Questions on converting data, graphics, sound etc. from Mathematica into other file formats.
25
votes
4answers
2k views
How do I save a variable or function definition to a file?
Is it possible to save a function which was created via Interpolation of some data in such a way that I can use this function in a new Mathematica session without ...
44
votes
5answers
4k views
Exporting graphics to PDF - huge file
I want to draw some basic surfaces, export them to PDF and include them in a LaTeX file. I create a simple 3D graphics object, for instance with
...
20
votes
1answer
690 views
Does Mathematica support variable frame rate for any video format, in analogue of GIF-style “DisplayDurations”?
The good old GIF animation format allows us to set the duration of each individual frame in the animation separately. This is especially useful if some frames in ...
44
votes
5answers
4k views
$\LaTeX$ and Mathematica
I quite often would like to draw graphics in my $\LaTeX$ documents using Mathematica. I have encountered three problems. I would like to know if there are any workarounds to these problems
I would ...
18
votes
3answers
903 views
Avoiding white lines inside filled area in RegionPlot exported as PDF or PS
When doing a RegionPlotand then exporting (or saving from the front end) as PDF or EPS, there are small white lines in the filling of the region. Here's an example ...
23
votes
2answers
673 views
Saving a notebook as PDF, preserving syntax highlighting
Currently, one may save notebooks as PDFs from the menu by Save As... and then selecting PDF (on a Mac, I imagine it is similar on other OSs). However, the ...
8
votes
3answers
1k views
How to export large graphics?
I'm using Raster to create large graphics (1000 by 1666), which I want to Export as a JPEG or TIFF in a resolution that can be printed in a large size, 3' by 5'. ...
16
votes
1answer
308 views
How to fix broken InterpolatingFunction?
I have an InterpolatingFunction based on irregularly-gridded data, like this:
...
14
votes
3answers
798 views
How can I ensure graphics exported in WMF format don't have text-spacing problems?
A lot of my work involves manipulating data, drawing a pretty plot of it and then inserting that graphic into a report written in Microsoft Word, under Windows.1 The fun comes with the exporting part. ...
6
votes
4answers
414 views
Export Graphics[] without white edges
I am trying to generate & Export[] Image with the below code, but as shown in the images I get some white border around my rectangle.
How could I export an images that stopes right at the edge of ...
27
votes
4answers
1k views
How well does Mathematica code exported to C compare to code directly written for C?
Essentially what it says in the title. Mathematica can, IIRC, export it's code to C. How much overhead does that inflict on the code, as compared to writing it from scratch in C?
13
votes
3answers
712 views
Graphics exported from Mathematica 9 are very large because even standard fonts are embedded
I've upgraded from Mathematica 8 to 9 (which apparently leaves the old version installed and usable which I didn't expect). I see a significant difference in the size of the PDFs produced by 'Save ...
14
votes
4answers
868 views
Printing exported PDF graphics fails (version 8)
When I export even simple graphics, say, a DateListPlot to PDF under Windows, it refuses to print on any of the printers at work.
Acrobat (Reader X) throws three ...
11
votes
2answers
309 views
Exporting notebook to HTML, using conversion rules
The idea is to export the whole notebook to HTML with all the math equations in latex form. In this way we can add the mathjax script and it will take care of the math.
Suppose we have the following ...
10
votes
1answer
1k views
Is it possible to export the equations from Mathematica to MATLAB?
Is it possible to export the output expressions from Mathematica computations (e.g., equations) in valid MATLAB syntax?
5
votes
1answer
220 views
Plot, extract data to a file
I need to save data that Mathematica uses inside the Plot command. The format that I would like to have is:
x1 y1
x2 y2
.....
...
13
votes
5answers
2k views
Export Plots to $\LaTeX$
What is the quickest and best way to export a plot image from Mathematica to a $\LaTeX$ Editor? Is there something quicker than exporting it to an image and then including it in the $\LaTeX$ document?
...
19
votes
1answer
959 views
Autorotating 3D plots
These days, I have to produce quite a few 3D surface plots (mostly functions of the type $\rho(\theta,\phi)$ plotted with SphericalPlot3D). To exchange these ...
12
votes
2answers
648 views
How to save all data in all variables so that loading it is fast?
I've got this CSV file I've imported that has tens of millions of lines in it. It takes around 20 minutes to import. I've been working with it for a while and have the processed data spread out in a ...
23
votes
2answers
1k views
How to embed fonts when exporting Mathematica graphics as PDF
Upon exporting a Mathematica graphics expression as a PDF, Mathematica does not seem to embed any nonstandard fonts used. When you open the resulting PDF document with a PDF viewer, all the text items ...
12
votes
2answers
348 views
How to develop an Import/Export converter for Compress[]ed data?
Mathematica has a cross platform data exchange format, WDX. Unfortunately importing or exporting large data from/to WDX is very slow. Using MX files is very fast, but they are not compatible across ...
20
votes
1answer
340 views
Convert Graphics3D containing BSpline to polygon primitives for export to 3DS?
Graphics3D[] objects created with BSpline functions will not export to 3DS format, which only supports the more basic primitives. Is there any straightforward way ...
15
votes
2answers
323 views
Exporting a dashed plot with a color gradient to a vector graphics format ruins the dashing
When exporting a dashed plot with a color gradient to a vector graphics format such as EPS or PDF, the dashing is partly ruined. For example, this command:
...
7
votes
2answers
234 views
Rasterizing a plot make axes ticks invisible
I've evaluated this code:
plot = Plot[x, {x, 0, 10}];
g = Rasterize[plot, ImageResolution -> 300];
Everything looks good except the ticks (on the axes); they ...
8
votes
1answer
310 views
Automating FTP upload within Mathematica?
