ChartDirector 7.0 (Python Edition)

3D Bar Chart




This example demonstrates using Layer.set3D to set the bars to 3D style.

Source Code Listing

pythondemo\threedbar.py
#!/usr/bin/python # The ChartDirector for Python module is assumed to be in "../lib" import sys, os sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.path[0]), "..", "lib")) from pychartdir import * # The data for the bar chart data = [85, 156, 179.5, 211, 123] # The labels for the bar chart labels = ["Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri"] # Create a XYChart object of size 300 x 280 pixels c = XYChart(300, 280) # Set the plotarea at (45, 30) and of size 200 x 200 pixels c.setPlotArea(45, 30, 200, 200) # Add a title to the chart c.addTitle("Weekly Server Load") # Add a title to the y axis c.yAxis().setTitle("MBytes") # Add a title to the x axis c.xAxis().setTitle("Work Week 25") # Add a bar chart layer with green (0x00ff00) bars using the given data c.addBarLayer(data, 0x00ff00).set3D() # Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) # Output the chart c.makeChart("threedbar.png")