On 8/2/2011 11:39 AM, wwreith wrote:
Does anyone know how to create a 3D Bargraph using ggplot2/qplot. I don't mean 3D as in x,y,z coordinates. Just a 2D bar graph with a 3D shaped bard. See attached excel file for an example.
It is not possible.
Before anyone asks I know that 3D looking bars don't add anything except "prettiness".
That is being far too generous. Setting aside that "prettiness" may be subjective, if changing to a 3D effect only affected the "prettiness," there would not be the negative reaction to it that there is. In fact, a 3D effect reduces the ability for a graph to be correctly understood. It distorts the data. When I see a 3D bar plot, I think "This person wants me to think I've been presented with information, but they have deliberately chosen a format that distorts the data. I wonder what they are hiding?"
At least you didn't ask about a 3D pie chart.
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