Hi All-- I have been looking into 2D and 3D graphing packages. Based on what i read, it seems that ggplot2 is the best and I like it too, but ggplot2 doesn't have 3D plotting capabilities. I read that other packages (plot_ly, rgl, rayshader) can be used with ggplot2 to create 3D charts, but not sure if that?s the way to go. The question is: what is/are the best 2D and 3D graphing packages? I read that lattice, and a few others, has ?limited? 3D charting capabilities. Thanks in advance--EK
It depends on what you are trying to do, but ggplot-to-rayshader looks pretty slick. --Ista On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 7:52 AM Ek Esawi <esawiek at gmail.com> wrote:> > Hi All-- > > I have been looking into 2D and 3D graphing packages. Based on what i > read, it seems that ggplot2 is the best and I like it too, but ggplot2 > doesn't have 3D plotting capabilities. I read that other packages > (plot_ly, rgl, rayshader) can be used with ggplot2 to create 3D > charts, but not sure if that?s the way to go. > > The question is: what is/are the best 2D and 3D graphing packages? I > read that lattice, and a few others, has ?limited? 3D charting > capabilities. > > Thanks in advance--EK > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Hello, I use rgl for 3D plots. Mostly I use this for a 3D scatter plot where I can zoom and pan for closer analyses of the data. I also can manually connect any points with lines. It took me a bit to get the options right so the plot appears the way I want it to. In my opinion, there are a few unresolved issues with the units and labels on the axis, but most of the data I looked at was in principle components so x, y, and z were in the same units. I can post a sample of the terminal input that I used if that would help. LMH Ek Esawi wrote:> Hi All-- > > I have been looking into 2D and 3D graphing packages. Based on what i > read, it seems that ggplot2 is the best and I like it too, but ggplot2 > doesn't have 3D plotting capabilities. I read that other packages > (plot_ly, rgl, rayshader) can be used with ggplot2 to create 3D > charts, but not sure if that?s the way to go. > > The question is: what is/are the best 2D and 3D graphing packages? I > read that lattice, and a few others, has ?limited? 3D charting > capabilities. > > Thanks in advance--EK > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
Thank you Ista and LMH.
I want to plot 3D scatter with options to connect the surface with
lines;that's just like points connected with a? line in 2D and i may want to
fit a surface to the data for soem of teh plots. LMH pointed out to what
concerned me and the reason for the question which was i don't want to spend
time in a package and then find out that t doesn't do what i want to.
Thanks again and best of luckEK
On Monday, March 23, 2020, 6:02:33 PM EDT, LMH <lmh_users-groups at
molconn.com> wrote:
Hello,
I use rgl for 3D plots.
Mostly I use this for a 3D scatter plot where I can zoom and pan for closer
analyses
of the data. I also can manually connect any points with lines. It took me a bit
to
get the options right so the plot appears the way I want it to. In my opinion,
there
are a few unresolved issues with the units and labels on the axis, but most of
the
data I looked at was in principle components so x, y, and z were in the same
units.
I can post a sample of the terminal input that I used if that would help.
LMH
Ek Esawi wrote:> Hi All--
>
> I have been looking into 2D and 3D graphing packages. Based on what i
> read, it seems that ggplot2 is the best and I like it too, but ggplot2
> doesn't have 3D plotting capabilities. I read that other packages
> (plot_ly, rgl, rayshader) can be used with ggplot2 to create 3D
> charts, but not sure if that?s the way to go.
>
> The question is: what is/are the best 2D and 3D graphing packages? I
> read that lattice, and a few others, has ?limited? 3D charting
> capabilities.
>
> Thanks in advance--EK
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
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Thank you Jeff. I have been using a textbook which has some of the chart types i
was hoping to produce; that's 3D charts where points are connected by lines
in 3D, like a grid. The book also has 3D fitted surfaces. The authors used
exclusively R in this book. That's what i asked.
Thanks again and hope you and yours are safe
EK
On Monday, March 23, 2020, 11:23:34 PM EDT, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at
dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
I don't know of any 3d scatterplot plotting software that does that. You
have to communicate the connections between points to the plotting function, and
there is no easy way to do that with arbitrary scattered points. That is why the
surface3d function interface is separate from the points3d function interface
... it uses a matrix to communicate adjacency for four points at a time.
On March 23, 2020 7:54:04 PM PDT, EK Esawi via R-help <r-help at
r-project.org> wrote:>
>Thank you Ista and LMH.
