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MaplePrimes - comments on Post, How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/37079-How-Maple-Exports-3d-Graphics-To-Eps en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:16:27 GMT Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:16:27 GMT The latest comments added to the Post, How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg MaplePrimes - comments on Post, How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/37079-How-Maple-Exports-3d-Graphics-To-Eps 3D http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/37079-How-Maple-Exports-3d-Graphics-To-Eps?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps:Comments#comment65007 No, PostScript is inherently 2-dimensional.  The "back-to-front" effect is simply the result of the order in which the elements are rendered, with the later ones overwriting the earlier ones. The latest comments added to the Post, How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps 65007 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:03:17 Z Robert Israel Robert Israel 2d postscript http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/37079-How-Maple-Exports-3d-Graphics-To-Eps?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps:Comments#comment65008 So all the points from a 3d plot are saved, from back to front? That seems like an odd way to save 3d information to a 2d format. I suppose that it avoids having to compute a new image, ignoring the points that  would be invisible, but it sure does waste space. Still, the eps files contain some 3d information, in that any point that will be overwritten as it is rendered is behind the new point... not enough info to do a complete 3d reconstruction though. Thanks, Robert. John Starrett The latest comments added to the Post, How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps 65008 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:16:05 Z John Starrett John Starrett PostScript http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/37079-How-Maple-Exports-3d-Graphics-To-Eps?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps:Comments#comment65009 Hmm... Well, I _thought_ this was the situation, but it seems that it's more complicated.  It is still true that PostScript is a 2d format, and that the PostScript file contains no information about the third dimension.  But it's not simply a matter of drawing the image back-to-front. In Maple 13 Standard, it looks like for 3d plots the Standard worksheet renderer is actually used to produce a bitmap image which is saved to the PostScript file. The latest comments added to the Post, How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps 65009 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:40:28 Z Robert Israel Robert Israel Maple has improved how it saves eps http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/37079-How-Maple-Exports-3d-Graphics-To-Eps?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps:Comments#comment65010 I noticed that after the little upgrade recently, Maple now exports eps much more efficiently, with much smaller files. Kudos! The latest comments added to the Post, How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps 65010 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:56:28 Z John Starrett John Starrett cliq on the figuer as with http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/37079-How-Maple-Exports-3d-Graphics-To-Eps?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps:Comments#comment65011 cliq on the figuer as with right curseur you can see what you need and others options The latest comments added to the Post, How Maple exports 3d graphics to eps 65011 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:54:06 Z sami_elmadssia sami_elmadssia