Qualifying "3D"

Software for Seeing what You Want to Know

There are different ways in which to create 3D effects on-screen. To qualify “3d metric screenshots”, the “3dM” approach differentiates between

3d graph block style

The 3D effect is created through angles and parallels from Generation 5

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The 3dM effect is created through angles of perspective

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3dM re-visualizations enhance invisible structures through visualization parameters

3D Model

Transparent planes at angles of seemingly 90 degrees

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The 3dM re-visualization turns the transparency of planes into the seeming solidity of objects

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The effects of colour enhance existing visible and invisible structures

3D Plot

Another optical illusion thanks to another tool: parallel lines along curved surfaces from MaplePrimes

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The re-visualization shows 2D shapes and differences in colour in “visual 3D space”

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Changing the vantage point re-visualizes a “seemingly 3D” plot as an object in “visual 3D space”