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