On 05/01/2022 2:45 p.m., Sorkin, John wrote:
I am trying to create a 3-D graph (using scatter3d) and save the graph to a 
file so I can insert the graph into a manuscript. I am able to create the 
graph. When I run the code below an RGL window opens that has the graph. The 
file is saved to disk after dev.odd() runs. Unfortunately, when I open the 
saved file, all I see is a white window. Can someone tell me how to have the 
file so I can subsequently read and place the file in a paper? The problem 
occurs regardless of the format in which I try to save the file, e.g. png, tiff.


x <- 1:10
y <- 2:11
z <- y+rnorm(10)
ForGraph<-data.frame(x=x,y=y,z=z)
ForGraph

gpathj <- file.path("C:","LAL","test.jpeg")
gpathj
jpeg(file = gpathj)
par(mai = c(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5))
scatter3d(z=ForGraph$x,
           y=ForGraph$y,
           x=ForGraph$z,
           surface=FALSE,grid=TRUE,sphere.size=4
           ,xlab="Categories",ylab="ScoreRange",
           zlab="VTE Rate (%)",axis.ticks=TRUE)
dev.off()



You didn't say what package you found scatter3d in, but you did say it opens an rgl window. rgl doesn't use R graphics devices, so jpeg() and the like don't work.

To save an rgl image, you use the rgl::snapshot3d() function. It only has support for saving to PNG format.

If you are writing your manuscript in R Markdown or knitr Rnw, there are ways to have the file included automatically. There have been methods to use with Sweave as well, but those aren't being maintained: people should use knitr instead.

Duncan Murdoch

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