As probably most of you found out, a software like Gapminder
is only limited to its data base, so you
cannot add new data or visualize based on new inputs. To overcome these
problems, I used a 3D software that is usually used in Architecture designs or
Animation developments, 3DS Max (Autodesk.com/3ds-Max).
When you open 3DS Max, it is really similar to AutoCAD(usa.autodesk.com/autocad)
(3D plan developer for Civil Engineers),
But by using Maxscript (A Coding
interface in its own language that can be used for programming) I connected 3DS
Max to Excel. You can also connect it to other spreadsheets and get the input
data from that, but in this case I connected it to Excel
Programming in 3DS Max is really easy (after you get the
hang of itJ) it
understands commands like “if” and “for” which is mostly what you need in
drawing the charts. You can put your input data based on time on the excel
sheet that 3DS Max created for you, and then by addressing the cell in excel,
you can get the number or text in that cell. That number can be the size of your
object or the position that the object supposed to be in, in that exact time.
The beauty of this software is that you only tell it the
position that you want the object be in, in a specific time, and 3DS Max animates
it. So you only want to enter the start and end position or size and left the
rest to 3DS.
After writing a program it for the first time, you have your own 3
Dimensional Gapminder that can receive any data as the input and moves it in
time.
The one thing that makes it a little difficult is that the
software is not small and lite like Gapminder and you can not install it on every PC but you can present the output. The output is a AVI file that can played in literally anything with a monitor.
I'd be really interested in looking at a sample spreadsheet and maxscript, I have a lot of experience in 3d graphics and scripting and am just looking into 'big data' possibilities. lucasmilner3d@gmail.com
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