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Re: 3D Graphics in a Palette or Dialog

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• Subject: [mg93167] Re: 3D Graphics in a Palette or Dialog
• From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
• Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:59:42 -0500 (EST)
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Hi,

> I am trying to display a 3D graphic in a separate window from my main
> notebook.  The idea is that as I'm editing the data driving the
> graphic (regardless of where I am in the notebook), I can still see
> and manipulate the visualization.
> 
> I can make this work with a command like:
> 
> CreateDocument[{
>   Plot3D[Cos[x] Sin[y], {x, -2 \[Pi], 2 \[Pi]}, {y, -2 \[Pi], 2 \
> [Pi]}]
>   }]
> 
> However, the resulting window usually comes up much too large and in
> seemingly random locations on my screen.  A much better solution would
> be something like:
> 
> CreatePalette[{
>   Plot3D[Cos[x] Sin[y], {x, -2 \[Pi], 2 \[Pi]}, {y, -2 \[Pi],
>     2 \[Pi]}]
>   }]
> 
> But on my system, the resulting graphic can not be rotated.  I get
> similar results if I use CreateDialog instead.
> 
> Does anyone have suggestions or workarounds which get me the best of
> both worlds?

CreateDocument[{
  Plot3D[Cos[x] Sin[y], {x, -2 \[Pi], 2 \[Pi]}, {y, -2 \[Pi],
    2 Pi}]},
 WindowElements -> {}, WindowFrame -> "Palette",
 WindowSize -> FitAll,
 WindowMargins -> {{0, Automatic}, {Automatic, 0}}
 ]

you might want to look up the option names in the documentation to get
the finetuning right...

hth,

albert

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