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by Greg9504
Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:52 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D and transparency
Replies: 4
Views: 14624

Re: Multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D and transparency

Hello Pasi,

I now see the problem even with my changes. Not sure why you didn't mention this first. So no alpha blending. Should mention this in the documentation.
by Greg9504
Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:23 am
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D and transparency
Replies: 4
Views: 14624

Re: Multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D and transparency

Just changing the rendering order doesn't work. What happens when their are 3 surfaces??? Vary the transparency of the middle surface and you wont be able to see either the surface below or above, depending on what order they were added. If you notice there is a slider used to vary the alpha transpa...
by Greg9504
Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:45 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D and transparency
Replies: 4
Views: 14624

Multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D and transparency

Is there anyway around this problem: I have multiple surfaces, I want the user to be able to vary the transparency of a surface. However when I do this the surface is not transparent, see the example screen shots. This seems related to the order that the surface was added to the View3D. In the examp...
by Greg9504
Mon May 30, 2016 11:59 am
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Zoom to Extents?
Replies: 2
Views: 6289

Re: Zoom to Extents?

desired zoomed 2D view:
TopOrthographicZX zoomed to extent
TopOrthographicZX zoomed to extent
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by Greg9504
Mon May 30, 2016 11:57 am
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Zoom to Extents?
Replies: 2
Views: 6289

Zoom to Extents?

Hello, Is there a quick way to tell Lightning Chart to "Zoom to extents"? autodeskzoomtoextents.png The app allows the user to switch between default perspective view m_chart.View3D.Camera.SetPredefinedCamera(PredefinedCamera.Default); perspectiveview.jpg and top 2D view m_chart.View3D.Cam...
by Greg9504
Sat May 28, 2016 6:42 am
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Binding example for multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D?
Replies: 4
Views: 9762

Re: Binding example for multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D?

I used a behavior that targets LightningChart and put all the LightningChart specific code in there. Not perfect but it does isolate the ViewModels from the View... I'll try to post a full example in a week or two. There is some code in the behavior that doesn't need to be there (Chart setup). in th...
by Greg9504
Fri May 27, 2016 1:04 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Binding example for multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D?
Replies: 4
Views: 9762

Re: Binding example for multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D?

Yes I am using Version 7. The problem is that the sample (ExampleSimpleSurfaceGrid3D) only shows how to bind to exactly One SurfaceGridSeries3D, plus the ExampleSimpleSurfaceGrid3DViewModel knows about "View" objects like SurfacePointMatrix, SurfacePointCollection and SurfacePoint. I need ...
by Greg9504
Fri May 27, 2016 4:26 am
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Binding example for multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D?
Replies: 4
Views: 9762

Binding example for multiple SurfaceGridSeries3D?

Do you have a binding sample that shows how to bind to the chart.View3D.SurfaceGridSeries3D collection? Not hard coding a single SurfaceGridSeries3D surface in the xaml. Basically I have a ViewModel with an ObservableCollection of my SurfaceModel class (Surface have Data, Range, etc) and I'm unsure ...
by Greg9504
Wed May 25, 2016 12:55 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Semibindable sample project
Replies: 2
Views: 6826

Re: Semibindable sample project

had to add reference to LC semibindable assembly, save project to different name, save solution, then it seems to build and run.
by Greg9504
Wed May 25, 2016 3:46 am
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Semibindable sample project
Replies: 2
Views: 6826

Semibindable sample project

Doesn't build and has references to projects that are not shipped. This is with v.7.0.2_20160324 installed.
by Greg9504
Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:07 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Ternary Plot example
Replies: 1
Views: 6554

Ternary Plot example

I took a quick look at the sample for Ternary plots. The example allows the plot to be a non equilateral (Isosceles) triangle. This is no longer a Ternary plot, the triangle should remain equilateral. I added this code at line 403: vXY.ZoomPanOptions.AspectRatioOptions.AspectRatio = ViewAspectRatio....
by Greg9504
Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:00 pm
Forum: Updating LightningChart from v.6 to v.7
Topic: Upgrading from 6 to 7
Replies: 1
Views: 14826

Upgrading from 6 to 7

Hello, Here are some of the changes needed, as they are not mentioned in the readme or the user manual. This might save some others time... In your .xaml file From: xmlns:lcu="http://www.arction.com/schemas/" To: xmlns:lcu="http://schemas.arction.com/charting/ultimate/" In your s...
by Greg9504
Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:30 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??
Replies: 10
Views: 25360

Re: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??

Attached test project, note I removed my LicenseKeyStrings.cs
LightningChartTest.zip
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by Greg9504
Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:16 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??
Replies: 10
Views: 25360

Re: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??

Finally if I save the IntensityGridSeries to file using _contourChart.SaveToFile("contour.Png"); I get this (which has transparent background) contour.SaveToFile.Png.Png Here is the code to create the first SurfaceGridSeries3D //Create new chart m_chart = new LightningChartUltimate(License...
by Greg9504
Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:07 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??
Replies: 10
Views: 25360

Re: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??

