Re: Coordinate readout from Graphics3D?
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- Subject: [mg88235] Re: Coordinate readout from Graphics3D?
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:49:02 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
try selecting the ViewPoint option in the inspector and clicking the
graphics itself. The Option Inspector should then show e.g. something like:
NCache[{Pi, Rational[1, 2] Pi, 6}, {3.141592653589793,
1.5707963267948966`, 6}]
giving you the accurate view point.
hope this helps, Daniel
ahallam at iastate.edu wrote:
> On Apr 26, 2:44 am, Steve Gray <stev... at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>> I thought I saw somewhere that one could read out coordinates from a
>> Graphics plot, according to the mouse position. I can't find it now,
>> and I don't see how it would work with Graphics3D. But anything would
>> help. Thanks for any info.
>>
>> Steve Gray
>
> So I have a simpler question.
>
> I know I can see the options that are set for a particular 3D object
> typing Options[ ] around the object. This is particularly useful
> when I have rotated the object with the mouse.
>
> But when I right click on the object and then use the object
> inspector (ctrl-shift-o) and then choose Formatting, Expression
> Formatting, Graphics3D Box Options, a change viewpoint (which has
> lots of decimal places) is not completely visible.. Typing Options
> when can use the mouse seems clunky, but not if you cannot view the
> entire set of options.
>
> Any ideas?
>