devoutrgl::rgldev() is a graphics device - like pdf() or png(). This device will render a plot as an interactive 3d opengl document using {rgl}.

NOTE: Since Github does not allow webgl rendering in README files, all plots on GitHub have been rendered as PNGs or animated gifs. Please visit the package website to interact with the generated output in the vignettes

What’s in the box:

rgldev() is the rgl device. Use it like you would use the pdf() device or the png() device.

Installation

You can install from GitHub with:

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("coolbutuseless/snowcrash")  # Store R objects as images
remotes::install_github("coolbutuseless/cryogenic")  # Freeze R calls + replay
remotes::install_github("coolbutuseless/triangular") # Polygon Triangulation
remotes::install_github("coolbutuseless/devout")     # R device framework
remotes::install_github("coolbutuseless/devoutrgl")  # This device

Limitations

No font selection. Everything will be in the default sans serif!
Multi-line text in a single string with “” characters does not render well.
No support for clipping paths.

Examples

Bar Plot

library(ggplot2)
library(devoutrgl)

plot_df <- data.frame(x=c('a', 'b', 'c'), y=4:6)
p <- ggplot(plot_df) +
  geom_bar(aes(x, y, fill=x), colour = NA, stat='identity') +
  labs(title = "{devoutrgl}") +
  scale_fill_brewer(type = 'seq', palette = 'Blues') +
  theme_minimal() + theme_rgl()


devoutrgl::rgldev(fov = 30, view_angle = -30)
p
invisible(dev.off())

View an interactive version of this plot in the online documentation

Base plot

devoutrgl::rgldev(fov = 30, view = 'flat', view_angle = 30, zoom = 0.6, filename = "man/figures/pie.png")
pie(c(cool=1, but = 2, use=3, less = 4))
dev.off()

View an interactive version of this plot in the online documentation

Polygon with a hole

Polygon with a hole

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# polygons_df - data.frame of polygon vertices with group/subgroups
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
polygons_df <- df <- data.frame(
  x        = c(4, 8, 8, 4,   6, 7, 7, 6),
  y        = c(4, 4, 8, 8,   6, 6, 7, 7),
  group    = c(1, 1, 1, 1,   1, 1, 1, 1),
  subgroup = c(1, 1, 1, 1,   2, 2, 2, 2)
)

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Plot
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
p <- ggplot(polygons_df) +
  geom_polygon(aes(x, y, group=group, subgroup=subgroup)) +
  geom_path(aes(x, y, group = interaction(group, subgroup)), colour = 'red') +
  theme_bw() +
  coord_equal() +
  labs(title = "{devoutrgl} polygon with a hole")

rgldev(fov = 30, view_angle = -30, zoom = 0.8)
p
invisible(dev.off())

View an interactive version of this plot in the online documentation

Density Plot

library(ggplot2)
library(devoutrgl)

p <- ggplot(mtcars) +
  geom_density(aes(mpg, fill=as.factor(cyl)), colour = '#ffffff00') +
  theme(legend.position = 'none') +
  scale_fill_brewer(palette = 'Set1') +
  theme_bw() +
  labs(title = "{devoutrgl} geom_density()")


rgldev(fov = 30, view_angle = 30)
p
invisible(dev.off())

View an interactive version of this plot in the online documentation

Generating the logo for this package

library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)

hex_df <- tibble(
  rad = seq(0, 2*pi, pi/3),
  x   = sin(rad),
  y   = cos(rad)
)

p <- ggplot(hex_df) +
  geom_polygon(aes(x, y), fill = '#002366', colour = '#436B9530') +
  annotate('text', x = 0, y = 0, label = "/dev/out/\n\n\nrgl", size = 20, color = 'grey90') +
  coord_fixed() +
  theme_minimal(25) +
  theme(panel.grid = element_blank())

devoutrgl::rgldev(
  width       = 5.5,
  fov         = 30,
  view3d_args = list(-45, 0, zoom = 0.8),
  dpi         = 300,
  filename    = "man/figures/logo-new.png"
)

p
invisible(dev.off())

View an interactive version of this plot in the online documentation