Hi, For colouring the surface from a value other than the Y value I have used your "FromSurfacePoints" method: You can however give a color for your data Surface data points. Set surface.Fill = FromSurfacePoints. In the data filling loop, set Color field for every point. You can use the Co...
by Greg9504
Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:40 pm
Forum: LightningChart General Q&A
Topic: Version 7 release date?
Replies: 1
Views: 15626

Version 7 release date?

Hello,

Is there a target release date or at least a time frame (1st quarter, 2nd quarter,etc) for version 7 ?

Thanks
by Greg9504
Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:53 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: View3D SurfaceGridSeries3D zoom - always zoom to center
Replies: 3
Views: 6986

Re: View3D SurfaceGridSeries3D zoom - always zoom to center

Hi,

Is there an event that gets fired for the zoom? So that I can set the camera target before the zoom is done?
by Greg9504
Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:32 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: View3D SurfaceGridSeries3D zoom - always zoom to center
Replies: 3
Views: 6986

View3D SurfaceGridSeries3D zoom - always zoom to center

Hello, Using View3D with a SurfaceGridSeries3D with mouse wheel zooming. When the mouse wheel is used to zoom, the zoom is always done relative to the center. Is there any option to allow the zoom to be done at the mouse location? In the screen shot below, I would like to zoom in on the area circled...
by Greg9504
Fri Dec 11, 2015 3:05 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??
Replies: 10
Views: 25360

Re: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??

Hello Pasi, In March of 2014 you said: That's definitely in plans during next year or so. It would be very handy Any news on adding Intensity 3D surface? Also contours independent of height (Y)? I tried the bitmap method, using your sample from above. However something seems to have changed in the l...
by Greg9504
Wed Nov 25, 2015 7:17 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WPF
Topic: Fuzzy graphics with high DPI
Replies: 6
Views: 13934

Re: Fuzzy graphics with high DPI

Any word if this will be fixed in V7?
by Greg9504
Thu May 15, 2014 1:49 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Export Chart with multiple charts?
Replies: 3
Views: 7611

Re: Export Chart with multiple charts?

Ran into another problem. When I try to export an emf with "transparent" points. When the chart is imported to Power Point or Word (I've only tried 2010 versions) the points with a black boarder transparent fill are not visible. Original plot displayed in my app: copytoclipboardorg.jpg Plo...
by Greg9504
Thu May 15, 2014 1:37 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Color1, Color2, Color3, GradientFill - SeriesEventMarker
Replies: 5
Views: 12022

Re: Color1, Color2, Color3, GradientFill - SeriesEventMarker

Looking like our users expect a black boarder, however adding one means the transparency doesn't work. FWIW our users are scientists and frequently use the plots from our product in their papers, a symbol with a black boarder with translucent fill is much easier to read, and is better for publishing...
by Greg9504
Tue May 13, 2014 4:22 pm
Forum: LightningChart Feature Requests
Topic: Wish List
Replies: 0
Views: 11895

Wish List

Hello, After trying out Lightning Chart here are a few things I think could make it better: More flexible Legends: Legend Title not tied to any other object (axis, series, etc) Legend entries that are not tied to specific chart objects but can be. Multiple legends Write and Read of legend location f...
by Greg9504
Tue May 13, 2014 1:47 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Export Chart with multiple charts?
Replies: 3
Views: 7611

Export Chart with multiple charts?

Currently I'm using a second LightningChartUltimate object to generate a color scale legend. Similar to what is done in the ExampleStanford.cs example, except I am using the second plot for color scale where as the sample uses the second plot to display a text legend. The problem is that when I expo...
by Greg9504
Mon May 12, 2014 6:27 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Legend symbols when PointsVisible false, Legend Title
Replies: 2
Views: 6100

Re: Legend symbols when PointsVisible false, Legend Title

Thanks I will try the work around for showing the symbol in the legend. Unfortunately the proposed work around for the legend title will not work as the Y axis title has no relation to the series symbols. While I would get the title in the legend, the Y axis title would no longer be correct. Thanks ...
by Greg9504
Mon May 12, 2014 3:22 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Legend symbols when PointsVisible false, Legend Title
Replies: 2
Views: 6100

Legend symbols when PointsVisible false, Legend Title

Hello, Is there a way to get the series symbol to show up in the legend when the series PointsVisible property is set to false? Background: As I've mentioned before I'm using SeriesEventMarker's so I can uniquely colour and size each individual point of a series. I set the series shape and event mar...
by Greg9504
Sat May 10, 2014 1:51 am
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Color1, Color2, Color3, GradientFill - SeriesEventMarker
Replies: 5
Views: 12022

Re: Color1, Color2, Color3, GradientFill - SeriesEventMarker

finally the sort of works:

