How to Create 3D Clustered Column Chart in WinForms?
This article explains how to create a 3D clustered column chart in Excel using the Syncfusion® .NET Excel library.
What is a 3D clustered column chart?
A 3D clustered column chart plots the data in discrete vertical rectangles.
3D Clustered Column Chart
To create a 3D clustered column chart in Excel using XlsIO, you need to perform the following steps:
Steps to create a 3D clustered column chart:
Step 1: Initialize chart
Create a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type as 'ExcelChartType.Column_Clustered_3D' enum value.
C#
// Create the chart IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add(); // Set chart type to Column_Clustered_3D chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Column_Clustered_3D;
Step 2: Assign data
Set a range of data from the worksheet to the chart’s 'DataRange' property. To plot the series values in columns and categories in rows, set the chart’s 'IsSeriesInRows' property to 'false'.
C#
// Set region of Chart data chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"]; // Set chart series in column for assigned data region chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
Step 3: Apply basic chart elements
Add the basic elements like chart title and legend.
- ChartTitle of chart object.
- Set TRUE to chart’s HasLegend property, to show the legend.
C#
// Apply chart elements // Set Chart Title chart.ChartTitle = "3D Clustered Column Chart"; // Set Legend chart.HasLegend = true; chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
Step 4: Apply 3D chart elements
Add the 3D chart elements like Rotation and Elevation.
- Rotation and Elevation of chart object.
C#
// Set Rotation and Elevation chart.Rotation = 30; chart.Elevation = 30;
Applicable properties for 3D clustered column chart
Below is the list of other common properties applicable for 3D column/bar chart.
- GapWidth
- GapDepth
- BarShapeBase & BarShapeTop (to change the shape of the 3D column / bar)
- IsVaryColor
Applying properties apart from the mentioned list might throw exception or the changes will not be reflected in the output document because those properties are not related to column/bar chart.
To know more about creating charts with various settings using Syncfusion® Excel (XlsIO) library, please refer the documentation.
The following C#/ VB.NET complete code snippet shows the creation of 3D clustered column chart using XlsIO.
C#
using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;
namespace ChartSample
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016;
// Open existing workbook with data entered
Assembly assembly = typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
Stream fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ChartSample.InputTemplate.xlsx");
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream);
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
// Initialize chart
IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Column_Clustered_3D;
// Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
// Apply chart elements
// Set Chart Title
chart.ChartTitle = "3D Clustered Column Chart";
// Set Legend
chart.HasLegend = true;
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
// Set Rotation and Elevation
chart.Rotation = 30;
chart.Elevation = 30;
// Positioning the chart in the worksheet
chart.TopRow = 8;
chart.LeftColumn = 1;
chart.BottomRow = 23;
chart.RightColumn = 8;
// Saving and closing the workbook
Stream stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx");
workbook.SaveAs(stream);
}
}
}
}
VB.NET
Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.IO
Namespace ChartSample
Class Program
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016
'Open existing workbook with data entered
Dim assembly As Assembly = GetType(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly
Dim fileStream As Stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ChartSample.InputTemplate.xlsx")
Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream)
Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
'Initialize chart
Dim chart As IChartShape = worksheet.Charts.Add()
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Column_Clustered_3D
'Assign data
chart.DataRange = worksheet("A1:D6")
chart.IsSeriesInRows = False
'Apply chart elements
'Set Chart Title
chart.ChartTitle = "3D Clustered Column Chart"
'Set Legend
chart.HasLegend = True
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom
'Set Rotation and Elevation
chart.Rotation = 30;
chart.Elevation = 30;
'Positioning chart in the worksheet
chart.TopRow = 8
chart.LeftColumn = 1
chart.BottomRow = 23
chart.RightColumn = 8
'Saving and closing the workbook
Dim stream As Stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx")
workbook.SaveAs(stream)
End Using
End Sub
End Class
End NamespaceI hope you enjoyed learning about how to create Excel 3D clustered column chart in C#, VB.NET.
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