if (useLights) {

            // material = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial

            material = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({ color: baseColor, opacity: baseOpacity, transparent: baseOpacity<1, vertexColors: applyDiffFaceColors });

            baseMaterial = new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial({ color: baseColor, opacity: baseOpacity, transparent: baseOpacity<1, vertexColors: applyDiffFaceColors });

        }

        else {

            material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ color: baseColor, opacity: baseOpacity, transparent: baseOpacity<1, vertexColors: applyDiffFaceColors});

            baseMaterial = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ color: baseColor, opacity: baseOpacity, transparent: baseOpacity<1, vertexColors: applyDiffFaceColors });

        }

        if (useText){

            var letterWidth = 30;

            if (text==null)

                text = boxes.length.toString();

            var bitmap = document.createElement('canvas');

            var ctx = bitmap.getContext('2d');

            ctx.font = letterWidth.toString() + 'px ' + font;

            var measuredText = ctx.measureText(text);

            var textWidht = measuredText.width;

            var textHeight = letterWidth * 1.0;

            var bitmapSize = Math.max(200, textWidht);

            bitmap.width = bitmapSize;

            bitmap.height = bitmapSize;

            ctx.font = letterWidth.toString() + 'px ' + font;

            ctx.fillStyle = 'white'; // due to opacity it will not affect material fill color

            ctx.fillRect(0, 0, bitmap.width, bitmap.height);

            ctx.fillStyle = 'white';

            ctx.strokeStyle = 'black';

            ctx.fillText(text, (bitmapSize - textWidht)/2, (bitmapSize - textHeight *(1-1))/2); // left lower corner

            ctx.strokeText(text, (bitmapSize - textWidht)/2, (bitmapSize - textHeight *(1-1))/2); // left lower corner

            var texture = new THREE.CanvasTexture(bitmap)

            material.map = texture;