How to create Excel 3D 100% stacked area chart in C#, VB.NET?

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This article explains how to create a 3D 100% stacked area chart in Excel using the Syncfusion® Excel (XlsIO) library.

What is a 3D 100% stacked area chart?

3D 100% stacked area charts are useful for showing the trend of the contribution of each value over time or other category data, but they display areas in 3D format without using a depth axis.

3D 100% Stacked Area Chart

To create a 3D 100% stacked area chart in Excel using XlsIO, you need to follow these steps:

Steps to create 3D 100% stacked area chart:

Step 1: Initialize chart

Create a chart object by calling the worksheet.Charts.Add method and specify the chart type using the ExcelChartType.Area_Stacked_100_3D enum value.

            // Create the chart
            IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
 
            // Set chart type to Area_Stacked_3D
            chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Area_Stacked_100_3D;

Step 2: Assign data

Set a range of data from the worksheet to the chart’s DataRange property. To plot the series values in columns and categories in rows, set the chart’s IsSeriesInRows property to false.

            // Set region of chart data
            chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
 
            // Set chart series in columns for the assigned data region
            chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;

Step 3: Apply basic chart elements

Add the basic elements like the chart title and legend.

ChartTitle of the chart object.
Set TRUE to the chart’s HasLegend property, to show the legend.

              // Apply chart elements
              // Set chart title
              chart.ChartTitle = "3D 100% Stacked Area 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 the chart object.

              // Set Rotation, Elevation and Perspective 
              chart.Rotation = 20;
              chart.Elevation = 15;
              chart.Perspective = 15;

Applicable properties for a 3D 100% stacked area chart

Common properties applicable for a 3D 100% stacked area chart are

GapDepth
IsVarycolor (This property is applicable for single series charts)
Note:
Applying other properties apart from the mentioned ones might throw exceptions or the changes might not be reflected in the output document because those properties are not related to 3D area charts.

Download Complete Sample

Download input file with data

To know more about creating charts with various settings using the Syncfusion® Excel (XlsIO) library, please refer to the documentation.

The following C#/ VB.NET complete code snippet shows the creation of a 3D 100% stacked area chart using XlsIO.

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
                IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
                chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Area_Stacked_100_3D;
 
                // Assign data
                chart.DataRange = worksheet["A1:D6"];
                chart.IsSeriesInRows = false;
 
                // Apply chart elements
                // Set Chart Title
                chart.ChartTitle = "3D 100% Stacked Area Chart";
 
                // Set Legend
                chart.HasLegend = true;
                chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom;
 
                //Set Rotation, Elevation and Perspective 
                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
                Dim chart As IChartShape = worksheet.Charts.Add()
                chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Area_Stacked_100_3D
 
                'Assign data
                chart.DataRange = worksheet("A1:D6")
                chart.IsSeriesInRows = False
 
                'Apply chart elements
                'Set Chart Title
                chart.ChartTitle = "3D 100% Stacked Area Chart"
 
                'Set Legend
                chart.HasLegend = True
                chart.Legend.Position = ExcelLegendPosition.Bottom
 
                'Set Rotation, Elevation and Perspective 
                 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

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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to create Excel 3D 100% stacked area chart in C#, VB.NET.

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