Re: queation exporting quaternions from mathematica 5
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- Subject: [mg46360] Re: queation exporting quaternions from mathematica 5
- From: bcd <bcdetterich at socal.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:00:04 -0500 (EST)
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A PS to this thread which may actually be a question ... Just today I had occasion to read a .dxf file into Mathematica, looking for a way to display it (a template for a kitchen sink from Kohler, if you must know :-). I received an error that there was no Z-dimension. This should not have surprised me, as on-line help indicated that the result of Import-ing the file would be a 3DGraphicObject. Still, it seemed to be a bit odd that Mathematica gave up so easily on a simple 2D figure (rectangle with rounded corners). Is there perhaps some simple rationale for this? I also noticed that a lot of graphic conversion programs are dropping .dxf (and I assume also .dwg/f) formats from their inventory. -Bruce On 2/12/04 04:46, in article c0fsj3$c41$1 at smc.vnet.net, "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de> wrote: > Hi, > > a) a quaternion is not a 3d shape and it is not complicated > b) Mathematica can read and write DXF and STL files > c) if you install MathGL3d from > > http://phong.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~kuska/mathgl3dv3/ > > you can export VRML, POVRay, QuickDraw3D and in the upcomming version > Alias|Wavefront 3d files. > > Regards > Jens > > chris kievid wrote: >> >> Hi all, I was wondering (before I purchase the mathematica package) if >> it would be possible to export complicated 3d shapes (like quaternions) >> as meshes (.dxf / .obj), so that I can use it in 3d graphic packages >> like 3ds max. I read that there is an external viewer that displays the >> 3dplot and has export capabilities. But for other packages this is >> normally limited to 3d deformations of standard meshes, so that's why I >> ask >> >> If not possible, would you know another package that would be capable of >> doing just that. >> >> Thx chris >