Display wireframe and solid color

Is it possible to display the wireframe of the object and also the solid color of its faces on the same object? I found a way using a clone of the object and assign different materials e.g

var geometry = new THREE.PlaneGeometry(plane.width, plane.height,width - 1, height - 1);
var materialWireframe = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({color:"red",wireframe:true});
var materialSolid = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({color:"green",wireframe:false});
var plane = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, materialWireframe );
var plane1 = plane.clone();
plane1.material = materialSolid ;
plane1.material.needsUpdate = true;

any thoughts?

Solution 1:

To render both a model and its wireframe, you can use a pattern like this one:

// mesh
var material = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial( {
    color: 0xff0000,
    polygonOffset: true,
    polygonOffsetFactor: 1, // positive value pushes polygon further away
    polygonOffsetUnits: 1
} );
var mesh = new THREE.Mesh( geometry, material );
scene.add( mesh )

// wireframe
var geo = new THREE.EdgesGeometry( mesh.geometry ); // or WireframeGeometry
var mat = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial( { color: 0xffffff } );
var wireframe = new THREE.LineSegments( geo, mat );
mesh.add( wireframe );

The use of polygonOffset will help prevent z-fighting between the mesh material and the wireframe line. Consequently, the wireframe will look a lot better.

three.js r.126

Solution 2:

This can also be achieved with WireframeGeometry: https://threejs.org/docs/#api/en/geometries/WireframeGeometry. (and give plane and line the same position, you can also play with opacity see the docs).

let geometryWithFillAndWireFrame = () => {

    let geometry = new THREE.PlaneGeometry(250, 250, 10, 10);
    let material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0xd3d3d3} );
    let plane = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);

    scene.add(plane);

    let wireframe = new THREE.WireframeGeometry( geometry );

    let line = new THREE.LineSegments( wireframe );
        
    line.material.color.setHex(0x000000);
        
    scene.add(line);
        
};