Is there a way to plot a line using cartesian or polar coordinates?
I have a set of data points (x,y,z) that I would like plotted either as different lines or different columns/cylinders. For instance, at the x,y location, a column/line with height z. The red arrows in the attached image shows sort of what I'm looking for, except I want it around a circle, not square.
I tried using the 3D line, 3D column & 3d cylinder, but it's not very flexible when working with a 3rd axis. Is this possible, or would I have to resort to another language?
I can successfully plot a plane with the 3 coordinates and that's almost what I'm looking for. It would be easier to visualize it with bars going from z=0 to z=some number. It works really well in Matlab.
The x and y axis on 3d charts, within excel, are simply categories. If your values are integers then you maybe able to fake it with lots of empty cells.
If you want to plot 3 coords in 2d then maybe this will help
http://www.andypope.info/charts/3drotate.htm
As for polar plots they use a angle and distance to plot a point.
I have recently created an addin to plot that style of data
http://www.andypope.info/charts/polarplot3.htm
Although with your data you may find this better.
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme/ExcelTips/Polar.htm
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