Irregular Data
Concept
If surface or volume is defined by several scatter points, then the data of the points are called irregular data. For example, the following figure shows a surface defined by 5 scatter points, the data here are irregular.
You can save the data in Data Edittor to a file, or import data from an irregular data file.
1. 3D Cartesian Coordinate Surface Irregular Data
The format of 3D Cartesian coordinate surface irregular data is
I3 Points
x(0) y(0) z(0)
x(1) y(1) z(1)
...
...
x(points-1) y(points-1) z(points-1)
here, Points is the number of points.
2. 4D Cartesian Coordinate Surface Irregular Data
The format of 4D Cartesian coordinate surface irregular data is
IC Points
x(0) y(0) z(0) c(0)
x(1) y(1) z(1) c(1)
...
...
x(points-1) y(points-1) z(points-1) c(points-1)
here, Points is the number of points.Array c difines the color of the surface.
3. 3D Cylindrical Coordinate Surface Irregular Data
The format of 3D cylindrical coordinate surface irregular data is
I3C Points
a(0) r(0) z(0)
a(1) r(1) z(1)
...
...
a(points-1) r(points-1) z(points-1)
here, Points is the number of points.
4. 4D Cylindrical Coordinate Surface Irregular Data
The format of 4D cylindrical coordinate surface irregular data is
ICC Points
a(0) r(0) z(0) c(0)
a(1) r(1) z(1) c(0)
...
...
a(points-1) r(points-1) z(points-1) c(points-1)
here, Points is the number of points. Array c difines the color of the surface.
5. 3D Spherical Coordinate Surface Irregular Data
The format of 3D spherical coordinate surface irregular data is
I3s Points
a(0) b(0) r(0)
a(1) b(1) r(1)
...
...
a(points-1) b(points-1) r(points-1)
here, Points is the number of points.
6. 4D Spherical Coordinate Surface Irregular Data
The format of 4D spherical coordinate surface irregular data is
ICS Points
a(0) b(0) r(0) c(0)
a(1) b(1) r(1) c(1)
...
...
a(points-1) b(points-1) r(points-1) c(points-1)
here, Points is the number of points. Array c difines the color of the surface.
7. 4D Cartesian Coordinate Volume Irregular Data
The format of 4D Cartesian coordinate volume irregular data is
I4 Points
x(0) y(0) z(0) v(0)
x(1) y(1) z(1) v(1)
...
...
x(points-1) y(points-1) z(points-1) v(points-1)
here, Points is the number of points. |
