How to create Excel wireframe 3D surface chart in C#, VB.NET?
This article explains how to create a wireframe 3D surface chart in Excel using Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library.
What is a wireframe 3D surface chart?
A Wireframe 3-D Surface chart is a 3-D Surface chart shown without color on the surface. This chart shows only lines. A Wireframe 3-D Surface chart is not easy to read, but it can plot large data sets much faster than a 3-D Surface chart.
Wireframe 3D Surface Chart
To create a wireframe 3D surface chart in Excel using XlsIO, you need to do the following steps.
Steps to create wireframe 3D surface chart:
Step 1: Initialize chart
Create a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method.
C#
//Create the chart IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
Step 2: Assign data and select chart type
1)To plot the series values in column and categories in row, set chart’s IsSeriesInRows property to false.
2)Set a range of data from the worksheet to chart’s DataRange property before specifying the chart type.
3)Specify the chart type to ExcelChartType.Surface_NoColor_3D enum value.
C#
//Set chart series in column for assigned data region chart.IsSeriesInRows = false; //Set region of Chart data chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D7"]; //Set chart type to Surface_NoColor_3D chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Surface_NoColor_3D;
For creating a wireframe 3D surface chart, the series count must be greater than or equal to 2. The series should be set before selecting the chart type.
Step 3: Apply basic chart elements
Add the basic elements like chart title, data labels 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 = "Wireframe 3D Surface Chart"; //Set Legend chart.HasLegend = true; chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
Step 4: Apply 3D chart elements
Add the 3D chart elements like Rotation, Elevation and Perspective.
- Rotation, Elevation and Perspective of chart object.
C#
//Set Rotation and Elevation chart.Rotation = 20; chart.Elevation = 15; chart.Perspective = 15;
Additional applicable properties of wireframe 3D surface chart in Excel
To modify the depth axis of wireframe 3D surface chart, use the primarySerieAxis (Depth Axis) property.
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 wireframe 3D surface 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 and assign data
IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D7"];
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Surface_NoColor_3D;
chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
//Apply chart elements
//Set Chart Title
chart.ChartTitle = "Wireframe 3D Surface Chart";
//Set Legend
chart.HasLegend = true;
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
//Set Rotation and Elevation
chart.Rotation = 20;
chart.Elevation = 15;
chart.Perspective = 15;
//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 and assign data
Dim chart As IChartShape = worksheet.Charts.Add
chart.DataRange = worksheet("A1:D7")
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Surface_NoColor_3D
chart.IsSeriesInRows = False
'Apply chart elements
'Set Chart Title
chart.ChartTitle = "Wireframe 3D Surface Chart"
'Set Legend
chart.HasLegend = True
chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom
'Set Rotation and Elevation
chart.Rotation = 20;
chart.Elevation = 15;
chart.Perspective = 15;
'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 Namespace
Conclusion
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