Re: [NTG-context] OT: Asymptote in Context

On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 18:07:38 +0100 luigi scarso wrote:

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote:

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Sorry, but I fail to see what the 3D aspect of this drawing brings to anything, other than to impress the gallery and look spiffy.

I guess that we belong now to a society without any imagination, requiring lots of colors, shadowing (and even animation) in order to get an idea across...

(At least make use of the third dimension to describe SOMETHING if you are going to include it.)

http://www.pdf3d.com/gallery.php shows other examples

I guess that "impress the gallery" is a translation of an expression in French referring to the upper, low-price, standing room only balcony in theaters, populated by an audience that is easily impressed... Sorry, but I insurge against the frequent, abusive misuse of 3d-like illustrations common in PowerPoint and other MSWord documents. Sometimes, it is useful to illustrate something in perspective; in most cases this turns out to be very marginal - nothing more than "eye candy" - makes life sweeter! Alan