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How do I a rotate my square radar chart (square-diamond)?
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I need to rotate (the whole of my) my square-shaped 'radar' chart 45degrees so that it is diamond-shaped. At the moment the lines of the axes are horizontal and vertical and make a cross-shape (not unlike a + shape) and I need the lines to be on the diagonal (making a X shape). The chart doesn't have a green dot which I could use to rotate the whole chart. What should I do? Is this possible? I'm using Microsoft Excel 2003, part of the Microsoft Office Professional Edition. Many thanks in advance |
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Answer: How do I a rotate my square radar chart (square-diamond)?
How to Rotate a Square-Shaped Radar Chart to a Diamond Shape in Microsoft Excel 2003
If you need to adjust the rotation angle, simply go back to the "Format Chart Area" dialog box and change the value in the "X" field. Example of an Excel formula: Code:
=SUM(A1:A10) Formula:
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How do I a rotate my square radar chart (square-diamond)?
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, in microsoft.public.excel.charting,
"Becs \"I Know Nathing\"" said: I need to rotate (the whole of my) my square-shaped 'radar' chart 45degrees so that it is diamond-shaped. At the moment the lines of the axes are horizontal and vertical and make a cross-shape (not unlike a + shape) and I need the lines to be on the diagonal (making a X shape). The chart doesn't have a green dot which I could use to rotate the whole chart. Annoying, isn't it? We've discussed this recently, and I mentioned that Radar chart should have a control similar to the one provided for Pie charts, but it doesn't. I think you're just going to have to turn your table into eight values instead of four, with the extra four values being an interpolation of the four original values. So it becomes an "octagonal" radar chart, but the octagon nature of it is hidden because you're carefully calculating the intermediate values so that they lie on a straight line. I think AVERAGE() should work okay. Or, you could use a graphics program to rotate the picture through 22.5° -- Del Cotter NB Personal replies to this post will send email to , which goes to a spam folder-- please send your email to del3 instead. |
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How do I a rotate my square radar chart (square-diamond)?
Thanks for your (speedy) assistance Del. I'll give that a shot and see how I
go. "Del Cotter" wrote: On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, in microsoft.public.excel.charting, "Becs \"I Know Nathing\"" said: I need to rotate (the whole of my) my square-shaped 'radar' chart 45degrees so that it is diamond-shaped. At the moment the lines of the axes are horizontal and vertical and make a cross-shape (not unlike a + shape) and I need the lines to be on the diagonal (making a X shape). The chart doesn't have a green dot which I could use to rotate the whole chart. Annoying, isn't it? We've discussed this recently, and I mentioned that Radar chart should have a control similar to the one provided for Pie charts, but it doesn't. I think you're just going to have to turn your table into eight values instead of four, with the extra four values being an interpolation of the four original values. So it becomes an "octagonal" radar chart, but the octagon nature of it is hidden because you're carefully calculating the intermediate values so that they lie on a straight line. I think AVERAGE() should work okay. Or, you could use a graphics program to rotate the picture through 22.5° -- Del Cotter NB Personal replies to this post will send email to , which goes to a spam folder-- please send your email to del3 instead. |
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How do I a rotate my square radar chart (square-diamond)?
I think copying the chart as a picture and pasting it, followed by rotation
by 45 degrees is the way to go. Eight values (8 spokes) will result in an octagonal radar chart, with 8 spokes instead of 4. If spokes 1 and 3 have equal values of a, spoke 2 needs a value of a/sqrt(2) so the three are collinear, and the relationship for spoke 2's value is more complex if spokes 1 and 3 have different values. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Del Cotter" wrote in message ... On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, in microsoft.public.excel.charting, "Becs \"I Know Nathing\"" said: I need to rotate (the whole of my) my square-shaped 'radar' chart 45degrees so that it is diamond-shaped. At the moment the lines of the axes are horizontal and vertical and make a cross-shape (not unlike a + shape) and I need the lines to be on the diagonal (making a X shape). The chart doesn't have a green dot which I could use to rotate the whole chart. Annoying, isn't it? We've discussed this recently, and I mentioned that Radar chart should have a control similar to the one provided for Pie charts, but it doesn't. I think you're just going to have to turn your table into eight values instead of four, with the extra four values being an interpolation of the four original values. So it becomes an "octagonal" radar chart, but the octagon nature of it is hidden because you're carefully calculating the intermediate values so that they lie on a straight line. I think AVERAGE() should work okay. Or, you could use a graphics program to rotate the picture through 22.5° -- Del Cotter NB Personal replies to this post will send email to , which goes to a spam folder-- please send your email to del3 instead. |
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How do I a rotate my square radar chart(square-diamond)?
This isn’t the most elegant solution, but a little bit of trigonometry is needed for the calculations. Maybe someone can simplify it more. This worked for my four dimensional radar plot that I converted to eight dimensions to rotate it 45 degrees. If you have the original values in cells B2 and B4 and want to calculate what B3 is, use this formula:
=(B2*B4)/(SQRT(B2^2+B4^2)*(SIN((PI()/180)*(135-DEGREES(ASIN(B4/SQRT((B2^2) + (B4^2)))))))) EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice http://www.eggheadcafe.com/default.aspx?ref=ng |
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