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Features - Graphics Server .NET 3.5

This is an outline of most all the features of Graphics Server .NET 3.5.

Chart Types

• Standard
  • Pie (2D & 3D), multiple doughnut, pie within doughnut
  • Line (2D & 3D)
  • Area (2D & 3D), 100% stacked,
  • Horizontal Bars (2D & 3D), 100% stacked, paretto, overlapping
  • Vertical Bars (2D & 3D), 100% stacked, paretto, overlapping
  • Bubble (2D & 3D), image fill
  • Candlestick
  • High, low, open close
  • Volume
  • Range
  • Funnel
  • Gantt, multi-segment, percent complete
  • Polar
  • Radar
  • Scatter
  • Error bar
  • Meter
  • Gauge
  • Slider
  • Stoplight
  • LED
  • Thermometer
• Custom Chart Types
  • Box Whisker
  • Control Chart
  • Histogram
  • Time Series
  • Time Series Data Provider
  • Wafer Map Chart
• Special Effects
  • Free Hand Annotation
  • Drawing Arrows
  • Coloring Axis Range
  • Custom Tooltips
  • Axis Label Generator
  • Marker Dragging
  • Scrolling
  • Zooming
  • Live Chart - New in 3.0
  • Animated Charts - New in 3.0

General Features

• Unlimited number of series
• Unlimited number of data points in a series
• Unlimited X and Y Axes - New in 3.0
• Multiple sets of X and Y Axes Labels - New in 3.0
• Unlimited annotations
• Sticky callout annotations
• Quick Layout
• Chart Designer
• Layout Designer
• Style Designer
• Chart Template Selector
• Device Selector
• Drill down
• Multiple image formats
• Multi-Columned legend
• Multiple title items
• Multiple device meters
• Grid border labels
• Printing support
• Template support
• Highly customizable public API
• Chart Serialization
• Comprehensive samples - Visual Basic and C#

Interactive Designer / Chart Wizard - New in 3.0

• Control the look and feel of:
  • Graph Type
  • Axis
  • Markers
  • Legend
  • Titles
  • Background
  • Statistics
  • Annotation
• Interactively select, move and resize:
  • Titles
  • Annotations
  • Legends
  • Grid
• Enter custom data to design the exact chart you want
• Connect to your own data sources via connection strings and table/column choices

Live Web Controls - New in 3.0

• Live Chart Control
• Live Timer
• Live Dropdown List
• Live Textbox
• Live Button
• Live Widget Control<

Visual Appearance

• 3D wall width customization
• Cage wall customization
• Complete 3D X,Y,Z rotation
• Antialiasing
• Alpha blending
• Background Drawing
  • Solid colors
  • Gradients
  • Hatching
  • Transparencies
  • Scaled and tiled images
• Borders
  • No border
  • Simple
  • Textured
  • Shadows
• Custom symbols
• Different symbols for every data point - New in 3.5
• Predefined color palettes
• Post paint and pre paint events
• Tooltips (web forms)
• Tooltips (windows forms) - New in 3.5
• Marker Labels for every 2D or 3D data point - New in 3.5

Legend Features

• Different styles and locations
• Anchoring and alignment
• Legend icons & boxes
• Icon alignment
• Reverse order
• Docking

Data Population

• Data binding
  • Data views
  • Data tables
  • Data sets
  • OLEDB
• Custom data provider population mechanism
• Sticky annotations
• Customizable conditional marker painting
• Hidden point support

Date/Time

• Date and time axis scale
• Custom axis label generator
• Hidden point support
• Date and time label formatting

Statistics

• Exponential trend line
• Inverse trend line
• Limit lines
• Error bars
• Logarithmic trend line
• Mean trend line
• Min/Max trend line
• Moving average trend line
• Power trend line
• Spline fit trend
• Standard deviation
• Variable order polynomial

Internet Features

• Binary streaming
• Image maps
• Multiple image formats
• Tooltips

Axis Features

• Flexible major and minor tick marks
• Flexible grid markers
• Paretto
• Labels
  • Fonts
  • Offset
  • Rotation
• Primary and secondary X and Y axis
• Adjustable bar gap
• Overlap bar charts
• Grid lines
• Grid lines for minor tick marks - New in 3.5
• Auto and manual scaling
• Custom axis label generator
• Axis scale
  • Auto rounding
  • Best fit
  • User defined
  • Zero origin
  • Smart Scaling - New in 3.5
• Axis Position
  • Left
  • Right
  • Top
  • Bottom
  • Variable
• Titles
• Logarithmic
• Show origin

Customization Features

• Unlimited number of devices
• Custom axis label generator
• Custom data provider
• Custom devices

Widgets & Devices

• Background Effects - New in 3.0
• Thermometer Conditions - New in 3.0
• Gauge Conditions - New in 3.0
• Border Effects - New in 3.0
• Auto Sizing Options - New in 3.0
• New Needle Types - New in 3.0
• Available in win form and web form
• Unlimited annotations
• Device level events
• Needle level events
• Zone level events
• Bulb level events
• Custom devices
• Meters
  • Adjustable meter scale (0-360 degrees)
  • Multiple needles
  • Multiple zones
• Gauges
  • Vertical or horizontal
  • Multiple needles
• Sliders
  • Vertical or horizontal
  • Single Needle
  • Adjustable needle fill color
• Thermometers
  • Vertical or horizontal
  • Fill to value
  • Adjustable value fill colors
• Stoplights & LEDs
  • Multiple bulbs or lights
  • Customizable colors for any bulb
  • Active and inactive states