How can I plot a graph using 4 daxes to show relationships?

[Captain_Awesome]

Hello,

I would like to plot a graph showing the relationships between 4 variables.
(this is engineering, and want to plot values at which failure will occur)

I want to have a mad awesome sweet graph with 4 axis set up and a curve that
goes around and probably joins up somewhere making some kind of shape.

Is there anyway I can do this in excel?

Regards,
Scott

 

[Jon Peltier]

Excel doesn't even do three axes well, certainly not in XYZ value axis form.
I doubt you'll find any graphics package that attempts four axes in 2D space
(i.e., screen or paper).

- Jon

 

[Jonathan589]

Perhaps Excel's radar chart that sort-of wraps the Category axis around the
origin; it looks as if there are several Y axes coming from a central point
and turns the lines of a line chart into circles around that origin. It
allows you to compare several categories at once to decide which balance of
factors suits you best.

 

[Jon Peltier]

The radar chart is not a very good vehicle for information display. You
could almost as easily make a parallel coordinates chart:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ParallelCoord.html

- Jon

 

[Jonathan589]

I'd argue except that I have now read your article and am forced to agree
with you! Thank you for pointing it out.

 

[Jon Peltier]

A convert!

- Jon