You can use the control in the middle of the artwork to rotate and tilt the 3D object. Choose Effect > 3D and Materials > Extrude & Bevel, and you’ll see the artwork extruded into 3D as seen here. If you have the latest version of Illustrator CC, there’s a simple way to make this chart 3D (if you have an earlier version, jump to step 11 below). To change the colors, click inside each segment with the Direct Selection Tool (shortcut: A) and then pick the new color for that segment from the Swatches or Color panels. The pie chart will appear in shades of gray. Enter the values in the Data panel that appears, and click the checkmark icon to apply the data to the chart. You don’t need to draw a perfect square: the chart will be exactly circular. 1: Create your chartĬhoose the Pie Chart option from the Graph tool in the Toolbar, and sketch out its size. One of the chief gripes from users was the inability to create 3D pie charts but it is possible, with live graph data, as we’ll see here.

But apart from a brief (and then canceled) foray into online graphing, the tool has not been significantly updated in the intervening 29 years. It has been possible to create pie charts in Illustrator since version 5 appeared in 1993.

Siemens star chart illustrator