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How to do stunning 3D with pure HTML/CSS

Martin PAUCOT on September 08, 2023

HTML and CSS may be the bedrock of 2D web design, but hidden within their virtual toolbox are the secrets to creating breathtaking 3D perspectives....
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Chris Jarvis

Wow, This is cool. Thanks for the perspective.

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Eric Murrell

I see what you did there 😆

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Jurrit van der Ploeg • Edited

Thank you for this great insight into the perspective utility 🔥
A next great step could be changing the shade of the faces based on their position on the X, Y and Z axis – something I will definitely dig into following up on this post!

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Martin PAUCOT

I am really not a 3D expert but there is surely a mathematical way of calculating the correct shades for each side (and even using gradients)!
I would love to see that in action!

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Lois

pure spitballing, maybe css custom properties can do this: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

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Lois

Painting the web with code 🎉

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Daithi O’Baoill

Very good 👍
Thanks

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Martin PAUCOT

Thanks! I hope it gave you ideas!

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Netheart technology

Hi

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Martin PAUCOT

Hi! 👋

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Joseph Alan Wertz

TYVM Martin!

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Martin PAUCOT

You are welcome!

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Rich Winter

This works. But I would suggest you are using the wrong tool for the job. Swapping your divs for SVGs would be more appropriate than using an html DIVider. -
You can build a house out of toothpicks but it doesn't mean that you should.

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Martin PAUCOT

Why would it be more appropriate? In this example I do not use any complex shapes so divs are completely fine imo. And to be honest, if you are looking to build 3D objects, HTML and CSS are the wrong tools.
But it is a way to discover more capabilities of the tools we use daily!

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artydev • Edited

Great, thank you :-)
Look at this:
Amit Sheen Demos
Kevin

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Martin PAUCOT

OH GOD, that's just impressive

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artydev

En effet😉

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ideasystemsmexico

wow