Introduction
This is a simple application for beginners that shows how to create a 3D cube on a canvas using HTML5. We know that HTML 5 is the advanced version of HTML. Basically, HTML 5 can be used to develop 3D applications. This article is intended to help with the use of HTML5 tools to develop a 3D cube on canvas applications. The <canvas> tag is an HTML element that can be used to draw graphics using scripting. It can be used to draw graphs, make photo compositions, or do simple animations. The <canvas> element is a bitmap drawing API and once you have committed to a set of pixels you are stuck with them. Canvas is an important tag of HTML 5 that is used to show the image and text in an HTML 5 application. I hope this article helps to Create a 3D cube on Canvas Using HTML5 tools.
Step 1. First, open an HTML editor such as Notepad.
- Open Start ->Notepad.
- The name of the editor is "slide".
Step 2. Create a Folder on a desktop.
- Right-click on desktop->new->Folder.
- The name of the folder is "Tom".
Step 3. Open Visual Studio.
- Go to file -> New->Projects.
- Create an ASP. NET Web Application.
- Name of "cube.aspx".
Step 4. Add an HTML file to your web application.
- Right-click on Solution Explorer.
- Add->add new item->HTML form.
- The Name of the HTML form is "Democube.html".
Step 5. Now in this step, we apply a style of cube page. Set the color and background color of a page.
Code
body * {
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: 24px;
}
body.red {
background-color: Orange;
color: Green;
}
body.sky {
background-color: Green;
color: Orange;
}
body.sky a:link,
body.sky a:visited,
body.sky a:hover,
body.sky a:active {
color: Orange;
}
body.red a:link,
body.red a:visited,
body.red a:hover,
body.red a:active {
color: Green;
}
span.spaceyspan {
margin-right: 20px;
}
div.centeredDiv {
text-align: center;
}
li {
list-style: none;
}
td {
padding-right: 10px;
}
Step 6. Now in this step, we set one HTML5 tool named canvas and set the height and width of a canvas.
Code
<body class="sky">
<div class="centeredDiv" style="background-color: #FF99CC">
<canvas id="canvas" width="700" height="600">
This is a cube performing a 3D functionality
</canvas>
</div>
</body>
Step 7. Now in this step, we define a table content that presses a content after that performs an action.
Code
<table>
<tr>
<td>PRESS t</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>Change a color of background</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PRESS p</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>Perform a pause functionality</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MOUSE</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>Rotate a cube</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MOUSE + CTRL</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>pan a cube</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MOUSE + SHIFT</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>pan cune on z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MOUSE + CTRL + SHIFT</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>Adjust a length</td>
</tr>
</table>
<script type="text/javascript">
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-8603987-1");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch (err) {}
</script>
Step 8. The complete image of the Democube application is given below.
Step 9. The Complete code of the cube demo application is given below.
Code
<html>
<head>
<title>Tom application</title>
<style type="text/css">
body * {
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: 24px;
}
body.red {
background-color: Orange;
color: Green;
}
body.sky {
background-color: Green;
color: Orange;
}
body.sky a:link,
body.sky a:visited,
body.sky a:hover,
body.sky a:active {
color: Orange;
}
body.red a:link,
body.red a:visited,
body.red a:hover,
body.red a:active {
color: Green;
}
span.spaceyspan {
margin-right: 20px;
}
div.centeredDiv {
text-align: center;
}
li {
list-style: none;
}
td {
padding-right: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body class="sky">
<div class="centeredDiv" style="background-color: #FF99CC">
<canvas id="canvas" width="700" height="600">
This is a cube perform a 3D functionality
</canvas>
</div>
<table>
<tr>
<td>PRESS t</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>Change a color of background</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PRESS p</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>Perform a pause functionality</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MOUSE</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>Rotate a cube</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MOUSE + CTRL</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>pan a cube</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MOUSE + SHIFT</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>pan cune on z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MOUSE + CTRL + SHIFT</td>
<td>→</td>
<td>Adjust a length</td>
</tr>
</table>
<script type="text/javascript">
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-8603987-1");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch (err) {}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Step 10. Press Ctrl + F5 to run the application in a browser.
Output
Press the t1 tag; the background color of the cube will change.
Resources
Here are some useful resources.