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- plot3d support for the module.json
{
"role" : "output",
"id" : "plotid",
"label" : "3d plot",
"type" : "plot3d"
}
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the 3d plot is currently utilizing the javascript Plotly package https://plot.ly/javascript/
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example of .json output for plotting multiple (5) surfaces and (5 sets of) points on a single graph:
- note that this example (though comprehensive) does not cover all possible options for various fields; see below for complete documentation
{
"layout" :
{
"scene": {
"xaxis" : {
"title" : "Theta (Deg)"
},
"yaxis" : {
"title" : "Phi (Deg)",
"range" : [-179,180]
},
"zaxis" : {
"title" : "Rho"
},
"camera": {
"center" : { "x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 0 },
"eye" : { "x": 2, "y": 2, "z": 1 },
"up" : { "x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 1 }
}
},
"showlegend" : false,
"autosize" : false,
"width" : 650,
"height" : 650,
"margin": {
"l": 0,
"r": 0,
"b": 50,
"t": 50,
"pad": 4
},
},
"data" :
[
# surface plot 1:
{
"type" : "mesh3d", # type can be: "mesh3d", "surface" etc...
"opacity" : 0.6, # in a range [0-1]
"x" : vector_of_x, # [1,3,.5,7.5,...]
"y" : vector_of_y,
"z" : vector_of_z,
"color" : surface_color
},
# surface plot 2:
{
.....
},
# surface plot 3:
{
.....
},
# surface plot 4:
{
.....
},
# surface plot 5:
{
.....
},
# set of scatter3d points 1
{
"type" : "scatter3d",
"mode" : "markers", # mode types: "markers", "line"..
"marker" : {
"color" : color_of_markers,
"size" : 2,
"symbol" : "square", # can be "square", "circle", etc...
"line" : { # a line enveloping 3dscatter
"color" : "rgb(0,0,0)",
"width" : 1.5
},
"opacity" : 1.0
},
"opacity" : .9,
"x" : vector_of_x,
"y" : vector_of_y,
"z" : vector_of_z,
"color" : scatter_color
},
# set of scatter3d points 2
{
....
},
# set of scatter3d points 3
{
....
},
# set of scatter3d points 4
{
....
},
# set of scatter3d points 5
{
....
}
]
}
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produced graph (with above example)
-
for full documentation and more examples see https://plot.ly/javascript/ (search for 3D plots):
- https://plot.ly/javascript/3d-surface-plots/ for surface plots
- https://plot.ly/javascript/3d-scatter-plots/ for scatter plots (dots, points of different shapes)
- https://plot.ly/javascript/3d-mesh/ for mesh plots
- https://plot.ly/javascript/3d-line-plots/ for line plots
- https://plot.ly/javascript/3d-point-clustering/ for cluster graphs
- https://plot.ly/javascript/3d-axes/ for control of layouts and axes
- https://plot.ly/javascript/3d-subplots/ for (multiple) subplots
