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Is it possible to label automatic contours in ContourPlot3D?

Posted 12 years ago
Hi Folks,

I would like to label the contours in my ContourPlot3D but ContourLabels does not seem to be allowed here. Here is an example that runs (but no labels)
ContourPlot3D[((2/3)*50*(x/y))/(z*15), {x, 2, 8}, {y, 14, 30}, {z, 4,
  21}, AxesLabel -> {inlever, outlever, gape}, Contours -> 5,
ColorFunction -> Hue]

And one that does not recognize the ContourLabels option
ContourPlot3D[((2/3)*50*(x/y))/(z*15), {x, 2, 8}, {y, 14, 30}, {z, 4,
  21}, AxesLabel -> {inlever, outlever, gape}, Contours -> 5,
ContourLabels -> All,  ColorFunction -> Hue]


Thanks!
POSTED BY: Michael Alfaro
4 Replies
First, I should point out that ContourLabels is not a valid option for ContourPlot3D  (which is why it should appear red in the notebook). 

We might, however, be able to use the information inside of the resulting Graphics3D to place labels. 
func[{x_, y_, z_}] := ((2/3)*50*(x/y))/(z*15)

cp3d = ContourPlot3D[
   func[{x, y, z}], {x, 2, 8}, {y, 14, 30}, {z, 4, 21},
   AxesLabel -> {inlever, outlever, gape}, Contours -> 5,
   ColorFunction -> Hue, Mesh -> None];
If you exmaine the InputForm of the cp3d expression you will see a lot of information. In particular, we are interested in the GraphicsComplex and GraphicsGroup parts.  The first part of the GraphicsComplex expression is a list of coordinates which in turn are used by the GraphicsGroups (which in turn contain Polygons).  
coords = Cases[InputForm[cp3d], GraphicsComplex[__], \[Infinity]][[1,1]]
The vertices of the  Polygons are given in terms of indices, where the index corresponds to the position in the coordinates list in GraphicsComples.  For example, Polygon[{1,2,3,4}] will pull use the the first four coordinates, while Polygon[{10,20,30,40}] will use the 10th, 20th, 30th, and 40th coordinates.  

Our goal is to use this information to find a coordinate which is near the middle of each contour. The easiest thing to try is to calculate the mean.  For the labels themselves we need to pick out a point on the contour and feed that to func.
means = Table[
   Mean[Part[coords,
     Flatten[Cases[InputForm[cp3d], GraphicsGroup[__], \[Infinity]][[
       k, 1, 1, 1]]]]], {k, 1, 5}];

vals = Map[func[Part[coords, #]] &,
  Cases[InputForm[cp3d], GraphicsGroup[__], \[Infinity]][[All, 1, 1,
   1, 1, 1]]];
With these mean values the next step is to create the labels with Text.  Using MapThread makes it pretty easy to also pass both the mean coordinate  and the value of contour.  
labels = MapThread[
  Graphics3D[
    Text[Style[#1, 14, White], #2,
     Background -> Opacity[0.75, Black]]] &, {vals, means}]
In this case, I tint the background a bit to make it easier to read.  Now with the labels in place, the final step is to use Show:
Show[cp3d, labels]
This should hopefully provide you with a scaffolding to even build your own function to more automatically place labels. 

POSTED BY: Jesus Hernandez
Automatic plot legends in CotourPlot3D with ContourStyles setting gives a SwatchLegend with contours values as labels.
ContourPlot3D[((2/3)*50*(x/y))/(z*15), {x, 2, 8}, {y, 14, 30}, {z, 4,
  21}, AxesLabel -> {inlever, outlever, gape}, Contours -> 5,
Lighting -> "Neutral", ContourStyle -> (ColorData[63] /@ Range[5]),
PlotLegends -> Automatic]
POSTED BY: MinHsuan Peng
I was wondering if Tooltips can be enabled for the 3D objects? 
POSTED BY: Shenghui Yang
Posted 12 years ago
Thanks Jesús and Min for the replies. Super helpful!

Mike
POSTED BY: Michael Alfaro
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