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Exporting and using x3d from Mayavi plots

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Jussi Nurminen edited this page Apr 29, 2020 · 2 revisions

X3D is a free standard for representing 3D graphics, typically using XML.

Exporting from Mayavi

Having created a Mayavi figure with handle fig, you can use mlab.savefig('test.x3d', figure=fig) to export to X3D. Mayavi X3D export is not perfect; see http://fpavogt.github.io/x3d-pathway/dices.html for discussion.

Viewing in Ubuntu

view3dscene seems to work. sudo apt install view3dscene

Viewing in a web browser

From a localhost server

Use something like the following (assuming test.x3d is available on the localhost web server):

<html> 
  <head> 
    <title>X3D data</title> 			
    <script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.x3dom.org/x3dom/release/x3dom.js'> </script> 
    <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='http://www.x3dom.org/x3dom/release/x3dom.css'></link>
  </head> 
          
  <body>
  <x3d width='800px' height='600px'> 
    <scene> 
      <inline url="http://localhost/test.x3d" nameSpaceName="figtest" mapDEFToID="true" onclick=''/>
    </scene> 
  </x3d>
  </body></html>

From a file

Doesn't work directly due to browser security settings. Haven't yet figured it out.

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