Adding upstream version 1:7.0.4.upstream/1%7.0.4upstream

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

35 files changed, 8657 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/DateHelper.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/DateHelper.cxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <DateHelper.hxx>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart/TimeUnit.hpp>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+bool DateHelper::IsInSameYear( const Date& rD1, const Date& rD2 )
+{
+    return rD1.GetYear() == rD2.GetYear();
+}
+
+bool DateHelper::IsInSameMonth( const Date& rD1, const Date& rD2 )
+{
+    return (rD1.GetYear() == rD2.GetYear())
+        && (rD1.GetMonth() == rD2.GetMonth());
+}
+
+Date DateHelper::GetDateSomeMonthsAway( const Date& rD, sal_Int32 nMonthDistance )
+{
+    Date aRet(rD);
+    aRet.AddMonths( nMonthDistance );
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+Date DateHelper::GetDateSomeYearsAway( const Date& rD, sal_Int32 nYearDistance )
+{
+    Date aRet(rD);
+    aRet.AddYears( static_cast<sal_Int16>(nYearDistance) );
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+bool DateHelper::IsLessThanOneMonthAway( const Date& rD1, const Date& rD2 )
+{
+    Date aDMin( DateHelper::GetDateSomeMonthsAway( rD1, -1 ) );
+    Date aDMax( DateHelper::GetDateSomeMonthsAway( rD1, 1 ) );
+
+    return rD2 > aDMin && rD2 < aDMax;
+}
+
+bool DateHelper::IsLessThanOneYearAway( const Date& rD1, const Date& rD2 )
+{
+    Date aDMin( DateHelper::GetDateSomeYearsAway( rD1, -1 ) );
+    Date aDMax( DateHelper::GetDateSomeYearsAway( rD1, 1 ) );
+
+    return rD2 > aDMin && rD2 < aDMax;
+}
+
+double DateHelper::RasterizeDateValue( double fValue, const Date& rNullDate, long TimeResolution )
+{
+    if (std::isnan(fValue))
+        return fValue;
+
+    Date aDate(rNullDate); aDate.AddDays(::rtl::math::approxFloor(fValue));
+    switch(TimeResolution)
+    {
+        case css::chart::TimeUnit::DAY:
+            break;
+        case css::chart::TimeUnit::YEAR:
+            aDate.SetMonth(1);
+            aDate.SetDay(1);
+            break;
+        case css::chart::TimeUnit::MONTH:
+        default:
+            aDate.SetDay(1);
+            break;
+    }
+    return aDate - rNullDate;
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/DateScaling.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/DateScaling.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..292f24b7e
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+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/DateScaling.cxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "DateScaling.hxx"
+#include <com/sun/star/chart/TimeUnit.hpp>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+
+namespace
+{
+
+static const char lcl_aServiceName_DateScaling[] = "com.sun.star.chart2.DateScaling";
+static const char lcl_aServiceName_InverseDateScaling[] = "com.sun.star.chart2.InverseDateScaling";
+
+static const double lcl_fNumberOfMonths = 12.0;//todo: this needs to be offered by basic tools Date class if it should be more generic
+}
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using ::com::sun::star::chart::TimeUnit::DAY;
+using ::com::sun::star::chart::TimeUnit::MONTH;
+using ::com::sun::star::chart::TimeUnit::YEAR;
+
+DateScaling::DateScaling( const Date& rNullDate, sal_Int32 nTimeUnit, bool bShifted )
+        : m_aNullDate( rNullDate )
+        , m_nTimeUnit( nTimeUnit )
+        , m_bShifted( bShifted )
+{
+}
+
+DateScaling::~DateScaling()
+{
+}
+
+double SAL_CALL DateScaling::doScaling( double value )
+{
+    double fResult(value);
+    if( std::isnan( value ) || std::isinf( value ) )
+        ::rtl::math::setNan( & fResult );
+    else
+    {
+        Date aDate(m_aNullDate);
+        aDate.AddDays(::rtl::math::approxFloor(value));
+        switch( m_nTimeUnit )
+        {
+            case DAY:
+                fResult = value;
+                if(m_bShifted)
+                    fResult+=0.5;
+                break;
+            case YEAR:
+            case MONTH:
+            default:
+                fResult = aDate.GetYear();
+                fResult *= lcl_fNumberOfMonths;//assuming equal count of months in each year
+                fResult += aDate.GetMonth();
+
+                double fDayOfMonth = aDate.GetDay();
+                fDayOfMonth -= 1.0;
+                double fDaysInMonth = aDate.GetDaysInMonth();
+                fResult += fDayOfMonth/fDaysInMonth;
+                if(m_bShifted)
+                {
+                    if( m_nTimeUnit==YEAR )
+                        fResult += 0.5*lcl_fNumberOfMonths;
+                    else
+                        fResult += 0.5;
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+    return fResult;
+}
+
+uno::Reference< XScaling > SAL_CALL DateScaling::getInverseScaling()
+{
+    return new InverseDateScaling( m_aNullDate, m_nTimeUnit, m_bShifted );
+}
+
+OUString SAL_CALL DateScaling::getServiceName()
+{
+    return lcl_aServiceName_DateScaling;
+}
+
+OUString SAL_CALL DateScaling::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return lcl_aServiceName_DateScaling;
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL DateScaling::supportsService( const OUString& rServiceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, rServiceName);
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL DateScaling::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return { lcl_aServiceName_DateScaling };
+}
+
+InverseDateScaling::InverseDateScaling( const Date& rNullDate, sal_Int32 nTimeUnit, bool bShifted )
+        : m_aNullDate( rNullDate )
+        , m_nTimeUnit( nTimeUnit )
+        , m_bShifted( bShifted )
+{
+}
+
+InverseDateScaling::~InverseDateScaling()
+{
+}
+
+double SAL_CALL InverseDateScaling::doScaling( double value )
+{
+    double fResult(value);
+    if( std::isnan( value ) || std::isinf( value ) )
+        ::rtl::math::setNan( & fResult );
+    else
+    {
+        switch( m_nTimeUnit )
+        {
+            case DAY:
+                if(m_bShifted)
+                    value -= 0.5;
+                fResult = value;
+                break;
+            case YEAR:
+            case MONTH:
+            default:
+                //Date aDate(m_aNullDate);
+                if(m_bShifted)
+                {
+                    if( m_nTimeUnit==YEAR )
+                        value -= 0.5*lcl_fNumberOfMonths;
+                    else
+                        value -= 0.5;
+                }
+                Date aDate( Date::EMPTY );
+                double fYear = ::rtl::math::approxFloor(value/lcl_fNumberOfMonths);
+                double fMonth = ::rtl::math::approxFloor(value-(fYear*lcl_fNumberOfMonths));
+                if( fMonth==0.0 )
+                {
+                    fYear--;
+                    fMonth=12.0;
+                }
+                aDate.SetYear( static_cast<sal_uInt16>(fYear) );
+                aDate.SetMonth( static_cast<sal_uInt16>(fMonth) );
+                aDate.SetDay( 1 );
+                double fMonthCount = (fYear*lcl_fNumberOfMonths)+fMonth;
+                double fDay = (value-fMonthCount)*aDate.GetDaysInMonth();
+                fDay += 1.0;
+                aDate.SetDay( static_cast<sal_uInt16>(::rtl::math::round(fDay)) );
+                fResult = aDate - m_aNullDate;
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+    return fResult;
+}
+
+uno::Reference< XScaling > SAL_CALL InverseDateScaling::getInverseScaling()
+{
+    return new DateScaling( m_aNullDate, m_nTimeUnit, m_bShifted );
+}
+
+OUString SAL_CALL InverseDateScaling::getServiceName()
+{
+    return lcl_aServiceName_InverseDateScaling;
+}
+
+OUString SAL_CALL InverseDateScaling::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return lcl_aServiceName_InverseDateScaling;
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL InverseDateScaling::supportsService( const OUString& rServiceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, rServiceName);
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL InverseDateScaling::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return { lcl_aServiceName_InverseDateScaling };
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/DateScaling.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/DateScaling.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c2f34dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/DateScaling.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_DATESCALING_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_DATESCALING_HXX
+
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/XScaling.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceName.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <tools/date.hxx>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class DateScaling :
+        public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<
+        css::chart2::XScaling,
+        css::lang::XServiceName,
+        css::lang::XServiceInfo
+        >
+{
+public:
+    DateScaling( const Date& rNullDate, sal_Int32 nTimeUnit, bool bShifted );
+    virtual ~DateScaling() override;
+
+    /// declare XServiceInfo methods
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+    // ____ XScaling ____
+    virtual double SAL_CALL doScaling( double value ) override;
+
+    virtual css::uno::Reference<
+        css::chart2::XScaling > SAL_CALL
+        getInverseScaling() override;
+
+    // ____ XServiceName ____
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getServiceName() override;
+
+private:
+    const Date m_aNullDate;
+    const sal_Int32 m_nTimeUnit;
+    const bool m_bShifted;
+};
+
+class InverseDateScaling :
+        public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<
+        css::chart2::XScaling,
+        css::lang::XServiceName,
+        css::lang::XServiceInfo
+        >
+{
+public:
+    InverseDateScaling( const Date& rNullDate, sal_Int32 nTimeUnit, bool bShifted );
+    virtual ~InverseDateScaling() override;
+
+    /// declare XServiceInfo methods
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+    // ____ XScaling ____
+    virtual double SAL_CALL doScaling( double value ) override;
+
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::chart2::XScaling > SAL_CALL
+        getInverseScaling() override;
+
+    // ____ XServiceName ____
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getServiceName() override;
+
+private:
+    const Date m_aNullDate;
+    const sal_Int32 m_nTimeUnit;