>I want to plot 3D scatter with options to connect the surface with
>lines;that's just like points connected with a? line in 2D and i may
>want to fit a surface to the data for soem of teh plots. LMH pointed
>out to what concerned me and the reason for the question which was i
>don't want to spend time in a package and then find out that t
doesn't
>do what i want to.
>Thanks again and best of luckEK
>On Monday, March 23, 2020, 6:02:33 PM EDT, LMH
><lmh_users-groups at molconn.com> wrote:?
>
> Hello,
>
>I use rgl for 3D plots.
>
>Mostly I use this for a 3D scatter plot where I can zoom and pan for
>closer analyses
>of the data. I also can manually connect any points with lines. It took
>me a bit to
>get the options right so the plot appears the way I want it to. In my
>opinion, there
>are a few unresolved issues with the units and labels on the axis, but
>most of the
>data I looked at was in principle components so x, y, and z were in the
>same units.
>
>I can post a sample of the terminal input that I used if that would
>help.
>
>LMH
>
>
>Ek Esawi wrote:
>> Hi All--
>>
>> I have been looking into 2D and 3D graphing packages. Based on what i
>> read, it seems that ggplot2 is the best and I like it too, but
>ggplot2
>> doesn't have 3D plotting capabilities. I read that other packages
>> (plot_ly, rgl, rayshader) can be used with ggplot2 to create 3D
>> charts, but not sure if that?s the way to go.
>>
>> The question is: what is/are the best 2D and 3D graphing packages? I
>> read that lattice, and a few others, has ?limited? 3D charting
>> capabilities.
>>
>> Thanks in advance--EK
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>
>
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rgl can do that, but I have my doubts whether it is useful: x <- runif(500) y <- runif(500) z <- (x - 0.5)^2 + (y - 0.5)^2 library(rgl) plot3d(x, y, z, col = "red") dxyz <- deldir::deldir(x, y, z = z, suppressMsge = TRUE) plot3d(dxyz, add = TRUE, front = "lines", back = "lines", specular = "black") Duncan Murdoch On 24/03/2020 5:42 p.m., EK Esawi via R-help wrote:> > Thank you Jeff. I have been using a textbook which has some of the chart types i was hoping to produce; that's 3D charts where points are connected by lines in 3D, like a grid. The book also has 3D fitted surfaces. The authors used exclusively R in this book. That's what i asked. > Thanks again and hope you and yours are safe > EK > On Monday, March 23, 2020, 11:23:34 PM EDT, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > > I don't know of any 3d scatterplot plotting software that does that. You have to communicate the connections between points to the plotting function, and there is no easy way to do that with arbitrary scattered points. That is why the surface3d function interface is separate from the points3d function interface ... it uses a matrix to communicate adjacency for four points at a time. > > On March 23, 2020 7:54:04 PM PDT, EK Esawi via R-help <r-help at r-project.org> wrote: >> >> Thank you Ista and LMH. >> I want to plot 3D scatter with options to connect the surface with >> lines;that's just like points connected with a? line in 2D and i may >> want to fit a surface to the data for soem of teh plots. LMH pointed >> out to what concerned me and the reason for the question which was i >> don't want to spend time in a package and then find out that t doesn't >> do what i want to. >> Thanks again and best of luckEK >> On Monday, March 23, 2020, 6:02:33 PM EDT, LMH >> <lmh_users-groups at molconn.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I use rgl for 3D plots. >> >> Mostly I use this for a 3D scatter plot where I can zoom and pan for >> closer analyses >> of the data. I also can manually connect any points with lines. It took >> me a bit to >> get the options right so the plot appears the way I want it to. In my >> opinion, there >> are a few unresolved issues with the units and labels on the axis, but >> most of the >> data I looked at was in principle components so x, y, and z were in the >> same units. >> >> I can post a sample of the terminal input that I used if that would >> help. >> >> LMH >> >> >> Ek Esawi wrote: >>> Hi All-- >>> >>> I have been looking into 2D and 3D graphing packages. Based on what i >>> read, it seems that ggplot2 is the best and I like it too, but >> ggplot2 >>> doesn't have 3D plotting capabilities. I read that other packages >>> (plot_ly, rgl, rayshader) can be used with ggplot2 to create 3D >>> charts, but not sure if that?s the way to go. >>> >>> The question is: what is/are the best 2D and 3D graphing packages? I >>> read that lattice, and a few others, has ?limited? 3D charting >>> capabilities. >>> >>> Thanks in advance--EK >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> ??? [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >