turn off 3d comet graph animation

[Root_Canal]

The 3d comet graph works fine as a trjectory line plot. Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to disable the gratuitous animation. anybody know if there is a way?

[Darin.K · Accepted solution]

You should be able to plug the same data into the good old-fashioned 3D Line Graph and get the trajectory without the animation. 

[Root_Canal]

Yeah, the line graph works well, but I am psychotically obsessed with the style of the comet graph. It's perfect for displaying a trajectory. I suppose it reminds me of the cheesy fake NORAD screen from wargames. I've tried to mimic the comet graph style as closely as I can using the 3d line graph, but there seems to be no way to get the 3D line graph to render a portion of the trajectory outside of the specified axes range, as the comet graph does. This doesn't look as sharp when zooming in on the trajectory endpoints.

It's also a royal pain in the rump to modify the graph style programmatically for multiple plots. You have to "switch" between active axes and active plots and active cursors and modify each one separately which is very very sluggish.I wonder if NI will refine the 3d graph functions to be less.... clunky.

 

[Root_Canal]

oh, I almost forgot to ask "Darin.K" if that is your real name; what's it like being the stig? More importantly, is your helmet removable or is it grafted on like Darth Vader's?

[Darin.K]

I am all too familiar with psychotic obsessions.  I had just started a peaceful coexistence with the ActiveX based 3d graphs when the new 3D picture based versions came along.  I usually like the older versions for no other reason than I only have to wait for roughly 300 sub-VIs to load instead of close to 600.  In this case I have to agree that the new style looks much more NORAD-ish.  Everything 3D related in LV feels a bit out-of-place so far.  My guess is that NI outsourced the implementation and is just providing us with some wrappers to the code.  Imagine having to change all of the properties of an XY graph using only property nodes.

As Mel Brooks would say, "It's good to be the Stig"  The helmet comes off so I can assume the role of my mild-mannered alter ego (plenty of gel to avoid some serious helmet hair), but when I get behind the wheel of my reasonably priced car, look out.