+    const bool m_bShifted;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/MinimumAndMaximumSupplier.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/MinimumAndMaximumSupplier.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bb936567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/MinimumAndMaximumSupplier.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <MinimumAndMaximumSupplier.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/chart/TimeUnit.hpp>
+
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier()
+{
+}
+
+MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::~MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier()
+{
+}
+
+void MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::addMinimumAndMaximumSupplier( MinimumAndMaximumSupplier* pMinimumAndMaximumSupplier )
+{
+    m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList.insert( pMinimumAndMaximumSupplier );
+}
+
+bool MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::hasMinimumAndMaximumSupplier( MinimumAndMaximumSupplier* pMinimumAndMaximumSupplier )
+{
+    return m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList.count( pMinimumAndMaximumSupplier ) != 0;
+}
+
+double MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::getMinimumX()
+{
+    double fGlobalExtremum;
+    ::rtl::math::setInf(&fGlobalExtremum, false);
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+    {
+        double fLocalExtremum = elem->getMinimumX();
+        if(fLocalExtremum<fGlobalExtremum)
+            fGlobalExtremum=fLocalExtremum;
+    }
+    if(std::isinf(fGlobalExtremum))
+        ::rtl::math::setNan(&fGlobalExtremum);
+    return fGlobalExtremum;
+}
+
+double MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::getMaximumX()
+{
+    double fGlobalExtremum;
+    ::rtl::math::setInf(&fGlobalExtremum, true);
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+    {
+        double fLocalExtremum = elem->getMaximumX();
+        if(fLocalExtremum>fGlobalExtremum)
+            fGlobalExtremum=fLocalExtremum;
+    }
+    if(std::isinf(fGlobalExtremum))
+        ::rtl::math::setNan(&fGlobalExtremum);
+    return fGlobalExtremum;
+}
+
+double MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::getMinimumYInRange( double fMinimumX, double fMaximumX, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex )
+{
+    double fGlobalExtremum;
+    ::rtl::math::setInf(&fGlobalExtremum, false);
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+    {
+        double fLocalExtremum = elem->getMinimumYInRange( fMinimumX, fMaximumX, nAxisIndex );
+        if(fLocalExtremum<fGlobalExtremum)
+            fGlobalExtremum=fLocalExtremum;
+    }
+    if(std::isinf(fGlobalExtremum))
+        ::rtl::math::setNan(&fGlobalExtremum);
+    return fGlobalExtremum;
+}
+
+double MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::getMaximumYInRange( double fMinimumX, double fMaximumX, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex )
+{
+    double fGlobalExtremum;
+    ::rtl::math::setInf(&fGlobalExtremum, true);
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+    {
+        double fLocalExtremum = elem->getMaximumYInRange( fMinimumX, fMaximumX, nAxisIndex );
+        if(fLocalExtremum>fGlobalExtremum)
+            fGlobalExtremum=fLocalExtremum;
+    }
+    if(std::isinf(fGlobalExtremum))
+        ::rtl::math::setNan(&fGlobalExtremum);
+    return fGlobalExtremum;
+}
+
+double MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::getMinimumZ()
+{
+    double fGlobalExtremum;
+    ::rtl::math::setInf(&fGlobalExtremum, false);
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+    {
+        double fLocalExtremum = elem->getMinimumZ();
+        if(fLocalExtremum<fGlobalExtremum)
+            fGlobalExtremum=fLocalExtremum;
+    }
+    if(std::isinf(fGlobalExtremum))
+        ::rtl::math::setNan(&fGlobalExtremum);
+    return fGlobalExtremum;
+}
+
+double MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::getMaximumZ()
+{
+    double fGlobalExtremum;
+    ::rtl::math::setInf(&fGlobalExtremum, true);
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+    {
+        double fLocalExtremum = elem->getMaximumZ();
+        if(fLocalExtremum>fGlobalExtremum)
+            fGlobalExtremum=fLocalExtremum;
+    }
+    if(std::isinf(fGlobalExtremum))
+        ::rtl::math::setNan(&fGlobalExtremum);
+    return fGlobalExtremum;
+}
+
+bool MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::isExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex )
+{
+    // only return true, if *all* suppliers want to scale to the main tick marks
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+        if( !elem->isExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm( nDimensionIndex ) )
+            return false;
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::isExpandIfValuesCloseToBorder( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex )
+{
+    // only return true, if *all* suppliers want to expand the range
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+        if( !elem->isExpandIfValuesCloseToBorder( nDimensionIndex ) )
+            return false;
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::isExpandWideValuesToZero( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex )
+{
+    // already return true, if at least one supplier wants to expand the range
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+        if( elem->isExpandWideValuesToZero( nDimensionIndex ) )
+            return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::isExpandNarrowValuesTowardZero( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex )
+{
+    // already return true, if at least one supplier wants to expand the range
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+        if( elem->isExpandNarrowValuesTowardZero( nDimensionIndex ) )
+            return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::isSeparateStackingForDifferentSigns( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex )
+{
+    // should not be called
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+        if( elem->isSeparateStackingForDifferentSigns( nDimensionIndex ) )
+            return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
+void MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::clearMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList()
+{
+    m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList.clear();
+}
+
+long MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::calculateTimeResolutionOnXAxis()
+{
+    long nRet = css::chart::TimeUnit::YEAR;
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+    {
+        long nCurrent = elem->calculateTimeResolutionOnXAxis();
+        if(nRet>nCurrent)
+            nRet=nCurrent;
+    }
+    return nRet;
+}
+
+void MergedMinimumAndMaximumSupplier::setTimeResolutionOnXAxis( long nTimeResolution, const Date& rNullDate )
+{
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList)
+        elem->setTimeResolutionOnXAxis( nTimeResolution, rNullDate );
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/ScaleAutomatism.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/ScaleAutomatism.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10fc3ccd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/ScaleAutomatism.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,990 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <ScaleAutomatism.hxx>
+#include "Tickmarks_Equidistant.hxx"
+#include <DateHelper.hxx>
+#include "DateScaling.hxx"
+#include <AxisHelper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart/TimeUnit.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/AxisType.hpp>
+
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <limits>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using ::com::sun::star::chart::TimeUnit::DAY;
+using ::com::sun::star::chart::TimeUnit::MONTH;
+using ::com::sun::star::chart::TimeUnit::YEAR;
+
+const sal_Int32 MAXIMUM_MANUAL_INCREMENT_COUNT = 500;
+const sal_Int32 MAXIMUM_SUB_INCREMENT_COUNT = 100;
+
+static sal_Int32 lcl_getMaximumAutoIncrementCount( sal_Int32 nAxisType )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nMaximumAutoIncrementCount = 10;
+    if( nAxisType==AxisType::DATE )
+        nMaximumAutoIncrementCount = MAXIMUM_MANUAL_INCREMENT_COUNT;
+    return nMaximumAutoIncrementCount;
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+
+void lcl_ensureMaximumSubIncrementCount( sal_Int32& rnSubIntervalCount )
+{
+    if( rnSubIntervalCount > MAXIMUM_SUB_INCREMENT_COUNT )
+        rnSubIntervalCount = MAXIMUM_SUB_INCREMENT_COUNT;
+}
+
+}//end anonymous namespace
+
+ExplicitScaleData::ExplicitScaleData()
+    : Minimum(0.0)
+    , Maximum(10.0)
+    , Origin(0.0)
+    , Orientation(css::chart2::AxisOrientation_MATHEMATICAL)
+    , Scaling()
+    , AxisType(css::chart2::AxisType::REALNUMBER)
+    , ShiftedCategoryPosition(false)
+    , TimeResolution(css::chart::TimeUnit::DAY)
+    , NullDate(30,12,1899)
+{
+}
+
+ExplicitSubIncrement::ExplicitSubIncrement()
+    : IntervalCount(2)
+    , PostEquidistant(true)
+{
+}
+
+ExplicitIncrementData::ExplicitIncrementData()
+    : MajorTimeInterval(1,css::chart::TimeUnit::DAY)
+    , MinorTimeInterval(1,css::chart::TimeUnit::DAY)
+    , Distance(1.0)
+    , PostEquidistant(true)
+    , BaseValue(0.0)
+    , SubIncrements()
+{
+}
+
+ScaleAutomatism::ScaleAutomatism( const ScaleData& rSourceScale, const Date& rNullDate )
+                    : m_aSourceScale( rSourceScale )
+                    , m_fValueMinimum( 0.0 )
+                    , m_fValueMaximum( 0.0 )
+                    , m_nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount( lcl_getMaximumAutoIncrementCount( rSourceScale.AxisType ) )
+                    , m_bExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm( false )
+                    , m_bExpandIfValuesCloseToBorder( false )
+                    , m_bExpandWideValuesToZero( false )
+                    , m_bExpandNarrowValuesTowardZero( false )
+                    , m_nTimeResolution(css::chart::TimeUnit::DAY)
+                    , m_aNullDate(rNullDate)
+{
+    resetValueRange();
+
+    double fExplicitOrigin = 0.0;
+    if( m_aSourceScale.Origin >>= fExplicitOrigin )
+        expandValueRange( fExplicitOrigin, fExplicitOrigin);
+}
+
+void ScaleAutomatism::resetValueRange( )
+{
+    ::rtl::math::setNan( &m_fValueMinimum );
+    ::rtl::math::setNan( &m_fValueMaximum );
+}
+
+void ScaleAutomatism::expandValueRange( double fMinimum, double fMaximum )
+{
+    // if m_fValueMinimum and m_fValueMaximum == 0, it means that they were not determined.
