three.js - 未捕获的TypeError：无法调用未定义的方法'makeRotationAxis'

Question

    var rotationMatrix = new THREE.Matrix4(); 
                var position = new THREE.Vector3( 1000, 1000, 0 );
                var angle = Math.PI / 4;
                var axis = new THREE.Vector3( 1, 0.5, 0 ).normalize();

            function render() {

                /** Adds a rotation of rad to the obj's rotation about world's axis */                      
                rotationMatrix.makeRotationAxis( axis, angle ).multiplyVector3( position );
                    tubeMesh.matrix = rotationMatrix;                   
                    tubeMesh.rotation.getRotationFromMatrix(rotationMatrix, tubeMesh.scale);
                        renderer.render( scene, camera );
                    }

我已使用以下网址中的代码：

• issue on GitHub
• question on stackoverflow

我收到错误“Uncaught TypeError：无法调用方法'makeRotationAxis'未定义”。此处rotationMatrix定义为THREE.Matrix4()，它与上述链接中给出的代码相同。我正在使用three.js库的r51。