selectpoints3d: Select points from a scene

Description

This function uses the select3d function to allow the user to choose a point or region in the scene, then reports on all the vertices in or near that selection.

Usage

selectpoints3d(objects = rgl.ids()$id, value = TRUE, closest = TRUE, 
               multiple = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

objects

A vector of object id values to use for the search.

value

If TRUE, return the coordinates of the points; otherwise, return their indices.

closest

If TRUE, return the points closest to the selection of no points are exactly within it.

multiple

If TRUE or a function, do multiple selections. See the Details below.

...

Other parameters to pass to select3d.

Value

If value is TRUE, a 3-column matrix giving the coordinates of the selected points. All rows in the matrix will be unique even if multiple vertices have the same coordinates. If value is FALSE, a 2-column matrix containing columns:
idThe object id containing the point.
indexThe index of the point within rgl.attrib(id, "vertices"). If multiple points have the same coordinates, all indices will be returned.

Details

The multiple argument may be a logical value or a function. If logical, it controls whether multiple selections will be performed. If multiple is FALSE, a single selection will be performed; it might contain multiple points. If TRUE, multiple selections will occur and the results will be combined into a single matrix. If multiple is a function, it should take a single argument. This function will be called with the argument set to the newly selected points. It should return a logical value, TRUE to indicate that selection should continue, FALSE to indicate that it should stop. In either case, if multiple selections are being performed, the ESC key will stop the process.

Examples

Run this code

ids <- plot3d( rnorm(20), rnorm(20), rnorm(20) )

# Click near a point to select it and put a sphere there

selectpoints3d(ids["data"], 
   multiple = function(x) {
      spheres3d(x, color = "red", alpha = 0.3, radius = 0.2)
      TRUE
   })