--- title: 3D Bar Graph Maker | Skychart STATBEANS® | Statgraphics description: The Statgraphics 3D bar graph maker creates a skychart for a twoway cross-tabulation. 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Increasing and Decreasing refer to class frequencies. | "Alphabetical", "As Entered", "Decreasing", "Decreasing Alphabetical", "Increasing", "Increasing Alphabetical". | "As Entered" | | drawVertical | boolean | Whether to make the bars vertical. | true,false | false | | frequencyVariableName | String | The name of the column containing class frequencies. | Any string. | "Frequency" | | numberOfColumns | int | Number of columns. | 1+ | 0 | | numberOfRows | int | Number of rows. | 1+ | 0 | | rotateClassLabels | boolean | Whether to make the bar labels vertical. | true,false | false | | rowClassName | String | Name to be used as row header. | Any string. | "Row" | | rowOrdering | String | The type of row ordering desired. Increasing and Decreasing refer to class frequencies. | "Alphabetical", "As Entered", "Decreasing", "Decreasing Alphabetical", "Increasing", "Increasing Alphabetical". | "As Entered" | | rowLabelVariableName | String | The name of the column containing row labels. | Any string. | "Label" | | scaleByPercentage | boolean | Whether to scale the axes by percentage rather than frequency. | true,false | false | Other properties for the 3D bar graph maker are inherited from the java.awt.Canvas class and from the general [GraphicalStatbean](https://www.statgraphics.com/statbeans/graphical) class. **Code Sample** - see [Crosstabulation](https://www.statgraphics.com/statbeans/calculations/crosstabulation). 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