Series for visualizing a 3D Surface Grid inside Chart3D.

The grid is defined by imagining a plane along X and Z axis, split to < COLUMNS > (cells along X axis) and < ROWS > (cells along Z axis)

The total amount of < CELLS > in a surface grid is calculated as columns * rows. Each < CELL > can be associated with DATA from an user data set.

This series is optimized for massive amounts of data - here are some reference specs to give an idea:

  • A static data set in tens of millions range is rendered in a matter of seconds.
  • A data set in tens of millions range can be updated in less than a second.
  • Maximum data set size is entirely limited by available memory (RAM). Even billion (1 000 000 000) data points have been visualized on a personal computer.

Creating Surface Grid Series:

SurfaceGridSeries3D are created with addSurfaceGridSeries method.

Some properties of SurfaceGridSeries3D can only be configured when it is created. Some of these arguments are optional, while some are required. They are all wrapped in a single object parameter:

 // Example,
const surfaceGridSeries = Chart3D.addSurfaceGridSeries({
columns: 100,
rows: 200,
})

To learn about these properties, refer to SurfaceGridSeries3DOptions.

Frequently used methods:

SurfaceGridSeries3D is suitable for visualizing a surface with unchanging locations along X and Z axes.

For visualizing continuous sampling in 3D surface, refer to SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D.

Hierarchy

Properties

_shadingStyle: ColorShadingStyle = _phongShadingStyle

Accessors

  • get draggable(): boolean
  • Returns boolean

  • set draggable(state: boolean): void
  • Parameters

    • state: boolean

    Returns void

Methods

  • Add callback function to be triggered when specified event is fired.

     // Example syntax
    object.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
    console.log(event)
    })

    Some classes also report extra information about the interacted object with the second parameter:

     // Most series share information about interacted data point
    series.addEventListener('click', (event, info) => {
    console.log(info)
    })

    Optional third parameter allows registering event handlers that will automatically remove themselves after first trigger:

     // Example this listener will only fire once
    object.addEventListener('click', (event) => {})

    Each class has its own list of supported events. Some events are from HTML standard (click, pointerdown, etc.), while others are own events from LightningChart JS (dispose, resize, etc.)

    To find what events are available, you can try following:

    • If your development environment has TypeScript enabled, just write addEventListener and see what possible event types the IDE suggests. These APIs are strongly typed, and even the callback event will be correctly typed.
    • Otherwise, open the class section in API documentation and check out which interface K type parameter extends.

    Type Parameters

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Attach object to an legendBox entry

    Returns

    Series itself for fluent interface

    Parameters

    • entry: LegendBoxEntry<UIBackground>

      Object which has to be attached

    • toggleVisibilityOnClick: boolean = true

      Flag that indicates whether the Attachable should be hidden or not, when its respective Entry is clicked.

    • matchStyleExactly: boolean = false

      By default, entries are assigned a smooth looking gradient based on the component color. If this flag is true, then this is skipped, and exact component solid fill is used instead.

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Permanently destroy the component.

    To fully allow Garbage-Collection to free the resources used by the component, make sure to remove any references to the component and its children in application code.

    let chart = ...ChartXY()
    let axisX = chart.getDefaultAxisX()
    // Dispose Chart, and remove all references so that they can be garbage-collected.
    chart.dispose()
    chart = undefined
    axisX = undefined

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Get component highlight animations enabled or not.

    Returns

    Animation enabled?

    Returns boolean

  • Get whether series is taken into account with automatic scrolling and fitting of attached axes.

    By default, this is true for all series.

    Returns

    true default, axes will take series into account in scrolling and fitting operations. false, axes will ignore series boundaries.

    Returns boolean

  • Get cull mode for this Surface grid series.

    Culling means skipping drawing of specific geometry parts, based on its orientation.

    'disabled' -> full geometry is drawn.

    'cull-back' -> the behind of geometry is not drawn.

    'cull-front' -> the front of geometry is not drawn.

    Surface series default cull mode is 'disabled' to show both sides of the surface.

    Returns

    Active cull mode.

    Returns CullMode3D

  • Returns

    Whether Cursor is enabled or not

    Returns boolean

  • Get 3D depth test enabled for this series.

    By default this is enabled, meaning that any series that is rendered after this series and is behind this series will not be rendered.

    Can be disabled to alter 3D rendering behavior.

    Returns

    Depth test enabled?

    Returns boolean

  • Get theme effect enabled on component or disabled.

    A theme can specify an Effect to add extra visual oomph to chart applications, like Glow effects around data or other components. Whether this effect is drawn above a particular component can be configured using the setEffect method.

     // Example, disable theme effect from a particular component.
    Component.setEffect(false)

    For the most part, theme effects are enabled by default on most components.

    Theme effect is configured with effect property.

    Returns

    Boolean that describes whether drawing the theme effect is enabled around the component or not.

    Returns boolean

  • Get end coordinate of Heatmap on its X and Z axis.

    Returns

    Coordinate on axis where last heatmap sample will be positioned.

    Returns PointXZ

  • Get state of component highlighting.

    In case highlight animations are enabled, this method returns the unanimated highlight value.

    Returns

    Number between 0 and 1, where 1 is fully highlighted.

    Returns number

  • Get boolean flag for whether object should highlight on mouse hover

    Returns

    Boolean for if object should highlight on mouse hover or not.

    Returns boolean

  • Beta

    Set icon of the chart component. This is displayed in legends and by default cursor formatters.

    Returns

    Icon object or undefined. Released as beta feature in v5.2.0 feature may still change according to user feedback and experiences.

    Returns undefined | Icon

  • Get the name of the Component.

    Returns

    The name of the Component.

    Returns string

  • Get boolean flag that is true when a Pointer device is over the chart component. In order for this method to work, the components pointer event tracking must be enabled (getPointerEvents)

    Returns

    Boolean

    Returns boolean

  • Get whether element can be target of pointer events or not.

    Returns

    Pointer events state

    Returns boolean

  • Get start coordinate of Heatmap on its X and Z axis.

    Returns

    Coordinate on axis where 1st heatmap sample will be positioned.

    Returns PointXZ

  • Get Step between each consecutive heatmap value on the X and Z Axes.

    Returns

    Axis offset between heatmap samples.

    Returns PointXZ

  • Get element visibility.

    Returns

    true when element is set to be visible and false otherwise.

    Returns boolean

  • Get surface grid wireframe style.

    Returns

    LineStyle object.

    Returns LineStyle

  • Returns

    Max X value of the series

    Returns number

  • Returns

    Min X value of the series

    Returns number

  • Returns

    Max Y value of the series

    Returns number

  • Returns

    Min Y value of the series

    Returns number

  • Returns

    Max Z value of the series

    Returns number

  • Returns

    Min Z value of the series

    Returns number

  • Invalidate range of surface HEIGHT values starting from first column and row. These values correspond to coordinates along the Y axis.

    See the other overload of this method for invalidating a surface grid section which doesn't start from the first column and row.

     // Example, 3x3 surface full invalidation.
    const surfaceGridSeries = Chart3D.addSurfaceGridSeries({
    dataOrder: 'columns',
    columns: 3,
    rows: 3
    })

    surfaceGridSeries.invalidateHeightMap([
    // Column 1 height (Y) values.
    [0, 0, 0],
    // Column 2 height (Y) values.
    [1, 1, 1],
    // Column 3 height (Y) values.
    [0, 2, 0],
    ])

    Data interpretation basis is defined by dataOrder property from when the series was created. Can be either list of columns, or list of rows.

    invalidateHeightMap can trigger warnings when used controversially. In production applications, these can be controlled with warnings.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • value: number[][]

      Matrix (array of arrays) of height values.

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Invalidate a partial range of surface HEIGHT values. These values correspond to coordinates along the Y axis.

     // Example, 100x10 surface invalidate partial section of surface.

    const surfaceGridSeries = Chart3D.addSurfaceGridSeries({
    dataOrder: 'columns',
    columns: 100,
    rows: 10
    })

    surfaceGridSeries.invalidateHeightMap({
    // Index of first invalidated column.
    iColumn: 50,
    // Index of first invalidated row.
    iRow: 2,
    // Height (Y) values matrix. It's dimensions imply the amount of invalidated columns & rows.
    values: [
    // 1st invalidated column height (Y) values.
    [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
    // 2nd invalidated column height (Y) values.
    [2, 2, 2, 2, 2],
    // 3rd invalidated column height (Y) values.
    [1, 0, 0, 0, 1],
    // 4th invalidated column height (Y) values.
    [0, 1, 0, 1, 0],
    // 5th invalidated column height (Y) values.
    [0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
    ],
    })

    invalidateIntensityValues can trigger warnings when used controversially. In production applications, these can be controlled with warnings.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • value: {
          iColumn: number;
          iRow: number;
          values: number[][];
      }

      Partial invalidation information, where values is an height (Y) value matrix, iColumn the first affected column and iRow the first affected row.

