Converting 3D graphics to 2D polygons
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg86848] Converting 3D graphics to 2D polygons
- From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:02:53 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: University of Bergen
In versions prior to 6 it was possible to convert 3D graphics to 2D like
this:
Graphics@Graphics3D[Cuboid[{0, 0, 0}]] // Show
This does not work any more in v6. (Note that I am not trying to embed
a 3D graphic into a 2D graphic, which can be done with Inset, but I
would like to get the 2D projection of 3D points, lines and polygons.)
Is there a way to do this in v6?
One can use an ugly hack like
ImportString@ExportString[Graphics3D[Cuboid[]], "PDF"]
but this will break up all the polygons to many little pieces.