Mathcad 3D Plot ActiveX Control

Automation Model

3-D Plot Control

The 3-D Plot control has these automation interfaces:

ReadOnly Properties:

short RenderFilled;

short RenderHiddenLine;

short RenderAlternate;

short RenderLines;

short RenderPoints;

short RenderWireFrame;

short RenderVectorField;

short RenderBar;

short RenderContour;

short PerimeterAxes;

short CornerAxes;

short NoAxes;

IDispatch* ModelBox;

Read-Write Properties:

boolean ShowBackplanes;

boolean ShowBox;

boolean ShowBorder;

BSTR Title;

float Tilt;

float Twist;

float Rotation;

short AxesStyle;

short TitlePosition;

short NumberOfModels;

boolean Lighting;

boolean Fog;

long AmbientLight;

double Radius;

boolean PerspectiveView;

short ViewingDistance;

boolean ConstrainedView;

boolean HardwareRendering;

long BorderColor;

long BoxColor;

Obsolete Properties:

short FogMode;

long FogColor;

float FogDensity;

float FogStart;

float FogEnd;

Methods:

boolean CreateLight(short num);

SCODE AddSurfaces(VARIANT surfaces);

SCODE RemoveSurfaces();

SCODE Render();

SCODE AddVolumes(VARIANT volumes);

boolean MakeCurrent();

boolean MakeNotCurrent();

void PolygonOffset(float factor, float units) ;

SCODE AddSurface(VARIANT surface);

SCODE AddParametricSurface(VARIANT surf_x, VARIANT surf_y, VARIANT surf_z);

SCODE AddScatterData(VARIANT data_x, VARIANT data_y, VARIANT data_z);

IDispatch* Light(short n);

SCODE DestroyLight(short num);

IDispatch* Model(short n);

Obsolete Methods:

long CreateFontList();

boolean DrawText(BSTR str);

VARIANT ModelViewMatrix();

VARIANT GlyphMetrics(BSTR str);

double Aspect();

boolean wglUseFontBitmaps(long hdc, long first, long count, long listbase);

boolean SwapBuffers();

long wglGetRC();

long wglGetDC();

glLight

This is the automation interface to a light in the scene:

Properties:

long Diffuse;

long Specular;

float PosX;

float PosY;

float PosZ;

short ID;

float PositionScale;

short Enabled;

glModelBox

Ths ModelBox manages the axes and backplanes.

Properties:

IDispatch* XAxis;

IDispatch* YAxis;

IDispatch* ZAxis;

IDispatch* XYPlane;

IDispatch* XZPlane;

IDispatch* YZPlane;

glModel

Properties:

short Shininess;

long SmoothShading;

short DrawLines;

short DrawPoints;

short DrawXContours;

short DrawYContours;

short DrawZContours;

short HiddenLineRemoval;

long LineColor;

long PointColor;

long PolygonColor;

short LineColorMap;

short PointColormap;

short PolygonColormap;

float LineWidth;

float PointSize;

BSTR PointSymbol; - unimplemented

short DrawFilledPolygons;

short DrawHalfFilledPolygons;

short ViewAs;

float PolygonOffsetFactor;

short BarPlotLayout;

short InterpolatedRows; - unimplemented

short InterpolatedColumns; - unimplemented

short NumberedContours;

short NumberOfContours;

boolean SpectrumX;

boolean SpectrumY;

boolean SpectrumZ;

boolean InterpolateMesh; - unimplemented

boolean AutoContour;

boolean FillXContours;

boolean FillYContours;

boolean FillZContours;

glAxis

This is the automation interface to an axis in the scene. This object may go away in the future and be replaced by properties in the glModelBox:

Properties:

boolean Numbered;

BSTR Label;

double MinVal;

double MaxVal;

short NumGrids;

boolean ShowLabel;

IDispatch *LabelFont;

double DataMin;

double DataMax;

long AxisColor;

boolean AutoGridAxis;

boolean AutoScaleAxis;

short NumSubdivisions;

short GridLineWeight;

short SubGridLineWeight;

short AxisLineWeight;

short TickMarkWeight;

glBackPlane

This is the automation interface to a backplane in the scene. This interface may be replaced by properties in the glModelBox in the future.

Properties:

boolean ShowHorizontalGridLines;

boolean ShowVerticalGridLines;

boolean Fill;

long FillColor;

long VerticalGridColor;

boolean IsXY;

boolean IsYZ;

boolean IsXZ;

boolean ShowHorizontalSubdivisions;

boolean ShowVerticalSubdivisions;

long HorizontalSubdivisionColor;

long VerticalSubdivisionColor;

long HorizontalGridColor;

boolean ShowHorizontalTickMarks;

boolean ShowVerticalTickMarks;

long HorizontalTickMarkColor;

long VerticalTickMarkColor;

short HorizontalGridLineWeight;

short VerticalGridLineWeight;

short HorizontalSubdivisionWeight;

short VerticalSubdivisionWeight;

short VerticalTickMarkWeight;

short HorizontalTickMarkWeight;

boolean Border;

Methods:

void SetXY();

void SetYZ();

void SetXZ();