Make Quick 3D Pie Charts in Illustrator

In today's tutorial we'll be going over a handy tool in Illustrator that allows you to make various kinds of charts and graphs -- like a pie chart, for example. Then, we'll be going over how to make that pie chart 3D. Making a 3D pie chart in Illustrator is simply a matter of using the Pie Graph Tool to generate the chart, then using the Extrude and Bevel effect to make it three dimensional.

One distinct advantage Adobe Illustrator has over other vector design applications is the abundance of tools and features it has -- one of which being its ability to generate charts and graphs with relative ease. In other vector applications, these things need to be designed manually. In Illustrator though, there are dedicated tools that will generate them for you. All you have to do is input your data.

Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission

[ChristopherDillman]

This is truly a fantastic tutorial, and a reminder of the power of pies in data visualization.

Some clients just prefer those good ol fashioned pies for their data desserts! 🍰

[ayazsiddiqui]

after creating can we edit the numbers and value.. or we have to create again if any changes..?

[rustyrehl]

couldn't get the ungrouping to work work right. It stayed together as groups of shapes. it worked but I was only able to edit the pie pieces as blocks not each side if that makes any sense. Any idea why that would be happening?

[ashrafalvee]

I followed step by step but the 3d objects stay as images and don't take any colors, and won't become ungrouped. What is the reason?

[yapanwolf]

is there a possibillity to increase height of this pieces?

[omardesigns]

cool tutorial, just in editing you might want to zoom into tables where you type values or show a type of brush etc...

[claudiam]

Very cool tutorial! Thanks a lot :-) Just the expand appearance does not create shapes but images :-( Does anybody has an idea why this is happening?

[naufalalatas]

Your video helps me a lot, many thanks for you!

[darnitish]

great tutorial. and thanks for keeping the chit chat to a minimum! just the

[joyboy]

Can you do a tutorial on making crests of different shapes?

[syafaalhimamarta]

why i can't expand appearance? it always turns into image not vector

[grivinroering]

Whenever I use the exopand apperance function it just puts a rectangular path around the 3D object and I am not able to use ungroup to separate the faces of the pie slice. is there a work around for this?