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plotting - Custom interpolation algorithm


Suppose I have a list to create a list density plot, the list format is:


list = {{0.5, 0.5, 0.0}, {-0.5, 0.5, 1.0}, {1.0, -0.45, 0.0}, {0.0, 0.0, 0.0}}

The size of the list is about 10^5 elements


The plot will show a point or nothing at all. The real data produces this picture:


enter image description here


My goal is to make solid lines so that the shapes look smooth, however, I also need a list containing all the points that make the smoothed out picture. Since I know the distance of the mesh, I was thinking about a procedure that would go through the whole grid searching for neighboring points and if there exists a point with {x, y, 1} would fill in the blanks. I'm stuck in the criterion to use for this though. Any thoughts?




Answer



I imported your posted data:


raw = Import["array1.CSV"];

Then selected one of the features, and reduced it to two-dimensional, since the third dimension is uniformly equal to $1$ for the points constituting the feature:


single = Cases[raw, {a_, b_, 1.} :> {a, b} /; (-0.2 < a < 0.2 && 0.2 < b)];

ListPlot[
single,
PlotRange -> {0.2, 0.5}, AspectRatio -> Automatic

]

plot


I isolate the oval feature manually:


oval = Cases[single, {a_, b_} /; (-0.07 < a < 0.07 && 0.35 < b < 0.472)];

ListPlot[
oval,
PlotRange -> {0.39, 0.48}, AspectRatio -> Automatic
]


oval points


Then I fit an axis-aligned ellipse to it, by generating an appropriate squared distance function to be minimized, then making the assumption that the abscissa of the center is $0$, which seems reasonable given the symmetry of the system, and imposing reasonable constraints on the other parameters obtained from inspection of the graph:


obj[a_, b_, xc_, yc_] = Total[
Simplify[
SquaredEuclideanDistance[{#1, #2}, (#1 - xc)^2/a^2 + (#2 - yc)^2/b^2 - 1] & @@@ oval,
_ ∈ Reals
]
];


minPars = FindMinimum[{obj[a, b, 0, yc], 0.42 < yc < 0.46}, {{a, 0.5}, {b, 0.5}, {yc, 0.44}}]

(* {14.2803, {a -> 0.0518811, b -> 0.0312114, yc -> 0.439966}} *)

It's a pretty good fit, despite the few stray points we had to tolerate:


cplot = ContourPlot[
Evaluate[((x - 0)^2/a^2 + (y - yc)^2/b^2 == 1) /. First@Rest@minPars],
{x, -0.08, 0.08}, {y, 0.4, 0.48},
Epilog -> Point[oval], AspectRatio -> Automatic
]


fit oval and points


Now, we can extract the line shape from the contour plot results:


ovalLine = First@Cases[Normal@cplot, _Line, Infinity];



I then carefully select the points at the periphery of your feature, through somewhat laborious manual filtering:


rdf = RegionDistance[ovalLine];

externalPoints = Join[

DeleteCases[single, pt_ /; rdf[pt] < 0.00715],
Complement[
Select[single, #[[2]] > 0.4713 &],
MinimalBy[Select[single, #[[2]] > 0.4713 &], Abs@#[[1]] &, 2]
]
];

Graphics@Point@externalPoints

external



I then use the fantastic alphaShapes2DC function proposed by RunnyKine in this answer, to generate a "concave hull" of those points:


alphaShapes2DC[externalPoints, .10]

alpha shape


In fact, I will turn the 2D region returned by that function into a boundary mesh region, with some formatting for appearances only:


reg = BoundaryDiscretizeRegion[
alphaShapes2DC[externalPoints, .10],
MeshCellStyle -> {{1, All} -> Directive[Thick, Red]},
PlotTheme -> "Lines"
];


formatted alpha shape




Let's now put it all together:


Show[reg, Graphics[{Thick, Red, ovalLine}]]

both lines


And here's a comparison to the original points:


Show[reg, Graphics[{Thick, Red, ovalLine, Black, Point[single]}]]


with points




And finally let's generate polygons and rotate them around the axis to generate the final shape:


allShapes = NestList[
GeometricTransformation[#, RotationTransform[2 Pi/3, {0, 0}]] &,
MeshPrimitives[reg, 2],
2
];

allOvals = NestList[

GeometricTransformation[#, RotationTransform[2 Pi/3, {0, 0}]] &,
Polygon @@ ovalLine,
2
];

Graphics[{FaceForm[None], EdgeForm[{Thick, Red}], allOvals, allShapes}]

final


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