ChartDirector 7.1 (C++ Edition)

Surface Chart (3)




This example demonstrates using deep perspective. It also demonstrates surface grid lines of different line styles.

Source Code Listing

The following is the command line version of the code in "cppdemo/surface3". 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 * x / 128 - y * y / 256 + 3) * Cos(x / 4 + 1 - Exp(y / 8)) 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 * x / 128.0 - y * y / 256.0 + 3) * cos(x / 4.0 + 1 - exp(y / 8.0)); } } // Create a SurfaceChart object of size 750 x 600 pixels SurfaceChart* c = new SurfaceChart(750, 600); // Add a title to the chart using 20 points Times New Roman Italic font c->addTitle("Surface Energy Density ", "Times New Roman Italic", 20); // Set the center of the plot region at (380, 260), and set width x depth x height to 360 x 360 // x 270 pixels c->setPlotRegion(380, 260, 360, 360, 270); // Set the elevation and rotation angles to 30 and 210 degrees c->setViewAngle(30, 210); // Set the perspective level to 60 c->setPerspective(60); // Set the data to use to plot the chart c->setData(DoubleArray(dataX, dataX_size), DoubleArray(dataY, dataY_size), DoubleArray(dataZ, dataZ_size)); // Spline interpolate data to a 80 x 80 grid for a smooth surface c->setInterpolation(80, 80); // Use semi-transparent black (c0000000) for x and y major surface grid lines. Use dotted style // for x and y minor surface grid lines. int majorGridColor = 0xc0000000; int minorGridColor = c->dashLineColor(majorGridColor, Chart::DotLine); c->setSurfaceAxisGrid(majorGridColor, majorGridColor, minorGridColor, minorGridColor); // 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 (665, 280). Set the // length to 200 pixels and the labels on the right side. c->setColorAxis(665, 280, Chart::Left, 200, Chart::Right); // Set the x, y and z axis titles using 12 points Arial Bold font c->xAxis()->setTitle("X Title\nPlaceholder", "Arial Bold", 12); c->yAxis()->setTitle("Y Title\nPlaceholder", "Arial Bold", 12); c->zAxis()->setTitle("Z Title Placeholder", "Arial Bold", 12); // Output the chart c->makeChart("surface3.jpg"); //free up resources delete c; return 0; }