Rotated Pyramid Chart

[Ruby On Rails Version - Controller] app/controllers/rotatedpyramid_controller.rb

require("chartdirector")

class RotatedpyramidController < ApplicationController

    def index()
        @title = "Rotated Pyramid Chart"
        @ctrl_file = File.expand_path(__FILE__)
        @noOfCharts = 1
        render :template => "templates/chartview"
    end

    #
    # Render and deliver the chart
    #
    def getchart()
        # The data for the pyramid chart
        data = [156, 123, 211, 179]

        # The labels for the pyramid chart
        labels = ["Funds", "Bonds", "Stocks", "Cash"]

        # The semi-transparent colors for the pyramid layers
        colors = [0x400000cc, 0x4066aaee, 0x40ffbb00, 0x40ee6622]

        # Create a PyramidChart object of size 450 x 400 pixels
        c = ChartDirector::PyramidChart.new(450, 400)

        # Set the pyramid center at (220, 180), and width x height to 150 x 300 pixels
        c.setPyramidSize(220, 180, 150, 300)

        # Set the elevation to 15 degrees and rotation to 75 degrees
        c.setViewAngle(15, 75)

        # Set the pyramid data and labels
        c.setData(data, labels)

        # Set the layer colors to the given colors
        c.setColors2(ChartDirector::DataColor, colors)

        # Leave 1% gaps between layers
        c.setLayerGap(0.01)

        # Add a legend box at (320, 60), with light grey (eeeeee) background and grey (888888)
        # border. Set the top-left and bottom-right corners to rounded corners of 10 pixels radius.
        legendBox = c.addLegend(320, 60)
        legendBox.setBackground(0xeeeeee, 0x888888)
        legendBox.setRoundedCorners(10, 0, 10, 0)

        # Add labels at the center of the pyramid layers using Arial Bold font. The labels will show
        # the percentage of the layers.
        c.setCenterLabel("{percent}%", "arialbd.ttf")

        # Output the chart
        send_data(c.makeChart2(ChartDirector::PNG), :type => "image/png", :disposition => "inline")

    end

end

[Ruby On Rails Version - View] app/views/templates/chartview.html.erb

<html>
<body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px">

<!-- Title -->
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
    <%= @title %>
</div>
<hr style="border:solid 1px #000080" />

<!-- Source Code Listing Link -->
<div style="font-size:9pt; font-family:verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em">
    <%= link_to "Source Code Listing", 
        :controller => "cddemo", :action => "viewsource",
        :ctrl_file => @ctrl_file, :view_file => File.expand_path(__FILE__) %>
</div>

<!-- Create one or more IMG tags to display the demo chart(s) -->
<% 0.upto(@noOfCharts - 1) do |i| %>
    <img src="<%= url_for(:action => "getchart", :img => i) %>">
<% end %>

</body>
</html>

[Command Line Version] rubydemo/rotatedpyramid.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require("chartdirector")

# The data for the pyramid chart
data = [156, 123, 211, 179]

# The labels for the pyramid chart
labels = ["Funds", "Bonds", "Stocks", "Cash"]

# The semi-transparent colors for the pyramid layers
colors = [0x400000cc, 0x4066aaee, 0x40ffbb00, 0x40ee6622]

# Create a PyramidChart object of size 450 x 400 pixels
c = ChartDirector::PyramidChart.new(450, 400)

# Set the pyramid center at (220, 180), and width x height to 150 x 300 pixels
c.setPyramidSize(220, 180, 150, 300)

# Set the elevation to 15 degrees and rotation to 75 degrees
c.setViewAngle(15, 75)

# Set the pyramid data and labels
c.setData(data, labels)

# Set the layer colors to the given colors
c.setColors2(ChartDirector::DataColor, colors)

# Leave 1% gaps between layers
c.setLayerGap(0.01)

# Add a legend box at (320, 60), with light grey (eeeeee) background and grey (888888) border. Set
# the top-left and bottom-right corners to rounded corners of 10 pixels radius.
legendBox = c.addLegend(320, 60)
legendBox.setBackground(0xeeeeee, 0x888888)
legendBox.setRoundedCorners(10, 0, 10, 0)

# Add labels at the center of the pyramid layers using Arial Bold font. The labels will show the
# percentage of the layers.
c.setCenterLabel("{percent}%", "arialbd.ttf")

# Output the chart
c.makeChart("rotatedpyramid.png")