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3D Stem Graph String-based Axes

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When using 3D Stem Plots and real-world data, I successfully generate a 3D Graph. However, I was wondering if it is possible to customize the X and Y axis values with strings rather than numbers. I still want the Z-Axis to be a numerical intensity, but rather than having the X and Y values be an integer that I have to define in a note, I would like to make these values show strings.

 

My VI (attached) involves sample baseball batting/running statistics for each position (except pitcher).

 

Thanks in advanced,

T16626


"Whether you think you can or can't, you're right."
~Henry Ford
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If I understood you correctly, you are simply wanting to add labels to your graph.  The following link goes over customizing graphs:

 

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/customizing-graphs-and-charts.html

 

Does that information answer your question?

 

Regards,

 

Shane C

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Thanks Shane, but this isn't exactly what I was asking. Maybe I convoluted my question.

 

Imagine a 2 dimensional vertical bar graph.

 

The Y-Axis shows intensity, while the X-Axis is marked with what each bar refers to.

 

So let's say we're looking at a pizza parlor. They graph how many cheese, pepperoni, and sausage pizzas are sold on average per week.

 

Cheese---25 per week

Pepperoni---20 per week

Sausage---18 per week

 

 

so the X-Axis would have 3 tick marks, one designating each bar (cheese, pepperoni, and sausage) and the Y-Axis would be marked from 0 to 25, and the bars would reach 25, 20, and 18 units high respectively.

Here's a visualization of an ideal X-Axis (from Wikipedia's page "Bar Chart"): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Incarceration_Rates_Worldwide_ZP.svg

What I am looking to do is find a way to create these custom ticks on the X-Axis instead of writing off to the side:

"1 refers to cheese, 2 refers to pepperoni, and 3 refers to sausage"

 

Please note that my goal is to apply this concept to a 3-D graph, rather than a 2-D graph.

 

Hope this clarifies my question.

~T16626


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~Henry Ford
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I am sorry for the confusion there.  I have put together a simple example that modifies the tick marks on a 3D graph.  I only modified one of the axis, but you should be able to expand upon this code for your particular application.

 

Does this better answer your question?

 

Regards,

 

Shane C

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My code in the previous post was for LabVIEW 2013.   I have included here a LabVIEW 2011 version of the code.  If another version is needed, I will see if I can create one.

 

Regards,

 

Shane C

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