[R] 3D Area Diagram

[Charilaos Skiadas]

On May 22, 2008, at 3:04 PM, AlGates wrote:

> Hello,
>
> maybe someone can help me. I am looking for a possibility to plot a  
> 3D area
> diagram like in Excel:
> http://www.microsoft.com/germany/mac/excel/images/chartbefore.jpg  
> Watch
> this!
>
> Would be nice if someone had any idea about that.

I don't know why you would want to subject your viewers/readers to a  
graph like that (Do we really need three dimensions and a ton of  
color to represent two groups of 4 numbers? And how can you possibly  
do comparisons when they are each behind each other? The area shading  
would prompt the viewer to compare areas, and only the blue areas are  
visible. Actually, can one even tell from the graph which of the two  
lines is higher in the fourth quarter, let alone by how much?), but  
would using RExcel to actually ask Excel from R to draw the graph be  
an acceptable solution? Otherwise I think that perhaps looking at  
wireframe in the lattice package might get you started. Perhaps  
others have some better suggestions.

But I would reiterate my suggestion for considering other ways of  
showing your data.

> Thank you
> Alex

Haris Skiadas
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Hanover College