Create 3D Scatter Chart for Winform

There are some tutorial on CodeProject that shows how to create 3D scatter chart (e.g. the one frequently seen in MATLAB), but they are quite primitive. ChartDirector (http://www.advsofteng.com/) seems to offer an excellent solution for this. Below is the piece of code that adds a 3D scatter chart to a ChartDirector win chart viewer after it is added to a Winform:

public void Create3DScatterChart(WinChartViewer viewer, string title, List<Point> plot, int width, int height)

{

try

{

ThreeDScatterChart c = new ThreeDScatterChart(width, height);

c.addTitle(title, "Times New Roman Italic", 10);

c.setPlotRegion(width / 2 - 10, height / 2 - 15, width / 2, width / 2, height / 2 - 10);

c.setViewAngle(15, 30);

c.addLegend(width - 60, height - 180);

double[] xData=new double[plots.Count];

double[] yData=new double[plots.Count];

double[] zData=new double[plots.Count];

for(int i=0; i < plot.Count; ++i)

{

xData[i] = plot[i].X;

yData[i] = plot[i].Y;

zData[i] = plot[i].Z;

}

ThreeDScatterGroup g = c.addScatterGroup(xData, yData, zData, 

"Legend1",

ChartDirector.Chart.GlassSphere2Shape, 13, 

0xFF0000);

g.setLegendIcon(15, 15, 0xFF0000);

// Set the x, y and z axis titles using 10 points Arial Bold font

c.xAxis().setTitle("X", "Arial Bold", 10);

c.yAxis().setTitle("Y", "Arial Bold", 10);

c.zAxis().setTitle("Z", "Arial Bold", 10);

// Output the chart

viewer.Chart = c;

//include tool tip for the chart

viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='(X={x|p}, Y={y|p}, Z={z|p})'");

}

catch

{

}

}

To instead save the scatter 3d plot to a file, use the following code:

public void Create3DScatterChart(string filename, string title, List<Point> plot, int width, int height)

{

try

{

ThreeDScatterChart c = new ThreeDScatterChart(width, height);

c.addTitle(title, "Times New Roman Italic", 10);

c.setPlotRegion(width / 2 - 10, height / 2 - 15, width / 2, width / 2, height / 2 - 10);

c.setViewAngle(15, 30);

c.addLegend(width - 60, height - 180);

double[] xData=new double[plots.Count];

double[] yData=new double[plots.Count];

double[] zData=new double[plots.Count];

for(int i=0; i < plot.Count; ++i)

{

xData[i] = plot[i].X;

yData[i] = plot[i].Y;

zData[i] = plot[i].Z;

}

ThreeDScatterGroup g = c.addScatterGroup(xData, yData, zData, 

"Legend1",

ChartDirector.Chart.GlassSphere2Shape, 13, 

0xFF0000);

g.setLegendIcon(15, 15, 0xFF0000);

// Set the x, y and z axis titles using 10 points Arial Bold font

c.xAxis().setTitle("X", "Arial Bold", 10);

c.yAxis().setTitle("Y", "Arial Bold", 10);

c.zAxis().setTitle("Z", "Arial Bold", 10);

// Output the chart

using(Image img=c.makeImage())
  {
      img.Save(filename);
   }

}

catch

{

}

}