How to plot (x,y,z) points showing their density

Question

My data file is a set of (x,y,z) points located around the axis origin. They represent points where a kind of measure has failed. These points are in this link.

Gnup

Answer 1

@user1993416, I guess you can do something with gnuplot. You might need to play with the parameter Delta. With my 8 year old computer 1000 points need approx. 2 minutes.

The followig code:

### 3D density plot
reset session
set term wxt

N = 1000      # number of datapoints
Delta = 2    # half boxwidth

TimeStart = time(0.0)
# create dummy some dummy data
set samples N
set table $Data
    plot '+' u (invnorm(rand(0))):(invnorm(rand(0))):(invnorm(rand(0))) with table
unset table

# put the datafile/dataset into arrays
stats $Data nooutput
RowCount = STATS_records
array ColX[RowCount]
array ColY[RowCount]
array ColZ[RowCount]
array ColC[RowCount]
do for [i=1:RowCount] {
set table $Dummy
    plot $Data u (ColX[$0+1]=$1,0):(ColY[$0+1]=$2,0):(ColZ[$0+1]=$3,0) with table
unset table
}

# look at each datapoint and its sourrounding
do for [i=1:RowCount] {
    print sprintf("Datapoint %g of %g",i,RowCount)
    x0 = ColX[i]
    y0 = ColY[i]
    z0 = ColZ[i]
    # count the datapoints with distances 

should result in: