Working with Nevron Chart for .NET - XYZ Scatter Graphs

Introduction
The requirements for presentation charts are always high and very often simple bars and lines are not enough to impress
the audience. The rich feature set of Nevron Chart for .NET enables you to go beyond the limits of "ordinary" charts andopens a field of action for your imagination.
In this whitepaper you can track the process of creating a chart that presents data for the Carbon Dioxide emissions ofEuropean countries. We will try to get the most out of the component and set up a chart that is interesting, attractive andinformative.

Data
First we have to examine the structure of the data and choose an appropriate form of representation.
The data source contains entries for 10 countries, where the following values are provided per country:
1. Actual CO2 emissions for the year 2005, measured in Million Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent (MMTCO2). They are split
into three categories by economy sectors that are major sources of energy-related CO2:•••

Electric Power Production
Transportation
Industrial, Commercial and Residential

2. Proposed emissions caps for the period 2008-2012 (MMTCO2 per year).
3. Granted emissions caps by the European commission for the same period (MMTCO2 per year).
Following is the actual data table:
CO2 emissions for 2005
Austria
FinlandFranceGermany
GreeceItaly
PolandSpain
Sweden
UK

Electric Power
18.5
16.9
55.8
212.4
30.7
98.9
101.3
97.1
9.2
114.4

Transportation
10.1
9.5
38.1
140.4
23
69.7
64.2
52.8
6.1
71.3

Industrial & Other
4.8
6.7
37.4
121.2
17.6
56.9
37.6
334
56.7

Proposedcaps for 20082012
25.2
39.6
132.8
482
75.5
209
284.6
152.7
25.2
246.2

Granted caps
for 2008-2012
22.837.6
132.8
453.1
69.1
195.8
208.5
152.3
22.8
246.2

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ChartThe values in the first three columns add up to the total emissions for the year 2005, so they can be naturally represented
as a stack. The fourth and the fifth values can be placed next to the stack, so that the proposed and granted emissions
caps can be easily compared to the actual emissions. The cluster-stack combination that is formed can be displayed as a2D plot:

An interesting idea is to make the chart 3-Dimensional and place the bars on top of the Europe map. For this purpose we'll
create a Mesh surface series and texture it with a pre-rendered image of the Europe map. We'll also set the ratio of the X:Zchart dimensions to be equal to the X:Y ratio of the map image, so that the map is not distorted. For example if the image
size is 540 x 650 pixels, we set the chart width to 54 and the chart depth to 65.

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The XYZ cluster bar chart is a unique feature of Nevron Chart for .NET. It gives us the ability to place each cluster atarbitrary positions along the X and Z axes. We just have to fill the X and Z values in the first bar series of the cluster andset the UseXValues and UseZValues properties of the series to true.

The Y axis shouldn't be very long because otherwise the bars will get taller and will obstruct greater part of the image. With
shorter bars the readability is decreased a little bit compared to the 2D chart, but in return we have a chart that looks reallyimpressive.

Only a few finishing touches remain before the chart is complete. We'll place a title above the chart and a legend that
explains the color coding of the bars. The built-in xml formatted texts will come helpful for splitting the long title into twolines and displaying the subscript in "CO2". A soft blurred shadow behind the title gives depth to the final image.

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Nevron Chart for .NET has support for XYZ Scatter Stack/Cluster Bars, Line, Smooth Line, Point, Bubble, Shape and Error
Bar Graphs.

Conclusion
Nevron Chart for .NET is in a class of its own when it comes to displaying true 3D charts like surface plots and XYZ
scatters. The component offers a wide range of charting types with variety of applications and can be used for the creationof presentation charts with great visual impact. More information about the discussed features is available in the Users
Guide shipped with the fully functional, not time restricted evaluation of the component available at http://www.nevron.com.

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