QVectos to multidimensional array

[zorro68]

i can see now whats the problem. If i have for example 6 points (6 for x, 6 for y and 6 for z) i cannot programm a double for loop to define the points of the surface, because this code are trying to save 6*6 points, and i only have 6 points (with 3 coordenates each point).

But, can anybody tell me how to make a surface (with opengl or glunurbs) if a have a collection of coordenates (x,y,z)?

[high_flyer]

If i have for example 6 points (6 for x, 6 for y and 6 for z)

But isn'T a point made of x,y and z?
like: point1(x,y,z) point2(x,y,z)?

[zorro68]

These are the points:

( x[0] , y[0] , z[0] )
( x[1] , y[1] , z[1] )
( x[2] , y[2] , z[2] )
...
( x[n] , y[n] , z[n] )

But i save all x in one qvector, all y in other qvector and all z in other qvector.

[high_flyer]

so what do you mean by :

If i have for example 6 points (6 for x, 6 for y and 6 for z)

?

[zorro68]

I have 6 points (for example) but i dont have dimx=6 * dimy=6 points, and when i use this code:

int cont=0;
    for (int ix=0; ix<dimx; ix++){
        for (int iy=0; iy<dimy; iy++){
            cont++;
            points[ix][iy][0]=x[cont];
            points[ix][iy][1]=y[cont];
            points[ix][iy][2]=z[cont];
        }
    }

int cont=0;
    for (int ix=0; ix<dimx; ix++){
        for (int iy=0; iy<dimy; iy++){
            cont++;
            points[ix][iy][0]=x[cont];
            points[ix][iy][1]=y[cont];
            points[ix][iy][2]=z[cont];
        }
    }

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i'm trying to alocate 6x6 points, and this is the error, cont=0,1,.....,36, and x[0,..,6] y[0,...,6] and z[0,...,6].
The definition of the pointer (***points) is ok, but the initialization of the pointer is bad.
This code works if i make only a for loop like this:

for (int i=0; i<dimx; i++){
            points[i][i][0]=x[i];
            points[i][i][1]=y[i];
            points[i][i][2]=z[i];
        }

for (int i=0; i<dimx; i++){
            points[i][i][0]=x[i];
            points[i][i][1]=y[i];
            points[i][i][2]=z[i];
        }

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But this is not what i want for making a surface, because i have a lots of points in the array with no initialization.

So, i make this question: how construct a surface if i have n points (x,y,z) with evaluators (opengl) or nurbs (glut), or another way...?

[high_flyer]

I don't see any problem with the array initialization.
Your array has dimx*dimy*3 dimensions.
So if your x vector is size 6, and your y vector is size 6 then your array is
6*6*3.
Where any combination of: points[0-5][0-5][0-2] is valid.
The only problem (now that I looked a bit more carefully) is this the count.
But I need to think it over.
I am confuses.
Do you have 6 (for example) given poitns which have x,y,z values, OR - you have 6 x value, 6 y values and 6 z values that you want to asign to any possible combination of the tree vectors?

[zorro68]

No, I have 6 (for examples) points, only 6 point whoose x values are save in a qvector, y coordinates in a qvector and z coordinates in a qvector. But i dont want to the combination of these values. The points are:

( x[0] , y[0] , z[0] )
( x[1] , y[1] , z[1] )
( x[2] , y[2] , z[2] )
( x[3] , y[3] , z[3] )
( x[4] , y[4] , z[4] )
( x[5] , y[5] , z[5] )

but not the combination of theese values. For example, this is not a valid point for me: ( x[1] , y[2] , z[3] ).

Sorry for my bad english.

[high_flyer]

it that case you dont need a multi dimensional array the way you did it.
You need one dimensional array of points, where each point has x,y,z values.
I still don't know how you want to use this data.
Whats wrong with having the coordinated in 3 vectors?
What are you trying to acheave by having all the infomration in one entity?
Is doing:

valx = x[i];
  valy = y[i];
  valz = z[i];

valx = x[i];
  valy = y[i];
  valz = z[i];

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not good?

If you must have each point as entity you can do:

typedef struct {
   float x;
   float y;
   float z;
} point;
 
 QVector<point> vpoints; 
 point temp;
for(int i=0; i<x.size(); ++i)
 {
   temp.x = x[i];
   temp.y = y[i];
   temp.z = z[i];
   vpoints.push_back(temp);
}

typedef struct {
   float x;
   float y;
   float z;
} point;

 QVector<point> vpoints; 
 point temp;
for(int i=0; i<x.size(); ++i)
 {
   temp.x = x[i];
   temp.y = y[i];
   temp.z = z[i];
   vpoints.push_back(temp);
}

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[zorro68]

Yes, but i need a multidimensional array because opengl functions to evaluate surfaces (glMap2f, GlEvalMesh2,...) needs points in that way, like multidimensional array, and glut functions for NURBS surfaces need it too. Thats the reason why i need multidimensional array.
If you know other way to do this (paint in opengl a surface with n points), please tell me how?

Thanks

[high_flyer]

Yes, but you are mixing and confusing things.
You have QVector.size() points.
So the index of the x,y and z vectors is not their location in the 3D world, but their joint values are, yet you are using the vector index as a position:

points[ix][iy][0]=x[cont];

what (maybe) you are looking for is:

for(int i=0: i<x.size(); i++)
 points[x[i]][y[i]][z[i]] = somevalue;

for(int i=0: i<x.size(); i++)
 points[x[i]][y[i]][z[i]] = somevalue;

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but what 'somevalue' is, I don't know, its not visible in your code, maybe reflectance[i]?

[zorro68]

So the index of the x,y and z vectors is not their location in the 3D world, but their joint values are, yet you are using the vector index as a position:

Yes, you are right about confusing.

but what 'somevalue' is, I don't know, its not visible in your code, maybe reflectance[i]?

No, in qvector x, y and z are the coordinates in a real 3D space of the points of the surface.

[high_flyer]

No, in qvector x, y and z are the coordinates in a real 3D space of the points of the surface.

Which is exactly what my last suggestion does.
The 3D array should hold some point values, right?
The vectors hold the x,y,z position and.... where is the value?