What's new in MindFusion.Charting for WPF 2.0

Feb 24, 2016
  • support for multiple axes
  • improved 3D charts
  • label formatting in RealTimeChart
  • crosshair templating
  • new crosshair styles
  • CreateImage and ExportImage methods
  • new zoom properties and events

New in MindFusion.Charting for WPF 1.7 (Dec 14, 2012)

  • New features:
  • radar and polar charts
  • hit testing
  • shadow effects

New in MindFusion.Charting for WPF 1.6 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • 3D bar charts:
  • A three-dimensional bar chart control added to the pack.
  • The BarChart3D class supports:
  • 6 types of 3D bar charts
  • multiple series
  • customizable width, height and depth of the 3D model
  • positive and negative values on all three axes
  • offset on all three axes
  • several different layout modes for multiple series
  • customizable light, interactive camera
  • the ability to set corner radius for the bars
  • The tutorial "Building a 3D Bar Chart" offers step-by-step instructions on how to adjust a 3D bar chart according to your needs.
  • 3D pie charts:
  • A three-dimensional pie chart control added to the pack.
  • The PieChart3D class supports:
  • 3D pie and doughnut charts
  • inner and outer labels
  • multiple series
  • customizable inner radius in doughnut charts
  • chart rotation, interactive camera
  • customizable width, height and depth of the model
  • two layout modes for pies
  • detached pieces
  • customizable start angle

New in MindFusion.Charting for WPF 1.5 (Sep 11, 2012)

  • Surface charts:
  • positive and negative values on the X, Y and Z-axis with the SurfaceSeries.XData,SurfaceSeries.YData and SurfaceSeries.ZData properties;
  • wireframe with adjustable color, width and thickness with the ShowWireFrame, SquareSize and WireFrameThickness properties;
  • customizable surface color, elevation shape and sensitivity with the SurfaceColor, ElevationShape and ElevationSensitivity properties;
  • interactive rotation of the camera with the AllowCameraInteraction property;
  • adjustable camera position and light type with the RotationAngle, RotationAxis and LightType properties;
  • scaling of the chart with the Scale property.

New in MindFusion.Charting for WPF 1.3 (Dec 9, 2011)

  • Zoom:
  • Interactive zoom support is now available in all types of bar and line charts. Set the Behavior property to ZoomChart to let users interactively select a range to zoom into. You can zoom out to a previous range one step at a time by calling ZoomOut. Use ResetZoom to restore the chart to its original state.
  • DateTime values:
  • You can set the XData, YData or Y2Data of the LineSeries or BarSeries instances to DateTime values. Set the ValueFormat property of the respective AxisSettings object to ValueFormat.DateTime and specify appropriate DateTime values as start and end of the axis. You can find details on how to use DateTime values with the control in the DateTime Values section of this reference.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • you can set the start angle in pie charts with StartAngle
  • labels at the chart axis can be rotated with the LabelRotationAngle property
  • improved space calculations in line and bar charts with mixed data.

New in MindFusion.Charting for WPF 1.2 (May 30, 2011)

  • support for second Y-axis
  • annotations in bar charts
  • use bars to show progress
  • draw labels at the top of bars
  • new scatter chart types

New in MindFusion.Charting for WPF 1.1 (Feb 11, 2011)

  • linear and oval gauge controls
  • PieChart inner and outer labels
  • LineChart can plot scatter graphs
  • new sample projects