Creating Marionette charts

Use chart nodes to create a variety of charts in 2D or 3D, on design layers or sheet layers. Chart nodes can receive input from lists or worksheets, whether the worksheets are open or closed; see Concept: Worksheet overview for more information about worksheets. Use worksheet nodes to return string and numeric values from worksheet cells (to provide the data for charts) or to write values into worksheet cells (for example, to create tables of data for debugging purposes). Marionette charts are object nodes, which can be easily updated when their data inputs have changed; see Using object nodes.

2. Click Current Node on the Tool bar. From the Resource Selector, locate the Charts category of node objects, and double-click on the desired chart node.

4. Provide inputs for the chart node to specify the chart’s data, dimensions, and display. For more information about placing nodes and connecting them to form a network, see Inserting a node with the Marionette tool and Marionette networks.

Available in the Worksheet - Input category of node objects, worksheet nodes can provide numeric data and labels for chart nodes.

Input	Description
Center	Sets the center point of the chart’s bounding box. If no input is provided, the chart is placed at the document origin.
Width/Height	Sets the dimensions of the chart in document units
RGB	Sets the colors of the chart’s data objects (the bars, lines, or wedges that represent data). If no input is provided, the colors are generated automatically.
Series	Available for line charts and bar charts that use multiple data sets; provides labels for sets of data objects
Labels	Provides labels for the data objects. On bar charts and line charts, these are the X-axis data labels.
Data/Values	Provides numeric values for the data objects. On bar charts and line charts, these are the Y-axis values.

5. With the chart node selected, click Settings on the Object Info palette to configure the chart.

Parameter	Description
Settings
Title	Enter a title for the chart
View Type	Select 2D or 3D
3D Depth	Enter the height of the 3D chart in document units
Layout	Select the chart layout; the options vary by chart type
Axis Titles (bar or line chart)	Enter the X- and Y-axis titles
Line Style
Inner Objects	Select the line type and line thickness of the chart’s data objects (the bars, lines, or wedges that represent data)
Gridlines (bar or line chart)	Select the line type and line thickness of the chart’s grid lines
Display	Toggle the display of the chart components
Text Style	Select text styles for the chart title and data labels
Position	Set the positions of the chart title and data labels

6. Optionally, create a legend for the chart. This is useful when working with multiple data sets. Place a Legend node from the Charts category and provide inputs for the legend items and colors.

7. To run the script and create the chart, right-click on any node in the network and select Run Marionette Script from the context menu. Alternatively, select any node in the network and click Run on the Object Info palette.