I have MMA-generated html and would like to automate uploading to a named directory to a web host via SFTP or HTTP POST, ideally without creating local temp files. The closest question I could find on ...
2
votes
4answers
448 views
How to export data files using specific format
Very often, I have to export data files from Mathematica. These output files contain several columns and hundreds of lines with data. For the sake of the question let's create a sample list
...
1
vote
3answers
349 views
Trouble with fonts when exporting a 2D-plot to vector formats
I've set up my plot to look exactly how I like it. At least it does so on screen.
Upon export though, only the bitmap formats look the same.
For PDF and EPS, the FontSize seems to get ignored and the ...
8
votes
1answer
303 views
Why does Export drop namespace prefixes in the exported XML file?
I am trying to generate an Excel-compatible XML file from Mathematica. First, I created a test XML file by saving a Microsoft Excel workbook
as "XML Table". Then I ...
6
votes
2answers
404 views
Is it possible to export a graph as graphic to Excel?
It is straightforward to export lists to Excel with Export. Can I export a graphic image, too? This does not work:
...
5
votes
1answer
441 views
Combine multiple PDF files into one document
I have multiple single page PDFs I'd like to join together into a single file. (Obviously I mean the file format and not the probability distributions here!)
I'm aware of free online services such as ...
3
votes
2answers
205 views
Cropped pdf file after export
I have plot generated by Plot[] function that I want to export to pdf file. The problem is that Export[] function somehow cuts a ...
10
votes
2answers
497 views
How to dynamically name and date a file for export?
I have various functions that export Excel and text files, and need to have them named with a name based on the content of some variables in the function and the time and date. How can this be done ...
6
votes
1answer
270 views
Exporting plots with Cyrillic text elements to pdf
I'm trying to export a plot with some added notes which happen to be in Russian.
Using Mathematica 8.04 and WinXP I evaluate
...
3
votes
1answer
211 views
How do I cut down on file size of exported eps without losing quality?
I need to import the following to eps so that I can put it into my TeX file. The problem is two-fold: the exported file looks terrible (unlike the Mathematica output), and secondly, the file size is ...
3
votes
1answer
142 views
Exporting lists to files
I am trying to write a program which will generate a list of objects and then exports it in a separate file and clears its memory. As an example I tried the following
...
21
votes
3answers
642 views
How to do http POST in Mathematica?
The Import command lets you do a HTTP GET from a URL, like this
Import @ "http://merkosoncampus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/higgs-boson.jpg"
This sends an ...
32
votes
2answers
821 views
My donut has holes in it!
More than one hole, I mean…
I’m trying to export from Mathematica into the X3D format, with the longer term goal of generating 3D figures for PDF inclusion. But I'm stuck at the first step:
...
6
votes
2answers
169 views
Exporting BarChart3D as PDF produces artefacts
So I think the following image already shows the problem, similar to Avoiding white lines inside filled area in RegionPlot exported as PDF or PS the pdf export of the chart creates thin lines in the ...
11
votes
3answers
2k views
How to save animation in mp4 format instead of avi?
I'd like to save Manipulate[] output so that I can embed an mp4 in my pdf document (using the media9 latex package). I've done this successfully in the past by ...
10
votes
1answer
187 views
Dynamic visualization of Graph[] on a webpage
How can we embed a dynamic version of a Graph object on a web page, similar to the one showcased on the networkx home page?
This sort of dynamic visualization can ...
16
votes
1answer
365 views
How can I share objects with dynamic content with non-Mathematica users?
Often when I construct some cool Manipulate[] function, I would like to share it with others—non-Mathematica users. Some software, notably Cinderella, ...
13
votes
1answer
194 views
High memory use while exporting a BMP
Something mysterious is going on when exporting images. I'm using Mathematica 9.0.1 on Windows 7 (64 bit), and find that the memory use is excessive when exporting to a bmp. But it doesn't happen ...
11
votes
1answer
292 views
Exporting numbered equations to HTML/TeX using conversion rules
This question is a follow up from this one. It may also be considered a duplicate since I have already asked this question in stackoverflow almost a year ago. For a background on using numbered ...
8
votes
1answer
269 views
How to properly DumpSave & Get Global`s symbols inside packages while not touching Global context?
For efficiency reasons I prefer to use DumpSave instead of Save.
For ease of access I prefer to save symbols in ...
6
votes
2answers
286 views
How can I convert a formatted text cell to latex code?
I have a formatted text cell, I want to export it as latex. How can I do that?
Since copy as LaTeX doesn't work, I thought of pasting it into a string and exporting, but it's a no go:
...
5
votes
1answer
337 views
Exporting data from Excel into Mathematica using clipboard
I know that it's possible to import Excel data into Mathematica using the Import command, as we can see in this post. But some times, I need just to do some fast ...
9
votes
2answers
274 views
Automatizing PSfrag export
I'm in the early phase of creating a Mathematica function (or package) that exports graphics such that they can be used with $\LaTeX$'s PSfrag.
The goal
Ideally, the function should take a graphic ...
9
votes
2answers
168 views
Encoding format used by GraphicsData?
I am trying to extract some graphics stored in PICT format from a Mathematica notebook, using a platform that doesn't support PICT. If I look at the .nb file in a ...
8
votes
1answer
694 views
Edit a Mathematica plot in Illustrator, missing font problem
I export my Mathematica generated plot as an eps and then open it in Adobe Illustrator to make a few changes. When I try to do this I get this error message:
Times-Roman:
Font not found on ...
6
votes
1answer
234 views
How can I use “Save as (html)” and still render code as text?
I use notebook "Save as ... (html)" to convert my .nb to web. Formulas and plots get converted to images, which is fine. But code (input cells) get converted too into images. I would like people to be ...
