Hi Sindre,
> I downloaded VisAD a couple of days ago, and I must say I was really
> impressed, in particular by the performance.
>
> Now to the question; I want to draw a surface through a set of points
> in R3, say
>
> 10, 100, 23
> 10, 110, 54
> 10, 120, 65
> 20, 100, 69
> 20, 110, 32
> 20, 120, 25
> ... etc
>
> Furthermore, I want the scale to display the "real" X, Y, Z values.
>
> What's the easiest way to do this?
The easiest way is to construct a Set with domain dimension = 3
and manifold dimension = 2 (so it will define a surface). If the
points lie on a gridded topology, use a Gridded3DSet with the
constructor:
public Gridded3DSet(MathType type, float[][] samples, int lengthX,
int lengthY) throws VisADException;
where samples = new float[3][number_of_points] with
samples[0][0] = 10, samples[1][0] = 100, samples[2][0] = 23,
samples[0][1] = 10, samples[1][1] = 110, samples[2][1] = 54,
etc
and number_of_points = lengthX * lengthY describes the 2-D grid
topology.
If the points do not lie on a gridded topology, use an
Irregular3DSet with the constructor:
public Irregular3DSet(MathType type, float[][] samples,
CoordinateSystem coord_sys, Unit[] units,
ErrorEstimate[] errors, Delaunay delan)
throws VisADException;
where delan is a DelaunayCustom where you define an irregular
topology of triangles embedded in 3-D space.
This can be a little complex, especially if you use Irregular3DSet
and DelaunayCustom, so please feel free to follow up with more
questions.
Cheers,
Bill
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