Re: Mouse controlled 3D rotations
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- Subject: [mg57882] Re: [mg57848] Mouse controlled 3D rotations
- From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 03:35:38 -0400 (EDT)
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On Jun 10, 2005, at 2:29 AM, 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 > In[1]:= << "Graphics`Polyhedra`" In[2]:= << "RealTime3D`" In[3]:= Show[Polyhedron[Tetrahedron]] János ---------------------------------------------- Trying to argue with a politician is like lifting up the head of a corpse. (S. Lem: His Master Voice)
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- From: Jim Hafner <hafner@almaden.ibm.com>
- Mouse controlled 3D rotations