rgl2bitmap: Save currently active rgl 3D graph to bitmap format

In tomwenseleers/export: Streamlined Export of Graphs and Data Tables

Save currently active rgl 3D graph to bitmap format

Description

Save currently active rgl 3D graph to bitmap format in current orientation

Usage

rgl2bitmap(file = "Rplot", type = c("PNG"))

rgl2png(...)

Arguments

file	name of output file. Any extension is ignored and added according to the requested output type. If file already exists it is overwritten.
type	desired output type - currently only PNG is supported.
...	passing the rgl2png arguments to rgl2bitmap

Value

No return value

Functions

• rgl2png(): Save currently active rgl 3D graph to PNG format

Author(s)

Tom Wenseleers

Examples

# Create a file name
filen <- tempfile(pattern = "rgl") # or 
# filen <- paste("YOUR_DIR/rgl")

# Generate a 3D plot using 'rgl'
x = y = seq(-10, 10, length = 20)
z = outer(x, y, function(x, y) x^2 + y^2)
rgl::persp3d(x, y, z, col = 'lightblue')

# Save the plot as a png
rgl2png(file = filen)
# Note that omitting 'file' will save in current directory

tomwenseleers/export documentation built on June 10, 2025, 3:53 a.m.