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frederic

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snapping points
« on: December 06, 2017, 04:25:20 pm »


Dear specialists

I try to develop a standard procedure for a helping tool in a chart.

The basis is  “ chpointsbasicmaster” : a chart which provides the available data  ( in my test case 60 points).
Then i have standard chpointsLinserie1: achart with evenly distributed zigzag line (20 points here)

The idea is to use to the points of the  zigzag line and then drag them to one of the points  of  the “ chpointsbasicmaster”-line. This dragging should take place in such a way that we keep the sorted character of the zigzag points.
Once we have dragged close to the “chpointsbasicmaster”  the nearest point of the “chpointsbasicmaster”  should be grabbed and its xy values should become the new values of the zigzag point of the chpointsLinserie1.

for the dragging and snapping i try to use following  code:
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procedure TForm1.ctPointsDataPointDragTool1Drag(ASender: TDataPointDragTool;
  var AGraphPoint: TDoublePoint);
 var  thspoint:integer;
     anx,any:double;
       AmasterGraphPoint : TDoublePoint;
      p: TNearestPointParams;
      r: TNearestPointResults;
begin
     draggedpoint:= ctPointsDataPointDragTool1.PointIndex ;  // affected series = chpointsLinserie1
      if ((AGraphPoint.x >=  minimumX)and(AGraphPoint.x <=  maximumX)) then
      begin
          RposX[draggedpoint]:=AGraphPoint.x;  //during dragging
          RposY[draggedpoint]:= AGraphPoint.y;//during dragging
          memo1.Lines.add(' draggedpoint= '+inttostr( draggedpoint)+'   Rx= '+floattostr(RposX[draggedpoint])+' Ry= '+floattostr(RposY[draggedpoint]));
      end;

  // p.FDistFunc := @PointDistX; // got error when using this
  p.FOptimizeX := true;
  p.FPoint := chPoints.GraphToImage(aGraphPoint);
  p.FRadius := 15;

  if  chpointsbasicmaster.GetNearestPoint(p, r) then
    begin
       AmasterGraphPoint :=  chpointsbasicmaster.AxisToGraph(r.FValue);
      RposX[draggedpoint]:=AmasterGraphPoint.x;  // a detected nearest point
      RposY[draggedpoint]:= AmasterGraphPoint.y;
      AGraphPoint:=AmasterGraphPoint ; //overriding
      anx:=AGraphPoint.x;
     any:= AGraphPoint.y;
     memo1.lines.add('  nearest point x='+floattostr(anx)+'  any='+floattostr(any));

    end else memo1.Lines.add( 'not working') ;
end;                         


it compiles oke , but "if  chpointsbasicmaster.GetNearestPoint(p, r) then"  is not getting true

// p.FDistFunc := @PointDistX;results in an error
 i suspect the "@"which is not recognised in my case ,i do not know what to do with it

i would appriciate some suggestions how to solve this


wp

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Re: snapping points
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2017, 04:59:54 pm »
What is "cbpointsbasicmaster"? It "provides the available data" - this means that it should be a ChartSource, but your description reads as if it is a series.

Could you assemble a little demo to play with?

frederic

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Re: snapping points
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2017, 08:45:52 pm »
wp,
attached the project i was testing


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Re: snapping points
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2017, 12:28:56 am »
Well, I can't say that I understand what you want to achieve. But, at least, the issue with p.FDistFunc := @PointDistX simply is that the unit TAGeometry is missing - this is where these Dist functions are declared.

frederic

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Re: snapping points
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2017, 09:37:39 am »

thanks wp

it works
why such a tool?
sometimes i get a bunch of arbritrary measuring data(simulated by chpointsbasicmaster) with which you want to do some calculations with).Very often these data were polluted with different kinds of mistakes(known and unknown).This can be handled in two ways:
Careful analysing the deviations and write code for it .This means much work and covering only known deviations.
or the quick and dirty route where this approach can be of help , where you interprete the data and  select the "good"values(the adapted chpointsLinserie1)
You create in this way a filtered input array which you can use for further calculation.

Thats my intension


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Re: snapping points
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2017, 10:03:25 am »
it works
Does this mean that this issue is fixed for you? I am asking because I did not see any "snapping" effect in your demo.


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Re: snapping points
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2017, 10:22:46 am »
wp .
it is solved for me.

not snapping?
my interpretation of "snapping" is that when a point is moved close to fixed other point and it is close enough ,it will be attracted to that  fixed point like a magnet.
That has been achieved.
When that is not "snapping" we should change the title of this thread to..........



 

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