ChartDirector 6.0 (ColdFusion Edition)

3D Shadow Mode


      

This example demonstrates an alternative 3D drawing method that uses shadows.

The standard way to draw a pie chart in 3D is to view the chart from an inclined angle. Using this method, the surface of a 3D pie will become an ellipse.

ChartDirector supports an alternative way to draw a pie chart in 3D - to draw the 3D portion like a shadow. The 3D pie will remain perfectly circular, and the sector areas will correctly reflect its percentages.

The 3D drawing method is configured using PieChart.set3D.

Source Code Listing

[File: cfdemo/shadowpie.cfm]
<cfscript>

// ChartDirector for ColdFusion API Access Point
cd = CreateObject("java", "ChartDirector.CFChart");

// A utility to allow us to create arrays with data in one line of code
function Array() {
    var result = ArrayNew(1);
    var i = 0;
    for (i = 1; i LTE ArrayLen(arguments); i = i + 1)
        result[i] = arguments[i];
    return result;
}

// Function to create the demo charts
function createChart(chartIndex)
{
    // Declare local variables
    var angle = 0;
    var data = 0;
    var labels = 0;
    var c = 0;
    var ret = 0;

    // the tilt angle of the pie
    angle = chartIndex * 90 + 45;

    // The data for the pie chart
    data = Array(25, 18, 15, 12, 8, 30, 35);

    // The labels for the pie chart
    labels = Array("Labor", "Licenses", "Taxes", "Legal", "Insurance", "Facilities", "Production");

    // Create a PieChart object of size 110 x 110 pixels
    c = cd.PieChart(110, 110);

    // Set the center of the pie at (50, 55) and the radius to 36 pixels
    c.setPieSize(55, 55, 36);

    // Set the depth, tilt angle and 3D mode of the 3D pie (-1 means auto depth, "true" means the 3D
    // effect is in shadow mode)
    c.set3D(-1, angle, True);

    // Add a title showing the shadow angle
    c.addTitle("Shadow @ " & angle & " deg", "Arial", 8);

    // Set the pie data
    c.setData(data, labels);

    // Disable the sector labels by setting the color to Transparent
    c.setLabelStyle("", 8, cd.Transparent);

    // Output the chart
    ret = StructNew();
    ret.imageURL = c.makeSession(GetPageContext(), "chart" & chartIndex);

    // Include tool tip for the chart
    ret.imageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{label}: US${value}K ({percent}%)'");

    return ret;
}

chart0 = createChart(0);
chart1 = createChart(1);
chart2 = createChart(2);
chart3 = createChart(3);

</cfscript>
<html>
<body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px">
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
    3D Shadow Mode
</div>
<hr style="border:solid 1px #000080" />
<cfoutput>
<div style="font-size:9pt; font-family:verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em">
    <a href='viewsource.cfm?file=#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#'>View Source Code</a>
</div>
<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart0.imageURL#" usemap="##map0" border="0" />
<map name="map0">#chart0.imageMap#</map>
<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart1.imageURL#" usemap="##map1" border="0" />
<map name="map1">#chart1.imageMap#</map>
<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart2.imageURL#" usemap="##map2" border="0" />
<map name="map2">#chart2.imageMap#</map>
<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart3.imageURL#" usemap="##map3" border="0" />
<map name="map3">#chart3.imageMap#</map>
</cfoutput>
</body>
</html>