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Render 3-D Wireframe to Postscript?
W88 writes "I am very familiar with the 3-D rendering packages available including Blender and POVRay, but I am looking for something a little different. I am writing a paper that could benefit significantly from some three dimensional projected views of a fairly complex apparatus. I can easily model the apparatus, but do not want rendered bitmaps in the paper (I am using pdflatex). I would prefer edges with hidden lines removed rendered to a vector format like EPS or PDF (or even FIG). Has anyone seen anything like that? A web search turned up something called hlp that appears to be public domain from NASA but it is only available on a $300US CDROM from Public Domain Aeronautical Software." Note that any software created by the U.S. Government can be obtained with a Freedom of Information Act request, probably for less than the PDAS guys are charging.
Try converting your models to Gnuplot format and converting to PS with that. It probably won't handle perspective, but it does orthographic and isometric projections just fine.
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