Depth Property

Microsoft Excel Visual Basic

For the ThreeDFormat object, returns or sets the depth of the shape's extrusion. Can be a value from – 600 through 9600 (positive values produce an extrusion whose front face is the original shape; negative values produce an extrusion whose back face is the original shape). Read/write Single.

expression.Depth

expression    Required. An expression that returns a ThreeDFormat object.

ShowDepth property as it applies to the TickLabels object.

For the TickLabels object, returns the number of levels of category tick labels. Read-only Long.

expression.Depth

expression    Required. An expression that returns a TickLabels object.

Example

This example adds an oval to myDocument and then specifies that the oval be extruded to a depth of 50 points and that the extrusion be purple.

Set myDocument = Worksheets(1)
Set myShape = myDocument.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeOval, _
    90, 90, 90, 40)
With myShape.ThreeD
    .Visible = True
    .Depth = 50
    ' RGB value for purple
    .ExtrusionColor.RGB = RGB(255, 100, 255)
End With