



This example demonstrates angular meters of which the pointers are pivoted at the corners of squares.
The meters in this example are achieved by using various start angles and end angles with 90 degrees angular span between them.
ChartDirector 6.0 (Ruby Edition)
Square Angular Meters
Source Code Listing
require("chartdirector") class SquareameterController < ApplicationController def index() @title = "Square Angular Meters" @ctrl_file = File.expand_path(__FILE__) @noOfCharts = 4 render :template => "templates/chartview" end # # Render and deliver the chart # def getchart() # This script can draw different charts depending on the chartIndex chartIndex = (params["img"]).to_i # The value to display on the meter value = 4.75 # Create an AugularMeter object of size 110 x 110 pixels, using silver background color with # a black 2 pixel 3D depressed border. m = ChartDirector::AngularMeter.new(110, 110, ChartDirector::silverColor(), 0x000000, -2) # Set meter appearance according to a parameter if chartIndex == 0 # Set the meter center at bottom left corner (15, 95), with radius 85 pixels. Meter # spans from 90 - 0 degrees. m.setMeter(15, 95, 85, 90, 0) # Add a label to the meter centered at (35, 75) m.addText(35, 75, "VDC", "arialbd.ttf", 12, ChartDirector::TextColor, ChartDirector::Center) # Add a text box to show the value at top right corner (103, 7) m.addText(103, 7, m.formatValue(value, "2"), "arial.ttf", 8, 0xffffff, ChartDirector::TopRight).setBackground(0, 0, -1) elsif chartIndex == 1 # Set the meter center at top left corner (15, 15), with radius 85 pixels. Meter spans # from 90 - 180 degrees. m.setMeter(15, 15, 85, 90, 180) # Add a label to the meter centered at (35, 35) m.addText(35, 35, "AMP", "arialbd.ttf", 12, ChartDirector::TextColor, ChartDirector::Center) # Add a text box to show the value at bottom right corner (103, 103) m.addText(103, 103, m.formatValue(value, "2"), "arial.ttf", 8, 0xffffff, ChartDirector::BottomRight).setBackground(0, 0, -1) elsif chartIndex == 2 # Set the meter center at top right corner (15, 95), with radius 85 pixels. Meter spans # from 270 - 180 degrees. m.setMeter(95, 15, 85, 270, 180) # Add a label to the meter centered at (75, 35) m.addText(75, 35, "KW", "arialbd.ttf", 12, ChartDirector::TextColor, ChartDirector::Center) # Add a text box to show the value at bottom left corner (7, 103) m.addText(7, 103, m.formatValue(value, "2"), "arial.ttf", 8, 0xffffff, ChartDirector::BottomLeft).setBackground(0, 0, -1) else # Set the meter center at bottom right corner (95, 95), with radius 85 pixels. Meter # spans from 270 - 360 degrees. m.setMeter(95, 95, 85, 270, 360) # Add a label to the meter centered at (75, 75) m.addText(75, 75, "RPM", "arialbd.ttf", 12, ChartDirector::TextColor, ChartDirector::Center) # Add a text box to show the value at top left corner (7, 7) m.addText(7, 7, m.formatValue(value, "2"), "arial.ttf", 8, 0xffffff, ChartDirector::TopLeft).setBackground(0, 0, -1) end # Meter scale is 0 - 10, with a major tick every 2 units, and minor tick every 1 unit m.setScale(0, 10, 2, 1) # Set 0 - 6 as green (99ff99) zone, 6 - 8 as yellow (ffff00) zone, and 8 - 10 as red # (ff3333) zone m.addZone(0, 6, 0x99ff99, 0x808080) m.addZone(6, 8, 0xffff00, 0x808080) m.addZone(8, 10, 0xff3333, 0x808080) # Add a semi-transparent black (80000000) pointer at the specified value m.addPointer(value, 0x80000000) # Output the chart send_data(m.makeChart2(ChartDirector::PNG), :type => "image/png", :disposition => "inline") end end |
