Re: (yet another) dxf translation question
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- Subject: [mg4935] Re: (yet another) dxf translation question
- From: Harald Berndt <hberndt9 at mail.idt.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 00:18:02 -0400
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Larry Burks wrote:
>
> I fave searched through everything I could find about writing dxf files
> from Mathmatica. (I'm running 2.2.4 in Windows 95) The closest I could
> find was the snipet below:
>
> Needs["Utilities`DXF`"]
>
> shape = Plot3D[Sin[x+Sin[y]], {x,-3,3},{y,-3,3}]
>
> WriteDXF["knot.dxf", shape]
>
> Instead, what I get is this message:
>
> WriteDXF[knot.dxf, -SurfaceGraphics-]
>
> What am I missing? Thanks for your help!
>
A simple thing that I couldn't find in the documentation either: the
second argument to WriteDXF must be a Graphics3D[] object!!! (Hmmm...)
So, if you just write
WriteDXF["knot.dxf", Graphics3D[shape]]
everything goes smoothly.
Enjoy!
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