3D Graph - How to fill certain span to certain colour?

[SnowForest]

In attachment there is example VI to create continuous updating 3D graph. My aim is to change surface colour of certain z-value span. E.g if Z-values in 3D graph are between 100 and 600 and I want change area colour when Z-value is between 250-330. This idea can be seen easily in .jpg picture. One idea might be set certain colour to certain values in color ramp but it is updating all the time even I have switched Z auto scale off.

This is some kind of area "cursor". Cursors are normally used only to one point but I need a "cursor" to one area.

Any idea how to do this kind of structure?

BR, Jim

[Ben]

Starting at reply #7 in this thread you will find a discussion of a worse case example that demonstrates how you plot stuff in 3-D.

Please down load that code and review the posts.

Theoreticly everything you need is in that example.

Ben

[SnowForest]

Hi Ben,

I checked that thread. I noticed that they have used 3D Graph ActiveX component. I need to use this "new" 3D graph component which are part of LabVIEW. Are these tips working also with that component?

BR, Jim 

[Ben]

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SnowForest wrote:

Hi Ben,

... I need to use this "new" 3D graph component which are part of LabVIEW. Are these tips working also with that component?

BR, Jim 

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I can't speak to that.

The new 3d graph stuff was apperently developed in a vaccum with no interest in what the old one could do. Since I never stumbled across any good tutorials for it and an apperent lack of support for the new one, I have not investested any time in the new one. The old one still works. So its your choice, go with the old one where you have a possible solution or blaze a new trail.

Ben 

[SnowForest]

Hi Ben,

Previously I used that same component but we was have a problem in run-time environment. NI support gave us "workaround" to use this new component. I have a solution for this old 3D graph component. So I need to contact NI support again and ask them give better workaround.

Thank you very much,

BR, Jim