ChartDirector 7.0 (ASP/COM/VB 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

[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\surface4d.asp
<%@ language="vbscript" %> <% Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API") ' This script can draw different charts depending on the chartIndex Sub createChart(viewer, chartIndex) ' The x and y coordinates of the grid dataX = Array(-10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) dataY = Array(-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). ReDim dataZ((UBound(dataX) + 1) * (UBound(dataY) + 1) - 1) For yIndex = 0 To UBound(dataY) y = dataY(yIndex) For xIndex = 0 To UBound(dataX) x = dataX(xIndex) dataZ(yIndex * (UBound(dataX) + 1) + xIndex) = x * Sin(y) + y * Sin(x) Next Next ' Create a SurfaceChart object of size 460 x 460 pixels, with white (ffffff) background and grey ' (888888) border. Set c = cd.SurfaceChart(460, 460, &Hffffff, &H888888) ' Add a color axis at the top center of the chart, with labels at the bottom side Set cAxis = c.setColorAxis(c.getWidth() / 2, 10, cd.Top, 250, cd.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. Call cAxis.setTickDensity(20) ' Set flat color axis style Call cAxis.setAxisBorder(cd.Transparent, 0) If chartIndex = 0 Then ' The default is to use the Z values to determine the color. Call cAxis.setTitle("Color based on Z", "Arial Bold", 15) Call c.setData(dataX, dataY, dataZ) ElseIf chartIndex = 1 Then ' ChartDirector supports using an extra value (called W value) to determine the color. Call cAxis.setTitle("Color based on W", "Arial Bold", 15) ' Use random W values Set r = cd.RanSeries(5) dataW = r.get2DSeries(UBound(dataX) + 1, UBound(dataY) + 1, 0.5, 9.5) Call c.setData2(dataX, dataY, dataZ, dataW) ElseIf chartIndex = 2 Then ' We can set the W values to the X coordinates. The color will then be determined by the X ' coordinates. Call cAxis.setTitle("Color based on X", "Arial Bold", 15) ReDim colorX(UBound(dataZ)) For yIndex = 0 To UBound(dataY) For xIndex = 0 To UBound(dataX) colorX(yIndex * (UBound(dataX) + 1) + xIndex) = dataX(xIndex) Next Next Call c.setData2(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. Call cAxis.setTitle("Color based on Y", "Arial Bold", 15) ReDim colorY(UBound(dataZ)) For yIndex = 0 To UBound(dataY) For xIndex = 0 To UBound(dataX) colorY(yIndex * (UBound(dataX) + 1) + xIndex) = dataY(yIndex) Next Next Call c.setData2(dataX, dataY, dataZ, colorY) End If ' Set the center of the plot region at (230, 250), and set width x depth x height to 240 x 240 x ' 170 pixels Call c.setPlotRegion(230, 250, 240, 240, 170) ' Set the plot region wall thichness to 3 pixels Call c.setWallThickness(3) ' Set the elevation and rotation angles to 45 degrees Call c.setViewAngle(45, 45) ' Set the perspective level to 20 Call c.setPerspective(20) ' Spline interpolate data to a 50 x 50 grid for a smooth surface Call c.setInterpolation(50, 50) ' Add the axis titles Call c.xAxis().setTitle("X-Axis", "Arial Bold", 10) Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Y-Axis", "Arial Bold", 10) Call c.zAxis().setTitle("Z Axis", "Arial Bold", 10) ' Output the chart Call viewer.setChart(c, cd.SVG) End Sub ' This example includes 4 charts Dim viewers(3) For i = 0 To Ubound(viewers) Set viewers(i) = cd.WebChartViewer(Request, "chart" & i) Call createChart(viewers(i), i) Next %> <!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.asp?file=<%= Request("SCRIPT_NAME") %>">View Chart Source Code</a> </div> <!-- ****** Here are the chart images ****** --> <% For i = 0 To Ubound(viewers) Call Response.Write(viewers(i).renderHTML()) Call Response.Write(" ") Next %> </body> </html>