Graphical Display of 100,000 objects

Josh Gargus schwa at fastmail.us
Mon Mar 27 19:51:44 UTC 2006


It's difficult to understand your needs.  Is your data laid out in a  
grid?  Can you have multiple objects with the same positions?

Depending on what you're trying to do, it might make sense to render  
them using OpenGL.

Josh


On Mar 27, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:

> Hello all,
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> I need to build something that shows the interaction of about  
> 100,000 objects.  The objects need to display by position and  
> color.  I have x,y positions and colors programmed.  What is the  
> best way to display these items?
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> I saw some of the simulation programs, and that looks like that may  
> be what I need.  If you have some tips for hooking the simulations  
> up to my objects please let me know.
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> I tried just turning on and off single pixels but the result was  
> too small.  I could do some math and turn on more then one pixel to  
> make the display larger but I thought I’d ask if anyone had some  
> ideas for a better way to do this.
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> Thanks,
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> Ron Teitelbaum
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>

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