Steppy lines

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Posted 6 years ago by Julian Thomas
Version: 17.2.0662
Platform: .NET 4.7
Environment: Windows 10 (64-bit)
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Hi

I am not able to get a smooth line, it has descrete steps in it. I have tried with and without aggregation and they are still there. For example, if I use a pure sine wave, you can see the steps:

Without aggregation:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mzlxk1l5lv5tfgn/Capture5.PNG?dl=0

With aggregation, the line just becomes 'bumpy':

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ceoqy3l70ftx2rd/Capture4.PNG?dl=0

It is as though only certain angles of line can be rendered (integer perhaps?)

code I am using:

Xaml:

<charts:XYChart IsLegendVisible="True" PaddingPercentage="0" LegendHorizontalPosition="LeftInside"
GridLineMajorVisibility="Y" Margin="73,64,36,47">
<charts:XYChart.SeriesStyleSelector>
<charts:SeriesPaletteStyleSelector>
<charts:Palette Kind="Roman"/>
</charts:SeriesPaletteStyleSelector>
</charts:XYChart.SeriesStyleSelector>

<charts:XYChart.YAxes>
<charts:XYDoubleAxis x:Name="yAxis" Position="FarEdge" AreMajorTicksVisible="True" Minimum="0.0" Maximum="80.0" TickMajorInterval="10.0" Title="Stock Value"/>
</charts:XYChart.YAxes>
<charts:LineSeries ItemsSource="{Binding ElementName=CTLiveMainWindow, Path=ChartData1}" YAxis="{Binding ElementName=yAxis}" Description="Cyberdyne" IsAggregationEnabled="True" YPath="Amount" XPath="Index" LineKind="Normal" Name="lineSeries"/>

</charts:XYChart>

c#:

Style style = new System.Windows.Style();
style.Setters.Add(new Setter(Shape.StrokeThicknessProperty, 1.0));
lineSeries.LineStyle = style;

for (int i = 0; i <= 1800; i++)
{
double value = Math.Sin(i / 100.0) * 40.0 + 40.0;
var newSalesData1 = new SalesData(DateTime.Now, value, i);
chartData1.Add(newSalesData1);
}

 

Thanks

Julian

Comments (1)

Answer - Posted 6 years ago by Actipro Software Support - Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hi Julian,

Thanks for reporting this.  It appears to be due to some optimizations we make to help reduce anti-aliasing of lines in general.  We round data points a tad to assist with that by default.

For the next build, we have added a XYAxisBase.UseDisplayOptimizations property that you'd want to set to false on both axes.  That will turn off our rounding and will make the lines smooth for this kind of scenario.


Actipro Software Support

The latest build of this product (v24.1.1) was released 1 month ago, which was after the last post in this thread.

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