This example demonstrates the basic steps in creating 3D scatter charts.
perldemo\threedscatter.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 XYZ data for the 3D scatter chart as 3 random data series
my $r = new RanSeries(0);
my $xData = $r->getSeries2(100, 100, -10, 10);
my $yData = $r->getSeries2(100, 0, 0, 20);
my $zData = $r->getSeries2(100, 100, -10, 10);
# Create a ThreeDScatterChart object of size 720 x 600 pixels
my $c = new ThreeDScatterChart(720, 600);
# Add a title to the chart using 20 points Times New Roman Italic font
$c->addTitle("3D Scatter Chart (1) ", "Times New Roman Italic", 20);
# Set the center of the plot region at (350, 280), and set width x depth x height to 360 x 360 x 270
# pixels
$c->setPlotRegion(350, 280, 360, 360, 270);
# Add a scatter group to the chart using 11 pixels glass sphere symbols, in which the color depends
# on the z value of the symbol
$c->addScatterGroup($xData, $yData, $zData, "", $perlchartdir::GlassSphere2Shape, 11,
$perlchartdir::SameAsMainColor);
# Add a color axis (the legend) in which the left center is anchored at (645, 270). Set the length
# to 200 pixels and the labels on the right side.
$c->setColorAxis(645, 270, $perlchartdir::Left, 200, $perlchartdir::Right);
# Set the x, y and z axis titles using 10 points Arial Bold font
$c->xAxis()->setTitle("X-Axis Place Holder", "Arial Bold", 10);
$c->yAxis()->setTitle("Y-Axis Place Holder", "Arial Bold", 10);
$c->zAxis()->setTitle("Z-Axis Place Holder", "Arial Bold", 10);
# Output the chart
$c->makeChart("threedscatter.png");
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