<html> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <!-- Title --> <div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold"> <%= @title %> </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080" /> <!-- Source Code Listing Link --> <div style="font-size:9pt; font-family:verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em"> <%= link_to "Source Code Listing", :controller => "cddemo", :action => "viewsource", :ctrl_file => @ctrl_file, :view_file => File.expand_path(__FILE__) %> </div> <!-- Create one or more IMG tags to display the demo chart(s) --> <% 0.upto(@noOfCharts - 1) do |i| %> <img src="<%= url_for(:action => "getchart", :img => i) %>"> <% end %> </body> </html> |
#!/usr/bin/env ruby require("chartdirector") def createChart(chartIndex) # The value to display on the meter value = 4.75 # Create an AugularMeter object of size 110 x 110 pixels, using silver background color with a # black 2 pixel 3D depressed border. m = ChartDirector::AngularMeter.new(110, 110, ChartDirector::silverColor(), 0x000000, -2) # Set meter appearance according to a parameter if chartIndex == 0 # Set the meter center at bottom left corner (15, 95), with radius 85 pixels. Meter spans # from 90 - 0 degrees. m.setMeter(15, 95, 85, 90, 0) # Add a label to the meter centered at (35, 75) m.addText(35, 75, "VDC", "arialbd.ttf", 12, ChartDirector::TextColor, ChartDirector::Center) # Add a text box to show the value at top right corner (103, 7) m.addText(103, 7, m.formatValue(value, "2"), "arial.ttf", 8, 0xffffff, ChartDirector::TopRight).setBackground(0, 0, -1) elsif chartIndex == 1 # Set the meter center at top left corner (15, 15), with radius 85 pixels. Meter spans from # 90 - 180 degrees. m.setMeter(15, 15, 85, 90, 180) # Add a label to the meter centered at (35, 35) m.addText(35, 35, "AMP", "arialbd.ttf", 12, ChartDirector::TextColor, ChartDirector::Center) # Add a text box to show the value at bottom right corner (103, 103) m.addText(103, 103, m.formatValue(value, "2"), "arial.ttf", 8, 0xffffff, ChartDirector::BottomRight).setBackground(0, 0, -1) elsif chartIndex == 2 # Set the meter center at top right corner (15, 95), with radius 85 pixels. Meter spans from # 270 - 180 degrees. m.setMeter(95, 15, 85, 270, 180) # Add a label to the meter centered at (75, 35) m.addText(75, 35, "KW", "arialbd.ttf", 12, ChartDirector::TextColor, ChartDirector::Center) # Add a text box to show the value at bottom left corner (7, 103) m.addText(7, 103, m.formatValue(value, "2"), "arial.ttf", 8, 0xffffff, ChartDirector::BottomLeft).setBackground(0, 0, -1) else # Set the meter center at bottom right corner (95, 95), with radius 85 pixels. Meter spans # from 270 - 360 degrees. m.setMeter(95, 95, 85, 270, 360) # Add a label to the meter centered at (75, 75) m.addText(75, 75, "RPM", "arialbd.ttf", 12, ChartDirector::TextColor, ChartDirector::Center) # Add a text box to show the value at top left corner (7, 7) m.addText(7, 7, m.formatValue(value, "2"), "arial.ttf", 8, 0xffffff, ChartDirector::TopLeft ).setBackground(0, 0, -1) end # Meter scale is 0 - 10, with a major tick every 2 units, and minor tick every 1 unit m.setScale(0, 10, 2, 1) # Set 0 - 6 as green (99ff99) zone, 6 - 8 as yellow (ffff00) zone, and 8 - 10 as red (ff3333) # zone m.addZone(0, 6, 0x99ff99, 0x808080) m.addZone(6, 8, 0xffff00, 0x808080) m.addZone(8, 10, 0xff3333, 0x808080) # Add a semi-transparent black (80000000) pointer at the specified value m.addPointer(value, 0x80000000) # Output the chart m.makeChart("squareameter%s.png" % chartIndex) end createChart(0) createChart(1) createChart(2) createChart(3) |