Gnuplot: keep depth order for Gnuplot 3D polygons

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Gnuplot: keep depth order for Gnuplot 3D polygons

I have a 3D model of the entire city, and I would like to show an isometric view of these buildings. For this, I use gnuplot polygons, because I don’t think I can use pm3d for polygons with coordinates that are not in a well-defined grid. Polygons are displayed in color corresponding to the average amount of solar radiation that they receive. I also display the polygons as a wireframe, mainly for automatically installing xrange, yrange and zrange.

It looks good from afar, but when you zoom in, you see that the depth order of some polygons is wrong.

This is the CityGML model imported into SketchUp:

Here is what comes out of Gnuplot:

Do you have any idea how I can display these polygons in the correct order?

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Gnuplot, (2 4 ):

set style line 1 linecolor rgbcolor "#777777" linewidth 1
set style increment user
set palette file "-"
0.00000 0.23137 0.22353 0.64314
0.17990 0.47843 0.34510 0.71765
0.32010 0.34902 0.17647 0.55686
0.43990 0.40784 0.10980 0.36471
0.59010 0.46275 0.09020 0.16863
0.78000 0.86667 0.41569 0.24314
0.92990 0.92549 0.66667 0.33725
1.00000 0.97647 0.91765 0.82745
e
set cbrange [50:150]
set cbtics 25
set format cb "%.0f W/m²"
unset xtics
unset ytics
unset ztics
unset border
set colorbox

kzoom=1.0
phi=30.0
theta=60.0
set xyplane 0       # removes the offset of the xy plane
set view equal xyz  # force equal units to all three axes
set view theta,phi,kzoom

set object 1 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
3.0,0.0,3.5 to \
3.0,2.0,3.5 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0
set object 1 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.1315 front

set object 2 polygon from \
4.0,0.0,3.0 to \
4.0,2.0,3.0 to \
3.0,2.0,3.5 to \
3.0,0.0,3.5 to \
4.0,0.0,3.0
set object 2 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.62192 front

set object 3 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
4.0,0.0,0.0 to \
4.0,0.0,3.0 to \
3.0,0.0,3.5 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0
set object 3 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 100.545204

set object 4 polygon from \
4.0,0.0,0.0 to \
4.0,2.0,0.0 to \
4.0,2.0,3.0 to \
4.0,0.0,3.0 to \
4.0,0.0,0.0
set object 4 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.58082

set object 5 polygon from \
4.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
3.0,2.0,3.5 to \
4.0,2.0,3.0 to \
4.0,2.0,0.0
set object 5 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 55.88219

set object 6 polygon from \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0
set object 6 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

set object 7 polygon from \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0
set object 7 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

set object 8 polygon from \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
1.0,0.0,3.5 to \
1.0,2.0,3.5 to \
0.0,2.0,3.0 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0
set object 8 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.1315 front

set object 9 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
1.0,2.0,3.5 to \
1.0,0.0,3.5 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0
set object 9 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.62192 front

set object 10 polygon from \
0.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
1.0,0.0,3.5 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
0.0,0.0,0.0
set object 10 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 100.545204

set object 11 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0
set object 11 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.58082

set object 12 polygon from \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,2.0,3.0 to \
1.0,2.0,3.5 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0
set object 12 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 55.88219

set object 13 polygon from \
0.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,0.0,0.0 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
0.0,2.0,0.0
set object 13 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

set object 14 polygon from \
0.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
0.0,2.0,3.0 to \
0.0,2.0,0.0
set object 14 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

splot "-" with lines notitle ls 1, NaN notitle palette
2.0 0.0 0.0
2.0 2.0 0.0
4.0 2.0 0.0
4.0 0.0 0.0
2.0 0.0 0.0

0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 2.0 0.0
2.0 2.0 0.0
2.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
e

pause mouse

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gnuplot 3d render

Eric Duminil 09 . '16 13:40

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maij · Answer 1 · 2016-11-10T20:46:18+0000

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python script , :

"poly_raw.dat". set object x polygon from.
gnuplot set view theta, phi, x z (, ).
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python script, plot.raw.dat plot_sorted.dat .

