Comments on: Contour and Surface Charts in Excel 2007

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:53:44 +0000

Dan – You only get one surface in a surface chart.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:33:20 +0000

Is it possible to build a surface graph mapping 2 or more different surfaces on the same chart? If so, it would be helpful to know how to set the suface properties, like color and transparency, so you could see “above” and “below” intersecting surfaces, as well as being able to set the format of the intersecting curve of the surfaces.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:01:31 +0000

David -

The vertical axis is still there, but you can’t see it or click on it.

Select the chart, then click on the Chart Tools – Layout ribbon tab. Select the Vertical Axis in the current selection dropdown at the top left of this ribbon. Press Ctrl+1 to format the axis.

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:27:18 +0000

I am trying to change the values on a contour plot using Excel 2007. I am graphing a problem in electromagnetism, and I want to instruct Excel to allow me to change the scaling it displays.

Right now, it displays the values from 0 to 150 in increments of 50; I would like Excel to display the values from 0 to 150 in increments of 15.

Can you instruct me on how to make this change?

Thank you,

David

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:23:08 +0000

Thanks Yourii, I knew there was a way. It’s frustrating when the exact same syntax from a recorded macro fails.

By: Yourii

Yourii — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:41:49 +0000

Hi Jon,
Thanks for clarification. Yes, indeed that works but it is pretty cumbersome to adjust every single band in the plot.

Here is a VBA code that I found in
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/3d-shading-t3069203.html
that seems to work for me

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(“Chart 6″).Activate
ActiveChart.ChartGroups(1).Has3DShading = False

Yourii