On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 03:06:24PM +0100, Kristen Kaasbjerg wrote: > 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
Nice. As always, feel free to add this to the gallery: http://www.fenics.org/wiki/Gallery -- Anders > > > > > > > > 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 _______________________________________________ DOLFIN-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/dolfin-dev
