gvSIG-Desktop 1.11. User manual

The pie legend is located in the Multiple attributes section of the legend tree, and can be used to represent several attributes at once. To access it, right-click on the layer name to open the Properties and then select the symbols tab.

The following options are available for configuring the pie charts:

Symbols. Pie legend

Fields: You can choose which of the layer's fields to represent, provided they are numeric. With these fields you can:

• Add all fields.
• Delete all fields.
• Add the selected fields.
• Delete the selected fields.

To do this click on the buttons shown in the image above (Box 1).

Colour scheme: You can change the default colour scheme for the pies. To do this select the desired "Colour scheme" from the drop-down list, as shown in the image above (Box 2).

Change the colour: In addition it is possible to change the colour of pie slices once they have been added.

Once the default colour scheme has been chosen, the colour of a pie slice can be changed by double-clicking on its color.

The following dialog is displayed where you can select a colour sample or set it yourself (HSB, RGB).

Symbols. Color Selection

Background symbol: You can change the symbol of the background geometries by clicking on the symbol to open the symbol editor (pictured above, Box 3).

Symbols. Symbol Selector

Outline: You can display an outline with a specified colour and thickness around the pie slices. Tick the "Show" check box to draw outlines around the pie sectors.

Dimension: Tick the check box to display the pie in 3D. By default the pie is drawn in 2D.

Preview chart: Any changes made are reflected on the chart preview.