Pie Chart Properties

• Shared Mem.: Changes between Scene, Global and Distributed Shared Memory. Use Inactive memory to not forward any values via Shared Memory and the data is taken from the Data field.

• Data: Determines Shared Memory key name. Data is the default input parameter.

• Transfer Mode: Sets string- or array-based data transfer.

• Data Delim.: Defines the value separator sign(s).

• Number Format: Defines if Viz should get the decimal point separator from the System Locale or Custom settings. If Custom is enabled:

  • Decimal Symbol: Defines which symbol is used as decimal point when Custom Number Format is set.

• Data Fit: Enables data normalization.

  • Data Offset: Adds an offset to the incoming data.

• Values Animation: Sets the animation type to be created when data change is detected.

• • • Disable: No animation.

    • Timer: Creates data transition animation (from an old set of data to a new set) within the specified time set in Duration sec.. Also select an Animation Mode.

    • Director: Creates data transition animation with the Stage Director, that controls the Animation Progress parameter from 0.0% (old data) to 100.0% (new data). Also select an Animation Mode.

  • Animation Mode:

    • Concurrent: Changes all nodes concurrently.

    • Left to Right: Transitions from left to right.

    • Right to Left: Transitions from right to left.

  • Balance Speed: Relates node values to the position of transformed data when set to On and Animation Mode is set to Left to Right or Right to Left.

    Example:

    • Balance Speed: If the values of four nodes change from 0,0,0,0 to 1,9,90,900 in Left to Right mode at 50% of the transformation.

    • Balance Speed Off: Only the first two nodes are transformed to new values.

    • Balance Speed On: The first three nodes are already transformed to new values, and the last node also transformed to 44% of the new values, because the data change from 0 (0+0+0+0) to 1000 (1+9+90+900), at 50% of transformation (in this case the values is changed for 500 of 1000), the first three nodes are already finished and the last node is changed to 400.

  • Duration sec.: Sets the duration of the animation in seconds for Timer mode.

• Diameter: Sets size of pie chart.

• Total Segmentdeg: Sets the pie chart’s maximum angle in degrees (default: 100% equals 360 degrees).

• Inner Cutoff: Cuts off a round piece from the cake’s center.

• Height: Adjusts height.

• Corners: Defines the minimum amount of corners at the pie’s edge. In dependency on the number of pieces an algorithm adds corners to always give the pie chart the same appearance.

• Keep Proportions: If enabled, the pie chart would look real. Otherwise each piece’s radius is recalculated.

• Const. Offset: Sets a constant gap width.

• Center Offset: Determines each pieces’ distance from the pie’s center.

• Piece Scaling:

  • All: All pieces equal 100%.

  • Single: Every piece’s size is described by its own 100%(e.g. three pieces mean 300%).

  • Fit: All pieces equal 100%, but they are scaled relatively to fit their new area with the correct values.

• Piece Size%: Parameter for the previous option.

• Bevel: Activates Bevel mode.

  • Bevel Top: Chamfers cake’s top.

  • Bevel Bottom: Chamfers pie’s bottom.

  • Bevel Size%: Adjusts bevel’s size from 0 to 100.

  • Bevel Steps: Sets roundness via the number of segmentation steps.

• Move Piece: Defines the piece for the next parameter operation. Starts with 0, -1 means nothing selected.

  • Center Offset: Offsets center for a certain piece.

  • Height Offset: Offsets height for a certain piece.

  • Effect Range: Sets the range of pieces to move.

  • Effect Distribution: Sets the distribution of the effect range.

• Pos. Container: Translates every child container to a piece of cake.

  • Container Offset: Adds a certain center offset to each container.

  • Center Container: Centers each translated container.

  • PosX, Y, Z: Activates container translation on the particular axis.

  • Container Pos. Z%: Sets the relative position on the z axis for each child container.

• Map:

  • Color Bar: Sets a single color (V texture coordinate) for a certain piece(e.g. three pieces: V = 0.0, V = 0.5 and V = 1.0).

  • Vertex: Uses vertex colors for each piece starting with ID 0. Color ID moves between the available vertex colors. Color lets you choose color for the current ID.

    Note: A chamfer is a beveled edge connecting two surfaces.

To Create a Pie Chart

1. Create a new group and add the Pie Chart plug-in to it.

2. Open the Transformation Editor and set Position X and Y to -100.0 and Rotation Y to -25.0.

3. Add a material and/or a texture to it.

4. Open the Pie Chart editor and set the following parameters:

   • Set the following DataY values: 10,20,30,20,50,60,80,45,20.

   • Enable Keep Proportions.

   • Set Center Offset to 6.0.

   • Set Move Piece to 1.

   • Set Center and Height Offset to 20.0.

   • Enable Vertex and set different colors for all Color IDs.

To Create a Pie Chart with Data Animation