Never mind folks, I figured it out. It had to do ith "AmbientLightIntensity".

I can't believe the depth of this object model! Rich but difficult to wrap my head around it.

Mike


>Hi
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>This message is intended for anyone who has experience using the OWC10 chart object.
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>Thus far, I've managed to make a 3d barchart. Now I'm not happy with the fancy shading/gradation effect of the backwall, sidewall and floor. In order to eliminate it, I've tried to call the Interior.SetSolid method passing a single color value. I expected this would create solid walls and floors. It did...sort of.
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>While the surfaces appeared as solid there was still this annoying gray shadow effect (which in my mind is gradient filling using gray) hanging around.
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>How do I eliminate it completely? I want simple 3d and no fancy lighting effects.
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>TIA
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>Mike