NAME
GD::Graph3D - Create 3D Graphs with GD and GD::Graph
SYNOPSIS
use GD::Graph::moduleName;
my @data = (
["Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"],
[ 1203, 3500, 3973, 2859, 3012, 3423, 1230]
);
my $graph = new GD::Graph::moduleName( 400, 300 );
$graph->set(
x_label => 'Day of the week',
y_label => 'Number of hits',
title => 'Daily Summary of Web Site',
);
my $gd = $graph->plot( \@data );
Where moduleName is one of bars3d
, lines3d
or pie3d
.
DESCRIPTION
This is the GD::Graph3d extensions module. It provides 3D graphs for the GD::Graph module by Martien Verbruggen, which in turn generates graph using Lincoln Stein's GD.pm.
You use these modules just as you would any of the GD::Graph modules, except that they generate 3d-looking graphs. Each graph type is described below with only the options that are unique to the 3d version. The modules are based on their 2d versions (e.g. GD::Graph::bars3d works like GD::Graph::bars), and support all the options in those. Make sure to read the documentation on GD::Graph.
- GD::Graph::pie3d
-
This is merely a wrapper around GD::Graph::pie for consistency. It also sets 3d pie mode by default (which GD::Graph does as of version 1.22). All options are exactly as in GD::Graph::pie.
- GD::Graph::bars3d
-
This works like GD::Graph::bars, but draws 3d bars. The following settings are new or changed in GD::Graph::bars3d.
- bar_depth
-
Sets the z-direction depth of the bars. This defaults to 10. If you have a large number of bars or a small chart width, you may want to change this. A visually good value for this is approximately width_of_chart / number_of_bars.
- overwrite
-
In GD::Graph::bars, multiple series of bars are normally drawn side-by-side. You can set overwrite to 1 to tell it to draw each series behind the previous one. By setting overwrite to 2 you can have them drawn on top of each other, that is the series are stacked.
- shading
-
By default this is set to '1' and will shade and highlight the bars (and axes). The light source is at top-left-center which scan well for most computer users. You can disable the shading of bars and axes by specifying a false value for this option.
- GD::Graph::lines3d
-
This works like GD::Graph::lines, but draws 3d line. The following settings are new or changed in GD::Graph::line3d.
- line_depth
-
Sets the z-direction depth of the lines. This defaults to 10. If you have a large number of bars or a small chart width, you may want to change this. A visually good value for this is approximately width_of_chart / number_of_bars.
- shading
-
By default this is set to '1' and will shade and highlight the line (and axes). The light source is at top-left-center which scan well for most computer users. You can disable the shading of lines and axes by specifiying a false value for this option.
VERSION
0.63 (6 December 2002)
INSTALLATION
You will need to have the GD::Graph version 1.30 or later installed. You should also have Perl version 5.005 or 5.6 installed.
To install, just do the normal:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
The documentation is in GD::Graph::Graph3d.pod.
AUTHOR
Jeremy Wadsack for Wadsack-Allen Digital Group. <dgsupport at wadsack-allen dot com>
Most of the modules are based on the GD::Graph modules by Martien Verbruggen.
LATEST RELEASE
The latest release is available from CPAN: http://www.cpan.org/.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Wadsack-Allen. All rights reserved.
Much of the original code is from GD::Graph:
GIFgraph: Copyright (c) 1995-1999 Martien Verbruggen.
Chart::PNGgraph: Copyright (c) 1999 Steve Bonds.
GD::Graph: Copyright (c) 1999 Martien Verbruggen.
This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.