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Re: Mouse controlled 3D rotations

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• Subject: [mg57887] Re: Mouse controlled 3D rotations
• From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
• Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 03:35:45 -0400 (EDT)
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Jim Hafner wrote:
> Is there a way to build a 3D graphics object (e.g., a simple 
> Tetrahedron) and manipulate it (e.g., rotate it in 3D) with the mouse?
> 
> There is an example on webMathematica of just this, but I haven't 
> figured out how to do it at all in plain ol' Mathematica.
> 
> Does it matter what system I'm on (AIX 5.1 or WinXP)?
> 
> I noticed that on AIX5.1, starting math kernel (no notebooks) that I can 
> use Animate[] to make a movie of a rotating Tetrahedron.  In XP, the 
> same doesn't produce anything.  On either system, in a notebook, I just 
> get multiple graphics objects, one for each rotational position -- 
> there's no live animation.
> 
> Any guidance is appreciated.
> 
> Jim Hafner
> hafner at almaden.ibm.com
> 
Yes,

Use LiveGraphics3D - a free Java applet. See 
http://wwwvis.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/~kraus/LiveGraphics3D/

David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk