fix rendering issues on the sandbox

ui/src/components/ShadingSandbox.vue

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ const initThreeJS = () => {
   });
   
   const width = canvasRef.value.clientWidth || 800;
-  const height = canvasRef.value.clientHeight || 600;
+  const height = canvasRef.value.clientHeight || 800;
   renderer.setSize(width, height);
   renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
 
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ const initThreeJS = () => {
 
 // Animation loop control
 const startAnimation = () => {
+  console.log('starting animation')
   if (animationId) return; // Already running
   
   const animate = () => {
@@ -257,6 +258,7 @@ const startAnimation = () => {
 };
 
 const pauseAnimation = () => {
+  console.log('pausing animation')
   animationPaused = true;
   if (animationId) {
     cancelAnimationFrame(animationId);
@@ -265,12 +267,14 @@ const pauseAnimation = () => {
 };
 
 const resumeAnimation = () => {
+  console.log('resuming animation')
   animationPaused = false;
   startAnimation();
 };
 
 // Render a single frame (for when animation is paused but we need to update the view)
 const renderSingleFrame = () => {
+  console.log('Rendering single frame')
   if (renderer && scene && camera) {
     renderer.render(scene, camera);
   }
@@ -281,7 +285,7 @@ const handleResize = () => {
   if (!canvasRef.value || !renderer || !camera) return;
   
   const width = canvasRef.value.clientWidth || 800;
-  const height = canvasRef.value.clientHeight || 600;
+  const height = canvasRef.value.clientHeight || 800;
   
   renderer.setSize(width, height);
   renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
@@ -341,15 +345,6 @@ const loadTileData = (tileData, newTileId) => {
     // Z scaling: make Z variation visible but proportional
     const zScale = normalizeScale * (maxSpan * 0.1) / spanZ;
 
-    console.log('Tile scaling:', {
-      spanX: spanX.toFixed(2),
-      spanY: spanY.toFixed(2),
-      spanZ: spanZ.toFixed(2),
-      tileAspect: tileAspect.toFixed(3),
-      normalizeScale: normalizeScale.toFixed(4),
-      zScale: zScale.toFixed(4)
-    });
-
     // Transform positions
     const transformedPositions = new Float32Array(tileData.positions.length);
     for (let i = 0; i < tileData.positions.length; i += 3) {
@@ -672,18 +667,45 @@ const downloadLastRender = () => {
 
 // Cleanup
 const cleanup = () => {
+  // Stop animation
   pauseAnimation();
+  
+  // Dispose resize observer
   if (resizeObserver) {
     resizeObserver.disconnect();
     resizeObserver = null;
   }
-  if (renderer) {
-    renderer.dispose();
-  }
+  
+  // Dispose mesh
   if (mesh) {
+    scene?.remove(mesh);
     if (mesh.geometry) mesh.geometry.dispose();
     if (mesh.material) mesh.material.dispose();
+    mesh = null;
   }
+  
+  // Dispose renderer
+  if (renderer) {
+    renderer.dispose();
+    renderer = null;
+  }
+  
+  // Clear scene
+  if (scene) {
+    scene.clear();
+    scene = null;
+  }
+  
+  // Clear other Three.js objects
+  camera = null;
+  directionalLight = null;
+  ambientLight = null;
+  
+  // Clear geometry cache
+  geometryCache = null;
+  
+  // Reset tile state
+  tileLoaded.value = false;
 };
 
 // Lifecycle
@@ -711,6 +733,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
 // Watch for visibility changes
 watch(() => props.visible, (newVal) => {
   if (newVal && !renderer) {
+    // Coming visible and no renderer exists → initialize
     nextTick(() => {
       initThreeJS();
       
@@ -728,11 +751,11 @@ watch(() => props.visible, (newVal) => {
       }
     });
   } else if (newVal && !props.offscreen) {
-    // Component already initialized, just resume animation
+    // Component already initialized, becoming on-screen → just resume animation
     resumeAnimation();
   } else if (!newVal) {
-    // Hidden - pause animation
-    pauseAnimation();
+    // Becoming invisible → full cleanup
+    cleanup();
   }
 });