exporting publishable 3D graphics
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg109975] exporting publishable 3D graphics
- From: Robert Rosenbaum <robertr at math.uh.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 06:43:44 -0400 (EDT)
I need to export a 3D graphics object generated with ListPlot3D to be used in a publication. I'm compiling with PDFLatex so I need to export to a png, jpg, or pdf file. If I export as a png, the text and axes are pixelated to the extent that the image is unusable. Increasing the resolution doesn't help. If I export the plot as a pdf, the text looks good (because it's exported as fonts), but the file size is enormous. Presumably, this is because Export saves the surface in a vector format, which would be terribly inefficient for something created using ListPlot3D. Is there a way to Export a pdf where the text and axes are saved in a vector format, but the surface is saved in a bitmap format? Best, Robert