ChartDirector 7.1 (C++ Edition)

Continuous Contour Coloring




This example demonstrates continuous coloring of the ContourLayer.

By default, a contour layer will be discretely colored, which means the color will change in discrete steps according to the z level. In continuous coloring, the color will change continuously according to the z level. Continuous coloring can be enabled using ColorAxis.setColorGradient or ColorAxis.setColorScale.

Source Code Listing

The following is the command line version of the code in "cppdemo/smoothcontour". 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" #include <math.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // 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}; const int dataX_size = (int)(sizeof(dataX)/sizeof(*dataX)); double dataY[] = {-10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}; const int dataY_size = (int)(sizeof(dataY)/sizeof(*dataY)); // The values at the grid points. In this example, we will compute the values using the formula // z = Sin(x / 2) * Sin(y / 2). const int dataZ_size = dataX_size * dataY_size; double dataZ[dataZ_size]; for(int yIndex = 0; yIndex < dataY_size; ++yIndex) { double y = dataY[yIndex]; for(int xIndex = 0; xIndex < dataX_size; ++xIndex) { double x = dataX[xIndex]; dataZ[yIndex * dataX_size + xIndex] = sin(x / 2.0) * sin(y / 2.0); } } // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 500 pixels XYChart* c = new XYChart(600, 500); // Add a title to the chart using 18 points Times New Roman Bold Italic font c->addTitle("Nano Lattice Twister Field Intensity ", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); // Set the plotarea at (75, 40) and of size 400 x 400 pixels. Use semi-transparent black // (80000000) dotted lines for both horizontal and vertical grid lines c->setPlotArea(75, 40, 400, 400, -1, -1, -1, c->dashLineColor(0x80000000, Chart::DotLine), -1); // Set x-axis and y-axis title using 12 points Arial Bold Italic font c->xAxis()->setTitle("Lattice X Direction (nm)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12); c->yAxis()->setTitle("Lattice Y Direction (nm)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12); // Set x-axis and y-axis labels to use Arial Bold font c->xAxis()->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); c->yAxis()->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // When auto-scaling, use tick spacing of 40 pixels as a guideline c->yAxis()->setTickDensity(40); c->xAxis()->setTickDensity(40); // Add a contour layer using the given data ContourLayer* layer = c->addContourLayer(DoubleArray(dataX, dataX_size), DoubleArray(dataY, dataY_size), DoubleArray(dataZ, dataZ_size)); // Set the contour color to transparent layer->setContourColor(Chart::Transparent); // Move the grid lines in front of the contour layer c->getPlotArea()->moveGridBefore(layer); // Add a color axis (the legend) in which the left center point is anchored at (495, 240). Set // the length to 370 pixels and the labels on the right side. ColorAxis* cAxis = layer->setColorAxis(495, 240, Chart::Left, 370, Chart::Right); // Add a bounding box to the color axis using light grey (eeeeee) as the background and dark // grey (444444) as the border. cAxis->setBoundingBox(0xeeeeee, 0x444444); // Add a title to the color axis using 12 points Arial Bold Italic font cAxis->setTitle("Twist Pressure (Twist-Volt)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12); // Set color axis labels to use Arial Bold font cAxis->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Use smooth gradient coloring cAxis->setColorGradient(true); // Output the chart c->makeChart("smoothcontour.jpg"); //free up resources delete c; return 0; }