# poly.py
from math import cos, sin, pi
from re import sub, match, findall

class Polygon:

   def __init__(self):

      self.firstLine = ""
      self.points = []
      self.lastLine = ""


   def __str__(self):

      pointStrings = [",".join(map(str,point)) for point in self.points]

      s = ""
      s += self.firstLine
      s += " to \\\n".join(pointStrings)
      s += "\n"
      s += self.lastLine

      return s


   def readObjectFromFile(self, f, firstObjectLine):
      self.firstLine = firstObjectLine
      line = f.readline()
      while not match("set",line):
         coordinates = findall("[\d.]+", line)
         coordinates = tuple(float(x) for x in coordinates)
         self.points.append(coordinates)
         line = f.readline()
      self.lastLine = line

      return self


   def meanAfterRotation(self, theta, phi):
      cx = 0.0
      cy = 0.0
      cz = 0.0

      theta = theta*pi/180.0
      phi = phi*pi/180.0

      for point in self.points:
         x,y,z = point
         x,y,z = (x, y*cos(theta) - z*sin(theta), y*sin(theta) + z*cos(theta))
         x,y,z = (x*cos(phi) - y*sin(phi), x*sin(phi) + y*cos(phi), z)
         cx, cy, cz = (cx + x, cy + y, cz + z)

      n = len(self.points)

      return (cx/n, cy/n, cz/n)


   def setPosition(self, posIndex):

      self.firstLine = sub("(\d+)", str(posIndex), self.firstLine, 1)
      self.lastLine = sub("(\d+)", str(posIndex), self.lastLine, 1)




polygons = []
with open("poly_raw.dat") as f:

    line = f.readline()
    while line:

       if line.strip() != "":
          polygons.append(Polygon().readObjectFromFile(f,line))

       line = f.readline()

polygons.sort(key = lambda x: x.meanAfterRotation(60,30)[1], reverse = True)
pos = 1
for p in polygons:
   p.setPosition(pos)
   pos += 1

for p in polygons:
   print(p)

gnuplot script:

# poly.plt, gnuplot 4.6
# Does not work when interactively rotating the picture.

set style line 1 linecolor rgbcolor "#777777" linewidth 1
set style increment user
set palette file "-"
0.00000 0.23137 0.22353 0.64314
0.17990 0.47843 0.34510 0.71765
0.32010 0.34902 0.17647 0.55686
0.43990 0.40784 0.10980 0.36471
0.59010 0.46275 0.09020 0.16863
0.78000 0.86667 0.41569 0.24314
0.92990 0.92549 0.66667 0.33725
1.00000 0.97647 0.91765 0.82745
e
set cbrange [50:150]
set cbtics 25
set format cb "%.0f W/m²"
unset xtics
unset ytics
unset ztics
unset border
set colorbox

kzoom=1.0
phi=30.0
theta=60.0
set xyplane 0       # removes the offset of the xy plane
set view equal xyz  # force equal units to all three axes
set view theta,phi,kzoom

#load "poly_raw.dat"
load "poly_sorted.dat"

set terminal png
#set output "raw.png"
set output "sorted.png"
splot "-" with lines notitle ls 1, NaN notitle palette
2.0 0.0 0.0
2.0 2.0 0.0
4.0 2.0 0.0
4.0 0.0 0.0
2.0 0.0 0.0

0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 2.0 0.0
2.0 2.0 0.0
2.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
e

front:

set object 1 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
3.0,0.0,3.5 to \
3.0,2.0,3.5 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0
set object 1 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.1315

set object 2 polygon from \
4.0,0.0,3.0 to \
4.0,2.0,3.0 to \
3.0,2.0,3.5 to \
3.0,0.0,3.5 to \
4.0,0.0,3.0
set object 2 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.62192

set object 3 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
4.0,0.0,0.0 to \
4.0,0.0,3.0 to \
3.0,0.0,3.5 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0
set object 3 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 100.545204

set object 4 polygon from \
4.0,0.0,0.0 to \
4.0,2.0,0.0 to \
4.0,2.0,3.0 to \
4.0,0.0,3.0 to \
4.0,0.0,0.0
set object 4 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.58082

set object 5 polygon from \
4.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
3.0,2.0,3.5 to \
4.0,2.0,3.0 to \
4.0,2.0,0.0
set object 5 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 55.88219

set object 6 polygon from \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0
set object 6 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

set object 7 polygon from \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0
set object 7 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

set object 8 polygon from \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
1.0,0.0,3.5 to \
1.0,2.0,3.5 to \
0.0,2.0,3.0 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0
set object 8 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.1315

set object 9 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
1.0,2.0,3.5 to \
1.0,0.0,3.5 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0
set object 9 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.62192

set object 10 polygon from \
0.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
1.0,0.0,3.5 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
0.0,0.0,0.0
set object 10 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 100.545204

set object 11 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0
set object 11 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.58082

set object 12 polygon from \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,2.0,3.0 to \
1.0,2.0,3.5 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0
set object 12 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 55.88219

set object 13 polygon from \
0.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,0.0,0.0 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
0.0,2.0,0.0
set object 13 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

