How to Create 3D Clustered Column Chart in WinForms?
This article explains how to create 3D clustered column chart in Excel using Syncfusion .NET Excel library.
What is 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 do the following steps.
Steps to create 3D clustered column chart:
Step 1: Initialize chart
Create a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type to 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 chart’s DataRange property. To plot the series values in column and categories in row, set 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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