Method addPlotData

visualization/src/pcl_plotter.cpp:96–137

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void
pcl::visualization::PCLPlotter::addPlotData (
    double const* array_X, double const* array_Y, 
    unsigned long size, char const * name /* = "Y Axis" */, 
    int type, char const* color)
{
  //updating the current plot ID
  current_plot_++;
  
  //creating a permanent copy of the arrays
  double *permanent_X = new double[size];
  double *permanent_Y = new double[size];
  std::copy(array_X, array_X + size, permanent_X);
  std::copy(array_Y, array_Y + size, permanent_Y);

  //transforming data to be fed to the vtkChartXY
  VTK_CREATE (vtkTable, table);

  VTK_CREATE (vtkDoubleArray, varray_X);
  varray_X->SetName ("X Axis");
  varray_X->SetArray (permanent_X, size, 1, vtkDoubleArray::VTK_DATA_ARRAY_DELETE);
  table->AddColumn (varray_X);

  VTK_CREATE (vtkDoubleArray, varray_Y);
  varray_Y->SetName (name);
  varray_Y->SetArray (permanent_Y, size, 1, vtkDoubleArray::VTK_DATA_ARRAY_DELETE);
  table->AddColumn (varray_Y);

  //adding to chart
  //vtkPlot *line = chart_->AddPlot(vtkChart::LINE);
  vtkPlot *line = chart_->AddPlot (type);
  line->SetInputData (table, 0, 1);
  line->SetWidth (1);

  if (!color)    //color automatically based on the ColorScheme
  {
    vtkColor3ub vcolor = color_series_->GetColorRepeating (current_plot_);
    line->SetColor (vcolor[0], vcolor[1], vcolor[2], 255);
  }
  else                  //add the specific color
    line->SetColor (color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3]);
}

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