      • iColumn: number
      • iRow: number
      • values: number[][]

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Invalidate range of surface INTENSITY values starting from first column and row, updating coloring if a Color look up table (LUT) has been attached to the series (see setFillStyle).

    See the other overload of this method for invalidating a surface grid section which doesn't start from the first column and row.

     // Example, 3x3 surface full invalidation.
    const surfaceGridSeries = Chart3D.addSurfaceGridSeries({
    dataOrder: 'columns',
    columns: 3,
    rows: 3
    })

    surfaceGridSeries.invalidateIntensityValues([
    // Column 1 intensity values.
    [0, 0, 0],
    // Column 2 intensity values.
    [1, 1, 1],
    // Column 3 intensity values.
    [0, 2, 0],
    ])

    Data interpretation basis is defined by dataOrder property from when the series was created. Can be either list of columns, or list of rows.

    invalidateIntensityValues can trigger warnings when used controversially. In production applications, these can be controlled with warnings.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • value: number[][]

      Matrix (array of arrays) of intensity values.

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Invalidate a partial range of surface INTENSITY values, updating coloring if a Color look up table (LUT) has been attached to the series (see setFillStyle).

     // Example, 100x10 surface invalidate partial section of surface.

    const surfaceGridSeries = Chart3D.addSurfaceGridSeries({
    dataOrder: 'columns',
    columns: 100,
    rows: 10
    })

    surfaceGridSeries.invalidateIntensityValues({
    // Index of first invalidated column.
    iColumn: 50,
    // Index of first invalidated row.
    iRow: 2,
    // Intensity values matrix. It's dimensions imply the amount of invalidated columns & rows.
    values: [
    // 1st invalidated column intensity values.
    [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
    // 2nd invalidated column intensity values.
    [2, 2, 2, 2, 2],
    // 3rd invalidated column intensity values.
    [1, 0, 0, 0, 1],
    // 4th invalidated column intensity values.
    [0, 1, 0, 1, 0],
    // 5th invalidated column intensity values.
    [0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
    ],
    })

    invalidateIntensityValues can trigger warnings when used controversially. In production applications, these can be controlled with warnings.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • value: {
          iColumn: number;
          iRow: number;
          values: number[][];
      }

      Partial invalidation information, where values is an intensity value matrix, iColumn the first affected column and iRow the first affected row.

      • iColumn: number
      • iRow: number
      • values: number[][]

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Check whether the object is disposed. Disposed objects should not be used!

    Returns

    true if object is disposed.

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener added using addEventListener. The expected argument should be the exact same callback function that was supplied using addEventListener:

     // Basic example syntax
    const listener = () => {}
    obj.addEventListener('click', listener)
    obj.removeEventListener('click', listener)
     // Basic boilerplate of custom interaction when user drags on an object
    obj.addEventListener('pointerdown', (eventDown) => {
    let prevCoord = eventDown
    const handlePointerMove: LCJSInteractionEventListener<'pointermove'> = (eventMove) => {
    const delta = { x: eventMove.clientX - prevCoord.clientX, y: eventMove.clientY - prevCoord.clientY }
    prevCoord = eventMove
    console.log(delta, eventMove.clientX, eventMove.clientY)
    }
    const handlePointerUp: LCJSInteractionEventListener<'pointerup'> = (eventUp) => {
    window.removeEventListener('pointermove', handlePointerMove)
    window.removeEventListener('pointerup', handlePointerUp)
    }
    window.addEventListener('pointermove', handlePointerMove)
    window.addEventListener('pointerup', handlePointerUp)
    })

    Type Parameters

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Set component highlight animations enabled or not. For most components this is enabled by default.

     // Example usage, disable highlight animations.
    component.setAnimationHighlight(false)

    Returns

    Object itself

    Parameters

    • enabled: boolean

      Animation enabled?

