The easiest approach may be to just install R onto a USB drive (flash/thumb/...) then when you go to your coworkers computer just run R from the USB drive and show the rgl plot. I think there is also a tool to create an animation from rgl, it is not interactive, but you could e-mail a movie file that they could play to see the plot from many angles.
-- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare [email protected] 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:02 AM > To: [email protected]; Barry Rowlingson > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R] Exporting an rgl graph > > Thanks for you answer. Let me precise my question. > > In fact, I do not want to "capture" a screen, I want to save an object > that can be seen in 3D. With rgl, using my mouse, I can make the object > move. This is what I want to export: an real 3D object that my > collaborator will have the possibility to see in 3D. > > Christophe > > > > On 15-Apr-10 10:10:54, Barry Rowlingson wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi the list, > >>> > >>> I use rgl to produce a 3D graph. I would like to "show" this graph > >>> to some collaborator. Is there a way to save it and send it to > >>> someone else? > >> > >> See ?rgl.postscript and ?rgl.snapshot > >> > >> Or use some kind of screen capture system - on Windows the 'Print > >> Screen' key can copy the screen to the clipboard, paste into > Photoshop > >> or other graphics program. > >> > >> On Linux, I use 'scrot' from the command line - type 'scrot -s', > >> click on a window, and it makes a PNG file of it. > > > > Again on Linux, since ImageMagick is installed, I use the 'import' > > programme from that suite. When you start that, it produces a > > "+"-shaped mouse cursor which you can use (selecting a top-left-hand > > corner to start with, and holding down the left mouse button) to > > drag out a bounding frame for the part of the screen you want to > > save. Then, when you release the button, an image of that portion > > of the screen is saved to a file of your choice, in any graphics > > format of your choice that is supported by ImageMagick (including > > PS and EPS, as well as all the common butmap formats). > > > > See 'man import' for pointers to more information. > > > > I have this set up as an icon on my "launch" panel, so it is just > > a matter of clicking on that, and then doing the above. The command > > behind the icon is > > > > /usr/local/bin/mkscreengrab > > > > and my script file 'mkscreengrab' contains: > > > > #! /bin/bash > > export ScrGrbTmp=`mktemp /home/ted/Screengrabs/screengrabXXXX` > > import $ScrGrbTmp.jpg > > rm $ScrGrbTmp > > > > so this makes JPEGs (I could have chosen somthing else, but that's > > the default I mostly want for that activity). This produces a file > > with a name like "screengrab4913.jpg" which will be unique in that > > directory, and it can later be renamed to your taste. > > > > If I wanted a different file format, I would use 'import' from > > the command line, with appropriate filenam extension (e.g. ".png", > > ".ps", ".eps", ... ). > > > > I hadn't heard of scrot before, but now I've looked it up it > > seems that its output format is limited to PNG. > > > > I've now also located more info about various ways of taking > > screenshots in Linux: > > > > http://tips.webdesign10.com/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-ubuntu-linux > > > > Ted. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[email protected]> > > Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 > > Date: 15-Apr-10 Time: 12:18:25 > > ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ > > > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
