Matlab mesh to PDF with 3D interactive object

Export triangulated mesh into a pdf with a 3D interactive object.

Description

Export triangulated mesh into a pdf with a 3D object. The matlab mesh is converted to IDTF with matlab code. The IDTF file is converted to u3d with an external binary file. The u3d file can then be embedded into a pdf with pdflatex and the movie15 package. The user can then interact with the mesh (zoom, rotate etc.) from adobe reader. The package contains demo data and example of output.

The code of the IDTF to U3D converter can be obtained at : http://sourceforge.net/projects/u3d/
or in a nicely repackaged version from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mathgl/files/
thanks to Michail Vidiassov.

The toolbox has been tested on mac intel, linux and windows.

To test run the script : demo_mesh2pdf.m

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7 (R14)
• Other requirements: The demo script requires the pdflatex command. On windows it is assumed that you have MikTex 2.8 installed.

Other Files

license.txt,
mesh2pdf/.DS_Store,
mesh2pdf/.svn/entries,
mesh2pdf/.svn/prop-base/demo_mesh2pdf.m.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/.svn/prop-base/mesh_to_latex.m.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/.svn/prop-base/save_idtf.m.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/.svn/text-base/COPYING.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/.svn/text-base/demo_mesh2pdf.m.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/.svn/text-base/mesh_normals.m.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/.svn/text-base/mesh_to_latex.m.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/.svn/text-base/README.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/.svn/text-base/save_idtf.m.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/.svn/text-base/verbatim.m.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/.DS_Store,
mesh2pdf/bin/.svn/entries,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/.svn/entries,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/.svn/prop-base/IDTFConverter.sh.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/.svn/prop-base/IDTFConverter.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/.svn/text-base/IDTFConverter.sh.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/.svn/text-base/IDTFConverter.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/IDTFConverter,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/IDTFConverter.sh,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/.svn/entries,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/.svn/prop-base/libIFXCore.so.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/.svn/text-base/libIFXCore.so.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/libIFXCore.so,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/.svn/entries,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/.svn/prop-base/libIFXExporting.so.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/.svn/prop-base/libIFXImporting.so.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/.svn/prop-base/libIFXRendering.so.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/.svn/prop-base/libIFXScheduling.so.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/.svn/text-base/libIFXExporting.so.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/.svn/text-base/libIFXImporting.so.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/.svn/text-base/libIFXRendering.so.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/.svn/text-base/libIFXScheduling.so.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/libIFXExporting.so,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/libIFXImporting.so,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/libIFXRendering.so,
mesh2pdf/bin/glx/lib/u3d/libIFXScheduling.so,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/.svn/entries,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/.svn/prop-base/HelloWorld.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/.svn/prop-base/IDTFConverter.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/.svn/prop-base/IDTFGen.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/.svn/text-base/HelloWorld.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/.svn/text-base/IDTFConverter.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/.svn/text-base/IDTFGen.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/HelloWorld,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/IDTFConverter,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/IDTFGen,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/libIFXCore.so,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/libIFXCoreStatic.a,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/libIFXExporting.so,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/libIFXImporting.so,
mesh2pdf/bin/maci/libIFXScheduling.so,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/.DS_Store,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/.svn/entries,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/.svn/prop-base/IDTFConverter.exe.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/.svn/prop-base/IDTFExporter.dle.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/.svn/prop-base/IFXCore.dll.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/.svn/text-base/IDTFConverter.exe.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/.svn/text-base/IDTFExporter.dle.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/.svn/text-base/IFXCore.dll.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/IDTFConverter.exe,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/IDTFExporter.dle,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/IFXCore.dll,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/.svn/entries,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/.svn/prop-base/IFXExporting.dll.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/.svn/prop-base/IFXImporting.dll.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/.svn/prop-base/IFXRendering.dll.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/.svn/prop-base/IFXScheduling.dll.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/.svn/text-base/IFXExporting.dll.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/.svn/text-base/IFXImporting.dll.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/.svn/text-base/IFXRendering.dll.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/.svn/text-base/IFXScheduling.dll.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/IFXExporting.dll,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/IFXImporting.dll,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/IFXRendering.dll,
mesh2pdf/bin/w32/Plugins/IFXScheduling.dll,
mesh2pdf/COPYING,
mesh2pdf/demo_data/.DS_Store,
mesh2pdf/demo_data/.svn/entries,
mesh2pdf/demo_data/.svn/prop-base/data_mesh2pdf.mat.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/demo_data/.svn/text-base/data_mesh2pdf.mat.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/demo_data/data_mesh2pdf.mat,
mesh2pdf/demo_mesh2pdf.m,
mesh2pdf/mesh_normals.m,
mesh2pdf/mesh_to_latex.m,
mesh2pdf/README,
mesh2pdf/save_idtf.m,
mesh2pdf/tex/.DS_Store,
mesh2pdf/tex/.svn/entries,
mesh2pdf/tex/.svn/text-base/demo_mesh2pdf.tex.svn-base,
mesh2pdf/tex/demo_mesh2pdf.tex,
mesh2pdf/verbatim.m

[Alexandre Gramfort]

 

[Oleg Komarov]

Authors shouldn't rate their own submissions

[Cristian D]

What versión of acrobat I should use? i have v8 professional and your programa doesn't work. I recive the following error:

Warning: Name is nonexistent or not a directory: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX2.8\miktex\bin.
> In path at 110
  In addpath at 87
  In demo_mesh2pdf at 21
"pdflatex.exe" no se reconoce como un comando interno o externo, programa o archivo por lotes ejecutable.

[Alexandre Gramfort]

it means that the demo script cannot find the pdflatex.exe command.

On my windows I have MikTeX 2.8. So update the path in the demo script or install MikTeX 2.8

[Cristian D]

Ok, i'm making some progress installing this tool. I have installed MikTex 2.8 and added '\miktex\bin' to path.
The program ask me for movie15 package.
I went to package manager of MikTex and I tried to install it. But, my work conection to internet is filtered and i can't install the package from intenet, so I tried to do it chossing the option (on MikTex) "repositories shall be installed from directory" and I select a directory where i have downloaded the movie15.zip (537kb). The aplication returns "directorie does seem to be a local package repository".
How can i install movie15 package? Have I the correct package? why MixTex Package manager doesn't recognize the zip?
Thanks.
Regards,
Cristian

[Cristian D]

well....finaly it works!!!!!

To add the packages (after movie15 the application ask for others) is necessary to unpack all zips on a directory, then go to MikTex Settings and, on "root" option, add the directory where the zip were unpacked, click accept and after that the programs works great.

To read the pdf is necessary you need to have at least an acrobat 9.0...

[Stan Durrleman]

Works fine. But you must run Matlab in command-line mode and check beforehand that you have the rights to run the scripts (IDTFConverter in the folder 'u3d'): chmod is your friend...

[Petr Pleyer]

Hello,
3D pdf with this object looks great. I would like to apply the program on my own mesh model from Matlab. But when i changed "sample data" in demo_mesh2pdf.m and in directory, nothing has changed in the resulting pdf. What should change?

thx and sorry for my English :-)