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Re: determine viewpoint value during V6 3d rotation

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• Subject: [mg82543] Re: determine viewpoint value during V6 3d rotation
• From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:27:17 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <ffhrc0$4tk$1@smc.vnet.net>

George Musser wrote:
>> In any case, with Version 6 any piece of Graphics3D,
>> including that produced 
>> by ParametricPlot3D, can be rotated with the mouse.
>> You can also hold down 
>> the the Ctrl key and zoom in and out with the mouse.
>> You can also hold down 
>> the shift key and translate the image back and forth
>> or up and down.
> 
> Yes, but once you've rotated the image, how can you determine the numerical values of the new settings (so that you can save them for later use)?
> 
> George
> 

What is wrong with the other replies??

In Mathematica 6, graphics can be parts of arbitrary expressions.  So, 
as I already suggested, type the following around your plot

Options[<graphics go here>, ViewPoint]

Or if you want to see the ViewPoint value in real-time as the graphics 
are rotated, use the Dynamic[] method suggested by others.

-- 
Szabolcs