ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)

4D Surface Chart


      

This example demonstrates using 4 dimensional coordinates XYZW. The XYZ are for the positions of the data point and W is for the color.

In previous surface chart examples, the surface color is based on the Z coordinate. ChartDirector also supports using an independent coordinate W for the color. This example demonstrates 4 coloring schemes:

Source Code Listing

[JSP Version] jspdemo/surface4d.jsp
<%@page import="ChartDirector.*, java.util.*" %> <%! // Function to create the demo charts void createChart(WebChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // The x and y coordinates of the grid double[] dataX = {-10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}; double[] dataY = {-10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}; // The values at the grid points. In this example, we will compute the values using the formula // z = x * sin(y) + y * sin(x). double[] dataZ = new double[dataX.length * dataY.length]; for(int yIndex = 0; yIndex < dataY.length; ++yIndex) { double y = dataY[yIndex]; for(int xIndex = 0; xIndex < dataX.length; ++xIndex) { double x = dataX[xIndex]; dataZ[yIndex * dataX.length + xIndex] = x * Math.sin(y) + y * Math.sin(x); } } // Create a SurfaceChart object of size 460 x 460 pixels, with white (ffffff) background and // grey (888888) border. SurfaceChart c = new SurfaceChart(460, 460, 0xffffff, 0x888888); // Add a color axis at the top center of the chart, with labels at the bottom side ColorAxis cAxis = c.setColorAxis(c.getWidth() / 2, 10, Chart.Top, 250, Chart.Bottom); // If the color is based on the z-values, the color axis will synchronize with the z-axis. (The // Axis.syncAxis can be used to disable that.) Otherwise, the color axis will auto-scale // independently. In the latter case, we set the tick spacing to at least 20 pixels. cAxis.setTickDensity(20); // Set flat color axis style cAxis.setAxisBorder(Chart.Transparent, 0); if (chartIndex == 0) { // The default is to use the Z values to determine the color. cAxis.setTitle("Color based on Z", "Arial Bold", 15); c.setData(dataX, dataY, dataZ); } else if (chartIndex == 1) { // ChartDirector supports using an extra value (called W value) to determine the color. cAxis.setTitle("Color based on W", "Arial Bold", 15); // Use random W values RanSeries r = new RanSeries(5); double[] dataW = r.get2DSeries(dataX.length, dataY.length, 0.5, 9.5); c.setData(dataX, dataY, dataZ, dataW); } else if (chartIndex == 2) { // We can set the W values to the X coordinates. The color will then be determined by the X // coordinates. cAxis.setTitle("Color based on X", "Arial Bold", 15); double[] colorX = new double[dataZ.length]; for(int yIndex = 0; yIndex < dataY.length; ++yIndex) { for(int xIndex = 0; xIndex < dataX.length; ++xIndex) { colorX[yIndex * dataX.length + xIndex] = dataX[xIndex]; } } c.setData(dataX, dataY, dataZ, colorX); } else { // We can set the W values to the Y coordinates. The color will then be determined by the Y // coordinates. cAxis.setTitle("Color based on Y", "Arial Bold", 15); double[] colorY = new double[dataZ.length]; for(int yIndex = 0; yIndex < dataY.length; ++yIndex) { for(int xIndex = 0; xIndex < dataX.length; ++xIndex) { colorY[yIndex * dataX.length + xIndex] = dataY[yIndex]; } } c.setData(dataX, dataY, dataZ, colorY); } // Set the center of the plot region at (230, 250), and set width x depth x height to 240 x 240 // x 170 pixels c.setPlotRegion(230, 250, 240, 240, 170); // Set the plot region wall thichness to 3 pixels c.setWallThickness(3); // Set the elevation and rotation angles to 45 degrees c.setViewAngle(45, 45); // Set the perspective level to 20 c.setPerspective(20); // Spline interpolate data to a 50 x 50 grid for a smooth surface c.setInterpolation(50, 50); // Add the axis titles c.xAxis().setTitle("X-Axis", "Arial Bold", 10); c.yAxis().setTitle("Y-Axis", "Arial Bold", 10); c.zAxis().setTitle("Z Axis", "Arial Bold", 10); // Output the chart viewer.setChart(c, Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart if (chartIndex == 1) { viewer.setImageMap(c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='<*cdml*>X: {x|2}<*br*>Y: {y|2}<*br*>Z: {z|2}<*br*>W: {w|2}'")); } else { viewer.setImageMap(c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='<*cdml*>X: {x|2}<*br*>Y: {y|2}<*br*>Z: {z|2}'")); } } %> <% // This example includes 4 charts WebChartViewer[] viewers = new WebChartViewer[4]; for (int i = 0; i < viewers.length; ++i) { viewers[i] = new WebChartViewer(request, "chart" + i); createChart(viewers[i], i); } %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>4D Surface Chart</title> <!-- Include ChartDirector Javascript Library to support chart interactions --> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> 4D Surface Chart </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div style="font:10pt verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em"> <a href="viewsource.jsp?file=<%=request.getServletPath()%>">View Source Code</a> </div> <!-- ****** Here are the chart images ****** --> <% for (int i = 0; i < viewers.length; ++i) { out.write(viewers[i].renderHTML(response)); out.write(" "); } %> </body> </html>