WebCharts3D provides a large variety of Shape charts including Bar, Column, Prism, Pyramid, PyramidCut, Cone, ConeCut, Cylinder, Floating Bar and Floating Column. With the exception of the last two charts all these charts use one shape element to represent a data value. Typically Shape charts are used to compare values across categories (Default and Clustered placements), or to compare contribution of each value to a total accross categories (Stacked and Percent placements). Different shapes can be mixed within one column or within one series. Click on the chart's image on the right to see full-size chart.

Bar chart is usually used to compare discrete values across some categories. Bar chart can also be used to represent the contribution of each value to a total (Stacked), or percentage each value contributes to a total (Stacked percent).

Pyramid and PyramidCut charts are similar to the bar charts. Pyradid charts always display full pyramids while PyramidCut chart shows pyradids without top part and are more usefull when you need to show stacked or percent values.

Column charts are rotated bar charts and can be used to compare discrete values across some categories. Note that WebCharts3D includes separate Gantt chart.

Floating Bars and Floating Column charts require two series of data and are used to compare two related values across some categories.