Continuous 3d surface plot - how to?

[ceties]

Hello,

I have following problem. The goal I'm trying to reach is to have 3D surface graph. As I realized the surface must be always obtained as one plot – is it right? My problem is that the measurement takes long time during which are many points acquired and the graph has to be refreshed quite often, so it is not possible (or at least not efficient) to keep the array, always add new acquired point and then replot whole graph.
I know the grid (x,y coord) in advance and then I gain magnitudes during the measurement.

Well my question is if I can obtain the final surface 3d graph as combination of more plots or if there is something that could help me solving the sitation.

3d_01 – 3d from one plot – works fine but not suitable for my application
3d_02 – 3d from many plots – but it doesn’t produce final surface plot


Thanks for any help!

[Brian_K.]

Hi Ceties,

So from what I understand you want something more like a 3D waveform Chart rather than a 3D Waveform Graph.  I could not find anyhting that was like a 3D Chart.  I looked at your second VI, and there were a few minor mistakes.  Here is what I did to get closer to your goal.

Message Edited by Brian K. on 05-08-2007 09:37 AM