Building 3D temperature box

[Fbaird]

Hello,  I'd like to build a 3D box (ideally in the 3D graph) which I can use to visualize a data set from thermocouples.  I have a physical model and in this model there are 96 thermocouples aranged in a 3x5x6 grid.  I'm interested in a method to graphically display the temperatures on my VI's front panel.  I have been successful in creating a 2D slice of the model which represents the temperature as an intensity using an xy intensity graph and interpolating hundereds of data points between my measurements.  Ideally I would like to find a way to either stack the 2D slices I have or better yet I would like to interpolate between the slices too and have a colourful translucent 3D box.  Can anyone help?  Thanks

[Ben]

Cutting and pasting from this thread...

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If you want to vary the color of each point then I would go with using the W-Evector to define the color at each point.

This thread may help. Here is a preview.

Bubbles in fluid flow (pink) 

Cross-section of mouse tendon.

 

I hope that help more than it hurts!

Ben

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[Ben]

This is intro to some background.

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If you want to do this in 3d then start by down loading the example I posted in this thread where I posted a worse-case 3d example with image like this.

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and from yet another thread

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This thread has a simplified example that uses a hand full of data points to render the air pressure on the surface of a car in a wind tunnel (not really but I made it look that way).

These  images show what it does

In that example there is a front panel control that is used for the plot. You can poke at the values one at a time and watch the plot to see what effect it had on the image.

So use that example to learn what the W vector does and how to use it.

Then massage your data to fit and...

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If you find another approach please post an example to help others.

Ben

[Fbaird]

Thanks Ben, 

I had a look through all those post and I think I'm going to conclude that it is a task that a tad beyond my present abilities.  I will keep learning and hopefully one day I will be able to do this.