[R] Exporting an rgl graph

[(Ted Harding)]

On 15-Apr-10 12:33:11, baptiste auguie wrote:
> I have seen pdf files with 3D objects embedded in it, using the U3D
> format,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_3D

At the bottom of that page is a link to a very nice example:

  http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/wiki/images/c/cc/Laurana.pdf

"Embedding interactive 3D object in a PDF using MeshLab and U3D,
 Visual Computing Group. ISTI CNR. Example of an embedded U3D in a pdf."

Nice to play with! (With the mouse cursor over her, hold down the
button, and move around). According to the caption at the bottom:

  "This pdf was produced with open source tools. The object
   was converted in the pdf-ready U3D format with MeshLab
   ( http://meshlab.sourceforge.net ) and assembled in a pdf
   with pdfLATEX and the movie15 package."

I think there may be some scope here!
Ted.


> but I don't think there's a device for this in R; in fact there may
> not even exist a third-party post-processing route available at this
> time to bridge the gap between rgl and this format. It sure would be
> nice, though.
> 
> Best,
> 
> baptiste
> 
> 
> 
> On 15 April 2010 14:12, Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:01 PM, _<cgenolin at u-paris10.fr> wrote:
>>> Thanks for you answer. Let me precise my question.
>>>
>>> In fact, I do not want to "capture" a screen, I want to save an
>>> object that
>>> can be seen in 3D. With rgl, using my mouse, I can make the object
>>> move.
>>> This is what I want to export: an real 3D object that my collaborator
>>> will
>>> have the possibility to see in 3D.
>>>
>>
>> _You mean without them having to install R and rgl and run the code
>> that produces your graphic?
>>
>> _I guess you could somehow export a VRML or some other 3d file:
>>
>> _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRML
>>
>> _but I suspect of all the billions of people on the planet only Duncan
>> Murdoch knows enough about rgl to figure that one out...
>>
>> _The person at the other end would still need a VRML viewer. Just get
>> them to install R.
>>
>> Barry
>>
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