set object 14 polygon from \
0.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
0.0,2.0,3.0 to \
0.0,2.0,0.0
set object 14 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

python poly.py > poly_sorted.dat

set object 1 polygon from \
4.0,0.0,0.0 to \
4.0,2.0,0.0 to \
4.0,2.0,3.0 to \
4.0,0.0,3.0 to \
4.0,0.0,0.0
set object 1 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.58082

set object 2 polygon from \
4.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
3.0,2.0,3.5 to \
4.0,2.0,3.0 to \
4.0,2.0,0.0
set object 2 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 55.88219

set object 3 polygon from \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0
set object 3 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

set object 4 polygon from \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0
set object 4 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

set object 5 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0
set object 5 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.58082

set object 6 polygon from \
2.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,2.0,3.0 to \
1.0,2.0,3.5 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,0.0
set object 6 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 55.88219

set object 7 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
4.0,0.0,0.0 to \
4.0,0.0,3.0 to \
3.0,0.0,3.5 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0
set object 7 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 100.545204

set object 8 polygon from \
0.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,0.0,0.0 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
0.0,2.0,0.0
set object 8 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

set object 9 polygon from \
4.0,0.0,3.0 to \
4.0,2.0,3.0 to \
3.0,2.0,3.5 to \
3.0,0.0,3.5 to \
4.0,0.0,3.0
set object 9 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.62192

set object 10 polygon from \
0.0,2.0,0.0 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
0.0,2.0,3.0 to \
0.0,2.0,0.0
set object 10 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 85.25754

set object 11 polygon from \
0.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,0.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
1.0,0.0,3.5 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
0.0,0.0,0.0
set object 11 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 100.545204

set object 12 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
3.0,0.0,3.5 to \
3.0,2.0,3.5 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0
set object 12 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.1315

set object 13 polygon from \
2.0,0.0,3.0 to \
2.0,2.0,3.0 to \
1.0,2.0,3.5 to \
1.0,0.0,3.5 to \
2.0,0.0,3.0
set object 13 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.62192

set object 14 polygon from \
0.0,0.0,3.0 to \
1.0,0.0,3.5 to \
1.0,2.0,3.5 to \
0.0,2.0,3.0 to \
0.0,0.0,3.0
set object 14 fill solid 0.9 border lw 2 fc palette cb 128.1315

Ethan · Answer 2 · 2019-04-18T19:54:20+0000

, , gnuplot, , , , :

set pm3d depthorder base

pm3d, ( z = 0), . , 3D-, , , , , . "boxes3d".

GRSousaJr · Answer 3 · 2019-08-23T16:06:56+0000

, , , . x-y-z . z- . house.dat

0.0000   0.0000   0.0000
2.0000   0.0000   0.0000
2.0000   0.0000   3.0000
1.0001   0.0000   4.0000
0.9999   0.0000   4.0000
0.0000   0.0000   3.0000
0.0000   0.0000   0.0000

2.0000   0.0000   0.0000
2.0000   2.0000   0.0000
2.0000   2.0000   3.0000
1.0001   2.0000   4.0000
1.0001   0.0000   4.0000
2.0000   0.0000   3.0000
2.0000   0.0000   0.0000

2.0000   2.0000   0.0000
0.0000   2.0000   0.0000
0.0000   2.0000   3.0000
0.9999   2.0000   4.0000
1.0001   2.0000   4.0000
2.0000   2.0000   3.0000
2.0000   2.0000   0.0000

2.0000   0.0000   0.0000
0.0000   0.0000   0.0000
0.0000   0.0000   3.0000
0.9999   0.0000   4.0000
0.9999   2.0000   4.0000
0.0000   2.0000   3.0000
0.0000   2.0000   0.0000
2.0000   0.0000   0.0000

gnuplot

set terminal pngcairo font ',10'
set output "house.png"
set view equal xyz
set view ,,1.5
unset tics
set xyplane at 0
set pm3d depthorder lighting border lw 0.5
set grid ls -1 lc "gray"
set xrange [-1:5]
set yrange [-1:3]
set zrange [0:4]
set cbrange [0:4]
unset colorbox
unset key
unset border

set object polygon from \
    graph 0, 0, 0 to \
    graph 1, 0, 0 to \
    graph 1, 1, 0 to \
    graph 0, 1, 0 to \
    graph 0, 0, 0 fc rgb "dark-plum" fs transparent solid 0.50 noborder

splot \
    "house.dat" u   ($1):2:3:3 w pm3d ,\
    "house.dat" u ($1+2):2:3:3 w pm3d

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