3D plot Widget

[Mattiaset]

Hi

We have a use-case where we collect positions in x,y,z from an in-house positioning system. We want to show it in a plot-diagram. I can plot X & Y, but there is no widget for X, Y, Z. 

Do you know how to proceed, any workaround or plans to have a X, Y, Z plot-widget? Also want to do a heat-diagram using the same data. On pot.ly (https://plot.ly/javascript/3d-charts/) I can find a lot of nice charts to use, can I use these in ThingWorx Mashup?

Thanks

[raluca_edu]

Hi,

3D chart/plot is not available in Thingworx, you can create a custom widget for that.

Please see: https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS282740

Best regards,

Raluca Edu

[VladimirRosu]

Hi,

What exactly do you want to display in the graph? If you want to have a 3D graph (3 axes - x,y,z) then that is a custom widget, as Raluca mentioned above.

If instead you accept/want to have a time based one, the timeseries chart accepts max 8 values being displayed.

Which one is it?

[Mattiaset]

It is 3D graph, so I guess the only solution is to go for custom widget.

[VladimirRosu · Accepted solution]

In this case, this guide should help you:

https://developer.thingworx.com/en/resources/guides/create-mashup-widget-extension

Usually you would want to take advantage of the ThingWorx Eclipse plugin, to generate a metadata.xml file required in the extension. I've tried with the latest Eclipse, it works, but you to install an editor for JS from the Eclipse Marketplace before you create the Widget using the ThingWorx menu.

If on the other hand you're familiar with its structure, you can also write by hand in your preferred editor.