[R] Creating interactive 3D graphs for embedding in pdf not possible in R?

[Rainer M Krug]

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On 22/06/12 13:14, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 12-06-22 3:32 AM, baptiste auguie wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Try this post: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Exporting-an-rgl-graph-tp1872712p1905113.html
> 
> There's no more progress on U3D from me since that thread, but rgl can now export WebGL
> format, which is viewable in most browsers (though not IE).  This is quite new and still a
> little incomplete, but it is working.

Good news - perfect for presentations. Now I ust have to convince my laptop to display it......

> 
> So to solve the 3D-in-PDF problem, you could extend Luke's U3D code to handle more general
> objects (which are now more accessible; I needed to expose a lot of data when writing the WebGL
> support), or lobby Adobe to put WebGL support into Acrobat :-).

Well - as this question was more along the line of "I could use it if it exists", I don't think I
will follow any route at the moment. But I will try out the WebGL route for presentations sometime.

Cheers and thanks,

Rainer


> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
> 
>> 
>> HTH,
>> 
>> b.
>> 
>> On 22 June 2012 19:26, Rainer M Krug<r.m.krug at gmail.com>  wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Just to be sure: I couldn't find a way of creating an interactive 3d graph which can be
> embedded in a pdf - is it correct that this can not be done with R?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rainer
> 
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