Data Format

You can either just type the data straight into the main form or get the program to read a data file. This data file must be a comma separated value (csv) text file in the same arrangement as shown in the main form, but with commas instead of columns. The program saves to this text file format too, which looks like:

Number of Products Sold by Swan Studios 2000-2003,Product
Year,Graphics,Databases,Security,Games
2000,2229,5713,982,2460
2001,3321,4206,1181,3622
2002,4327,3408,1580,4121
2003,5895,2093,1818,5682

Compare the above data to the format shown in the main form below.

Simple Integration with Microsoft Excel

Arrange your data in Excel in the format shown above.

Go to File > Save As... > Save as type: CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv) and save it to a file. Start the 3D Graph Generator program and open the csv file you just created (you may need to change File of type: Comma Separated Value (*.csv) to be able to see it in the list). It will appear in the same format as it did in Excel. All you need to do then is just press Go!