How do i plot temperature (z) going up a cylinder in a spiral with diameter (x) and length of cylinder (y)

[rbuk1234]

Hi, Im relatively new to labview.  my problem is i need to plot temperature which is generated from an IR sensor going upwards. so it is mapped out essentially as a spiral.  so far i have created a basic intensity graph of values along the cylinder in increments of 45 degrees. however i'm not sure how to map this out as a spiral, i think interpolation is needed? Any help would be much appreciated,

Best regards

[altenbach]

You are trying to graph a 2D object is 2D, so there will some loss.

Why don't you use a parameteric 3D surface graph, for example?

[rbuk1234]

Hi,

Yea i was thinking that before, but since i have little labview experience i tried to keep it simple. would it be easy to create a cylinder in labview and display the temperature along the outside of it?  basically i have created an array of values for temperature (just random values before we run some real testing) just to get the program running. in the end i would like to have a spiral, which represents the temperature as its moving up the cylinder. im not sure if i would need to apply some math in this or if i could pick certain temperature points and interpolate.  in the end i would like the user to be able to select a certain angle in increments of say 30 or 45 degrees, and the program display the temperature along the cylinder at that angle.  i hope this explains what i'm after.  thanks for your reply 🙂