Getting started with React 3D Chart component

14 May 202424 minutes to read

This section explains you the steps required to create a simple 3D Chart and demonstrate the basic usage of the 3D Chart control.

To get started quickly with React 3D Charts, you can check on this video:

Dependencies

Below is the list of minimum dependencies required to use the 3D Chart component.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-charts
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-data
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-charts
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-pdf-export
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-file-utils
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-compression
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-svg-base

Installation and configuration

You can use create-react-app to setup the applications.
To install create-react-app run the following command.

    npm install -g create-react-app

  • To set-up a React application in TypeScript environment, run the following command.

       create-react-app quickstart --template typescript
   cd quickstart
   npm start
  • To set-up a React application in JavaScript environment, run the following command. 
      create-react-app quickstart
  cd quickstart
  npm start

  • Install Syncfusion packages using below command.

      npm install @syncfusion/ej2-react-charts --save

Add 3D Chart to the project

Now, you can start adding 3D Chart component in the application. For getting started, add the 3D Chart component in src/App file using following code.

import { Chart3DComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from 'react';

function App() {
  return (<Chart3DComponent />);
}
export default App;
import { Chart3DComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from 'react';
function App() {
  return (<Chart3DComponent />);
}
export default App;

Now run the npm start command in the console, it will run your application and open the browser window.

npm start

The below example shows a basic 3D Chart.

import { Chart3DComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
function App() {
    return <Chart3DComponent id='charts'/>;
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));
import { Chart3DComponent  } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

function App() {
  return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' />
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Module injection

3D Chart component are segregated into individual feature-wise modules. In order to use a particular feature, you need to inject its feature service in the AppModule. In the current application, we are going to modify the above basic 3D Chart to visualize sales data for a particular year. For this application we are going to use column series, tooltip, data label, category axis and legend feature of the 3D Chart. Please find the relevant feature service name and description as follows.

  • ColumnSeries3D - Inject this module in to services to use column series.
  • Legend3D - Inject this module in to services to use legend feature.
  • Tooltip3D - Inject this module in to services to use tooltip feature.
  • DataLabel3D - Inject this module in to services to use datalabel feature.
  • Category3D - Inject this module in to services to use category feature.

These modules should be injected to the services section as follows,

import { Category3D, Chart3DComponent, DataLabel3D, ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Tooltip3D, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

function App() {
  return <Chart3DComponent id='charts'>
    <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Tooltip3D, DataLabel3D, Category3D]}/>
  </Chart3DComponent>;
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));
import { Category3D, Chart3DComponent, DataLabel3D, ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Tooltip3D, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
function App() {
    return <Chart3DComponent id='charts'>
    <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Tooltip3D, DataLabel3D, Category3D]}/>
  </Chart3DComponent>;
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Populate 3D Chart with data

This section explains how to plot below JSON data to the 3D Chart.

export let data = [
    { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
    { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
    { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
    { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
    { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
    { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
    { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
    { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];
export let data: any[] = [
    { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
    { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
    { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
    { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
    { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
    { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
    { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
    { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];

Add a series object to the chart by using series property. Now map the field names x and y in the JSON data to the xName and yName properties of the series, then set the JSON data to dataSource property.

Since the JSON contains category data, set the valueTypefor horizontal axis to Category. By default, the axis valueType is Numeric.

import { Chart3DComponent, Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective, Chart3DSeriesDirective, Inject, Category3D, ColumnSeries3D } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export let data = [
    { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
    { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
    { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
    { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
    { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
    { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
    { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
    { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];

function App() {
    return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' style= primaryXAxis=
        wallColor='transparent'
        primaryYAxis= enableRotation={true} rotation={7} tilt={10} depth={100}>
        <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Category3D]} />
        <Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective >
            <Chart3DSeriesDirective dataSource={data} xName='x' yName='y' type='Column'>
            </Chart3DSeriesDirective>
        </Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective>
    </Chart3DComponent>;
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));
import { Category3D, Chart3DComponent, Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective, Chart3DSeriesDirective, ColumnSeries3D, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export let data: any[] = [
  { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
  { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
  { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
  { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
  { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
  { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
  { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
  { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];


function App() {
  return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' style= primaryXAxis=
    wallColor='transparent'
    primaryYAxis= enableRotation={true} rotation={7} tilt={10} depth={100}>
    <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Category3D]} />
    <Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective >
        <Chart3DSeriesDirective dataSource={data} xName='x' yName='y' type='Column'>
        </Chart3DSeriesDirective>
    </Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective>
</Chart3DComponent>
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Add 3D Chart title

You can add a title using title property to the 3D Chart to provide quick information to the user about the data plotted in the 3D Chart.

import { Chart3DComponent, Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective, Chart3DSeriesDirective, Inject, Category3D, ColumnSeries3D } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export let data = [
    { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
    { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
    { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
    { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
    { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
    { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
    { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
    { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];

function App() {
    return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' style= primaryXAxis=
        wallColor='transparent'
        primaryYAxis= enableRotation={true} rotation={7} tilt={10} depth={100} title='Top Selling Electric Cars in China'>
        <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Category3D]} />
        <Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective >
            <Chart3DSeriesDirective dataSource={data} xName='x' yName='y' type='Column'>
            </Chart3DSeriesDirective>
        </Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective>
    </Chart3DComponent>;
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));
import { Category3D, Chart3DComponent, Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective, Chart3DSeriesDirective, ColumnSeries3D, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export let data: any[] = [
  { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
  { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
  { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
  { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
  { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
  { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
  { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
  { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];


function App() {
  return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' style= primaryXAxis=
    wallColor='transparent'
    primaryYAxis= enableRotation={true} rotation={7} tilt={10} depth={100} title='Top Selling Electric Cars in China'>
    <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Category3D]} />
    <Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective >
        <Chart3DSeriesDirective dataSource={data} xName='x' yName='y' type='Column'>
        </Chart3DSeriesDirective>
    </Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective>
</Chart3DComponent>
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Enable legend

