Use these options to change the orientation and perspective of a selected chart element, such as the chart area, plot area, walls, or the floor of a chart.

Important Some 3-D Rotation options are not available for charts, and they are therefore disabled in this dialog box.

3-D Rotation

Presets To choose a built-in rotation or perspective effect, click Presets, and then click the option that you want.

Rotation

The X and Y axes define the orientation (rotation) and position of the camera (view) that is viewing the chart. X is the horizontal axis; Y is the vertical axis. Values for these axes are additive, and the camera is first rotated by the X value, and then the Y value. When you use the "nudge" buttons to change the X or Y, the change is always made relative to the camera's current position.

Tip If you want the rotation and perspective settings to be identical for multiple charts, you can copy the settings from one chart to another.

X To change the orientation of the horizontal axis, enter a number in the box. You can use the arrow buttons to "nudge" this position to the right or left.Left To decrease the orientation of the horizontal axis, click this button. Right To increase the orientation of the horizontal axis, click this button.

Y To change the orientation of the vertical axis, enter a number in the box. You can use the arrow buttons to "nudge" this position up or down.Up To increase the orientation of the vertical axis, click this button. Down To increase the orientation of the vertical axis, click this button.

Perspective Describes how much foreshortening (depth dependent growing and shrinking) is applied to a shape. To change the depth appearance, enter a number in the box. The smallest number (0) is identical to having a parallel camera, and the largest number (120) produces the most exaggerated perspective, similar to what is produced with a wide-angle camera.Narrow field of view To decrease the amount of foreshortening, click this button. Widen field of view To increase the amount of foreshortening, click this button.

Reset To remove 3-D rotation and perspective effects, click this button.

Chart Scale

Autoscale Selected by default, the default scaling options are applied to the selected chart element. To specify your own scaling options, clear this check box.

Depth (% of base) Specifies the depth of the selected chart element. To change the depth of the chart, select or type a positive number between 0 and 2000. The default depth is 100.

Height (% of base) Specifies the height of the chart. To change the height of the chart, select or type a positive number between 0 and 500. The default height is 100.