XY-Diagram 3D

• Aug 01, 2019
• 4 minutes to read

This document details specifics of the XY-Diagram 3D type. It lists series view types associated with this diagram type, demonstrates how to access its specific options (both at design time and runtime), and describes these options. Before reading this text, you may wish to review the basics of using diagram in the ASP.NET Chart Control.

This document consists of the following sections.

• Associated Series View Types
• Accessing a Diagram
• Specific Options

Associated Series View Types

In addition to a wide range of series types, the WebChartControl has the capability to plot the most part of these series in an attractive and high resolution pseudo-3D style. Also, Chart Control enables you to adjust the 3D position of your chart using the mouse pointer both at design time and runtime. A typical XY-Diagram 3D example is shown in the following image.

With the XY-Diagram 3D type, you can use series of the following view types.

• Area 3D;
• Full-Stacked Area 3D;
• Full-Stacked Bar 3D;
• Full-Stacked Spline Area 3D;
• Line 3D;
• Manhattan Bar 3D;
• Side-by-Side Bar 3D;
• Side-by-Side Full-Stacked Bar 3D;
• Side-by-Side Stacked Bar;
• Spline;
• Spline Area 3D;
• Stacked Area 3D;
• Stacked Bar 3D;
• Stacked Spline Area 3D;
• Step Line 3D.

A completely different graphical engine is used for 3D diagram types to meet their specific requirements. For this reason, a part of the available functionality is unique (as compared to their 2D equivalents) and is supported for these diagram types only. It’s impossible to plot 2D and 3D series within the same diagram.

For extended descriptions of the options available for this diagram type, refer to the following section of this document: Specific Options.

The next section of this document explains how to access an object of the XY-Diagram 3D type.

Accessing a Diagram

To access XY-Diagram 3D options at design time, click your chart to select it. Then, in the Properties window, expand the WebChartControl.Diagram property.

Cast your instance of the Diagram object to the XYDiagram3D type at runtime.

C#

// Create a new WebChartControl instance.
WebChartControl chart = new WebChartControl();

// Create a series of a compatible view type, 
// and add it to the chart's collection,
// so the diagram object is not equal to null.
Series series1 = new Series("Line 3D Series 1", ViewType.Line3D);
chart.Series.Add(series1);

// Create a diagram and cast it to the XYDiagram3D type.
XYDiagram3D diagram = (XYDiagram3D)chart.Diagram;

// Access the diagram's options.
diagram.AxisX.Interlaced = true;
diagram.PlaneDepthFixed = 20;

VB.NET

' Create a new WebChartControl instance.
Dim chart As New WebChartControl()

' Create a series of a compatible view type, 
' and add it to the chart's collection,
' so the diagram object is not equal to Nothing.
Dim series1 As New Series("Line 3D Series 1", ViewType.Line3D)
chart.Series.Add(series1)

' Create a diagram and cast it to the XYDiagram3D type.
Dim diagram As XYDiagram3D = CType(chart.Diagram, XYDiagram3D)

' Access the diagram's options.
diagram.AxisX.Interlaced = True
diagram.PlaneDepthFixed = 20

Specific Options

The XYDiagram3D.AxisX and XYDiagram3D.AxisY properties produce a similar functionality like their equivalents of the XY-Diagram 2D type. For more information, refer to Axes.

The XYDiagram3D.BackColor, XYDiagram3D.BackImage and XYDiagram3D.FillStyle properties determine a diagram’s background. Note that multiple panes are supported only for the XY-Diagram 2D type. So, to define the 3D diagram background, accessing its panes is not required.

The XYDiagram3D.PlaneDepthFixed property determines the depth (thickness) of coordinate planes, in diagram pixels.

Note

The diagram pixels is a measurement unit introduced specifically for 3D diagrams to meet their unique requirements.

The XYDiagram3D.SeriesDistance and XYDiagram3D.SeriesDistanceFixed properties specify the distance between two series that the 3D diagram plots. The SeriesDistanceFixed property specifies the distance in pixels while SeriesDistance specifies it in X-axis measurement units.

In addition, you can define the distance between ultimate series and the argument coordinate planes (front and back) in diagram pixels, by using the XYDiagram3D.SeriesIndentFixed property.

Also, note that the Crosshair Cursor and Tooltips features are not available for the XY-Diagram 3D.

Finally, the following category provides properties common to all 3D diagram types. For more detailed information, refer to these properties’ descriptions.

Perspective

In a perspective projection, the lines that are parallel to the object converge as they move towards a theoretical horizon line on the projection surface. The rate at which parallel lines converge is called the perspective angle. This angle is determined by the distance of an imaginary viewer from a 3D diagram object. To enable or disable the 3D perspective, use the Diagram3D.PerspectiveEnabled property. When it is set to true, you can use the Diagram3D.PerspectiveAngle property to define the required angle. Setting the Diagram3D.PerspectiveAngle property to 0 will disable the perspective.

Note

For web charts, there is a restriction, disallowing use of 3D charts under the Medium Trust permission level. To learn more on this, refer to Medium Trust Support.