Hi again, in fact MayaVi2 turned out to do the job pretty good after all. It saves figures with transparent objects directly to pdf/eps format (just remember to turn off compression and turn on "Write3d props as raster"). Example: http://www.fys.ku.dk/~cosby/Figures/Gatepotential.pdf
I had the 3ddesk running in the background first time I used it, and that might have screwed up things a bit. But after killing that everything ran smoothly. MayaVi2 can be installed pretty easily using eggs. Just type: sudo easy_install --prefix /usr/local -f http://code.enthought.com/enstaller/eggs/debian/etch/unstable enthought.mayavi or have a look at: https://svn.enthought.com/enthought/wiki/InstallWithEggs Kristen Bartosz Sawicki wrote: > Garth N. Wells: >> Kristen Kaasbjerg wrote: >>> I tried it out already, but didn't manage to save figures with >>> transparent objects to eps format. >>> >> >> As far as I know, EPS does not support transparency. > > EPS support transparency, but only for vector graphics. > Vector graphics is good solution for 2D figures, in 3D, raster figures > are more often used. > > My advice is similar to the one from Anders. Arrange view in your > visualization software (eg. Paraview). Take a screenshot. Use Gimp to > crop figure, you can also add transparency if you need it. Save in PNG. > > regrd. > BArtosz > >> >> Garth >> >>> Kristen >>> >>> >>> Matthew Knepley wrote: >>>> I recommend Mayavi2, which has all the Paraview functionality >>>> but is open source and well supported. It is available through >>>> Debian packages and Python eggs. >>>> >>>> Matt >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Kristen Kaasbjerg >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> So what do people in general do when they want to produce nice 3D >>>>> plots ? >>>>> >>>>> Kristen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dag Lindbo wrote: >>>>> > As far as I know, it is impossible to render volumetric data to >>>>> eps in >>>>> > a meaningful and robust way (since the PS format is based around >>>>> > scaling vectors). Note that VTK, the underlying library in >>>>> paraview, >>>>> > mayavi, viper, only has "experimental" support for this (for >>>>> simple 3d >>>>> > scenes): >>>>> http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkGL2PSExporter.html >>>>> > >>>>> > and relies on a library (GL2PS): >>>>> > http://www.geuz.org/gl2ps/ >>>>> > >>>>> > /Dag >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > Kristen Kaasbjerg wrote: >>>>> >> Hi, >>>>> >> >>>>> >> I have been trying to use Mayavi for generating eps figures of my >>>>> >> solutions from dolfin, but it doesn't seem to be able to handle >>>>> >> transparent objects. >>>>> >> Is there anyone with some Mayavi experience that could help me >>>>> out >>>>> >> here ? >>>>> >> Alternatively, are there any other nice packages out there for 3D >>>>> >> plotting? >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Kristen >>>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>>> >> DOLFIN-dev mailing list >>>>> >> [email protected] >>>>> >> http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> DOLFIN-dev mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> DOLFIN-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> DOLFIN-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev >> > _______________________________________________ DOLFIN-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev