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set whether series is taken into account with automatic scrolling and fitting of attached axes.

    By default, this is true for all series.

    By setting this to false, any series can be removed from axis scrolling/fitting.

     // Example syntax, remove series from automatic scrolling / fitting.
    LineSeries.setAutoScrollingEnabled(false)

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • enabled: boolean

      true default, axes will take series into account in scrolling and fitting operations. false, axes will ignore series boundaries.

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set Color Shading Style for series.

    Shading style changes the visual style of the rendering. See ColorShadingStyles for available shading styles.

    Use Simple color shading style:

    series3D.setShadingStyle(new ColorShadingStyles.Simple())
    

    Use Phong color shading style:

    series3D.setShadingStyle(new ColorShadingStyles.Phong())
    

    Configuring specular highlight for Phong shading style:

    series3D.setShadingStyle(new ColorShadingStyles.Phong({
    specularReflection: 0.5,
    specularColor: ColorRGBA(255, 255, 255)
    }))

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set culling of this Surface grid series.

    Culling means skipping drawing of specific geometry parts, based on its orientation.

    'disabled' -> full geometry is drawn.

    'cull-back' -> the behind of geometry is not drawn.

    'cull-front' -> the front of geometry is not drawn.

    Surface series default cull mode is 'disabled' to show both sides of the surface.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • mode: boolean | CullMode3D

      CullMode3D or false | true to disable/enable culling respectively.

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Configure whether cursors should pick on this particular series or not.

     // Example, prevent chart auto cursor from snapping to a series.
    LineSeries.setCursorEnabled(false)

    Related API:

    • ChartXY.setAutoCursorMode | configure behavior when auto cursor is visible.

    Parameters

    • state: boolean

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Beta

    Set override behavior for when this series is formatted to be displayed by a cursor. This can be used to alter and expand on cursor formatting done for a specific series, either by the library's default cursor formatters or even the users own cursor formatters defined on chart level.

     // Example syntax, add extra row to display a custom data property
    series.setCursorFormattingOverride((hit, before) => {
    if (!isHitSampleXY(hit)) return before
    const customPropertyValue = data[hit.iSample].customProperty
    return [...before, ['ASD', '', customPropertyValue.toFixed(3)]]
    })

    To use this with users own cursor formatters, you can use useCursorFormatterSeriesOverride:

     // Example syntax, define custom cursor formatting with support for series overrides
    chart.setCursorFormatting((_, __, hits) => {
    return [
    [hits[0].axisX.formatValue(hits[0].x)],
    ...hits.map((hit) => useCursorFormatterSeriesOverride(hit, [['Y:', '', hit.axisY.formatValue(hit.y)]])).flat(),
    ]
    })

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Introduced in v6.0.0, the state and definition of this API is not finalized. It may change in future versions without regard to backwards compatibility if there is significant cause from user feedback.
    

    Parameters

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set 3D depth test enabled for this series.

    By default this is enabled, meaning that any series that is rendered after this series and is behind this series will not be rendered.

    Can be disabled to alter 3D rendering behavior.

     // Example syntax, disable depth test.
    pointSeries3D.setDepthTestEnabled(false)

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • enabled: boolean

      Depth test enabled?

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set theme effect enabled on component or disabled.

    A theme can specify an Effect to add extra visual oomph to chart applications, like Glow effects around data or other components. Whether this effect is drawn above a particular component can be configured using the setEffect method.

     // Example, disable theme effect from a particular component.
    Component.setEffect(false)

    For the most part, theme effects are enabled by default on most components.

    Theme effect is configured with effect property.

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Parameters

    • enabled: boolean

      Theme effect enabled

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set fill style of Surface Grid.

    Supported fill styles:

    PalettedFill:

    Look-up dynamic per-CELL color based on a look up property and a color look up table (LUT).

    SurfaceGridSeries3D supports several different look-up modes:

    lookUpProperty: 'value':

    Color each CELL based on its INTENSITY value. Cell intensity values can be specified with invalidateIntensityValues.

     // Example, enable dynamic coloring based on cell intensity data.
    surfaceGridSeries
    .setFillStyle(new PalettedFill({
    lookUpProperty: 'value',
    lut: new LUT({
    interpolate: true,
    steps: [
    { value: 0, color: ColorRGBA(0, 0, 0) },
    { value: 100, color: ColorRGBA(255, 0, 0) }
    ]
    })
    }))

    Note, Surface grid series doesn't currently support color (fallback color).

    lookUpProperty: 'x' | 'y' | 'z':

    Color each CELL based on one of its axis coordinates.

