NaN data in IntensityGridSeries

[Greg9504]

Hello,

When I have data that contains NaN values the IntensityGridSeries does not ignore these values when PixelRendering = false. See the screen shots with PixelRendering on and off. I would like to have PixelRendering off so that I can get the interpolation and contour lines.

I've attached a demo project and with data that shows the problem. The NaN values are in upper left corner, the areas that look like "C" and "@". FWIW these NaN areas display fine on SurfaceGridSeries3D plots.

PixelRendering false

IntensityGridSeriesNaN.jpg (174.36 KiB) Viewed 8681 times

PixelRendering true

IntensityGridSeriesNaN_PixelRendering.jpg (212.31 KiB) Viewed 8681 times

Thanks
Greg.

[ArctionPasi]

In general, don't use NaN values. LightningChart doesn't have check for them. It is up to the GPU how it handles them in specific visualization.

To make certain parts of IntensityGridSeries transparent, define auxiliary steps with transparent colors in your ValueRangePalette:

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 private ValueRangePalette CreatePalette(Arction.LightningChartUltimate.SeriesXY.SeriesBaseXY ownerSeries, double ymin, double YRange)
        {
            ValueRangePalette palette = new ValueRangePalette(ownerSeries);
            palette.Type = PaletteType.Gradient;
            double yRange = YRange - ymin;
            palette.Steps.Clear();
            palette.MinValue = ymin;
            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.Blue, ymin));
            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.Lime, ymin + 33 * yRange / 100.0));
            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.Yellow, ymin + 66 * yRange / 100.0));
            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.Red, ymin + 100.0 * yRange / 100.0));

            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.FromArgb(0, 0, 0, 0), ymin -10)); //Aux step
            palette.Steps.Add(new PaletteStep(palette, Color.FromArgb(0,0,0,0), -1E9)); //Aux step

            return palette;
        }

In data filling, replace your NaNs with aux step extreme value, to make a sharp cut without interpolated colors.

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for (int iCol = 0; iCol < iSizeX; iCol++)
                {
                    float intensity = (Z[iCol * nY + iRow]);
                    if(float.IsNaN(intensity))
                        intensity = -1E9f; 
                    data[iCol, (nY - 1) - iRow].Value = intensity;
                    
                }

And by setting

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m_intensityGrid.FullInterpolation = false;

, it won't cross-render the semi-transparent triangles in the cut zone.

Then the chart appears as:

Intensity Grid transparent values

IntensityGridSeriesWithTransparentValues.png (238.07 KiB) Viewed 8671 times

Is this OK?

[ArctionKestutis]

If user wanta node to be rendered as transparent, there are following options nowadays:

1) replace extreme value with NaN. If PixelRendering = false, then highest palette’s step color is used. If PixelRendering = true, then lowest palette’s step color is used. If you want color to be transparent, then added step with transparent color above/below main steps accordingly (as in above example).
2) Set each node’s color directly (including ‘problem’ value data[i, j].Color = Colors.Transparent) and use intensityGrid.Fill = IntensityFillStyle.FromSurfacePoints.
3) Use StencilAreas or in particular SubstractiveAreas+AdditiveAreas to clip data from particular area (User Manual chapter 6.34).
4) Use Series.ClipAreas property/feature, if want to hide row or columns of heatmap (User Manual chapter 6.30).