How to rotate a object on axis world three.js?

Question

Is it possible to do rotations taking axis of the world and not of the object?

I need to do some rotations of an object, but after the first rotation, I can't do other rotations like i want.

If it's not possible to do rotation on the axis of the world, my second option is to reset the axis after the first rotation. Is there some function for this?

I can't use object.eulerOrder because it changes the orientation of my object when I set object.eulerOrder="YZX" after some rotations.

Answer 1

UPDATED: THREE - 0.125.2

DEMO: codesandbox.io

const THREE = require("three");

const scene = new THREE.Scene();
const camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(
  75,
  window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight,
  0.1,
  1000
);
camera.position.z = 5;

const renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);

const geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4);
const material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
  color: 0x628297,
  wireframe: true
});
const cube = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
scene.add(cube);

// select the Z world axis
const myAxis = new THREE.Vector3(0, 0, 1);
// rotate the mesh 45 on this axis
cube.rotateOnWorldAxis(myAxis, THREE.Math.degToRad(45));

function animate() {
  // rotate our object on its Y axis,
  // but notice the cube has been transformed on world axis, so it will be tilted 45deg.
  cube.rotation.y += 0.008;
  requestAnimationFrame(animate);
  renderer.render(scene, camera);
}

animate();