Pure CSS3D library.

Built on top of Stylus, Platonic is a CSS3D library for creating 3D content with just CSS and HTML.

It's primary objectives are:

1. To provide a 3D library for platforms that don't support WebGL.
2. To provide a simple API and workflow for generating content.
3. To generate the least amount of CSS required to display content.

Installation - Features - Examples - Platonic project - Core concepts - API

1. Sierpinski
2. Dualism*
3. Particles
4. 400*

• Desktop only

Platonic is only currently supported in some webkit based browsers due to various CSS3 properties it requires to display the content.

• Chrome v27.0 +
• Safari v6.0 +
• Safari iOS v6.0 +

• Base styles for your viewport and scene
• Configurable options for the viewport, ui-components, geometry and more
• Optimised CSS output
• Mixins for Shapes, Primitives, Platonic Solids and a Fractal
• Can be used with the CSS3D lighting engine Photon

You can either install Platonic as a node module or download the source.

See usage on how to link it to your stylus middleware compiler.

$ npm install stylus-platonic

Below is an example of linking platonic up to the connect (or express) framework using stylus middleware.

var connect = require('connect')
  , stylus = require('stylus')
  , nib = require('nib');
  , platonic = require('stylus-platonic');

var server = connect();

function compile(str, path) {
  return stylus(str)
    .set('filename', path)
    .set('compress', true)
    .use(nib())
    .use(platonic());
}

server.use(stylus.middleware({
    src: __dirname
  , compile: compile
}));

I've created a simple project scaffold for Platonic. I highly recommend using this as a starting point.

To use Platonic's mixins and styles you first need to import it into your stylus file.

@import 'stylus-platonic'

Since the majority of Platonic's API are mixins, it will only generate the required css.

Click here for the list of API mixins and examples on how to use them.

You will first need to install the dependencies.

$ npm install

Then run grunt from the lib directory and open http://localhost:9055

This will create a local test server with watch / compile action.

Q: Is Platonic ready for commerical use?

A: With the current browser support list being very limited at this moment of time I recommend only using Platonic for experimental CSS3D projects.

Q: When will more browsers be supported?

A: As soon as the browser vendors implement the technology required to display the 3D content.

Q: This is cool and all, but what about realtime?

A: I'm working on a node.js-based solution for that : )

For any issues and bugs please submit an issue.

If you would like to contribute to the library and / or have some good ideas on how things could be improved let's discuss it in the Google group.

(MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 David Paul Rosser, https://github.com/davidpaulrosser/stylus-platonic

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