ChartDirector 7.1 (C++ Edition)

Surface Projection




This example demonstrates adding a surface projection to the XY wall using SurfaceChart.addXYProjection.

Source Code Listing

The following is the command line version of the code in "cppdemo/surfaceprojection". The MFC version of the code is in "mfcdemo/mfcdemo". The Qt Widgets version of the code is in "qtdemo/qtdemo". The QML/Qt Quick version of the code is in "qmldemo/qmldemo".
#include "chartdir.h" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // The x and y coordinates of the grid double dataX[] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}; const int dataX_size = (int)(sizeof(dataX)/sizeof(*dataX)); double dataY[] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}; const int dataY_size = (int)(sizeof(dataY)/sizeof(*dataY)); // Use random numbers for the z values on the XY grid RanSeries* r = new RanSeries(11); DoubleArray dataZ = r->get2DSeries(dataX_size, dataY_size, 0.1, 1.9); // Create a SurfaceChart object of size 680 x 580 pixels SurfaceChart* c = new SurfaceChart(680, 580); // Set the center of the plot region at (310, 280), and set width x depth x height to 320 x 320 // x 240 pixels c->setPlotRegion(310, 280, 320, 320, 240); // Set the elevation and rotation angles to 30 and 45 degrees c->setViewAngle(30, 45); // Set the data to use to plot the chart c->setData(DoubleArray(dataX, dataX_size), DoubleArray(dataY, dataY_size), dataZ); // Spline interpolate data to a 80 x 80 grid for a smooth surface c->setInterpolation(80, 80); // Use semi-transparent black (c0000000) for x and y major surface grid lines. Use dotted style // for x and y minor surface grid lines. int majorGridColor = 0xc0000000; int minorGridColor = c->dashLineColor(majorGridColor, Chart::DotLine); c->setSurfaceAxisGrid(majorGridColor, majorGridColor, minorGridColor, minorGridColor); // Add XY projection c->addXYProjection(); // Set contour lines to semi-transparent white (0x7fffffff) c->setContourColor(0x7fffffff); // Add a color axis (the legend) in which the left center is anchored at (620, 250). Set the // length to 200 pixels and the labels on the right side. c->setColorAxis(620, 250, Chart::Left, 200, Chart::Right); // Set the x, y and z axis titles using 12 pt Arial Bold font c->xAxis()->setTitle("X Title<*br*>Placeholder", "Arial Bold", 12); c->yAxis()->setTitle("Y Title<*br*>Placeholder", "Arial Bold", 12); c->zAxis()->setTitle("Z Title Placeholder", "Arial Bold", 12); // Output the chart c->makeChart("surfaceprojection.png"); //free up resources delete r; delete c; return 0; }