ChartDirector 6.0 (ColdFusion Edition)

Surface Chart (2)




This example extends the Surface Chart (1) example by adding surface grid and contour lines, and using alternative view angles and continuous coloring.

Source Code Listing

[File: cfdemo/surface2.cfm]
<cfscript>

// ChartDirector for ColdFusion API Access Point
cd = CreateObject("java", "ChartDirector.CFChart");

// A utility to allow us to create arrays with data in one line of code
function Array() {
    var result = ArrayNew(1);
    var i = 0;
    for (i = 1; i LTE ArrayLen(arguments); i = i + 1)
        result[i] = arguments[i];
    return result;
}

// The x and y coordinates of the grid
dataX = Array(0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0);
dataY = Array(0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0);

// The values at the grid points. In this example, we will compute the values using the formula z =
// sin((x - 0.5) * 2 * pi) * sin((y - 0.5) * 2 * pi)
dataZ = ArrayNew(1);
for (yIndex = 0; yIndex LT ArrayLen(dataY); yIndex = yIndex + 1) {
    y = (dataY[yIndex + 1] - 0.5) * 2 * 3.1416;
    for (xIndex = 0; xIndex LT ArrayLen(dataX); xIndex = xIndex + 1) {
        x = (dataX[xIndex + 1] - 0.5) * 2 * 3.1416;
        dataZ[yIndex * ArrayLen(dataX) + xIndex + 1] = Sin(x) * Sin(y);
    }
}

// Create a SurfaceChart object of size 720 x 540 pixels
c = cd.SurfaceChart(720, 540);

// Add a title to the chart using 20 points Times New Roman Italic font
c.addTitle("Quantum Wave Function", "Times New Roman Italic", 20);

// Set the center of the plot region at (360, 245), and set width x depth x height to 360 x 360 x
// 270 pixels
c.setPlotRegion(360, 245, 360, 360, 270);

// Set the elevation and rotation angles to 20 and 30 degrees
c.setViewAngle(20, 30);

// Set the data to use to plot the chart
c.setData(dataX, dataY, dataZ);

// Spline interpolate data to a 80 x 80 grid for a smooth surface
c.setInterpolation(80, 80);

// Set surface grid lines to semi-transparent black (dd000000)
c.setSurfaceAxisGrid("0xdd000000");

// Set contour lines to semi-transparent white (80ffffff)
c.setContourColor("0x80ffffff");

// Add a color axis (the legend) in which the left center is anchored at (645, 270). Set the length
// to 200 pixels and the labels on the right side. Use smooth gradient coloring.
c.setColorAxis(645, 270, cd.Left, 200, cd.Right).setColorGradient();

// Set the x, y and z axis titles using 10 points Arial Bold font
c.xAxis().setTitle("x/L(x)", "Arial Bold", 10);
c.yAxis().setTitle("y/L(y)", "Arial Bold", 10);
c.zAxis().setTitle("Wave Function Amplitude", "Arial Bold", 10);

// Output the chart
chart1URL = c.makeSession(GetPageContext(), "chart1", cd.JPG);

</cfscript>
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<body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px">
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
    Surface Chart (2)
</div>
<hr style="border:solid 1px #000080" />
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<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart1URL#" />
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