3D scatter plots and 3D graph visualization in Java

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I'm looking to create views of scientific data in Java.

The data is a mathematical graph consisting of points in 3D space.

Are there any Java-based frameworks for creating 3D graphs in Java so that I can: 1. Plot points as spheres, 2. Connect some of the spheres with thin cylinders, 3. Draw flat triangles between some sets of three spheres?

Something like a molecule viewer, with the ability to insert 3D polygons.

Web searches seem to bring up either 3D mesh-plotting tools, "3D charts" (for "pretty representations of 2D/1D data); but I can't seem to find anything that is suited to my data.

I guess this could be done in Java 3D, but I'd prefer to use existing code so that I don't have to write code to manage user gestures (for rotation, etc.) and so that I can simply work with simple coordinates, rather than mapping into the transformation and scene-graph perspective of Java 3D.

Depending on your system you could always run a Python matplotlib program from within Java. I'm not sure how well Jython would work or if that goes in the opposite direction... but I think they already do what you want: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/mplot3d/rotate_axes3d_demo.html — Wayne Werner, Jul 08 '10 at 17:11

Martin Pernollet · Answer 1 · 2013-08-17T07:19:59.637

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I suggest you try http://github.com/jzy3d, which will really help you to do what you want. Regards, Martin

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answered Jul 08 '10 at 17:05

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I just discovered it here ...Personally, I find it great. – dagnelies Nov 15 '10 at 13:38

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 14 '09 at 03:56

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Well, if you have to end up doing a lot of it from scratch (Sorry, I don't know any libraries), you might want to try Processing. It's Java and might have some of the functionality you're looking for to start building a charting tool.

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 14 '09 at 18:38

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I don't know a good mathematical library that does representation in 3d but you can always export to a plain txt file and use good old gnuplot.

answered Sep 14 '09 at 18:38

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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We are thinking about integrating root (it's a scientific library C++ from CERN) with our Java app. But integrating C++ app in Java is a problem in itself.

EDIT: I was also pointed to JAS3, that is a scientific java lib that has 3d plots.

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answered Oct 07 '09 at 23:37

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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Here is a related answer of me: I have summary of existing tools and show a alternative option to create interactive charts with Gnuplot in a JPanel

Java 3D plot library?

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answered Jul 12 '11 at 18:49

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3D scatter plots and 3D graph visualization in Java

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