Re: [Update REQ 5614]: colors in Geomview

[gogo at math.umd.edu]

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> Make sure that you're using "RGBColor" commands in Mathematica, that's
> the only color information used by the converter. One of these days
> the converter might get upgraded to handle more appearance
Yes, I've been using RGBColors, but alas :-( Everything seems to work for 
Surface3D graphics, but for curves drawn with ParametricPlot3D, colors are
lost after being exported to Geomview.

> information, but for now if you're using HSV colors you need to
> convert them to RGBColors before using the WriteOOGL command. I can
> send you some conversion code if you don't have it handy.
>  Tamara Munzner
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May be I should try this on an SGI; if the problem is somewhere with
math2oogl for Sun, it might be OK on the SGI version.

Best,
George.
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