You can use legend for the 3D Chart by setting the visible property to true in legendSettings object and by injecting the Legend3D module into the services.

import { Chart3DComponent, Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective, Chart3DSeriesDirective, Inject, Legend3D, Category3D, ColumnSeries3D, Highlight3D } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export let data = [
    { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
    { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
    { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
    { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
    { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
    { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
    { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
    { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];

function App() {
    return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' style= primaryXAxis=
        wallColor='transparent'
        primaryYAxis= enableRotation={true} rotation={7} legendSettings= tilt={10} depth={100}>
        <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Category3D, Highlight3D]} />
        <Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective >
            <Chart3DSeriesDirective dataSource={data} xName='x' name='Sales' yName='y' type='Column'>
            </Chart3DSeriesDirective>
        </Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective>
    </Chart3DComponent>;
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));
import { Category3D, Chart3DComponent, Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective, Chart3DSeriesDirective, Highlight3D, ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export let data: any[] = [
  { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
  { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
  { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
  { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
  { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
  { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
  { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
  { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];


function App() {
  return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' style= primaryXAxis=
    wallColor='transparent'
    primaryYAxis= legendSettings= enableRotation={true} rotation={7} tilt={10} depth={100}>
    <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Category3D, Highlight3D]} />
    <Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective >
        <Chart3DSeriesDirective dataSource={data} xName='x' name='Sales' yName='y' type='Column'>
        </Chart3DSeriesDirective>
    </Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective>
</Chart3DComponent>
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Add data label

You can add data labels to improve the readability of the 3D Chart. This can be achieved by setting the visible property to true in the dataLabel object and by injecting DataLabel3D module into the services.

import { Chart3DComponent, Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective, Chart3DSeriesDirective, Inject, Legend3D, DataLabel3D, Category3D, ColumnSeries3D, Highlight3D } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export let data = [
    { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
    { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
    { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
    { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
    { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
    { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
    { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
    { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];

function App() {
    return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' style= primaryXAxis=
        wallColor='transparent'
        primaryYAxis= enableRotation={true} rotation={7} tilt={10} depth={100} legendSettings=>
        <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Category3D, DataLabel3D, Highlight3D]} />
        <Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective >
            <Chart3DSeriesDirective dataSource={data} dataLabel= xName='x' name='Sales' yName='y' type='Column'>
            </Chart3DSeriesDirective>
        </Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective>
    </Chart3DComponent>;
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));
import { Category3D, Chart3DComponent, Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective, Chart3DSeriesDirective, DataLabel3D, Highlight3D, ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export let data: any[] = [
  { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
  { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
  { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
  { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
  { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
  { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
  { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
  { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];


function App() {
  return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' style= primaryXAxis=
    wallColor='transparent'
    primaryYAxis= enableRotation={true} rotation={7} tilt={10} depth={100} legendSettings=>
    <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, DataLabel3D, Category3D, Highlight3D]} />
    <Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective >
        <Chart3DSeriesDirective dataLabel= dataSource={data} xName='x' name='Sales' yName='y' type='Column'>
        </Chart3DSeriesDirective>
    </Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective>
</Chart3DComponent>
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Enable tooltip

The tooltip is useful when you cannot display information by using the data labels due to space constraints. You can enable tooltip by setting the enable property as true in tooltip object and by injecting Tooltip3D module into the services.

import { Chart3DComponent, Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective, Chart3DSeriesDirective, Inject, Legend3D, DataLabel3D, Category3D, Tooltip3D, ColumnSeries3D, Highlight3D } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export let data = [
    { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
    { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
    { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
    { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
    { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
    { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
    { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
    { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];

function App() {
    return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' style= primaryXAxis=
        wallColor='transparent'
        primaryYAxis= enableRotation={true} rotation={7} tilt={10} depth={100} tooltip= legendSettings=>
        <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Tooltip3D, Category3D, DataLabel3D, Highlight3D]} />
        <Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective >
            <Chart3DSeriesDirective dataSource={data} xName='x' name='Sales' yName='y' type='Column'>
            </Chart3DSeriesDirective>
        </Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective>
    </Chart3DComponent>;
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));
import { Category3D, Chart3DComponent, Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective, Chart3DSeriesDirective, DataLabel3D, Highlight3D, ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Tooltip3D, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export let data: any[] = [
  { x: 'Tesla', y: 137429 },
  { x: 'Aion', y: 80308 },
  { x: 'Wuling', y: 76418 },
  { x: 'Changan', y: 52849 },
  { x: 'Geely', y: 47234 },
  { x: 'Nio', y: 31041 },
  { x: 'Neta', y: 22449 },
  { x: 'BMW', y: 18733 }
];


function App() {
  return <Chart3DComponent id='charts' style= primaryXAxis=
    wallColor='transparent'
    primaryYAxis= enableRotation={true} rotation={7} tilt={10} depth={100} tooltip= legendSettings=>
    <Inject services={[ColumnSeries3D, Legend3D, Tooltip3D, DataLabel3D, Category3D, Highlight3D]} />
    <Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective >
        <Chart3DSeriesDirective dataSource={data} xName='x' name='Sales' yName='y' type='Column'>
        </Chart3DSeriesDirective>
    </Chart3DSeriesCollectionDirective>
</Chart3DComponent>
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

You can refer to our React 3D Charts feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our React 3D Charts example that shows various 3D Chart types and how to represent time-dependent data, showing trends in data at equal intervals.