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Re: Coverting 3D graphics to 2D raster WITHIN Mathematica

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  • Subject: [mg41760] Re: Coverting 3D graphics to 2D raster WITHIN Mathematica
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 08:34:42 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,

ImportString[ExportString[yourGraphics,"PBM"],"PBM"]

??

Regards
  Jens

"Gareth J. Russell" wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I have generated an image using Graphics3D primitives, and now I want to
> acquire the 2D, rendered version of that image (for investiagting some
> image-matching routines).
> 
> An easy but slow way is to Export to disk as GIF or similar, and then to
> Import from disk into a Raster object. Is there a way to do this that
> avoids the disk?
> 
> There are suggestions in the Help Browser about exporting to, and
> importing from, pipes, which sounds like a way to go, but I can't seem
> to make it work.
> 
> Gareth Russell
> Columbia University


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