Multi-Depth Pie Chart

perldemo\multidepthpie.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl

# The ChartDirector for Perl module is assumed to be in "../lib"
use File::Basename;
use lib (dirname($0)."/../lib") =~ /(.*)/;

use perlchartdir;

# The data for the pie chart
my $data = [72, 18, 15, 12];

# The labels for the pie chart
my $labels = ["Labor", "Machinery", "Facilities", "Computers"];

# The depths for the sectors
my $depths = [30, 20, 10, 10];

# Create a PieChart object of size 360 x 300 pixels, with a light blue (DDDDFF) background and a 1
# pixel 3D border
my $c = new PieChart(360, 300, 0xddddff, -1, 1);

# Set the center of the pie at (180, 175) and the radius to 100 pixels
$c->setPieSize(180, 175, 100);

# Add a title box using 15pt Times Bold Italic font and blue (AAAAFF) as background color
$c->addTitle("Project Cost Breakdown", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15)->setBackground(0xaaaaff);

# Set the pie data and the pie labels
$c->setData($data, $labels);

# Draw the pie in 3D with variable 3D depths
$c->set3D2($depths);

# Set the start angle to 225 degrees may improve layout when the depths of the sector are sorted in
# descending order, because it ensures the tallest sector is at the back.
$c->setStartAngle(225);

# Output the chart
$c->makeChart("multidepthpie.png");