+    // m_fValueMinimum == 0 makes impossible to determine real minimum,
+    // so they need to be reset tdf#96807
+    if( (m_fValueMinimum == 0.0) && (m_fValueMaximum == 0.0) )
+        resetValueRange();
+    if( (fMinimum < m_fValueMinimum) || std::isnan( m_fValueMinimum ) )
+        m_fValueMinimum = fMinimum;
+    if( (fMaximum > m_fValueMaximum) || std::isnan( m_fValueMaximum ) )
+        m_fValueMaximum = fMaximum;
+}
+
+void ScaleAutomatism::setAutoScalingOptions(
+        bool bExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm,
+        bool bExpandIfValuesCloseToBorder,
+        bool bExpandWideValuesToZero,
+        bool bExpandNarrowValuesTowardZero )
+{
+    // if called multiple times, enable an option, if it is set in at least one call
+    m_bExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm |= bExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm;
+    m_bExpandIfValuesCloseToBorder   |= bExpandIfValuesCloseToBorder;
+    m_bExpandWideValuesToZero        |= bExpandWideValuesToZero;
+    m_bExpandNarrowValuesTowardZero  |= bExpandNarrowValuesTowardZero;
+
+    if( m_aSourceScale.AxisType==AxisType::PERCENT )
+        m_bExpandIfValuesCloseToBorder = false;
+}
+
+void ScaleAutomatism::setMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount( sal_Int32 nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount )
+{
+    if( nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount < 2 )
+        m_nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount = 2; //#i82006
+    else if( nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount > lcl_getMaximumAutoIncrementCount( m_aSourceScale.AxisType ) )
+        m_nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount = lcl_getMaximumAutoIncrementCount( m_aSourceScale.AxisType );
+    else
+        m_nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount = nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount;
+}
+
+void ScaleAutomatism::setAutomaticTimeResolution( sal_Int32 nTimeResolution )
+{
+    m_nTimeResolution = nTimeResolution;
+}
+
+void ScaleAutomatism::calculateExplicitScaleAndIncrement(
+        ExplicitScaleData& rExplicitScale, ExplicitIncrementData& rExplicitIncrement ) const
+{
+    // fill explicit scale
+    rExplicitScale.Orientation = m_aSourceScale.Orientation;
+    rExplicitScale.Scaling = m_aSourceScale.Scaling;
+    rExplicitScale.AxisType = m_aSourceScale.AxisType;
+    rExplicitScale.NullDate = m_aNullDate;
+
+    bool bAutoMinimum  = !(m_aSourceScale.Minimum >>= rExplicitScale.Minimum);
+    bool bAutoMaximum = !(m_aSourceScale.Maximum >>= rExplicitScale.Maximum);
+    bool bAutoOrigin = !(m_aSourceScale.Origin >>= rExplicitScale.Origin);
+
+    // automatic scale minimum
+    if( bAutoMinimum )
+    {
+        if( m_aSourceScale.AxisType==AxisType::PERCENT )
+            rExplicitScale.Minimum = 0.0;
+        else if( std::isnan( m_fValueMinimum ) )
+        {
+            if( m_aSourceScale.AxisType==AxisType::DATE )
+                rExplicitScale.Minimum = 36526.0; //1.1.2000
+            else
+                rExplicitScale.Minimum = 0.0;   //@todo get Minimum from scaling or from plotter????
+        }
+        else
+            rExplicitScale.Minimum = m_fValueMinimum;
+    }
+
+    // automatic scale maximum
+    if( bAutoMaximum )
+    {
+        if( m_aSourceScale.AxisType==AxisType::PERCENT )
+            rExplicitScale.Maximum = 1.0;
+        else if( std::isnan( m_fValueMaximum ) )
+        {
+            if( m_aSourceScale.AxisType==AxisType::DATE )
+                rExplicitScale.Maximum = 40179.0; //1.1.2010
+            else
+                rExplicitScale.Maximum = 10.0;  //@todo get Maximum from scaling or from plotter????
+        }
+        else
+            rExplicitScale.Maximum = m_fValueMaximum;
+    }
+
+    //fill explicit increment
+
+    rExplicitScale.ShiftedCategoryPosition = m_aSourceScale.ShiftedCategoryPosition;
+    bool bIsLogarithm = false;
+
+    //minimum and maximum of the ExplicitScaleData may be changed if allowed
+    if( m_aSourceScale.AxisType==AxisType::DATE )
+        calculateExplicitIncrementAndScaleForDateTimeAxis( rExplicitScale, rExplicitIncrement, bAutoMinimum, bAutoMaximum );
+    else if( m_aSourceScale.AxisType==AxisType::CATEGORY || m_aSourceScale.AxisType==AxisType::SERIES )
+        calculateExplicitIncrementAndScaleForCategory( rExplicitScale, rExplicitIncrement, bAutoMinimum, bAutoMaximum );
+    else
+    {
+        bIsLogarithm = AxisHelper::isLogarithmic( rExplicitScale.Scaling );
+        if( bIsLogarithm )
+            calculateExplicitIncrementAndScaleForLogarithmic( rExplicitScale, rExplicitIncrement, bAutoMinimum, bAutoMaximum );
+        else
+            calculateExplicitIncrementAndScaleForLinear( rExplicitScale, rExplicitIncrement, bAutoMinimum, bAutoMaximum );
+    }
+
+    // automatic origin
+    if( bAutoOrigin )
+    {
+        // #i71415# automatic origin for logarithmic axis
+        double fDefaulOrigin = bIsLogarithm ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+
+        if( fDefaulOrigin < rExplicitScale.Minimum )
+            fDefaulOrigin = rExplicitScale.Minimum;
+        else if( fDefaulOrigin > rExplicitScale.Maximum )
+            fDefaulOrigin = rExplicitScale.Maximum;
+
+        rExplicitScale.Origin = fDefaulOrigin;
+    }
+}
+
+void ScaleAutomatism::calculateExplicitIncrementAndScaleForCategory(
+        ExplicitScaleData& rExplicitScale,
+        ExplicitIncrementData& rExplicitIncrement,
+        bool bAutoMinimum, bool bAutoMaximum ) const
+{
+    // no scaling for categories
+    rExplicitScale.Scaling.clear();
+
+    if( rExplicitScale.ShiftedCategoryPosition )
+        rExplicitScale.Maximum += 1.0;
+
+    // ensure that at least one category is visible
+    if( rExplicitScale.Maximum <= rExplicitScale.Minimum )
+        rExplicitScale.Maximum = rExplicitScale.Minimum + 1.0;
+
+    // default increment settings
+    rExplicitIncrement.PostEquidistant = true;  // does not matter anyhow
+    rExplicitIncrement.Distance = 1.0;              // category axis always have a main increment of 1
+    rExplicitIncrement.BaseValue = 0.0;             // category axis always have a base of 0
+
+    // automatic minimum and maximum
+    if( bAutoMinimum && m_bExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm )
+        rExplicitScale.Minimum = EquidistantTickFactory::getMinimumAtIncrement( rExplicitScale.Minimum, rExplicitIncrement );
+    if( bAutoMaximum && m_bExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm )
+        rExplicitScale.Maximum = EquidistantTickFactory::getMaximumAtIncrement( rExplicitScale.Maximum, rExplicitIncrement );
+
+    //prevent performance killover
+    double fDistanceCount = ::rtl::math::approxFloor( (rExplicitScale.Maximum-rExplicitScale.Minimum) / rExplicitIncrement.Distance );
+    if( static_cast< sal_Int32 >( fDistanceCount ) > MAXIMUM_MANUAL_INCREMENT_COUNT )
+    {
+        double fMinimumFloor = ::rtl::math::approxFloor( rExplicitScale.Minimum );
+        double fMaximumCeil = ::rtl::math::approxCeil( rExplicitScale.Maximum );
+        rExplicitIncrement.Distance = ::rtl::math::approxCeil( (fMaximumCeil - fMinimumFloor) / MAXIMUM_MANUAL_INCREMENT_COUNT );
+    }
+
+    //fill explicit sub increment
+    sal_Int32 nSubCount = m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.SubIncrements.getLength();
+    for( sal_Int32 nN=0; nN<nSubCount; nN++ )
+    {
+        ExplicitSubIncrement aExplicitSubIncrement;
+        const SubIncrement& rSubIncrement= m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.SubIncrements[nN];
+        if(!(rSubIncrement.IntervalCount>>=aExplicitSubIncrement.IntervalCount))
+        {
+            //scaling dependent
+            //@todo autocalculate IntervalCount dependent on MainIncrement and scaling
+            aExplicitSubIncrement.IntervalCount = 2;
+        }
+        lcl_ensureMaximumSubIncrementCount( aExplicitSubIncrement.IntervalCount );
+        if(!(rSubIncrement.PostEquidistant>>=aExplicitSubIncrement.PostEquidistant))
+        {
+            //scaling dependent
+            aExplicitSubIncrement.PostEquidistant = false;
+        }
+        rExplicitIncrement.SubIncrements.push_back(aExplicitSubIncrement);
+    }
+}
+
+void ScaleAutomatism::calculateExplicitIncrementAndScaleForLogarithmic(
+        ExplicitScaleData& rExplicitScale,
+        ExplicitIncrementData& rExplicitIncrement,
+        bool bAutoMinimum, bool bAutoMaximum ) const
+{
+    // *** STEP 1: initialize the range data ***
+
+    const double fInputMinimum = rExplicitScale.Minimum;
+    const double fInputMaximum = rExplicitScale.Maximum;
+
+    double fSourceMinimum = rExplicitScale.Minimum;
+    double fSourceMaximum = rExplicitScale.Maximum;
+
+    // set automatic PostEquidistant to true (maybe scaling dependent?)