No border, gradient (edge or linear), color2 black.
pointcolor123GradientFill.jpg
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by Greg9504
Sat May 10, 2014 1:50 am
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Color1, Color2, Color3, GradientFill - SeriesEventMarker
Replies: 5
Views: 12022

Color1, Color2, Color3, GradientFill - SeriesEventMarker

Hello, Could you describe how these parameters: Color1, Color2, Color3, Border, BorderColor, and GradientFill affect the appearance of the event marker? I eventually got sort of what I wanted but it wasn't intuitive. I wanted to create an event marker that had a transparent body with a black border ...
by Greg9504
Fri May 09, 2014 4:10 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: SeriesEventMarker Label display problem
Replies: 1
Views: 4970

SeriesEventMarker Label display problem

Hello, I'm using FreeformPointLineSeries with SeriesEventMarker's. The SeriesEventMarker's are displayed instead of the actual series points so I can control the size/colour of each point. When I display the label associated with a serieseventmarker the label seems to be clipped by any event markers...
by Greg9504
Tue May 06, 2014 5:49 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Title, Axis, LegendBox - saving locations?
Replies: 1
Views: 5009

Title, Axis, LegendBox - saving locations?

Hello, If allowed (MoveByMouse set to true) the title, axis labels and legendbox call all be moved around the chart by the user. How do I get the locations so that I can restore the positions the next time the plot is shown? The Offset X and Y do not seem to get updated when any of these are moved b...
by Greg9504
Wed Mar 12, 2014 4:36 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??
Replies: 10
Views: 25360

Re: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??

Any chance of adding support for this native to Lightning Chart say with a IntensitySurfaceGridSeries3D type? This type of visualization is very common in scientific applications, specifically for geology where the user wants to see their data on a surface. In the oil and gas world this is the main ...
by Greg9504
Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:56 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??
Replies: 10
Views: 25360

Intensity Type SurfaceGridSeries3D ??

How would I go about colouring a SurfaceGridSeries3D based on values other than the values used for the Y axis? As an example I have the following data for a rectangular grid: - depth - temperature - pressure I want to plot the SurfaceGridSeries3D using my depth values for the Y axis, then use a gra...
by Greg9504
Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:44 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: DirectionalFromCamera with reversed axis SurfaceGridSeries3D
Replies: 1
Views: 5745

DirectionalFromCamera with reversed axis SurfaceGridSeries3D

When I set the chart lighting to DirectionalFromCamera (m_chart.View3D.SetPredefinedLightingScheme(LightingScheme.DirectionalFromCamera);) with a chart that has some of it's axis reversed the lighting isn't correct. It seems to be coming from the bottom of the SurfaceGridSeries3D. I know you mention...
by Greg9504
Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:35 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: NaN data in IntensityGridSeries
Replies: 1
Views: 8648

NaN data in IntensityGridSeries

Hello, When I have data that contains NaN values the IntensityGridSeries does not ignore these values when PixelRendering = false. See the screen shots with PixelRendering on and off. I would like to have PixelRendering off so that I can get the interpolation and contour lines. I've attached a demo ...
by Greg9504
Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:01 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: reverse axis without reversing data on SurfaceGridSeries3D ?
Replies: 5
Views: 14126

Re: reverse axis without reversing data on SurfaceGridSeries

Thanks... I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. After reversing the axis I changed the code to: //Lightning Chart coords, our X = their Z, our Y = their X, our Z = their Y on 3D plots for (int iNodeX = 0; iNodeX < nY; iNodeX++) { for (int iNodeZ = nX; iNodeZ > -1; iNodeZ--) { gridSeries.Data...
by Greg9504
Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:19 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: reverse axis without reversing data on SurfaceGridSeries3D ?
Replies: 5
Views: 14126

Re: reverse axis without reversing data on SurfaceGridSeries

First file shows the lightning chart next to a 2D plot of the data from another program. This is without the reversing the X axis.
no reverse
no reverse
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With reversing the X axis (m_chart.View3D.XAxisPrimary3D.Reversed = true;)
reverse
reverse
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by Greg9504
Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:28 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: reverse axis without reversing data on SurfaceGridSeries3D ?
Replies: 5
Views: 14126

Re: reverse axis without reversing data on SurfaceGridSeries

Yes I tried that but then the plot ends up messed up, right now it is displaying how I think it should, just the axis values are reversed. I'll post a pic if what happens when I get back to my desktop.
by Greg9504
Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:59 pm
Forum: LightningChart Ultimate WinForms
Topic: reverse axis without reversing data on SurfaceGridSeries3D ?
Replies: 5
Views: 14126

reverse axis without reversing data on SurfaceGridSeries3D ?

Hello, I would like to have the X axis decrease in value on a 3D surface plot but I do not need (I think) to reverse the data. I have the following grid information: 2D grid, YxX (Y rows, X Columns) nX - number of points in X nY - number of points in Y dX - amount X increases dY - amount Y increases...