R: Set up Bounding Box decoration

rgl.bbox {rgl} | R Documentation

## Set up Bounding Box decoration

### Description

Set up the bounding box decoration.

### Usage

    rgl.bbox(
    	xat = NULL, xlab = NULL, xunit = 0, xlen = 5,
    	yat = NULL, ylab = NULL, yunit = 0, ylen = 5,
    	zat = NULL, zlab = NULL, zunit = 0, zlen = 5,
    	marklen = 15.0, marklen.rel = TRUE, expand = 1,
    	draw_front = FALSE, ...)
    bbox3d(xat = NULL, yat = NULL, zat = NULL,
    	xunit = "pretty", yunit = "pretty", zunit = "pretty",
    	expand = 1.03,
    	draw_front = FALSE, ...)

### Arguments

`xat, yat, zat` | vector specifying the tickmark positions
`xlab, ylab, zlab` | character vector specifying the tickmark labeling
`xunit, yunit, zunit` | value specifying the tick mark base for uniform tick mark layout
`xlen, ylen, zlen` | value specifying the number of tickmarks
`marklen` | value specifying the length of the tickmarks
`marklen.rel` | logical, if TRUE tick mark length is calculated using 1/`marklen` * axis length, otherwise tick mark length is `marklen` in coordinate space
`expand` | value specifying how much to expand the bounding box around the data
`draw_front` | draw the front faces of the bounding box
`...` | Material properties (or other `rgl.bbox` parameters in the case of `bbox3d`). See `rgl.material` for details.

### Details

Four different types of tick mark layouts are possible. This description applies to the X axis; other axes are similar: If `xat` is not `NULL`, the ticks are set up at custom positions. If `xunit` is numeric but not zero, it defines the tick mark base. If it is `"pretty"` (the default in `bbox3d`), ticks are set at `pretty` locations. If `xlen` is not zero, it specifies the number of ticks (a suggestion if `xunit` is `"pretty"`).

The first color specifies the bounding box, while the second one specifies the tick mark and font color.

`bbox3d` defaults to `pretty` locations for the axis labels and a slightly larger box, whereas `rgl.bbox` covers the exact range.

`axes3d` offers more flexibility in the specification of the axes, but they are static, unlike those drawn by `rgl.bbox` and `bbox3d`.

### Value

This function is called for the side effect of setting the bounding box decoration. A shape ID is returned to allow `rgl.pop` to delete it.

### See Also

`rgl.material`, `axes3d`

### Examples

      rgl.open()
      rgl.points(rnorm(100), rnorm(100), rnorm(100))
      rgl.bbox(color = c("#333377", "white"), emission = "#333377",
               specular = "#3333FF", shininess = 5, alpha = 0.8 )

      open3d()
      points3d(rnorm(100), rnorm(100), rnorm(100))
      bbox3d(color = c("#333377", "black"), emission = "#333377",
             specular = "#3333FF", shininess = 5, alpha = 0.8)

[Package rgl version 0.99.9 Index]