p5.js box() Function

The box() function in p5.js is used to draw a box with given height, width and the depth. Syntax:

box( width, height, depth, detailX, detailY )

Parameters: This function accepts five parameters as mentioned above and described below:

width: This parameter stores the width of the box.

height: This parameter stores the height of the box.

depth: This parameter stores the depth of the box.

detailX: This parameter stores the optional number of triangle subdivisions in x-dimension.

detailY: This parameter stores the optional number of triangle subdivisions in y-dimension.

Below programs illustrate the box() function in p5.js: Example 1: This example uses box() function to draw a box.

javascript

function setup() {
    
    // Create Canvas of size 600*600
    createCanvas(600, 600, WEBGL);
}
 
function draw() {
    
    // Set background color
    background(200);
   
    // Set fill color of box
    fill('green');
   
    // box() function
    box(300, 400, 200);
}

Output:

Example 2: This example uses box() function to draw a box.

javascript

function setup() {
  
    // Create Canvas of size 600*600
    createCanvas(600, 600, WEBGL);
}
 
function draw() {
    
    // Set background color
    background(200);
   
    // Set fill color of box
    fill('yellow');
   
    // Rotate 
    rotateX(frameCount * 0.01);
    rotate(frameCount*0.03);
   
    // box() function called
    box(140, 130, 120);
}

Output:

Reference: https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/box

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