Z directions, but not the X direction. Thanks for your consideration!

[makc]

TransformControls are not maintained in this repo - last time I asked to fix the bug in it, I was told by the author that he can't do that, because his original TransformControls evolved far beyond three.js version: #9312

[brmscheiner]

It does look like @arodic has done a lot with the transform controls for ree.js, but also contributors here have made relatively recent contributions to the transform controls (including @mrdoob late last year), so I don't think it's fair to say that the transform controls aren't maintained in this repo. Also note that the issue you created is still open - my guess is that if it was not related to this project it would have been closed already.

If people think this feature is a good idea, I would be happy to take a stab at it myself, although I am a little bit intimidated by the sheer size of the file...

[tentone]

@brmscheiner I have a split version of the TransformControl in my nunuStudio repository and i have worked on them a bit already, i might be able to take a look at this on the weekend, it should be fairly easy to do this 👍

I used to have similar ones that i wrote that are very simple and easy to change (https://github.com/tentone/nunuStudio/tree/0fb60a9cc7a0c3d07d90bf7cb644054831b79c0f/editor/tools) but the ones made by arodic are a lot better.

[pailhead]

although I am a little bit intimidated by the sheer size of the file...

I believe this is what may have deterred the original author to keep working on this.

[brmscheiner]

@tentone nunuStudio is a very cool project! If you do get the chance to take a look I would be massively appreciative, if not just let me know.

[brmscheiner]

Hi @tentone, any chance to look into this?

[tentone]

Hi @brmscheiner sorry i still haven't got a change to take a look at this but as soon as i can i will work on it (i also need this for my project).

Sorry for the delay!

[brmscheiner]

Dope, no problem!

[brmscheiner]

Hey @tentone just wanted to circle back again :)

[brean]

I would also like to see this feature, I hacked something similar quickly for a project I am currentyl working on (by giving the contstructor an array with axis and only creating the handles for these active axis in the original TransformControl).

I could work on it a bit more and create a pull request, but because @makc wrote that it is not maintained here I don't know how to proceed.