ContourPlot STATBEAN®

 

Purpose: Contour plot software that creates contour plots for a response surface. This STATBEAN lets Statgraphics function as graph plotting software.

DataSource For Contour Plot Software: any. 

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Contour Mapping Software Read/Write Properties
Name Type Description Possible Values Default Value
addPoints boolean Whether to add points around the surface. true,false false
contoursBy double The distance between the contours. Any double > 0. missing
contoursFrom double The level at which the first contour should be plotted. Any double. missing (causes default scaling)
contoursTo double The level at which the last contour should be plotted. Any double > contoursFrom. missing
contourType String The type of contours to be plotted. "Lines",
"Regions"
"Regions"
gridSize int The number of values along each dimension of the matrix which defines the surface. 2+ 21
xMaximum double The maximum value of X in the grid matrix. Any double > xMinimum. 1.0
xMinimum double The minimum value of X in the grid matrix. Any double. 0.0
xVariableName String The name of the column with data values to be plotted (if any). Any string. "X"
yMaximum double The maximum value of Y in the grid matrix. Any double > yMinimum. 1.0
yMinimum double The minimum value of Y in the grid matrix. Any double. 0.0
yVariableName String The name of the column with data values to be plotted (if any). Any string. "Y"

Other properties are inherited from the java.awt.Canvas class and from the general GraphicalStatbean class for this contour plot software.

Contour Mapping Software Code Sample 

//create a datasource bean 
FileDataSource fileDataSource1 = new STATBEANS.FileDataSource(); 

//set the file name to be read 
fileDataSource1.setFileName("c:\\statbeans\\samples\\cardata.txt"); 

//create a plot bean 
ContourPlot contourPlot1 = new STATBEANS.ContourPlot(); 

//set limits for the x and y dimensions 
double xmin=0.0; 
double xmax=10; 
double ymin=0.0; 
double ymax=20.0; 
contourPlot1.setXMinimum(xmin); 
contourPlot1.setXMaximum(xmax); 
contourPlot1.setYMinimum(ymin); 
contourPlot1.setYMaximum(ymax); 

//set the number of points along each axis 
int n=41; 
contourPlot1.setGridSize(n); 

//create a matrix with the height of the surface 
double grid[][]=new double[n][n]; 
for(int i=0; i<n; i++) 

double x=xmin+i*xmax/(n-1); 
for(int j=0; j<n; j++) 

double y=ymin+j*ymax/(n-1); 
grid[i][j]=200.0+3*(x-5)*(x-5)-2*(y-10)*(y-10); 


contourPlot1.setSurfaceGrid(grid); 

//position the legend 
contourPlot1.setLegendVerticalPosition(1.1); 
contourPlot1.setLegendHorizontalPosition(1.1); 

//add the plot to the application frame 
add(contourPlot1); 

//make the plot a listener for changes in the ProgramDataSource bean 
programDataSource1.addDataChangeListener(contourPlot1.listenerForDataChange); 

//notify all listeners 
programDataSource1.updateListeners();