---
title: "3D Convex Hulls: API"
package: "@phaser-ae/hull-3d"
tier: Free
version: 3.0.0-2
released: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-19
description: "Turns any loaded 3D model into a small convex wrap a physics solver can use, so rocks, ramps and odd shapes collide like themselves."
url: https://phaser.io/packs/hull-3d/api
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

# 3D Convex Hulls: API

`@phaser-ae/hull-3d` — Quickhull over a point cloud, and a physics-sized convex wrap of any loaded model.

## The pack

### `hull3d`

```ts
function hull3d(): Pack<{ hull3d: Hull3dApi }>
```

The `hull-3d` pack: a convex wrap of any point cloud or loaded model, for a physics collider. Pure maths,
so it needs no backend and runs headless.

## Helpers

### `hullOfVerts`

```ts
function hullOfVerts(verts: Float32Array, maxPoints: number = 48): Float32Array
```

Convex hull of a stride-8 vertex soup (pos+normal+uv — the engine's
geometry format): dedupes positions (1e-5 grid), runs quickhull, and if
the hull has more than `maxPoints` vertices, SIMPLIFIES by greedy
farthest-point sampling down to `maxPoints` (physics cores want small
hulls; 32–64 is plenty).

## Functions

### `quickhull`

```ts
function quickhull(points: Float32Array | number[]): Float32Array
```

3D quickhull over a point cloud. Input: flat xyz triples. Output: the
hull's unique vertices as flat xyz triples (order unspecified). Handles
degenerate inputs by returning what it can (≤3 points / coplanar sets
return the input's unique extreme points — Box3D accepts them).

## Types

### `Hull3dApi`

```ts
type Hull3dApi = typeof kit
```

`game.hull3d` — every function this pack carries, as one namespace.

---

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