New Pipe and Cylinder Gallery?

[User (Legacy)]

Hi,

Do you have plans of adding new pipe and/or cylinder galleries on your next 

version?

Thanks,

Raymond

[Software FX]

Cylinder and cones are supported in the current version.

You need to create a bar chart and do:

chart1.CylSides = 32;

You can also do this from the Wizard and from the Properties dialog.

-- 

Francisco Padron

www.chartfx.com

"Raymond Dazo" <raymond.d@interprisesolutions.com> wrote in message 

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> Hi,

>

> Do you have plans of adding new pipe and/or cylinder galleries on your 

> next version?

>

> Thanks,

> Raymond

>

[User (Legacy)]

Hi,

Yes we can make a bar into cylinder, however what I meant is a seperate

gallery of Pipe and Cylinder... It would be great if you'll have them on

your next version.

Thanks,

Raymond

[Software FX]

What's the difference ? What can you do with this being a separate gallery 

that you can't the way it is now ?

The nice thing about having is a separate property is that you can apply it 

to different gallery types such as Bar, Column, Cube, Hi-Low-Close, 

Candlestick, if we make it a separate gallery we would have to add all these 

as galleries + the same goes for cone and pyramid, so I think our current 

approach is better as it makes the API more clean.

-- 

Francisco Padron

www.chartfx.com

[Software FX]

I agree with FP.

From an API point of view it will just be a fake gallery that is a pass 

through for other properties.

What, we would remove the cylinder property?

How would you set a HighLowClose with cylinders?

If you can suggest several properties that the Cylinder gallery object will 

have, like the Pie Gallery Object, then it would be a better design, but I 

am afraid that until now we just haven't seen the benefit.

There is one benefit to your approach. Setting the cylinder property when 

the gallery is Pie , Surface,.. does nothing which could be confusing, 

although it is not the ONLY property that is not used ALL the time.

We have tried very hard to make the API model make the most logical sense 

and we are ever improving there.(***stay tuned***)

Your comments are very much appreciated.

-c

"Raymond Dazo" <raymond.d@interprisesolutions.com> wrote in message 

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> Hi,

>

> Yes we can make a bar into cylinder, however what I meant is a seperate

> gallery of Pipe and Cylinder... It would be great if you'll have them on

> your next version.

>

> Thanks,

> Raymond

>

>

[User (Legacy)]

Hi,

Yes the CylSides is great with those "galleries" as they will appear 

different. However these galleries (bar, column, etc.) still behave as what 

they are. Say if you change a bar into a cylinder or cone, it still behave 

as a bar chart and not as a cylinder chart. Very good example is when you 

change a bar to a pyramid. it looks like you have a several pyramid chart 

but still behave as a bar chart. Unlike the seperate pyramid gallery...

Talking about the "clean API"... I am not suggesting to remove CylSides 

Property ("cylinder property").  Also why does the doughnut has a seperate 

gallery if it's main difference from the pie gallery is a big hole at the 

center?

Cylinder will greatly fit if you have narrow long sections in our form (This 

is the main reason why). This cylinder chart will behave like pie's do. They 

can be sliced and/or embossed (a point of the cylinder chart appears larger 

than the rest). Bar chart (turned into cylinder) is not as good if placed in 

tight (narrow) sections, as well as pies. Also cylinder should expose smooth 

surface, by default, just like pipes. Hope this will convince you guys.

Thanks,

Raymond

[Software FX]

Sorry but I still do not understand the difference, how are cylinder charts 

related to pie charts ? Can you please provide with diagrams of what you 

want to achieve.

-- 

Francisco Padron

www.chartfx.com

[User (Legacy)]

Hi,

I attached a sample cylinder chart.

Thanks,

Mon

[User (Legacy)]

Hi,

The legend indicates each point. The larger section(or point) is the 

currently selected(highlighted point) value. Pointlabels can be dran inside 

or outside the chart just like the pie chart. Hope this'll help.

Thanks,

Raymond

CylinderChart.bmp

[User (Legacy)]

Hi,

Legend represents each value or point.

The large part is the currently selected part (upon user click). PointLabels 

could be drawn inside or outside the chart similar to the pie. Hope this'll 

help.

Thanks,

Raymond

CylinderChart.bmp

[Software FX]

Dear Raymond,

We have no plans to make this a separate chart type, you can achieve this 

with a regular bar chart of 1 point and several series, a bar chart supports 

labels drawn inside and outside of the bars, improvements to this are being 

made in new versions of Chart FX as well as improvements on the visuals of 

Cylinders. I realize it is not the easiest way to achieve this chart but you 

are the first person (on record) to ask for this gallery type, we have to 

make our product as easy to use as possible to the majority of our users and 

this sometimes means making it harder for others.

Please contact Software FX support if you have any questions about how to 

achieve this particular chart, except for the table on the right (not 

available for any chart type) I think everything in this chart can be 

achieved with the current version of Chart FX, including the labeling and 

the representation of the "selected" bar.

-- 

Francisco Padron

www.chartfx.com

"Raymond Dazo" <raymond.d@interprisesolutions.com> wrote in message 

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> Hi,

>

> Legend represents each value or point.

> The large part is the currently selected part (upon user click). 

> PointLabels could be drawn inside or outside the chart similar to the pie. 

> Hope this'll help.

>

> Thanks,

> Raymond

>

>

[User (Legacy)]

Hi,

Well if that's the case we'll deal with that. However, I still can not 

produce a similar chart with a bar having only one point and several series. 

Or maybe I'm just missing something. If you could give me a sample code to 

produce a chart close to the cylinder I shown to you, that would be a big 

help. I appreciate everything from you and hope you reply soon.

Thanks,

Mon

[Software FX]

The attached chart picture was generated with the following code:

// *** Begin Data

chart1.OpenData(COD.Values,6,1);

chart1.Value[0,0] = 13;

chart1.Value[1,0] = 47;

chart1.Value[2,0] = 37;

chart1.Value[3,0] = 25;

chart1.Value[4,0] = 39;

chart1.Value[5,0] = 21;

chart1.CloseData(COD.Values);

chart1.Series[0].Legend = "Lead (13)";

chart1.Series[1].Legend = "Qualified (47)";

chart1.Series[2].Legend = "Proposal Submitted (37)";

chart1.Series[3].Legend = "Negotiating (25)";

chart1.Series[4].Legend = "Sale Agreed (39)";

chart1.Series[5].Legend = "Deal Lost (21)";

// *** End Data

chart1.Gallery = Gallery.Gantt;

chart1.Chart3D = true;

chart1.View3D = true;

chart1.AngleX = 0;

chart1.AngleY = 30;

chart1.Stacked = Stacked.Normal;

chart1.TypeEx |= ChartTypeEx.OnlyChart; // Hide axes back box, etc.

chart1.CylSides = 32;

// Legend box

chart1.SerLegBox = true;

chart1.SerLegBoxObj.Docked = Docked.Bottom;

// Make a specific series wider. You can do this in the MouseDown event.

chart1.Series[1].Volume = 100;

-- 

Francisco Padron

www.chartfx.com

[User (Legacy)]

Hi,

Thanks a lot, that works

I overlooked the stacked property.

Thanks,

Raymond