+    // Note: scaling with PostEquidistant==false is untested and needs review
+    if( !(m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.PostEquidistant >>= rExplicitIncrement.PostEquidistant) )
+        rExplicitIncrement.PostEquidistant = true;
+
+    /*  All following scaling code will operate on the logarithms of the source
+        values. In the last step, the original values will be restored. */
+    uno::Reference< XScaling > xScaling = rExplicitScale.Scaling;
+    if( !xScaling.is() )
+        xScaling.set( AxisHelper::createLogarithmicScaling() );
+    uno::Reference< XScaling > xInverseScaling = xScaling->getInverseScaling();
+
+    fSourceMinimum = xScaling->doScaling( fSourceMinimum );
+    if( !std::isfinite( fSourceMinimum ) )
+        fSourceMinimum = 0.0;
+    else if( ::rtl::math::approxEqual( fSourceMinimum, ::rtl::math::approxFloor( fSourceMinimum ) ) )
+        fSourceMinimum = ::rtl::math::approxFloor( fSourceMinimum );
+
+    fSourceMaximum = xScaling->doScaling( fSourceMaximum );
+    if( !std::isfinite( fSourceMaximum ) )
+        fSourceMaximum = 0.0;
+    else if( ::rtl::math::approxEqual( fSourceMaximum, ::rtl::math::approxFloor( fSourceMaximum ) ) )
+        fSourceMaximum = ::rtl::math::approxFloor( fSourceMaximum );
+
+    /*  If range is invalid (minimum greater than maximum), change one of the
+        variable limits to validate the range. In this step, a zero-sized range
+        is still allowed. */
+    if( fSourceMinimum > fSourceMaximum )
+    {
+        // force changing the maximum, if both limits are fixed
+        if( bAutoMaximum || !bAutoMinimum )
+            fSourceMaximum = fSourceMinimum;
+        else
+            fSourceMinimum = fSourceMaximum;
+    }
+
+    /*  If maximum is less than 0 (and therefore minimum too), minimum and
+        maximum will be negated and swapped to make the following algorithms
+        easier. Example: Both ranges [2,5] and [-5,-2] will be processed as
+        [2,5], and the latter will be swapped back later. The range [0,0] is
+        explicitly excluded from swapping (this would result in [-1,0] instead
+        of the expected [0,1]). */
+    bool bSwapAndNegateRange = (fSourceMinimum < 0.0) && (fSourceMaximum <= 0.0);
+    if( bSwapAndNegateRange )
+    {
+        double fTempValue = fSourceMinimum;
+        fSourceMinimum = -fSourceMaximum;
+        fSourceMaximum = -fTempValue;
+        std::swap( bAutoMinimum, bAutoMaximum );
+    }
+
+    // *** STEP 2: find temporary (unrounded) axis minimum and maximum ***
+
+    double fTempMinimum = fSourceMinimum;
+    double fTempMaximum = fSourceMaximum;
+
+    /*  If minimum is variable and greater than 0 (and therefore maximum too),
+        means all original values are greater than 1 (or all values are less
+        than 1, and the range has been swapped above), then: */
+    if( bAutoMinimum && (fTempMinimum > 0.0) )
+    {
+        double fMinimumFloor = ::rtl::math::approxFloor( fTempMinimum );
+        double fMaximumFloor = ::rtl::math::approxFloor( fTempMaximum );
+        // handle the exact value B^(n+1) to be in the range [B^n,B^(n+1)]
+        if( ::rtl::math::approxEqual( fTempMaximum, fMaximumFloor ) )
+            fMaximumFloor -= 1.0;
+
+        if( fMinimumFloor == fMaximumFloor )
+        {
+        /*  if minimum and maximum are in one increment interval, expand
+            minimum toward 0 to make the 'shorter' data points visible. */
+            if( m_bExpandNarrowValuesTowardZero )
+                fTempMinimum -= 1.0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*  If range is still zero-sized (e.g. when minimum is fixed), set minimum
+        to 0, which makes the axis start/stop at the value 1. */
+    if( fTempMinimum == fTempMaximum )
+    {
+        if( bAutoMinimum && (fTempMaximum > 0.0) )
+            fTempMinimum = 0.0;
+        else
+            fTempMaximum += 1.0;    // always add one interval, even if maximum is fixed
+    }
+
+    // *** STEP 3: calculate main interval size ***
+
+    // base value (anchor position of the intervals), already scaled
+    if( !(m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.BaseValue >>= rExplicitIncrement.BaseValue) )
+    {
+        //scaling dependent
+        //@maybe todo is this default also plotter dependent ??
+        if( !bAutoMinimum )
+            rExplicitIncrement.BaseValue = fTempMinimum;
+        else if( !bAutoMaximum )
+            rExplicitIncrement.BaseValue = fTempMaximum;
+        else
+            rExplicitIncrement.BaseValue = 0.0;
+    }
+
+    // calculate automatic interval
+    bool bAutoDistance = !(m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.Distance >>= rExplicitIncrement.Distance);
+    if( bAutoDistance )
+        rExplicitIncrement.Distance = 0.0;
+
+    /*  Restrict number of allowed intervals with user-defined distance to
+        MAXIMUM_MANUAL_INCREMENT_COUNT. */
+    sal_Int32 nMaxMainIncrementCount = bAutoDistance ?
+        m_nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount : MAXIMUM_MANUAL_INCREMENT_COUNT;
+
+    // repeat calculation until number of intervals are valid
+    bool bNeedIteration = true;
+    bool bHasCalculatedDistance = false;
+    while( bNeedIteration )
+    {
+        if( bAutoDistance )
+        {
+            // first iteration: calculate interval size from axis limits
+            if( !bHasCalculatedDistance )
+            {
+                double fMinimumFloor = ::rtl::math::approxFloor( fTempMinimum );
+                double fMaximumCeil = ::rtl::math::approxCeil( fTempMaximum );
+                rExplicitIncrement.Distance = ::rtl::math::approxCeil( (fMaximumCeil - fMinimumFloor) / nMaxMainIncrementCount );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // following iterations: increase distance
+                rExplicitIncrement.Distance += 1.0;
+            }
+
+            // for next iteration: distance calculated -> use else path to increase
+            bHasCalculatedDistance = true;
+        }
+
+        // *** STEP 4: additional space above or below the data points ***
+
+        double fAxisMinimum = fTempMinimum;
+        double fAxisMaximum = fTempMaximum;
+
+        // round to entire multiples of the distance and add additional space
+        if( bAutoMinimum && m_bExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm )
+        {
+            fAxisMinimum = EquidistantTickFactory::getMinimumAtIncrement( fAxisMinimum, rExplicitIncrement );
+
+            //ensure valid values after scaling #i100995#
+            if( !bAutoDistance )
+            {
+                double fCheck = xInverseScaling->doScaling( fAxisMinimum );
+                if( !std::isfinite( fCheck ) || fCheck <= 0 )
+                {
+                    bAutoDistance = true;
+                    bHasCalculatedDistance = false;
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if( bAutoMaximum && m_bExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm )
+        {
+            fAxisMaximum = EquidistantTickFactory::getMaximumAtIncrement( fAxisMaximum, rExplicitIncrement );
+
+            //ensure valid values after scaling #i100995#
+            if( !bAutoDistance )
+            {
+                double fCheck = xInverseScaling->doScaling( fAxisMaximum );
+                if( !std::isfinite( fCheck ) || fCheck <= 0 )
+                {
+                    bAutoDistance = true;
+                    bHasCalculatedDistance = false;
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // set the resulting limits (swap back to negative range if needed)
+        if( bSwapAndNegateRange )
+        {
+            rExplicitScale.Minimum = -fAxisMaximum;
+            rExplicitScale.Maximum = -fAxisMinimum;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            rExplicitScale.Minimum = fAxisMinimum;
+            rExplicitScale.Maximum = fAxisMaximum;
+        }
+
+        /*  If the number of intervals is too high (e.g. due to invalid fixed
+            distance or due to added space above or below data points),
+            calculate again with increased distance. */
+        double fDistanceCount = ::rtl::math::approxFloor( (fAxisMaximum - fAxisMinimum) / rExplicitIncrement.Distance );
+        bNeedIteration = static_cast< sal_Int32 >( fDistanceCount ) > nMaxMainIncrementCount;
+        // if manual distance is invalid, trigger automatic calculation
+        if( bNeedIteration )
+            bAutoDistance = true;
+
+        // convert limits back to logarithmic scale
+        rExplicitScale.Minimum = xInverseScaling->doScaling( rExplicitScale.Minimum );
+        rExplicitScale.Maximum = xInverseScaling->doScaling( rExplicitScale.Maximum );
+
+        //ensure valid values after scaling #i100995#
+        if( !std::isfinite( rExplicitScale.Minimum ) || rExplicitScale.Minimum <= 0)
+        {
+            rExplicitScale.Minimum = fInputMinimum;
+            if( !std::isfinite( rExplicitScale.Minimum ) || rExplicitScale.Minimum <= 0 )
+                rExplicitScale.Minimum = 1.0;
+        }
+        if( !std::isfinite( rExplicitScale.Maximum) || rExplicitScale.Maximum <= 0 )
+        {
+            rExplicitScale.Maximum= fInputMaximum;
+            if( !std::isfinite( rExplicitScale.Maximum) || rExplicitScale.Maximum <= 0 )
+                rExplicitScale.Maximum = 10.0;
+        }
+        if( rExplicitScale.Maximum < rExplicitScale.Minimum )
+            std::swap( rExplicitScale.Maximum, rExplicitScale.Minimum );
+    }
+
+    //fill explicit sub increment
+    sal_Int32 nSubCount = m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.SubIncrements.getLength();
+    for( sal_Int32 nN=0; nN<nSubCount; nN++ )
+    {
+        ExplicitSubIncrement aExplicitSubIncrement;
+        const SubIncrement& rSubIncrement = m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.SubIncrements[nN];
+        if(!(rSubIncrement.IntervalCount>>=aExplicitSubIncrement.IntervalCount))
+        {
+            //scaling dependent
+            //@todo autocalculate IntervalCount dependent on MainIncrement and scaling
+            aExplicitSubIncrement.IntervalCount = 9;
+        }
+        lcl_ensureMaximumSubIncrementCount( aExplicitSubIncrement.IntervalCount );
+        if(!(rSubIncrement.PostEquidistant>>=aExplicitSubIncrement.PostEquidistant))
+        {
+            //scaling dependent
+            aExplicitSubIncrement.PostEquidistant = false;
+        }
+        rExplicitIncrement.SubIncrements.push_back(aExplicitSubIncrement);
+    }
+}
+
+void ScaleAutomatism::calculateExplicitIncrementAndScaleForDateTimeAxis(
+        ExplicitScaleData& rExplicitScale,
+        ExplicitIncrementData& rExplicitIncrement,
+        bool bAutoMinimum, bool bAutoMaximum ) const
+{
+    Date aMinDate(m_aNullDate); aMinDate.AddDays(::rtl::math::approxFloor(rExplicitScale.Minimum));
+    Date aMaxDate(m_aNullDate); aMaxDate.AddDays(::rtl::math::approxFloor(rExplicitScale.Maximum));
+    rExplicitIncrement.PostEquidistant = false;
+
+    if( aMinDate > aMaxDate )
+    {
+        std::swap(aMinDate,aMaxDate);
+    }
+
+    if( !(m_aSourceScale.TimeIncrement.TimeResolution >>= rExplicitScale.TimeResolution) )
+        rExplicitScale.TimeResolution = m_nTimeResolution;
+
+    rExplicitScale.Scaling = new DateScaling(m_aNullDate,rExplicitScale.TimeResolution,false);
+
+    // choose min and max suitable to time resolution
+    switch( rExplicitScale.TimeResolution )
+    {
+    case DAY:
+        if( rExplicitScale.ShiftedCategoryPosition )
+            ++aMaxDate; //for explicit scales we need one interval more (maximum excluded)
+        break;
+    case MONTH:
+        aMinDate.SetDay(1);
+        aMaxDate.SetDay(1);
+        if( rExplicitScale.ShiftedCategoryPosition )
+            aMaxDate = DateHelper::GetDateSomeMonthsAway(aMaxDate,1);//for explicit scales we need one interval more (maximum excluded)
+        if( DateHelper::IsLessThanOneMonthAway( aMinDate, aMaxDate ) )
+        {
+            if( bAutoMaximum || !bAutoMinimum )
+                aMaxDate = DateHelper::GetDateSomeMonthsAway(aMinDate,1);
+            else
+                aMinDate = DateHelper::GetDateSomeMonthsAway(aMaxDate,-1);
+        }
+        break;
+    case YEAR:
+        aMinDate.SetDay(1);
+        aMinDate.SetMonth(1);
+        aMaxDate.SetDay(1);
+        aMaxDate.SetMonth(1);
+        if( rExplicitScale.ShiftedCategoryPosition )
+            aMaxDate = DateHelper::GetDateSomeYearsAway(aMaxDate,1);//for explicit scales we need one interval more (maximum excluded)
+        if( DateHelper::IsLessThanOneYearAway( aMinDate, aMaxDate ) )
+        {
+            if( bAutoMaximum || !bAutoMinimum )
+                aMaxDate = DateHelper::GetDateSomeYearsAway(aMinDate,1);
+            else
+                aMinDate = DateHelper::GetDateSomeYearsAway(aMaxDate,-1);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    // set the resulting limits (swap back to negative range if needed)
+    rExplicitScale.Minimum = aMinDate - m_aNullDate;
+    rExplicitScale.Maximum = aMaxDate - m_aNullDate;
+
+    bool bAutoMajor = !(m_aSourceScale.TimeIncrement.MajorTimeInterval >>= rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval);
+    bool bAutoMinor = !(m_aSourceScale.TimeIncrement.MinorTimeInterval >>= rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval);
+
+    sal_Int32 nMaxMainIncrementCount = bAutoMajor ?
+        m_nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount : MAXIMUM_MANUAL_INCREMENT_COUNT;
+    if( nMaxMainIncrementCount > 1 )
+        nMaxMainIncrementCount--;
+
+    //choose major time interval:
+    long nDayCount = aMaxDate - aMinDate;
+    long nMainIncrementCount = 1;
+    if( !bAutoMajor )
+    {
+        long nIntervalDayCount = rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number;
+        if( rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit < rExplicitScale.TimeResolution )
+            rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit = rExplicitScale.TimeResolution;
+        switch( rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit )
+        {
+        case DAY:
+            break;
+        case MONTH:
+            nIntervalDayCount*=31;//todo: maybe different for other calendars... get localized calendar according to set number format at axis ...
+            break;
+        case YEAR:
+            nIntervalDayCount*=365;//todo: maybe different for other calendars... get localized calendar according to set number format at axis ...
