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How do you export a Pyramid to vrml format in Mathematica ? I have been trying to do this the following way

graph = Graphics3D[Pyramid[{{1, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {-1, 0, 0}, {0, -1, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}]];
Export["test.wrl", graph]

But I get an error:

Export::nodta: Graphics3D contains no data that can be exported to the VRML format.

Any suggestions ?

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  • $\begingroup$ I would say an issue for support@wolfram.com. Pyramids should not be impossible to export to vrml. $\endgroup$
    – Sjoerd C. de Vries
    Feb 19 '15 at 7:40
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Not entirely straightforward, but as it turns out you can use MeshCells together with DiscretizeGraphics:

MeshPrimitives[DiscretizeGraphics[Pyramid[]], 2]

(*{Polygon[{{-1., -1., 0.}, {1., -1., 0.}, {0., 0., 1.}}], 
 Polygon[{{-1., -1., 0.}, {0., 0., 1.}, {-1., 1., 0.}}], 
 Polygon[{{1., -1., 0.}, {1., 1., 0.}, {0., 0., 1.}}], 
 Polygon[{{1., 1., 0.}, {-1., 1., 0.}, {0., 0., 1.}}], 
 Polygon[{{-1., -1., 0.}, {-1., 1., 0.}, {1., 1., 0.}, {1., -1., 0.}}]}*)

This should export just fine.

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