Graphics`ThreeScript`3-Script is a file format for transferring descriptions of three-dimensional graphics objects from Mathematica to other programs. All Mathematica kernels have the ability to render three-dimensional images into the PostScript page description language. For certain applications, it is desirable to have a description of the image that retains the three-dimensional character that is lost when rendering into PostScript. The package Graphics`ThreeScript` supplies a number of utilities for writing suitable Mathematica objects into 3-Script format files. This loads the package. This constructs a Graphics3D object.
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This writes the 3-Script format into the file object.ts. Note that the filename is returned.
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This shows the contents of the file. % Graphics3D objects boundingbox 0 0 0 0 1 1 viewpoint 1.3 -2.4 2. ambientlight 0 0 0 lightsources 1. 0. 1. 1 0 0 1. 1. 1. 0 1 0 0. 1. 1. 0 0 1 polygon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 The 3-Script format works with all three-dimensional primitives and directives. This includes both Graphics3D and SurfaceGraphics objects. Note that in the 3-Script format information such as coordinates appears below the command name. Standard 3-Script descriptions of three-dimensional objects. 3-Script commands used as global directives. 3-Script is used by the Mathematica command Live that is available on platforms that support the GL library, such as Silicon Graphics computers. A 3-Script format file is written and this is passed to an external renderer to process. An alternative method you can use to pass a three-dimensional structure, or indeed any Mathematica expression into an external program, is to use the MathLink communications protocol. A complete description of the 3-Script file format is contained in the Wolfram Research technical report, The 3-Script File Format, which can be found in the Mathematica Information Center, at http://library.wolfram.com; search the collection for 'threescript'.
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