NaN data in IntensityGridSeries

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Greg9504
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NaN data in IntensityGridSeries

Post by Greg9504 » Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:35 pm

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 project and with data that shows the problem. The NaN values are in upper left corner, the areas that look like "C" and "@". FWIW these NaN areas display fine on SurfaceGridSeries3D plots.
PixelRendering false
PixelRendering false
IntensityGridSeriesNaN.jpg (174.36 KiB) Viewed 8653 times
PixelRendering true
PixelRendering true
IntensityGridSeriesNaN_PixelRendering.jpg (212.31 KiB) Viewed 8653 times
Thanks
Greg.
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ArctionPasi
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Re: NaN data in IntensityGridSeries

Post by ArctionPasi » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:12 am

In general, don't use NaN values. LightningChart doesn't have check for them. It is up to the GPU how it handles them in specific visualization.

To make certain parts of IntensityGridSeries transparent, define auxiliary steps with transparent colors in your ValueRangePalette:

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 private ValueRangePalette CreatePalette(Arction.LightningChartUltimate.SeriesXY.SeriesBaseXY ownerSeries, double ymin, double YRange)
        {
            ValueRangePalette palette = new ValueRangePalette(ownerSeries);
            palette.Type = PaletteType.Gradient;
            double yRange = YRange - ymin;
            palette.Steps.Clear();
            palette.MinValue = ymin;
            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.Blue, ymin));
            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.Lime, ymin + 33 * yRange / 100.0));
            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.Yellow, ymin + 66 * yRange / 100.0));
            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.Red, ymin + 100.0 * yRange / 100.0));

            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.FromArgb(0, 0, 0, 0), ymin -10)); //Aux step
            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.FromArgb(0,0,0,0), -1E9)); //Aux step

            return palette;
        }
In data filling, replace your NaNs with aux step extreme value, to make a sharp cut without interpolated colors.

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for (int iCol = 0; iCol < iSizeX; iCol++)
                {
                    float intensity = (Z[iCol * nY + iRow]);
                    if(float.IsNaN(intensity))
                        intensity = -1E9f; 
                    data[iCol, (nY - 1) - iRow].Value = intensity;
                    
                }
And by setting

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m_intensityGrid.FullInterpolation = false;
, it won't cross-render the semi-transparent triangles in the cut zone.

Then the chart appears as:
Intensity Grid transparent values
Intensity Grid transparent values
IntensityGridSeriesWithTransparentValues.png (238.07 KiB) Viewed 8643 times
Is this OK?
LightningChart Support Team, PT

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