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9.4.2 Transporting Mathematica Files to Geomview by Hand

The auxilliary function WriteChunk is for those who can only use Mathematica on a computer that Geomview isn't installed on. WriteChunk[file, graphics] generates a file named file which contains the graphics object graphics in the format accepted by `math2oogl'.

You can transfer that file to a computer that has Geomview installed on it and then use the programs `math2oogl', `oogl2ri'b, and `geomview' directly from the shell. These programs are distributed in the `bin/<CPU>' subdirectory of the Geomview directory, and may have been installed so that they are on your path.

 
In[1]:= <<OOGL.m

In[2]:= Plot3D[ Sin[x + Sin[y]], {x,-2,2}, {y,-2,2} ]

Out[2]= -SurfaceGraphics-

In[3]:= WriteChunk["mychunk",%2]
This writes the file `mychunk' which contains a description of the graphics object. You can then transfer this file to a system with Geomview and type
 
math2oogl < mychunk > mma.oogl
to convert it to the OOGL file `mma.oogl' which you can then view using Geomview. This is the equivalent of the WriteOOGL command.

For a result equivalent to the Geomview or Show commands, type

 
math2oogl -togeomview Mathematica geomview < mychunk

The WriteRIb command can be emulated from the shell as

 
math2oogl < mychunk | oogl2rib -n mma.tiff



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