// Copyright (C) 2023 The Qt Company Ltd. // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only /*! \example qmlsurfacegallery \meta tags {DataVisualization, Surface3D, Dynamic Data, Surface Graph, Height Map, Polar Graph} \title Surface Graph Gallery \ingroup qtdatavisualization_qmlexamples \brief Gallery with three different ways to use a Surface3D graph. \e {Surface Graph Gallery} demonstrates three different custom features with Surface3D graphs. The features have their own tabs in the application. The following sections concentrate on those features only and skip explaining the basic functionality - for more detailed QML example documentation, see \l{Simple Scatter Graph}. \image qmlsurfacegallery-example.png \include examples-run.qdocinc \section1 Height Map In the \uicontrol {Height Map} tab, generate a surface graph from height data. The data used is a height map of Mount Ruapehu and Mount Ngauruhoe in New Zealand. \section2 Adding Data to the Graph The data is set using HeightMapSurfaceDataProxy, which reads height information from a height map image. The proxy itself is contained in a Surface3DSeries. Inside the HeightMapSurfaceDataProxy the \c heightMapFile property specifies the image file containing the height data. The value properties in the proxy define the minimum and maximum values for surface area width, depth, and height. The \c z and \c x values are in latitude and longitude, approximately at the real-world position, and the \c y is in meters. \note The aspect ratio of the graph is not set to real-life scale, but the height is exaggerated instead. \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceHeightMap.qml 0 \section2 Displaying the Data In \c main.qml, set up the Surface3D element to display the data. First, define the custom gradient to be used for the surface. Set the colors from position 0.0 to 1.0 with ColorGradient, with two extra stops to make the graph more vivid: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceHeightMap.qml 1 Set this element into the \c baseGradients property in the \c theme used in Surface3D: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceHeightMap.qml 2 Use the buttons to control other Surface3D features. The first button toggles on and off the surface grid. The draw mode cannot be cleared completely, so unless the surface itself is visible, the surface grid cannot be hidden: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceHeightMap.qml 3 The second one sets the surface grid color: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceHeightMap.qml 4 The third one toggles the surface on or off in the surface draw mode. The draw mode cannot be cleared completely, so unless the surface grid is visible, the surface itself cannot be hidden: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceHeightMap.qml 5 The fourth sets the for shading mode. If you are running the example on OpenGL ES system, flat shading is not available: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceHeightMap.qml 6 The remaining buttons control the graph background features. \section1 Spectrogram In the \uicontrol {Spectrogram} tab, display polar and cartesian spectrograms and use orthographic projection to show them in 2D. A spectrogram is a surface graph with a range gradient used to emphasize the different values. Typically, spectrograms are shown with two-dimensional surfaces, which is simulated with a top-down orthographic view of the graph. To enforce the 2D effect, disable the graph rotation via mouse or touch when in the orthographic mode. \section2 Creating a Spectrogram To create a 2D spectrogram, define a Surface3D item with the data given in the Surface3DSeries with an ItemModelSurfaceDataProxy: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceSpectrogram.qml 0 The key properties for enabling the 2D effect are \l{AbstractGraph3D::orthoProjection}{orthoProjection} and \l{Camera3D::cameraPreset}{scene.activeCamera.cameraPreset}. Remove the perspective by enabling orthographic projection for the graph, and the Y-dimension by viewing the graph directly from above: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceSpectrogram.qml 1 Since this viewpoint causes the horizontal axis grid to be mostly obscured by the surface, flip the horizontal grid to be drawn on top of the graph: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceSpectrogram.qml 2 \section2 Polar Spectrogram Depending on the data, it is sometimes more natural to use a polar graph instead of a cartesian one. This is supported via the \l{AbstractGraph3D::polar}{polar} property. Add a button to switch between polar and cartesian modes: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceSpectrogram.qml 3 In the polar mode, X-axis is converted into the angular polar axis, and Z-axis is converted into a radial polar axis. The surface points are recalculated according to the new axes. The radial axis labels are drawn outside the graph by default. To draw them right next to the 0 degree angular axis inside the graph, define only a small offset for them: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceSpectrogram.qml 4 To enforce the 2D effect, disable graph rotation in orthographic mode by overriding the default input handler with a custom one, which automatically toggles the \l{InputHandler3D::rotationEnabled}{rotationEnabled} property based on the projection mode: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceSpectrogram.qml 5 \section1 Oscilloscope In the \uicontrol {Oscilloscope} tab, combine C++ and QML in an application, and show data that dynamically changes. \section2 Data Source in C++ The item model based proxies are good for simple or static graphs, but use basic proxies to achieve the best performance when displaying data changing in realtime. These are not supported in QML, as the data items they store do not inherit \l{QObject} and cannot therefore be directly manipulated from QML code. To overcome this limitation, implement a simple \c DataSource class in C++ to populate the data proxy of the series. Create a \c DataSource class to provide two methods that can be invoked from QML: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/datasource.h 0 \dots 4 \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/datasource.h 1 The first method, \c generateData(), creates a cache of simulated oscilloscope data to display. The data is cached in a format that QSurfaceDataProxy accepts: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/datasource.cpp 0 The second method, \c update(), copies one set of the cached data into another array, which is set to the data proxy of the series by calling QSurfaceDataProxy::resetArray(). To minimize overhead, reuse the same array if the array dimensions have not changed: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/datasource.cpp 1 Even though we are operating on the array pointer previously set to the proxy, QSurfaceDataProxy::resetArray() still needs to be called after changing the data in it to prompt the graph to render the data. To be able to access the \c DataSource methods from QML, expose the data source by making the DataSource a QML_ELEMENT: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/datasource.h 2 Further, declare it as a QML module in the CMakeLists.txt: \badcode qt6_add_qml_module(qmlsurfacegallery URI SurfaceGallery VERSION 1.0 NO_RESOURCE_TARGET_PATH SOURCES datasource.cpp datasource.h ... ) \endcode To use QSurface3DSeries pointers as parameters for the \c DataSource class methods on all environments and builds, make sure the meta type is registered: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/datasource.cpp 3 \section2 QML Application To use the \c{DataSource}, import the QML module and create an instance of \c DataSource to be used: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceOscilloscope.qml 0 \dots 0 \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceOscilloscope.qml 1 Define a Surface3D graph and give it a Surface3DSeries: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceOscilloscope.qml 2 Don't specify a proxy for the Surface3DSeries that you attach to the graph. This makes the series utilize the default QSurfaceDataProxy. Hide the item label with \l{Abstract3DSeries::itemLabelVisible}{itemLabelVisible}. With dynamic, fast-changing data, a floating selection label would be distracting and difficult to read. \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceOscilloscope.qml 3 You can display the selected item information in a \c Text element instead of the default floating label above the selection pointer: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceOscilloscope.qml 4 Initialize the \c DataSource cache when the graph is complete by calling a helper function \c generateData(), which calls the method with the same name in \c DataSource: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceOscilloscope.qml 5 \dots 0 \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceOscilloscope.qml 6 To trigger the updates in data, define a \c{Timer}, which calls the \c update() method in \c DataSource at requested intervals: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/qml/qmlsurfacegallery/SurfaceOscilloscope.qml 7 \section2 Enabling Direct Rendering Since this application potentially deals with a lot of rapidly changing data, it uses direct rendering mode for performance. To enable antialiasing in this mode, change the surface format of the application window. The default format used by QQuickView doesn't support antialiasing. Use the utility function provided to change the surface format in \c main.cpp: \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/main.cpp 0 \dots 0 \snippet qmlsurfacegallery/main.cpp 1 \section1 Example Contents */