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Tutorial: Changing to a 3D Chart

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Tutorial: Changing

to a 3D Chart (Chart Controls)

This tutorial demonstrates how to use three-dimensional (3D)

chart areas in your Chart control, as well as how to use custom

attributes in series.

This tutorial uses the Chart control you created in Tutorial:

Creating a Basic Chart.

Changing to a 3D ChartFollow the steps below to change the second chart area to a

3D chart.

To change to a 3D chart

1. Open the ChartAreas Collection Editor for your Chart

control.

2. In the Members area, click ChartArea1.

3. In the 3D category of the ChartArea1 properties area,

expand the Area3DStyle property.

4. Set the following properties in the Area3DStyle

property:

Property Value

Enable3D True

WallWidth 0

5. Click OK, and then run your application.

Changing to Cylinder BarsFollow the steps below to change the bars in the bar chart to

cylinders.

To change bars to cylinder bars

1. Open the Series Collection Editor for your Chart control.

2. In the Members area, click BarChart.

3. In the Misc category of the BarChart properties area,

expand the CustomProperties property.

The CustomProperties property contains a set of

custom attributes for a series of a particular chart type.

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custom attributes for a series of a particular chart type.

For more information, see Custom Attributes.

4. In the DrawingStyle list, select Cylinder.

5. Click OK, then run your application.

Next StepYou have now learned how to use 3D chart areas and use

custom attributes to enhance your chart appearance. To learn

about data binding, see Tutorial: Data Binding a Chart to a

Database.

See AlsoReference

System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting

System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting

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