# SpiderPlot

VTKExamples/Cxx/Plotting/SpiderPlot

### Description

A spider plot is used to display multivariate data. See this wikipedia article for more information.

### Code

SpiderPlot.cxx

    #include <vtkSpiderPlotActor.h>

    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
    #include <vtkFloatArray.h>
    #include <vtkDataObject.h>
    #include <vtkFieldData.h>
    #include <vtkMath.h>
    #include <vtkTextProperty.h>
    #include <vtkRenderer.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
    #include <vtkPolyData.h>
    #include <vtkPoints.h>
    #include <vtkIdList.h>
    #include <vtkProperty2D.h>
    #include <vtkLegendBoxActor.h>
    #include <vtkTestUtilities.h>
    #include <vtkRegressionTestImage.h>

    //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    int main( int, char *[] )
    {
      int numTuples = 12;

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray> bitter =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray>::New();
      bitter->SetNumberOfTuples(numTuples);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray> crispy =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray>::New();
      crispy->SetNumberOfTuples(numTuples);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray> crunchy =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray>::New();
      crunchy->SetNumberOfTuples(numTuples);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray> salty =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray>::New();
      salty->SetNumberOfTuples(numTuples);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray> oily =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray>::New();
      oily->SetNumberOfTuples(numTuples);

      for (int i=0; i<numTuples; i++)
      {
        bitter->SetTuple1(i, vtkMath::Random(1,10));
        crispy->SetTuple1(i, vtkMath::Random(-1,1));
        crunchy->SetTuple1(i, vtkMath::Random(1,100));
        salty->SetTuple1(i, vtkMath::Random(0,10));
        oily->SetTuple1(i, vtkMath::Random(5,25));
      }

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataObject> dobj =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataObject>::New();
      dobj->GetFieldData()->AddArray(bitter);
      dobj->GetFieldData()->AddArray(crispy);
      dobj->GetFieldData()->AddArray(crunchy);
      dobj->GetFieldData()->AddArray(salty);
      dobj->GetFieldData()->AddArray(oily);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkSpiderPlotActor> actor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkSpiderPlotActor>::New();
      actor->SetInputData(dobj);
      actor->SetTitle("Spider Plot");
      actor->SetIndependentVariablesToColumns();
      actor->GetPositionCoordinate()->SetValue(0.05,0.1,0.0);
      actor->GetPosition2Coordinate()->SetValue(0.95,0.85,0.0);
      actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(1,0,0);
      actor->SetAxisLabel(0,"Bitter");
      actor->SetAxisRange(0,1,10);
      actor->SetAxisLabel(1,"Crispy");
      actor->SetAxisRange(1,-1,1);
      actor->SetAxisLabel(2,"Crunchy");
      actor->SetAxisRange(2,1,100);
      actor->SetAxisLabel(3,"Salty");
      actor->SetAxisRange(3,0,10);
      actor->SetAxisLabel(4,"Oily");
      actor->SetAxisRange(4,5,25);
      actor->GetLegendActor()->SetNumberOfEntries(numTuples);
      for (int i=0; i<numTuples; i++)
      {
        double red=vtkMath::Random(0,1);
        double green=vtkMath::Random(0,1);
        double blue=vtkMath::Random(0,1);
        actor->SetPlotColor(i,red,green,blue);
      }
      actor->LegendVisibilityOn();

      // Set text colors (same as actor for backward compat with test)
      actor->GetTitleTextProperty()->SetColor(1,1,0);
      actor->GetLabelTextProperty()->SetColor(1,0,0);

      // Create the RenderWindow, Renderer and both Actors
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> ren1 =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renWin =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
      renWin->AddRenderer(ren1);
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
      iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);

      ren1->AddActor(actor);
      ren1->SetBackground(.2, .2, .2);
      renWin->SetSize(500,200);

      // render the image
      iren->Initialize();
      renWin->Render();

      iren->Start();

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(SpiderPlot)

    find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
    include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

    add_executable(SpiderPlot MACOSX_BUNDLE SpiderPlot.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(SpiderPlot ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build SpiderPlot

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Click here to download SpiderPlot and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball SpiderPlot.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

    cd SpiderPlot/build

If VTK is installed:

    cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

    cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

    make

and run it:

    ./SpiderPlot

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.