+            break;
+        }
+        nMainIncrementCount = nDayCount/nIntervalDayCount;
+        if( nMainIncrementCount > nMaxMainIncrementCount )
+            bAutoMajor = true;
+    }
+    if( bAutoMajor )
+    {
+        long nNumer = 1;
+        long nIntervalDays =  nDayCount / nMaxMainIncrementCount;
+        double nDaysPerInterval = 1.0;
+        if( nIntervalDays>365 || rExplicitScale.TimeResolution==YEAR )
+        {
+            rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit = YEAR;
+            nDaysPerInterval = 365.0;//todo: maybe different for other calendars... get localized calendar according to set number format at axis ...
+        }
+        else if( nIntervalDays>31 || rExplicitScale.TimeResolution==MONTH )
+        {
+            rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit = MONTH;
+            nDaysPerInterval = 31.0;//todo: maybe different for other calendars... get localized calendar according to set number format at axis ...
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit = DAY;
+            nDaysPerInterval = 1.0;
+        }
+
+        nNumer = static_cast<sal_Int32>( rtl::math::approxCeil( nIntervalDays/nDaysPerInterval ) );
+        if(nNumer<=0)
+            nNumer=1;
+        if( rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit == DAY )
+        {
+            if( nNumer>2 && nNumer<7 )
+                nNumer=7;
+            else if( nNumer>7 )
+            {
+                rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit = MONTH;
+                nDaysPerInterval = 31.0;
+                nNumer = static_cast<sal_Int32>( rtl::math::approxCeil( nIntervalDays/nDaysPerInterval ) );
+                if(nNumer<=0)
+                    nNumer=1;
+            }
+        }
+        rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number = nNumer;
+        nMainIncrementCount = static_cast<long>(nDayCount/(nNumer*nDaysPerInterval));
+    }
+
+    //choose minor time interval:
+    if( !bAutoMinor )
+    {
+        if( rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.TimeUnit > rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit )
+            rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.TimeUnit = rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit;
+        long nIntervalDayCount = rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number;
+        switch( rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.TimeUnit )
+        {
+        case DAY:
+            break;
+        case MONTH:
+            nIntervalDayCount*=31;//todo: maybe different for other calendars... get localized calendar according to set number format at axis ...
+            break;
+        case YEAR:
+            nIntervalDayCount*=365;//todo: maybe different for other calendars... get localized calendar according to set number format at axis ...
+            break;
+        }
+        if( nDayCount/nIntervalDayCount > nMaxMainIncrementCount )
+            bAutoMinor = true;
+    }
+    if( !bAutoMinor )
+        return;
+
+    rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.TimeUnit = rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit;
+    rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number = 1;
+    if( nMainIncrementCount > 100 )
+        rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number = rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number;
+    else
+    {
+        if( rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number >= 2 )
+        {
+            if( !(rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number%2) )
+                rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number = rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number/2;
+            else if( !(rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number%3) )
+                rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number = rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number/3;
+            else if( !(rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number%5) )
+                rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number = rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number/5;
+            else if( rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number > 50 )
+                rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number = rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            switch( rExplicitIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit )
+            {
+                case DAY:
+                    break;
+                case MONTH:
+                    if( rExplicitScale.TimeResolution == DAY )
+                        rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.TimeUnit = DAY;
+                    break;
+                case YEAR:
+                    if( rExplicitScale.TimeResolution <= MONTH )
+                        rExplicitIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.TimeUnit = MONTH;
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+void ScaleAutomatism::calculateExplicitIncrementAndScaleForLinear(
+        ExplicitScaleData& rExplicitScale,
+        ExplicitIncrementData& rExplicitIncrement,
+        bool bAutoMinimum, bool bAutoMaximum ) const
+{
+    // *** STEP 1: initialize the range data ***
+
+    double fSourceMinimum = rExplicitScale.Minimum;
+    double fSourceMaximum = rExplicitScale.Maximum;
+
+    // set automatic PostEquidistant to true (maybe scaling dependent?)
+    if( !(m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.PostEquidistant >>= rExplicitIncrement.PostEquidistant) )
+        rExplicitIncrement.PostEquidistant = true;
+
+    /*  If range is invalid (minimum greater than maximum), change one of the
+        variable limits to validate the range. In this step, a zero-sized range
+        is still allowed. */
+    if( fSourceMinimum > fSourceMaximum )
+    {
+        // force changing the maximum, if both limits are fixed
+        if( bAutoMaximum || !bAutoMinimum )
+            fSourceMaximum = fSourceMinimum;
+        else
+            fSourceMinimum = fSourceMaximum;
+    }
+
+    /*  If maximum is zero or negative (and therefore minimum too), minimum and
+        maximum will be negated and swapped to make the following algorithms
+        easier. Example: Both ranges [2,5] and [-5,-2] will be processed as
+        [2,5], and the latter will be swapped back later. The range [0,0] is
+        explicitly excluded from swapping (this would result in [-1,0] instead
+        of the expected [0,1]). */
+    bool bSwapAndNegateRange = (fSourceMinimum < 0.0) && (fSourceMaximum <= 0.0);
+    if( bSwapAndNegateRange )
+    {
+        double fTempValue = fSourceMinimum;
+        fSourceMinimum = -fSourceMaximum;
+        fSourceMaximum = -fTempValue;
+        std::swap( bAutoMinimum, bAutoMaximum );
+    }
+
+    // *** STEP 2: find temporary (unrounded) axis minimum and maximum ***
+
+    double fTempMinimum = fSourceMinimum;
+    double fTempMaximum = fSourceMaximum;
+
+    /*  If minimum is variable and greater than 0 (and therefore maximum too),
+        means all values are positive (or all values are negative, and the
+        range has been swapped above), then: */
+    if( bAutoMinimum && (fTempMinimum > 0.0) )
+    {
+        /*  If minimum equals maximum, or if minimum is less than 5/6 of
+            maximum, set minimum to 0. */
+        if( (fTempMinimum == fTempMaximum) || (fTempMinimum / fTempMaximum < 5.0 / 6.0) )
+        {
+            if( m_bExpandWideValuesToZero )
+                fTempMinimum = 0.0;
+        }
+        /*  Else (minimum is greater than or equal to 5/6 of maximum), add half
+            of the visible range (expand minimum toward 0) to make the
+            'shorter' data points visible. */
+        else
+        {
+            if( m_bExpandNarrowValuesTowardZero )
+                fTempMinimum -= (fTempMaximum - fTempMinimum) / 2.0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*  If range is still zero-sized (e.g. when minimum is fixed), add some
+        space to a variable limit. */
+    if( fTempMinimum == fTempMaximum )
+    {
+        if( bAutoMaximum || !bAutoMinimum )
+        {
+            // change 0 to 1, otherwise double the value
+            if( fTempMaximum == 0.0 )
+                fTempMaximum = 1.0;
+            else
+                fTempMaximum *= 2.0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // change 0 to -1, otherwise halve the value
+            if( fTempMinimum == 0.0 )
+                fTempMinimum = -1.0;
+            else
+                fTempMinimum /= 2.0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // *** STEP 3: calculate main interval size ***
+
+    // base value (anchor position of the intervals)
+    if( !(m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.BaseValue >>= rExplicitIncrement.BaseValue) )
+    {
+        if( !bAutoMinimum )
+            rExplicitIncrement.BaseValue = fTempMinimum;
+        else if( !bAutoMaximum )
+            rExplicitIncrement.BaseValue = fTempMaximum;
+        else
+            rExplicitIncrement.BaseValue = 0.0;
+    }
+
+    // calculate automatic interval
+    bool bAutoDistance = !(m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.Distance >>= rExplicitIncrement.Distance);
+    /*  Restrict number of allowed intervals with user-defined distance to
+        MAXIMUM_MANUAL_INCREMENT_COUNT. */
+    sal_Int32 nMaxMainIncrementCount = bAutoDistance ?
