EllipsoidGraphics

new Cesium.EllipsoidGraphics(options)
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Describe an ellipsoid or sphere. The center position and orientation are determined by the containing Entity.
Name Type Description
options Object optional Object with the following properties:
Name Type Default Description
show Property true optional A boolean Property specifying the visibility of the ellipsoid.
radii Property optional A Cartesian3 Property specifying the radii of the ellipsoid.
heightReference Property optional A Property specifying what the height from the entity position is relative to.
fill Property true optional A boolean Property specifying whether the ellipsoid is filled with the provided material.
material MaterialProperty Color.WHITE optional A Property specifying the material used to fill the ellipsoid.
outline Property false optional A boolean Property specifying whether the ellipsoid is outlined.
outlineColor Property Color.BLACK optional A Property specifying the Color of the outline.
outlineWidth Property 1.0 optional A numeric Property specifying the width of the outline.
stackPartitions Property 64 optional A Property specifying the number of stacks.
slicePartitions Property 64 optional A Property specifying the number of radial slices.
subdivisions Property 128 optional A Property specifying the number of samples per outline ring, determining the granularity of the curvature.
shadows Property ShadowMode.DISABLED optional An enum Property specifying whether the ellipsoid casts or receives shadows from each light source.
distanceDisplayCondition Property optional A Property specifying at what distance from the camera that this ellipsoid will be displayed.
Demo:

Members

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

distanceDisplayCondition : Property
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Gets or sets the DistanceDisplayCondition Property specifying at what distance from the camera that this ellipsoid will be displayed.

fill : Property
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Gets or sets the boolean Property specifying whether the ellipsoid is filled with the provided material.
Default Value: true

heightReference : Property
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Gets or sets the Property specifying the HeightReference.
Default Value: HeightReference.NONE

material : MaterialProperty
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Gets or sets the Property specifying the material used to fill the ellipsoid.
Default Value: Color.WHITE

outline : Property
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Gets or sets the Property specifying whether the ellipsoid is outlined.
Default Value: false

outlineColor : Property
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Gets or sets the Property specifying the Color of the outline.
Default Value: Color.BLACK

outlineWidth : Property
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Gets or sets the numeric Property specifying the width of the outline.
Default Value: 1.0

radii : Property
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Gets or sets the Cartesian3 Property specifying the radii of the ellipsoid.

shadows : Property
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Get or sets the enum Property specifying whether the ellipsoid casts or receives shadows from each light source.
Default Value: ShadowMode.DISABLED

show : Property
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Gets or sets the boolean Property specifying the visibility of the ellipsoid.
Default Value: true

slicePartitions : Property
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Gets or sets the Property specifying the number of radial slices.
Default Value: 64

stackPartitions : Property
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Gets or sets the Property specifying the number of stacks.
Default Value: 64

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

Methods

clone(result) → EllipsoidGraphics
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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.

merge(source)
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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.