Re: 3D: Conversion into vrml files

Posted by dscho on Aug 04, 2006; 1:23am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/3D-Conversion-into-vrml-files-tp3701883p3701884.html

Hi,

On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Nicolas, Y. (Yves) wrote:

> I'd like to print rendering pictures obtained with ImageJ plugins in 3D
> , however the 3D printers normally use .vrml files (Virtual Reality
> Modelling Language), I wonder if someone would have a converter from
> Tiff file to vrml file.

I think this problem is ill-posed: Tiff has raster data, i.e. volume data
sampled on a regular grid, whereas VRML handles vector data, i.e.
_surface_ with at least float precision.

If you want to extract an isosurface from a Tiff, and have that as a
VRML: that would be possible (I have the building blocks for such a
plugin, but no working plugin).

Ciao,
Dscho