ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)

Round Meters with Readout


  

This example demonstrates round meters configured with a large pointer cap to display the meter value.

The pointer cap is the circular object at the center of the meter. In this example, using AngularMeter.setCap2, the pointer cap is set to an exceptionally large size so that it can act as a place to display text. The text is added using BaseChart.addText, centered at the meter center.

In one of the meters, the pointer is configured to be floating, which means the base of the pointer is not fixed at the meter center. The pointer looks like a triangle somewhere between the center and the perimeter, pointing to the meter value. This pointer is added using AngularMeter.addPointer2 with TriangularPointer2 just like a standard pointer, but with additional arguments to specify the radial position of the pointer base and tip, as well as the pointer width.

Source Code Listing

[JSP Version] jspdemo/roundmeterreadout.jsp
<%@page import="ChartDirector.*, java.util.*" %> <%! // Function to create the demo charts void createChart(WebChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // The value to display on the meter double value = 54; // The main color of the four meters in this example. The other colors and gradients are derived // from the main color. int[] colorList = {0x0033dd, 0xaaaa00}; int mainColor = colorList[chartIndex]; // // In this example, we demonstrate how to parameterized by size, so that the chart size can be // changed by changing just one variable. // int size = 300; // The radius of the entire meter, which is size / 2, minus 2 pixels for margin int outerRadius = size / 2 - 2; // The radius of the meter scale int scaleRadius = outerRadius * 92 / 100; // The radius of the color scale int colorScaleRadius = scaleRadius * 43 / 100; // The width of the color scale int colorScaleWidth = scaleRadius * 10 / 100; // Major tick length int tickLength = scaleRadius * 10 / 100; // Major tick width int tickWidth = scaleRadius * 1 / 100 + 1; // Label font size int fontSize = scaleRadius * 13 / 100; // Radius of readout circle as a ratio to the scale radius double readOutRadiusRatio = 0.333333333333; // Readout font size int readOutFontSize = scaleRadius * 24 / 100; // // Create an angular meter based on the above parameters // // Create an AngularMeter object of the specified size. In this demo, we use black (0x000000) as // the background color. You can also use transparent or other colors. AngularMeter m = new AngularMeter(size, size, 0x000000); // Set the default text and line colors to white (0xffffff) m.setColor(Chart.TextColor, 0xffffff); m.setColor(Chart.LineColor, 0xffffff); // Set meter center and scale radius, and set the scale angle from -180 to +90 degrees m.setMeter(size / 2, size / 2, scaleRadius, -180, 90); // Background gradient with the mainColor at the center and become darker near the border double[] bgGradient = {0, mainColor, 0.5, m.adjustBrightness(mainColor, 0.75), 1, m.adjustBrightness(mainColor, 0.15)}; // Fill the meter background with the background gradient m.addRing(0, outerRadius, m.relativeRadialGradient(bgGradient, outerRadius * 0.66)); // Gradient for the neon backlight, with the main color at the scale radius fading to // transparent double[] neonGradient = {0.89, Chart.Transparent, 1, mainColor, 1.07, Chart.Transparent}; m.addRing(scaleRadius * 85 / 100, outerRadius, m.relativeRadialGradient(neonGradient)); // The neon ring at the scale radius with width equal to 1/80 of the scale radius, creating // using a brighter version of the main color m.addRing(scaleRadius, scaleRadius + scaleRadius / 80, m.adjustBrightness(mainColor, 2)); // Meter scale is 0 - 100, with major/minor/micro ticks every 10/5/1 units m.setScale(0, 100, 10, 5, 1); // Set the scale label style, tick length and tick width. The minor and micro tick lengths are // 80% and 60% of the major tick length, and their widths are around half of the major tick // width. m.setLabelStyle("Arial Italic", fontSize); m.setTickLength(-tickLength, -(tickLength * 80 / 100), -(tickLength * 60 / 100)); m.setLineWidth(0, tickWidth, (tickWidth + 1) / 2, (tickWidth + 1) / 2); // Demostrate different types of color scales and putting them at different positions. double[] smoothColorScale = {0, 0x0000ff, 25, 0x0088ff, 50, 0x00ff00, 75, 0xdddd00, 100, 0xff0000}; double[] highColorScale = {70, Chart.Transparent, 100, 0xff0000}; if (chartIndex == 0) { // Add the smooth color scale m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, colorScaleRadius, colorScaleWidth); // Add a red (0xff0000) pointer m.addPointer2(value, 0xff0000); } else { // Add the high color scale at the default position m.addColorScale(highColorScale); // Add a red (0xff0000) triangular pointer starting from 40% and ending at 60% of scale // radius, with a width 6 times the default m.addPointer2(value, 0xff0000, -1, Chart.TriangularPointer2, 0.4, 0.6, 6); } // Configure a large "pointer cap" to be used as the readout circle at the center. The cap // border width is set to 1.5% of the scale radius. The cap color is darker version of the main // color. The border color is a brighter version of the main color with 75% brightness gradient // effect. m.setCap2(Chart.Transparent, m.adjustBrightness(mainColor, 0.3), m.adjustBrightness(mainColor, 1.5), 0.75, 0, readOutRadiusRatio, 0.015); // Add value label at the center using a brighter version of the main color and Arial Italic // font m.addText(size / 2, size / 2, m.formatValue(value, "{value|0}"), "Arial Italic", readOutFontSize, m.adjustBrightness(mainColor, 2.5), Chart.Center).setMargin(0); // Add glare up to the scale radius m.addGlare(scaleRadius); // Output the chart viewer.setChart(m, Chart.SVG); } %> <% // This example includes 2 charts WebChartViewer[] viewers = new WebChartViewer[2]; for (int i = 0; i < viewers.length; ++i) { viewers[i] = new WebChartViewer(request, "chart" + i); createChart(viewers[i], i); } %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Round Meters with Readout</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;"> Round Meters with Readout </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div style="font:10pt verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em"> <a href="viewsource.jsp?file=<%=request.getServletPath()%>">View Source Code</a> </div> <!-- ****** Here are the chart images ****** --> <% for (int i = 0; i < viewers.length; ++i) { out.write(viewers[i].renderHTML(response)); out.write(" "); } %> </body> </html>