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Re: fyi, making animation into PDF file from images genenerated by Mathematica
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Aug 17, 2013 2:04 AM
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Hi there
It worked on my mac pro.
I guess you have used preview instead of Acrobat Reader. Am I right?
Cheers
Ed
On Aug 16, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu> wrote:
> I just tried this under Mac OS X (adjusting the Export statement accordingly, of course). And after importing the xd3 into MeshLab then exporting it as a u3d, when i run the LaTeX file in pdflatex, I get a totally blank page. > > On Jun 6, 2013, at 11:18 PM, RBaillie <bobbaillie@frii.com> wrote: > >> Nice! >> >> You can also create a pdf file with a 3D object that you can >> interactively rotate with your mouse. >> >> Here's how. First, create the Mathematica object: >> >> superSphere = ContourPlot3D[x^4 + y^4 + z^4 == 1, >> {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, {z, -1, 1}, Mesh->False]; >> Export["C:\\junk\\supersphere.x3d", superSphere] >> >> Second, import the x3d file into the free software MeshLab, then >> export it as a u3d file. >> >> Third, use the media 9 LaTeX package to import the u3d file into pdf: >> >> \usepackage[english]{babel} >> \usepackage{media9} >> >> \includemedia[ >> width=0.9\linewidth, height=0.9\linewidth, >> activate=pageopen, >> menu, >> aac=60.0, roll=0.0, c2c=10.0 -3.0 10.0, >> roo=3.0, coo=0.0 0.0 0.0, >> lights=CAD, % display object without artificial colors >> %lights=Primary, % colorize monochrome objects with R, G, B lights >> render=SolidWireframe >> ]{} >> {supersphere.u3d} >> >> Note: if the object looks inside out, you will have to go back into >> MeshLab and reverse the object's normals, then re-export it. > > --- > Murray Eisenberg > murray@math.umass.edu > Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > Lederle Graduate Research Tower > University of Massachusetts > 710 North Pleasant Street > Amherst, MA 01003-9305 > > > > > >
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