Re: Visualization of a list of 3D points coordinates with a perspective
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- Subject: [mg89337] Re: Visualization of a list of 3D points coordinates with a perspective
- From: Peltio <peltio at twilight.zone>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 06:46:51 -0400 (EDT)
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David Park wrote: > You could implement your method by defining the rendered object as a pure > function and then mapping it onto the point set: [snip] > Another method might be to give some additional 3D structure to the set of > points. This might be done by drawing lines to the projection of the points > on one of the planes. [snip] > It would be interesting to see other ideas for giving visual structure to > such a set of 3D points. The least effort approach is to use a program that does that for you. :-) I believe the LiveGraphics Java applet by Martin Kraus does that automatically. In the first example on this page www.vis.uni-stuttgart.de/~kraus/LiveGraphics3D/examples/molecules.html I can select the molecule and zoom in it, until I see the atoms closer to the POV bigger than those farther away. If I remember correctly, the primitives used are simple Point[] statements with a fixed size -and color- for each type of atom. cheers, Peltio