The MindFusion Charting library lets you build dashboards by composing various kinds of elements in a hierarchy of Component objects. The main types are:

• Panel and its derived classes for defining dynamic layout.
• Plot and its derived classes for drawing chart graphics.
• AxisRenderer and derived classes for drawing chart axes.
• GaugeRenderer and derived classes for drawing gauges.
• LegendRenderer displays titles and colors of specified series.

In addition, you can use TextComponent, ImageComponent and BorderComponent to add decorative elements to the dashboard, such as chart title or company logo.

Plot components can display multiple SeriesRenderer objects for matching coordinate system types. For example, you can mix bar and line graphics in 2D Cartesian system by adding a LineRenderer and a BarRenderer to a Plot2D, while a RadarPlot can contain PieRadarRenderer to draw pie-radars and a RadarRenderer to draw polygons in polar coordinate system. Different plots also display different types of grids, as listed in GridType and RadarGridType enumerations.

A single instance of a SeriesRenderer -derived class can usually draw data from multiple Series, so you need just one BarRenderer to display bars from several series. Series renderers arrange the elements from several series in appropriate groups. For example, BarRenderer draws elements at same index from multiple series in side-by-side groups, while BarStackRenderer arranges them in a stack.