+        m_nMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount : MAXIMUM_MANUAL_INCREMENT_COUNT;
+
+    double fDistanceMagnitude = 0.0;
+    double fDistanceNormalized = 0.0;
+    bool bHasNormalizedDistance = false;
+
+    // repeat calculation until number of intervals are valid
+    bool bNeedIteration = true;
+    while( bNeedIteration )
+    {
+        if( bAutoDistance )
+        {
+            // first iteration: calculate interval size from axis limits
+            if( !bHasNormalizedDistance )
+            {
+                // raw size of an interval
+                double fDistance = (fTempMaximum - fTempMinimum) / nMaxMainIncrementCount;
+
+                // if distance of is less than 1e-307, do not do anything
+                if( fDistance <= 1.0e-307 )
+                {
+                    fDistanceNormalized = 1.0;
+                    fDistanceMagnitude = 1.0e-307;
+                }
+                else if ( !std::isfinite(fDistance) )
+                {
+                    // fdo#43703: Handle values bigger than limits correctly
+                    fDistanceNormalized = 1.0;
+                    fDistanceMagnitude = std::numeric_limits<double>::max();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // distance magnitude (a power of 10)
+                    int nExponent = static_cast< int >( ::rtl::math::approxFloor( log10( fDistance ) ) );
+                    fDistanceMagnitude = ::rtl::math::pow10Exp( 1.0, nExponent );
+
+                    // stick normalized distance to a few predefined values
+                    fDistanceNormalized = fDistance / fDistanceMagnitude;
+                    if( fDistanceNormalized <= 1.0 )
+                        fDistanceNormalized = 1.0;
+                    else if( fDistanceNormalized <= 2.0 )
+                        fDistanceNormalized = 2.0;
+                    else if( fDistanceNormalized <= 5.0 )
+                        fDistanceNormalized = 5.0;
+                    else
+                    {
+                        fDistanceNormalized = 1.0;
+                        fDistanceMagnitude *= 10;
+                    }
+                }
+                // for next iteration: distance is normalized -> use else path to increase distance
+                bHasNormalizedDistance = true;
+            }
+            // following iterations: increase distance, use only allowed values
+            else
+            {
+                if( fDistanceNormalized == 1.0 )
+                    fDistanceNormalized = 2.0;
+                else if( fDistanceNormalized == 2.0 )
+                    fDistanceNormalized = 5.0;
+                else
+                {
+                    fDistanceNormalized = 1.0;
+                    fDistanceMagnitude *= 10;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // set the resulting distance
+            rExplicitIncrement.Distance = fDistanceNormalized * fDistanceMagnitude;
+        }
+
+        // *** STEP 4: additional space above or below the data points ***
+
+        double fAxisMinimum = fTempMinimum;
+        double fAxisMaximum = fTempMaximum;
+
+        // round to entire multiples of the distance and add additional space
+        if( bAutoMinimum )
+        {
+            // round to entire multiples of the distance, based on the base value
+            if( m_bExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm )
+                fAxisMinimum = EquidistantTickFactory::getMinimumAtIncrement( fAxisMinimum, rExplicitIncrement );
+            // additional space, if source minimum is to near at axis minimum
+            if( m_bExpandIfValuesCloseToBorder )
+                if( (fAxisMinimum != 0.0) && ((fAxisMaximum - fSourceMinimum) / (fAxisMaximum - fAxisMinimum) > 20.0 / 21.0) )
+                    fAxisMinimum -= rExplicitIncrement.Distance;
+        }
+        if( bAutoMaximum )
+        {
+            // round to entire multiples of the distance, based on the base value
+            if( m_bExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm )
+                fAxisMaximum = EquidistantTickFactory::getMaximumAtIncrement( fAxisMaximum, rExplicitIncrement );
+            // additional space, if source maximum is to near at axis maximum
+            if( m_bExpandIfValuesCloseToBorder )
+                if( (fAxisMaximum != 0.0) && ((fSourceMaximum - fAxisMinimum) / (fAxisMaximum - fAxisMinimum) > 20.0 / 21.0) )
+                    fAxisMaximum += rExplicitIncrement.Distance;
+        }
+
+        // set the resulting limits (swap back to negative range if needed)
+        if( bSwapAndNegateRange )
+        {
+            rExplicitScale.Minimum = -fAxisMaximum;
+            rExplicitScale.Maximum = -fAxisMinimum;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            rExplicitScale.Minimum = fAxisMinimum;
+            rExplicitScale.Maximum = fAxisMaximum;
+        }
+
+        /*  If the number of intervals is too high (e.g. due to invalid fixed
+            distance or due to added space above or below data points),
+            calculate again with increased distance. */
+        double fDistanceCount = ::rtl::math::approxFloor( (fAxisMaximum - fAxisMinimum) / rExplicitIncrement.Distance );
+        bNeedIteration = static_cast< sal_Int32 >( fDistanceCount ) > nMaxMainIncrementCount;
+        // if manual distance is invalid, trigger automatic calculation
+        if( bNeedIteration )
+            bAutoDistance = true;
+    }
+
+    //fill explicit sub increment
+    sal_Int32 nSubCount = m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.SubIncrements.getLength();
+    for( sal_Int32 nN=0; nN<nSubCount; nN++ )
+    {
+        ExplicitSubIncrement aExplicitSubIncrement;
+        const SubIncrement& rSubIncrement= m_aSourceScale.IncrementData.SubIncrements[nN];
+        if(!(rSubIncrement.IntervalCount>>=aExplicitSubIncrement.IntervalCount))
+        {
+            //scaling dependent
+            //@todo autocalculate IntervalCount dependent on MainIncrement and scaling
+            aExplicitSubIncrement.IntervalCount = 2;
+        }
+        lcl_ensureMaximumSubIncrementCount( aExplicitSubIncrement.IntervalCount );
+        if(!(rSubIncrement.PostEquidistant>>=aExplicitSubIncrement.PostEquidistant))
+        {
+            //scaling dependent
+            aExplicitSubIncrement.PostEquidistant = false;
+        }
+        rExplicitIncrement.SubIncrements.push_back(aExplicitSubIncrement);
+    }
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/TickmarkProperties.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/TickmarkProperties.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07dc62399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/TickmarkProperties.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_TICKMARKPROPERTIES_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_TICKMARKPROPERTIES_HXX
+
+#include <VLineProperties.hxx>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+struct TickmarkProperties
+{
+    sal_Int32 RelativePos;//Position in screen values relative to the axis where the tickmark line starts
+    sal_Int32 Length;//Length of the tickmark line in screen values
+
+    VLineProperties aLineProperties;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8332f01ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "Tickmarks.hxx"
+#include "Tickmarks_Equidistant.hxx"
+#include "Tickmarks_Dates.hxx"
+#include <ViewDefines.hxx>
+#include "VAxisProperties.hxx"
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/AxisType.hpp>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using ::basegfx::B2DVector;
+
+namespace chart {
+
+TickInfo::TickInfo( const uno::Reference<chart2::XScaling>& xInverse )
+: fScaledTickValue( 0.0 )
+, xInverseScaling( xInverse )
+, aTickScreenPosition(0.0,0.0)
+, bPaintIt( true )
+, nFactorForLimitedTextWidth(1)
+{
+}
+
+double TickInfo::getUnscaledTickValue() const
+{
+    if( xInverseScaling.is() )
+        return xInverseScaling->doScaling( fScaledTickValue );
+    else
+        return fScaledTickValue;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 TickInfo::getScreenDistanceBetweenTicks( const TickInfo& rOherTickInfo ) const
+{
+    //return the positive distance between the two first tickmarks in screen values
+
+    B2DVector aDistance = rOherTickInfo.aTickScreenPosition - aTickScreenPosition;
+    sal_Int32 nRet = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aDistance.getLength());
+    if(nRet<0)
+        nRet *= -1;
+    return nRet;
+}
+
+PureTickIter::PureTickIter( TickInfoArrayType& rTickInfoVector )
+            : m_rTickVector(rTickInfoVector)
+            , m_aTickIter(m_rTickVector.begin())
+{
+}
+PureTickIter::~PureTickIter()
+{
+}
+TickInfo* PureTickIter::firstInfo()
+{
+    m_aTickIter = m_rTickVector.begin();
+    if(m_aTickIter!=m_rTickVector.end())
+        return &*m_aTickIter;
+    return nullptr;
+}
+TickInfo* PureTickIter::nextInfo()
+{
+    if(m_aTickIter!=m_rTickVector.end())
+    {
+        ++m_aTickIter;
+        if(m_aTickIter!=m_rTickVector.end())
+            return &*m_aTickIter;
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+TickFactory::TickFactory(
+          const ExplicitScaleData& rScale, const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement )
+            : m_rScale( rScale )
+            , m_rIncrement( rIncrement )
+{
+    //@todo: make sure that the scale is valid for the scaling
+
+    if( m_rScale.Scaling.is() )
+    {
+        m_xInverseScaling = m_rScale.Scaling->getInverseScaling();
+        OSL_ENSURE( m_xInverseScaling.is(), "each Scaling needs to return an inverse Scaling" );
+    }
+
+    m_fScaledVisibleMin = m_rScale.Minimum;
+    if( m_xInverseScaling.is() )
+        m_fScaledVisibleMin = m_rScale.Scaling->doScaling(m_fScaledVisibleMin);
+
+    m_fScaledVisibleMax = m_rScale.Maximum;
+    if( m_xInverseScaling.is() )
+        m_fScaledVisibleMax = m_rScale.Scaling->doScaling(m_fScaledVisibleMax);
+}
+
+TickFactory::~TickFactory()
+{
