Graph functionality

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Matt
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Joined: 02 Feb 2016, 21:33

Graph functionality

Post by Matt »

Hi there,

It would be nice to see some extra graph functionality added. Specifically:

1) Getting data through an API function (simGetGraphData)
2) Saving/exporting data through an API function (simExportGraphData)
3) Creating a graph (simCreateGraph)
4) Associating/Removing objects from graph (simAddGraphItem)
5) Changing graph colours (simSetObjectInt32Parameter)

I'd like to save a decent amount of data from simulation runs, but it's unfeasible to manually do it for each point. Right now my workaround is to add a child script to the graph object, and append information to a table on every sensing step.

Matt

coppelia
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Re: Graph functionality

Post by coppelia »

Hello Matt,

the general way of doing this is that have a graph that contains several user-defined data streams, and to feed them via the API with data (simSetGraphUserData) that you collect with various API functions (e.g. simGetObjectPosition, etc.).

Cheers

Matt
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Re: Graph functionality

Post by Matt »

Agreed, adding and visualizing data on a graph is no problem. (4) was maybe a bit more of a convenience then a necessity.

But right now it doesn't look like there's much functionality for doing other manipulations with it. If for example I wanted to collect data and save data over a time range, I've had to do something like this:

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if (sim_call_type==sim_childscriptcall_initialization) then 

    data_table = {}

end 

if (sim_call_type==sim_childscriptcall_sensing) then 

    if simGetIntegerSignal("collectData") ~= nil then
        table.insert(data_table, data)
    end

    if simGetIntegerSignal("resetData") ~= nil then
        data_table = {}
    end

    if simGetIntegerSignal("saveData") ~= nil then
        ...
    end

end
Whereas the graph would have this information already. If instead of using signals and managing memory there was an equivalent function for getting recorded data from the graph object, e.g.:

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r, data = simGetGraphData(stream_name, time_start, time_end)
and saving data:

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r = simExportGraphData(data)
it would make things a lot more streamlined. Right now there's no API equivalent for exporting data, although it can be done manually (Menu bar --> File --> Export --> Selected graphs as CSV...).

psychemedia
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Re: Graph functionality

Post by psychemedia »

+1 on a simple function for getting data out of a graph object buffer.

coppelia
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Re: Graph functionality

Post by coppelia »

You have some undocumented graph functions, such as simGetGraphCurve. Have a look at the customization script located in lua/graph_customization.lua

Cheers

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