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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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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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