     // Example, enable dynamic coloring based on cell Y coordinate.
    surfaceGridSeries
    .setFillStyle(new PalettedFill({
    lookUpProperty: 'y',
    lut: new LUT({
    interpolate: true,
    steps: [
    { value: 0, color: ColorRGBA(0, 0, 0) },
    { value: 100, color: ColorRGBA(255, 0, 0) }
    ]
    })
    }))

    Intensity based dynamic coloring can further be configured with setIntensityInterpolation to enable or disable automatic interpolation of Intensity values. This is enabled by default.

    SolidFill:

    Solid color for entire Surface Grid fill.

     // Example, solid surface grid fill.
    heatmapSeries.setFillStyle(new SolidFill({ color: ColorRGBA(255, 0, 0) }))

    If only wireframe rendering is desired, using emptyFill is recommended for better performance.

    emptyFill:

    Disables Surface Grid fill.

     // Example, hide heatmap fill and show wireframe.
    heatmapSeries
    .setFillStyle(emptyFill)
    .setWireframeStyle(new SolidFill({ color: ColorRGBA(255, 0, 0) }))

    Related functionality:

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Parameters

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set state of component highlighting.

     // Example usage

    component.setHighlight(true)

    component.setHighlight(0.5)

    If highlight animations are enabled (which is true by default), the transition will be animated. As long as the component is highlighted, the active highlight intensity will be animated continuously between 0 and the configured value. Highlight animations can be disabled with setAnimationHighlight

    Returns

    Object itself

    Parameters

    • highlight: number | boolean

      Boolean or number between 0 and 1, where 1 is fully highlighted.

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set highlight on mouse hover enabled or disabled.

    Mouse interactions have to be enabled on the component for this to function as expected. See setPointerEvents for more information.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • state: boolean

      True if highlighting on mouse hover, false if no highlight on mouse hover

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Beta

    Set icon of the chart component. This is displayed in legends and by default cursor formatters.

     const image = new Image()
    image.src = 'image.png'
    const icon = chart.engine.addCustomIcon(image)
    ChartComponent.setIcon(icon)

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Released as beta feature in v5.2.0 feature may still change according to user feedback and experiences.
    

    Parameters

    • icon: undefined | Icon

      Icon

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set surface intensity interpolation mode.

    This only affects surface grid with INTENSITY based dynamic coloring, see setFillStyle for more information.

    This feature is enabled by default ('bilinear').

    'disabled' or undefined: Interpolation disabled; draw data exactly as it is.

    'bilinear': Each PIXEL is colored based on an Bi-linearly interpolated intensity value based on the 4 closest real intensity values.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set whether element can be target of pointer events or not.

    Disabling pointer events means that the objects below this component can be interacted through it.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface

    Parameters

    • state: boolean

      Specifies state of mouse interactions

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set start coordinate of Heatmap on its X and Z axis.

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Parameters

    • start: undefined | PointXZ

      Coordinate on axis where 1st heatmap sample will be positioned.

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Set wireframe style of Surface Grid.

    Wireframe consists of thin lines drawn around the borders of each surface CELL. They are generally enabled to improve the perception of surface shape.

    Wireframe style is defined as LineStyle.

     // Example 1, enable wireframe.
    heatmapSeries.setWireframeStyle(new SolidLine({
    thickness: 1,
    fillStyle: new SolidFill({ color: ColorRGBA(255, 0, 0) })
    }))
     // Example 2, disable wireframe.
    heatmapSeries.setWireframeStyle(emptyLine)

    At this time, only solid wireframe rendering is supported. In future, this could be extended to coloring wireframe based on some dynamic properties (X, Y, Z, Intensity) similarly as surface fill.

    Related functionality:

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Parameters

    Returns SurfaceGridSeries3D

  • Match legend entry style to reflect components own style.

    Parameters

    • entry: LegendBoxEntry<UIBackground>
    • matchStyleExactly: boolean = false

      By default, entries are assigned a smooth looking gradient based on the component color. If this flag is true, then this is skipped, and exact component solid fill is used instead.

    Returns void