awesome,
that did it.
thanks again for all of your help.
-Mike
On Fri, 2002-08-02 at 11:34, Bill Hibbard wrote:
> Mike,
>
> If 'z' is the RealType you map to ZAxis and RGB, then
> construct another RealType z2 and only map it to ZAxis.
> Call setRange() on both ScalarMaps to ZAxis with the
> same range. Then construct your RealTuple with MathType
> (x, y, z2). Now there will be no ScalarMap to RGB relevant
> to your RealTuple, and you can give it any color you like
> in ConstantMaps passed to addReference().
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
> Mike Charters wrote:
> >
> > i think i have everything to work now except 1 thing ...
> >
> > as i said earlier, i am adding a single point to a 3d surface plot. the
> > display that the 3d surface plot is on uses ScalarMaps to map
> > Display.RGB and Display.ZAxis to the same RealType for representing the
> > Z axis.
> >
> > i cannot figure out how to set the color of this point that i added to
> > the plot. right now it always sets the color based on where it is on
> > the Z axis because of the Display.RGB that is mapped to the RealType for
> > Z.
> >
> > I was curious if there is an easy way for me to leave the 3D surface
> > plot colored like it is now (based on where each point is on the Z
> > axis), but to have this single point always be a certain color (Green).
> >
> > thanks a lot,
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 17:57, Bill Hibbard wrote:
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > > i guess now i am having a hard time figuring out where the actual x,y,z
> > > > values go for the point i want to add.
> > > >
> > > > do i use a FlatField(FunctionType) to create a flatfield and put the
> > > > samples in there by setSamples(float[3][1], false) where
> > > >
> > > > float[3][1] = { {x}, {y}, {z} }
> > > >
> > > > ?
> > > >
> > > > then i set the data of the datareference to that flatfield?
> > >
> > > No. Construct a RealTuple with the x, y, z values. There's an
> > > exmaple in the visad/examples/Test00.java program, and lots
> > > of other examples.
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > > Bill
>
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