SkyBox

new SkyBox()

A sky box around the scene to draw stars. The sky box is defined using the True Equator Mean Equinox (TEME) axes.

This is only supported in 3D. The sky box is faded out when morphing to 2D or Columbus view.

Name Type Default Description
options.sources Object optional The source URL or Image object for each of the six cube map faces. See the example below.
options.show Boolean true optional Determines if this primitive will be shown.
Example:
scene.skyBox = new Cesium.SkyBox({
  sources : {
    positiveX : 'skybox_px.png',
    negativeX : 'skybox_nx.png',
    positiveY : 'skybox_py.png',
    negativeY : 'skybox_ny.png',
    positiveZ : 'skybox_pz.png',
    negativeZ : 'skybox_nz.png'
  }
});
See:
Source: Scene/SkyBox.js, line 65

Members

show :Boolean

Determines if the sky box will be shown.
Default Value: true
Source: Scene/SkyBox.js, line 84

sources :Object

The sources used to create the cube map faces: an object with positiveX, negativeX, positiveY, negativeY, positiveZ, and negativeZ properties. These can be either URLs or Image objects.
Default Value: undefined
Source: Scene/SkyBox.js, line 75

Methods

destroy() → undefined

Destroys the WebGL resources held by this object. Destroying an object allows for deterministic release of WebGL resources, instead of relying on the garbage collector to destroy this object.

Once an object is destroyed, it should not be used; calling any function other than isDestroyed will result in a DeveloperError exception. Therefore, assign the return value (undefined) to the object as done in the example.
Returns:
Throws:
  • DeveloperError : This object was destroyed, i.e., destroy() was called.
Example:
skyBox = skyBox && skyBox.destroy();
See:
Source: Scene/SkyBox.js, line 221

isDestroyed() → Boolean

Returns true if this object was destroyed; otherwise, false.

If this object was destroyed, it should not be used; calling any function other than isDestroyed will result in a DeveloperError exception.
Returns:
true if this object was destroyed; otherwise, false.
See:
Source: Scene/SkyBox.js, line 198