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Spline Area Chart

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#Short Description

The Spline Area Chart is represented by the SplineArea3DSeriesView object, which belongs to Area Series Views. This view is similar to Area Chart, but plots a fitted curve through each data point in a series.

A Spline Area chart is shown in the image below.

SeriesView_SplineArea3d

#Chart Type Characteristics

The table below lists the main characteristics of this chart type.

Feature Value
Series View type SplineArea3DSeriesView
Diagram type XYDiagram3D
Number of arguments per series point 1
Number of values per series point 1

Note

For information on which chart types can be combined with the Spline Area Chart, refer to the Series Views Compatibility document.

#Example

The following example demonstrates how to create a ChartControl with a series of the SplineArea3DSeriesView type, set its general properties, and add this chart to a form at runtime. Before proceeding with this example, first create a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio, and include all necessary assemblies to the References list of your project.

Then, add the following code to the Form.Load event handler.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
// ...

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    // Create a new chart.
    ChartControl SplineAreaChart3D = new ChartControl();

    // Add a spline area series to it.
    Series series1 = new Series("Series 1", ViewType.SplineArea3D);

    // Add points to the series.
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("A", 12));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("B", 4));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("C", 17));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("D", 7));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("E", 12));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("F", 4));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("G", 17));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("H", 7));

    // Add both series to the chart.
    SplineAreaChart3D.Series.Add(series1);

    // Access labels of the series.
    ((Area3DSeriesLabel)series1.Label).Visible = true;
    ((Area3DSeriesLabel)series1.Label).ResolveOverlappingMode =
        ResolveOverlappingMode.Default;

    // Access another series options.
    series1.PointOptions.PointView = PointView.ArgumentAndValues;

    // Customize the view-type-specific properties of the series.
    SplineArea3DSeriesView myView = (SplineArea3DSeriesView)series1.View;
    myView.AreaWidth = 4;
    myView.LineTensionPercent = 50;

    // Access the diagram's options.
    ((XYDiagram3D)SplineAreaChart3D.Diagram).ZoomPercent = 110;
    ((XYDiagram3D)SplineAreaChart3D.Diagram).VerticalScrollPercent = 10;

    // Add a title to the chart and hide the legend.
    ChartTitle chartTitle1 = new ChartTitle();
    chartTitle1.Text = "3D Spline Area Chart";
    SplineAreaChart3D.Titles.Add(chartTitle1);
    SplineAreaChart3D.Legend.Visible = false;

    // Add the chart to the form.
    SplineAreaChart3D.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
    this.Controls.Add(SplineAreaChart3D);
}
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