Hi Jiaqi,



Yes, I've done this, in the context of an Agent inspector.  It helps me

monitor approx. hundred parameters for a single agent in real-time.



For example, you can use ValueGrid2D to define cells for every datum, scaled

between 0 and 1. This way you can monitor hundreds of data in real time.

Create a Steppable that updates this ValueGrid2D every step with new values

of your data. 



I also have lots of data displayed as dynamic text and numbers.  I found a

class -- VolatileText -- to render dynamic text in ValueGrid2D and other

Grid2D displays.  If you like, I can email it to you.



Likewise, you could also create point clouds (each point is datum) using

Continuous2D.



Russ Thomas

GMU - CSS





On 2/12/13 8:35 PM, "Jiaqi Ge" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:



> Hi. I have a class that is used to store a series of 2D array of double

> numbers. I 

> want to ask if i can use MASON's 2d display to show an animation of my data?

> I have read through the manual. It seems like i need a State class to be able

> to 

> do it. My question is: can my simple data structure class be used as a State

> class?

> p.s. i am an agent-based modeler, and the data is generated from the model i

> built using java. It is a 2D spatial model. I stored the model result (that is

> an 2D 

> array of double numbers) in that data structure class. Now i want to show it

> an 

> animation. I am wondering if i can use Mason tool kit to do it.

> Thank you! I really appreciate it.

> Jiaqi