ChartDirector 7.1 (C++ Edition)

Surface Shading


      

This example demonstrates the effects of various surface shading methods, configured using SurfaceChart.setShadingMode.

Source Code Listing

The following is the command line version of the code in "cppdemo/surfaceshading". 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> void createChart(int chartIndex, const char *filename) { // The x and y coordinates of the grid double dataX[] = {-10, -8, -6, -4, -2, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10}; const int dataX_size = (int)(sizeof(dataX)/sizeof(*dataX)); double dataY[] = {-10, -8, -6, -4, -2, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 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 = x * sin(y) + y * sin(x). 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] = x * sin(y) + y * sin(x); } } // Create a SurfaceChart object of size 380 x 400 pixels, with white (ffffff) background and // grey (888888) border. SurfaceChart* c = new SurfaceChart(380, 400, 0xffffff, 0x888888); // Demonstrate various shading methods if (chartIndex == 0) { c->addTitle("11 x 11 Data Points\nSmooth Shading"); } else if (chartIndex == 1) { c->addTitle("11 x 11 Points - Spline Fitted to 50 x 50\nSmooth Shading"); c->setInterpolation(50, 50); } else if (chartIndex == 2) { c->addTitle("11 x 11 Data Points\nRectangular Shading"); c->setShadingMode(Chart::RectangularShading); } else { c->addTitle("11 x 11 Data Points\nTriangular Shading"); c->setShadingMode(Chart::TriangularShading); } // 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(DoubleArray(dataX, dataX_size), DoubleArray(dataY, dataY_size), DoubleArray(dataZ, dataZ_size)); // Set contour lines to semi-transparent black (c0000000) c->setContourColor(0xc0000000); // Output the chart c->makeChart(filename); //free up resources delete c; } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { createChart(0, "surfaceshading0.jpg"); createChart(1, "surfaceshading1.jpg"); createChart(2, "surfaceshading2.jpg"); createChart(3, "surfaceshading3.jpg"); return 0; }