Generate interactive 3d plots with a simple function call. Function returns a Three.js scene which can be customized as needed.
Basic function call generates a X-Y-Z scatter plot. Optional configuration object can be used to change color and size values.
bower install z3d
Why use Z3d? Because configuration is optional, an interactive 3d plot with sensible defaults can be generated with as little as a single line.
Plotting function takes the data to plot and an optional configuration object.
###Basic Example (no configuration)
<html>
<head>
<script src="bower_components/threejs/build/three.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="bower_components/z3d/js/OrbitControls.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="bower_components/z3d/js/plot.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
//HERE IS THE DATA TO PLOT:
var x = [-0.8234, 0.0952, 1.9594, -0.2831, -0.4147, 1.5859, 0.5326, 0.0925, 0.3293, 1.3635, 0.3396, 0.0677, -0.6739, 0.4084, -1.4487, -0.1101, -0.7521, -1.2118, 1.7191, 0.2020, -0.1573, -0.2298, -0.8230, 1.7924, 0.4511];
var y = [-1.4166, 1.353, -0.6294, 0.0567, 1.4157, 0.32806, 0.2377, -0.2262, -1.0602, -1.8150, 0.1075, -1.3516, 1.0137, 0.0183, -0.5466, 0.6416, -0.6655, 0.6874, -0.4616, -0.2808, 1.3443, -1.0518, -0.1332, -1.0097, 0.3643];
var z = [1.4166, -1.353, 0.6294, -0.0567, -1.4157, -0.32806, -0.2377, 0.2262, 1.0602, -1.5089, 0.1543, -0.3516, 0.0137, 1.0183, 1.5466, -1.6416, 1.6655, -1.6874, -0.4616, -1.2808, -1.3443, 1.0518, -0.1332, 1.9700, -0.3643];
//AND THIS IS HOW WE PLOT IT:
var plot = plot3d(x,y,z);
</script>
</body>
</html>###Example With Configuration
We can add a configuration object to the example above to modify the height/width of our plot, the DOM element the visualization is appended to, the labels on the points plotted, the size of the points plotted, and the color of the points plotted.
<html>
<head>
<script src="bower_components/threejs/build/three.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="bower_components/z3d/js/OrbitControls.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="bower_components/z3d/js/plot.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id='myDOMel'></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
//HERE IS THE DATA TO PLOT:
var x = [-0.8234, 0.0952, 1.9594, -0.2831, -0.4147, 1.5859, 0.5326, 0.0925, 0.3293, 1.3635, 0.3396, 0.0677, -0.6739, 0.4084, -1.4487, -0.1101, -0.7521, -1.2118, 1.7191, 0.2020, -0.1573, -0.2298, -0.8230, 1.7924, 0.4511];
var y = [-1.4166, 1.353, -0.6294, 0.0567, 1.4157, 0.32806, 0.2377, -0.2262, -1.0602, -1.8150, 0.1075, -1.3516, 1.0137, 0.0183, -0.5466, 0.6416, -0.6655, 0.6874, -0.4616, -0.2808, 1.3443, -1.0518, -0.1332, -1.0097, 0.3643];
var z = [1.4166, -1.353, 0.6294, -0.0567, -1.4157, -0.32806, -0.2377, 0.2262, 1.0602, -1.5089, 0.1543, -0.3516, 0.0137, 1.0183, 1.5466, -1.6416, 1.6655, -1.6874, -0.4616, -1.2808, -1.3443, 1.0518, -0.1332, 1.9700, -0.3643];
var labs = [];
z.forEach(function(el,i){
labs.push('label '+i);
});
//make a function to generate random colors for the points in our example
function getHexColor(){
var chars = ['1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','a','b','c','d','e','f'];
var string = '';
for (var i=0;i<6;i++){
var index = Math.floor(Math.random()*16);
string += chars[index];
}
return string;
}
//now we generate size and color arrays for our points
var sizes = [];
var colors = [];
for (var i=0; i<x.length; i++){
sizes.push(Math.random());
colors.push(getHexColor());
}
//THIS IS WHERE WE MAKE THE CONFIGURATION OBJECT:
var config = {
size: sizes,
color: colors,
label: labs,
//height and width of the DOM element
height: 400,
width: 400,
elementID: 'myDOMel'
}
//AND THIS IS HOW WE PLOT IT:
var plot = plot3d(x,y,z,config);
</script>
</body>
</html>The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2014 Nathan Epstein
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