ChartDirector 7.0 (PHP 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

[File: phpdemo/surface4d.php]
<?php require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php"); function 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). $dataZ = array_fill(0, count($dataX) * count($dataY), 0); for($yIndex = 0; $yIndex < count($dataY); ++$yIndex) { $y = $dataY[$yIndex]; for($xIndex = 0; $xIndex < count($dataX); ++$xIndex) { $x = $dataX[$xIndex]; $dataZ[$yIndex * count($dataX) + $xIndex] = $x * sin($y) + $y * sin($x); } } # Create a SurfaceChart object of size 460 x 460 pixels, with white (ffffff) background and grey # (888888) border. $c = new SurfaceChart(460, 460, 0xffffff, 0x888888); # Add a color axis at the top center of the chart, with labels at the bottom side $cAxis = $c->setColorAxis($c->getWidth() / 2, 10, Top, 250, 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. $cAxis->setTickDensity(20); # Set flat color axis style $cAxis->setAxisBorder(Transparent, 0); if ($chartIndex == 0) { # The default is to use the Z values to determine the color. $cAxis->setTitle("Color based on Z", "Arial Bold", 15); $c->setData($dataX, $dataY, $dataZ); } else if ($chartIndex == 1) { # ChartDirector supports using an extra value (called W value) to determine the color. $cAxis->setTitle("Color based on W", "Arial Bold", 15); # Use random W values $r = new RanSeries(5); $dataW = $r->get2DSeries(count($dataX), count($dataY), 0.5, 9.5); $c->setData($dataX, $dataY, $dataZ, $dataW); } else if ($chartIndex == 2) { # We can set the W values to the X coordinates. The color will then be determined by the X # coordinates. $cAxis->setTitle("Color based on X", "Arial Bold", 15); $colorX = array_fill(0, count($dataZ), 0); for($yIndex = 0; $yIndex < count($dataY); ++$yIndex) { for($xIndex = 0; $xIndex < count($dataX); ++$xIndex) { $colorX[$yIndex * count($dataX) + $xIndex] = $dataX[$xIndex]; } } $c->setData($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. $cAxis->setTitle("Color based on Y", "Arial Bold", 15); $colorY = array_fill(0, count($dataZ), 0); for($yIndex = 0; $yIndex < count($dataY); ++$yIndex) { for($xIndex = 0; $xIndex < count($dataX); ++$xIndex) { $colorY[$yIndex * count($dataX) + $xIndex] = $dataY[$yIndex]; } } $c->setData($dataX, $dataY, $dataZ, $colorY); } # Set the center of the plot region at (230, 250), and set width x depth x height to 240 x 240 x # 170 pixels $c->setPlotRegion(230, 250, 240, 240, 170); # Set the plot region wall thichness to 3 pixels $c->setWallThickness(3); # Set the elevation and rotation angles to 45 degrees $c->setViewAngle(45, 45); # Set the perspective level to 20 $c->setPerspective(20); # Spline interpolate data to a 50 x 50 grid for a smooth surface $c->setInterpolation(50, 50); # Add the axis titles $c->xAxis->setTitle("X-Axis", "Arial Bold", 10); $c->yAxis->setTitle("Y-Axis", "Arial Bold", 10); $c->zAxis->setTitle("Z Axis", "Arial Bold", 10); # Output the chart $viewer->setChart($c, SVG); } # This example includes 4 charts $viewers = array(); for ($i = 0; $i < 4; ++$i) { $viewers[$i] = new WebChartViewer("chart$i"); createChart($viewers[$i], $i); } ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>4D Surface Chart</title> <!-- Include ChartDirector Javascript Library to support chart interactions --> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> 4D Surface Chart </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div style="font:10pt verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em"> <a href="viewsource.php?file=<?=basename(__FILE__)?>">View Chart Source Code</a> </div> <!-- ****** Here are the chart images ****** --> <?php for ($i = 0; $i < count($viewers); ++$i) { echo $viewers[$i]->renderHTML(), " "; } ?> </body> </html>