# phpman > man > GD::Graph3d(3pm) ## NAME [GD::Graph3D](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph3D/markdown) - Create 3D Graphs with GD and [GD::Graph](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph/markdown) ## SYNOPSIS use [GD::Graph::moduleName](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3AmoduleName/markdown); my @data = ( ["Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"], [ 1203, 3500, 3973, 2859, 3012, 3423, 1230] ); my $graph = new [GD::Graph::moduleName](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3AmoduleName/markdown)( 400, 300 ); $graph->set( x_label => 'Day of the week', y_label => 'Number of hits', title => 'Daily Summary of Web Site', ); my $gd = $graph->plot( \@data ); Where *moduleName* is one of "bars3d", "lines3d" or "pie3d". ## DESCRIPTION This is the [GD::Graph3d](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph3d/markdown) extensions module. It provides 3D graphs for the [GD::Graph](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph/markdown) module by Martien Verbruggen, which in turn generates graph using Lincoln Stein's GD.pm. You use these modules just as you would any of the [GD::Graph](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph/markdown) modules, except that they generate 3d-looking graphs. Each graph type is described below with only the options that are unique to the 3d version. The modules are based on their 2d versions (e.g. [GD::Graph::bars3d](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Abars3d/markdown) works like [GD::Graph::bars](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Abars/markdown)), and support all the options in those. Make sure to read the documentation on [GD::Graph](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph/markdown). [GD::Graph::pie3d](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Apie3d/markdown) This is merely a wrapper around [GD::Graph::pie](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Apie/markdown) for consistency. It also sets 3d pie mode by default (which [GD::Graph](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph/markdown) does as of version 1.22). All options are exactly as in [GD::Graph::pie](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Apie/markdown). [GD::Graph::bars3d](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Abars3d/markdown) This works like [GD::Graph::bars](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Abars/markdown), but draws 3d bars. The following settings are new or changed in [GD::Graph::bars3d](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Abars3d/markdown). bar_depth Sets the z-direction depth of the bars. This defaults to 10. If you have a large number of bars or a small chart width, you may want to change this. A visually good value for this is approximately width_of_chart / number_of_bars. overwrite In [GD::Graph::bars](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Abars/markdown), multiple series of bars are normally drawn side-by-side. You can set overwrite to 1 to tell it to draw each series behind the previous one. By setting overwrite to 2 you can have them drawn on top of each other, that is the series are stacked. shading By default this is set to '1' and will shade and highlight the bars (and axes). The light source is at top-left-center which scan well for most computer users. You can disable the shading of bars and axes by specifying a false value for this option. [GD::Graph::lines3d](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Alines3d/markdown) This works like [GD::Graph::lines](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Alines/markdown), but draws 3d line. The following settings are new or changed in [GD::Graph::line3d](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3Aline3d/markdown). line_depth Sets the z-direction depth of the lines. This defaults to 10. If you have a large number of bars or a small chart width, you may want to change this. A visually good value for this is approximately width_of_chart / number_of_bars. shading By default this is set to '1' and will shade and highlight the line (and axes). The light source is at top-left-center which scan well for most computer users. You can disable the shading of lines and axes by specifiying a false value for this option. ## VERSION 0.63 (6 December 2002) ## INSTALLATION You will need to have the [GD::Graph](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph/markdown) version 1.30 or later installed. You should also have Perl version 5.005 or 5.6 installed. To install, just do the normal: perl Makefile.PL make make install The documentation is in [GD::Graph::Graph3d](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph%3A%3AGraph3d/markdown).pod. ## AUTHOR Jeremy Wadsack for Wadsack-Allen Digital Group. Most of the modules are based on the [GD::Graph](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph/markdown) modules by Martien Verbruggen. ## LATEST RELEASE The latest release is available from CPAN: . ## COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Wadsack-Allen. All rights reserved. Much of the original code is from [GD::Graph](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph/markdown): GIFgraph: Copyright (c) 1995-1999 Martien Verbruggen. [Chart::PNGgraph](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Chart%3A%3APNGgraph/markdown): Copyright (c) 1999 Steve Bonds. [GD::Graph](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/GD%3A%3AGraph/markdown): Copyright (c) 1999 Martien Verbruggen. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.