ChartDirector 7.0 (Perl Edition)
Surface Lighting
Source Code Listing
#!/usr/bin/perl
# The ChartDirector for Perl module is assumed to be in "../lib"
use File::Basename;
use lib (dirname($0)."/../lib") =~ /(.*)/;
use perlchartdir;
sub createChart
{
my $chartIndex = shift;
# The x and y coordinates of the grid
my $dataX = [-10, -8, -6, -4, -2, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10];
my $dataY = [-10, -8, -6, -4, -2, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 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).
my $dataZ = [(0) x (scalar(@$dataX) * scalar(@$dataY))];
for(my $yIndex = 0; $yIndex < scalar(@$dataY); ++$yIndex) {
my $y = $dataY->[$yIndex];
for(my $xIndex = 0; $xIndex < scalar(@$dataX); ++$xIndex) {
my $x = $dataX->[$xIndex];
$dataZ->[$yIndex * scalar(@$dataX) + $xIndex] = $x * sin($y) + $y * sin($x);
}
}
# Create a SurfaceChart object of size 380 x 400 pixels, with white (ffffff) background and grey
# (888888) border.
my $c = new SurfaceChart(380, 400, 0xffffff, 0x888888);
# Demonstrate various lighting parameters
if ($chartIndex == 0) {
$c->addTitle(
"Default Lighting<*br*><*size=10*>Ambient = 0.5, Diffuse = 0.5, Specular = 1, ".
"Shininess = 8");
} elsif ($chartIndex == 1) {
$c->addTitle(
"Matte (Non-Glossy) Lighting<*br*><*size=10*>Ambient = 0.5, Diffuse = 0.5, Specular = ".
"0, Shininess = 0");
$c->setLighting(0.5, 0.5, 0, 0);
} elsif ($chartIndex == 2) {
$c->addTitle(
"Flat Lighting<*br*><*size=10*>Ambient = 1, Diffuse = 0, Specular = 0, Shininess = 0");
$c->setLighting(1, 0, 0, 0);
} else {
$c->addTitle(
"Strong Glossy Lighting<*br*><*size=10*>Ambient = 0.5, Diffuse = 0.5, Specular = 4, ".
"Shininess = 32");
$c->setLighting(0.5, 0.5, 4, 32);
}
# Set the center of the plot region at (175, 200), and set width x depth x height to 200 x 200 x
# 160 pixels
$c->setPlotRegion(175, 200, 200, 200, 160);
# Set the plot region wall thichness to 5 pixels
$c->setWallThickness(5);
# Set the elevation and rotation angles to 45 and 60 degrees
$c->setViewAngle(45, 60);
# Set the perspective level to 35
$c->setPerspective(35);
# Set the data to use to plot the chart
$c->setData($dataX, $dataY, $dataZ);
# Spline interpolate data to a 50 x 50 grid for a smooth surface
$c->setInterpolation(50, 50);
# Set contour lines to semi-transparent black (c0000000)
$c->setContourColor(0xc0000000);
# Output the chart
$c->makeChart("surfacelighting$chartIndex.jpg");
}
createChart(0);
createChart(1);
createChart(2);
createChart(3);