Series for visualizing a 3D Surface Grid inside Chart3D, with API for pushing data in a scrolling manner (append new data on top of existing data).

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 data set of tens of millions data points is rendered in a matter of seconds.
  • 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. Interacting with massive surface charts (more than tens of millions data points) requires a powerful GPU !
  • Scrolling Surface Grid input stream rate is virtually unlimited - even 10 million incoming data points per second can easily be processed. Application limitations usually come from previously mentioned RAM and/or GPU bottlenecks.

Creating Surface Scrolling Grid Series:

SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D are created with addSurfaceScrollingGridSeries method.

Some properties of SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D 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 surfaceScrollingGridSeries = Chart3D.addSurfaceScrollingGridSeries({
columns: 100,
rows: 200,
})

To learn about these properties, refer to SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3DOptions.

Frequently used methods:

SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D is designed for visualizing real-time data sources, where either new columns or rows are pushed in periodically.

For visualizing 3D surface grid with static columns and rows amount, refer to SurfaceGridSeries3D.

Hierarchy

Implements

Properties

_shadingStyle: ColorShadingStyle = _phongShadingStyle

Methods

  • Append values to the Surface Scrolling Grid Series.

    The series type can contain between 1 and 2 different data sets (Y values and Intensity values). This same method is used for managing both types of data;

    When addValues is called, the parameter is wrapped in an object { }, and one of (or both) yValues and intensityValues can be supplied.

     // Example syntax,
    surfaceScrollingGridSeries.addValues({
    yValues: ...
    intensityValues ...
    })

    The type of yValues and intensityValues is a number matrix. At first level, it is a list of samples to add.

     yValues: [
    // Sample 1,
    // Sample 2
    ]

    If both yValues and intensityValues are specified, then their length should be exactly same!

    Order of sample data is selected when the series is created;

    scrollDimension: 'columns' ->

     yValues: [
    [
    0, // column = 0, row = 0
    0, // column = 0, row = 1
    0, // column = 0, row = n
    ],
    [
    0, // column = 1, row = 0
    0, // column = 1, row = 1
    0, // column = 1, row = n
    ],
    ]

    scrollDimension: 'rows' ->

     yValues: [
    [
    0, // row = 0, column = 0
    0, // row = 0, column = 1
    0, // row = 0, column = n
    ],
    [
    0, // row = 1, column = 0
    0, // row = 1, column = 1
    0, // row = 1, column = n
    ],
    ]

    Example usage:

     // Create X-scrolling surface series.
    const scrollingSurfaceSeries = Chart3D.addSurfaceScrollingGridSeries({
    scrollDimension: 'columns',
    rows: 5,
    columns: 50,
    })

    // Push two Y columns into the series.
    scrollingSurfaceSeries.addValues({
    yValues: [
    [0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
    [0, 10, 0, 20, 0]
    ]
    })

    addValues can trigger warnings when used controversially (for example, data overflow). In production applications, these can be controlled with warnings.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • arg: {
          intensityValues?: number[][];
          yValues?: number[][];
      }

      Object with yValues and/or intensityValues matrixes to append on top of previously added data.

      • Optional intensityValues?: number[][]
      • Optional yValues?: number[][]

    Returns SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • Clear all values added into the series.

     // Example syntax,
    surfaceScrollingGridSeries.clear()

    This only affects Y and Intensity data. Other than any styles, etc. this will make the series behave as if it was just created.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Returns SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • 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 SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • 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

  • 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 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

  • Get boolean flag for whether object is currently under mouse or not

    Returns

    Boolean for is object under mouse currently

    Returns boolean

  • Get mouse interactions enabled or disabled. Disabled mouse-interactions will naturally prevent mouse-driven highlighting from ever happening.

    Returns

    Mouse interactions state

    Returns boolean

  • Get the name of the Component.

    Returns

    The name of the Component.

    Returns string

  • 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 undefined | number

  • Returns

    Min X value of the series

    Returns undefined | number

  • Returns

    Max Y value of the series

    Returns undefined | number

  • Returns

    Min Y value of the series

    Returns undefined | number

  • Returns

    Max Z value of the series

    Returns undefined | number

  • Returns

    Min Z value of the series

    Returns undefined | number

  • Remove event listener from dispose event.

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Unsubscribe from Highlight object event. This is called whenever an object is highlighted

    Returns

    True if the unsubscription was successful.

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token that was received when subscribing to the event.

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Click Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Double Click Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Down Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Drag Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Drag Start Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Drag Stop Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Enter Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Leave Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Move Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Up Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Mouse Wheel Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Touch End Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Touch Move Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from Touch Start Event

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener from visibleStateChanged

    Parameters

    • token: Token

    Returns boolean

  • Subscribe to highlight object event. This is called whenever an object is highlighted.

    Returns

    Token that can be used to unsubscribe from the event.

    Parameters

    • handler: ((isHighlighted: number | boolean) => void)

      Function that is called when event is triggered.

        • (isHighlighted: number | boolean): void
        • Parameters

          • isHighlighted: number | boolean

          Returns void

    Returns Token

  • 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 SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • 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 SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • 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 SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • 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 SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • 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 SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • 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).

    SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D supports several different look-up modes:

    lookUpProperty: 'value':

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

     // 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) }
    ]
    })
    }))

    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 SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • 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 SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • 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 SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • Set component mouse interactions enabled or disabled.

    Disabling mouse interactions means that the objects below this component can be interacted through it.

    Possible side-effects from disabling mouse interactions:

    • Mouse events are not triggered. For example, onMouseMove.
    • Mouse driven highlighting will not work.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface

    Parameters

    • state: boolean

      Specifies state of mouse interactions

    Returns SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D

  • 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 SurfaceScrollingGridSeries3D