+}
+
+bool TickFactory::isDateAxis() const
+{
+    return m_rScale.AxisType == chart2::AxisType::DATE;
+}
+
+void TickFactory::getAllTicks( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const
+{
+    if( isDateAxis() )
+        DateTickFactory( m_rScale, m_rIncrement ).getAllTicks( rAllTickInfos );
+    else
+        EquidistantTickFactory( m_rScale, m_rIncrement ).getAllTicks( rAllTickInfos );
+}
+
+void TickFactory::getAllTicksShifted( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const
+{
+    if( isDateAxis() )
+        DateTickFactory( m_rScale, m_rIncrement ).getAllTicksShifted( rAllTickInfos );
+    else
+        EquidistantTickFactory( m_rScale, m_rIncrement ).getAllTicksShifted( rAllTickInfos );
+}
+
+// ___TickFactory_2D___
+TickFactory2D::TickFactory2D(
+          const ExplicitScaleData& rScale, const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement
+          //, double fStretch_SceneToScreen, double fOffset_SceneToScreen )
+          , const B2DVector& rStartScreenPos, const B2DVector& rEndScreenPos
+          , const B2DVector& rAxisLineToLabelLineShift )
+          : TickFactory( rScale, rIncrement )
+          , m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D(rStartScreenPos)
+          , m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D(rEndScreenPos)
+          , m_aAxisLineToLabelLineShift(rAxisLineToLabelLineShift)
+          , m_fStretch_LogicToScreen(1.0)
+          , m_fOffset_LogicToScreen(0.0)
+{
+    double fWidthY = m_fScaledVisibleMax - m_fScaledVisibleMin;
+    if (m_rScale.Orientation == chart2::AxisOrientation_MATHEMATICAL)
+    {
+        m_fStretch_LogicToScreen = 1.0/fWidthY;
+        m_fOffset_LogicToScreen = -m_fScaledVisibleMin;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        B2DVector aSwap(m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D);
+        m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D = m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D;
+        m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D = aSwap;
+
+        m_fStretch_LogicToScreen = -1.0/fWidthY;
+        m_fOffset_LogicToScreen = -m_fScaledVisibleMax;
+    }
+}
+
+TickFactory2D::~TickFactory2D()
+{
+}
+
+bool TickFactory2D::isHorizontalAxis() const
+{
+    // check trivial cases:
+    if ( m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D.getY() == m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D.getY() )
+        return true;
+    if ( m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D.getX() == m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D.getX() )
+        return false;
+
+    // for skew axes compare angle with horizontal vector
+    double fInclination = std::abs(B2DVector(m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D-m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D).angle(B2DVector(1.0, 0.0)));
+    return fInclination < F_PI4 || fInclination > (F_PI-F_PI4);
+}
+bool TickFactory2D::isVerticalAxis() const
+{
+    // check trivial cases:
+    if ( m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D.getX() == m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D.getX() )
+        return true;
+    if ( m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D.getY() == m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D.getY() )
+        return false;
+
+    // for skew axes compare angle with vertical vector
+    double fInclination = std::abs(B2DVector(m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D-m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D).angle(B2DVector(0.0, -1.0)));
+    return fInclination < F_PI4 || fInclination > (F_PI-F_PI4);
+}
+//static
+sal_Int32 TickFactory2D::getTickScreenDistance( TickIter& rIter )
+{
+    //return the positive distance between the two first tickmarks in screen values
+    //if there are less than two tickmarks -1 is returned
+
+    const TickInfo* pFirstTickInfo = rIter.firstInfo();
+    const TickInfo* pSecondTickInfo = rIter.nextInfo();
+    if(!pSecondTickInfo  || !pFirstTickInfo)
+        return -1;
+
+    return pFirstTickInfo->getScreenDistanceBetweenTicks( *pSecondTickInfo );
+}
+
+B2DVector TickFactory2D::getXaxisStartPos() const
+{
+    return m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D;
+}
+
+B2DVector TickFactory2D::getTickScreenPosition2D( double fScaledLogicTickValue ) const
+{
+    B2DVector aRet(m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D);
+    aRet += (m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D-m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D)
+                *((fScaledLogicTickValue+m_fOffset_LogicToScreen)*m_fStretch_LogicToScreen);
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+void TickFactory2D::addPointSequenceForTickLine( drawing::PointSequenceSequence& rPoints
+                                , sal_Int32 nSequenceIndex
+                                , double fScaledLogicTickValue, double fInnerDirectionSign
+                                , const TickmarkProperties& rTickmarkProperties
+                                , bool bPlaceAtLabels ) const
+{
+    if( fInnerDirectionSign==0.0 )
+        fInnerDirectionSign = 1.0;
+
+    B2DVector aTickScreenPosition = getTickScreenPosition2D(fScaledLogicTickValue);
+    if( bPlaceAtLabels )
+        aTickScreenPosition += m_aAxisLineToLabelLineShift;
+
+    B2DVector aMainDirection = m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D-m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D;
+    aMainDirection.normalize();
+    B2DVector aOrthoDirection(-aMainDirection.getY(),aMainDirection.getX());
+    aOrthoDirection *= fInnerDirectionSign;
+    aOrthoDirection.normalize();
+
+    B2DVector aStart = aTickScreenPosition + aOrthoDirection*rTickmarkProperties.RelativePos;
+    B2DVector aEnd = aStart - aOrthoDirection*rTickmarkProperties.Length;
+
+    rPoints[nSequenceIndex].realloc(2);
+    rPoints[nSequenceIndex][0].X = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aStart.getX());
+    rPoints[nSequenceIndex][0].Y = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aStart.getY());
+    rPoints[nSequenceIndex][1].X = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aEnd.getX());
+    rPoints[nSequenceIndex][1].Y = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aEnd.getY());
+}
+
+B2DVector TickFactory2D::getDistanceAxisTickToText( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties, bool bIncludeFarAwayDistanceIfSo, bool bIncludeSpaceBetweenTickAndText ) const
+{
+    bool bFarAwayLabels = false;
+    if( rAxisProperties.m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_OUTSIDE_START
+        || rAxisProperties.m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_OUTSIDE_END )
+        bFarAwayLabels = true;
+
+    double fInnerDirectionSign = rAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection;
+    if( fInnerDirectionSign==0.0 )
+        fInnerDirectionSign = 1.0;
+
+    B2DVector aMainDirection = m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D-m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D;
+    aMainDirection.normalize();
+    B2DVector aOrthoDirection(-aMainDirection.getY(),aMainDirection.getX());
+    aOrthoDirection *= fInnerDirectionSign;
+    aOrthoDirection.normalize();
+
+    B2DVector aStart(0,0), aEnd(0,0);
+    if( bFarAwayLabels )
+    {
+        TickmarkProperties aProps( AxisProperties::getBiggestTickmarkProperties() );
+        aStart = aOrthoDirection*aProps.RelativePos;
+        aEnd = aStart - aOrthoDirection*aProps.Length;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        for( sal_Int32 nN=rAxisProperties.m_aTickmarkPropertiesList.size();nN--;)
+        {
+            const TickmarkProperties& rProps = rAxisProperties.m_aTickmarkPropertiesList[nN];
+            B2DVector aNewStart = aOrthoDirection*rProps.RelativePos;
+            B2DVector aNewEnd = aNewStart - aOrthoDirection*rProps.Length;
+            if(aNewStart.getLength()>aStart.getLength())
+                aStart=aNewStart;
+            if(aNewEnd.getLength()>aEnd.getLength())
+                aEnd=aNewEnd;
+        }
+    }
+
+    B2DVector aLabelDirection(aStart);
+    if (rAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection != rAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection)
+        aLabelDirection = aEnd;
+
+    B2DVector aOrthoLabelDirection(aOrthoDirection);
+    if (rAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection != rAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection)
+        aOrthoLabelDirection*=-1.0;
+    aOrthoLabelDirection.normalize();
+    if( bIncludeSpaceBetweenTickAndText )
+        aLabelDirection += aOrthoLabelDirection*AXIS2D_TICKLABELSPACING;
+    if( bFarAwayLabels && bIncludeFarAwayDistanceIfSo )
+        aLabelDirection += m_aAxisLineToLabelLineShift;
+    return aLabelDirection;
+}
+
+void TickFactory2D::createPointSequenceForAxisMainLine( drawing::PointSequenceSequence& rPoints ) const
+{
+    rPoints[0].realloc(2);
+    rPoints[0][0].X = static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D.getX());
+    rPoints[0][0].Y = static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D.getY());
+    rPoints[0][1].X = static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D.getX());
+    rPoints[0][1].Y = static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D.getY());
+}
+
+void TickFactory2D::updateScreenValues( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const
+{
+    //get the transformed screen values for all tickmarks in rAllTickInfos
+    for (auto & tickInfos : rAllTickInfos)
+    {
+        for (auto & tickInfo : tickInfos)
+        {
+            tickInfo.aTickScreenPosition =
+                getTickScreenPosition2D(tickInfo.fScaledTickValue);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cab62aaa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_TICKMARKS_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_TICKMARKS_HXX
+
+#include <chartview/ExplicitScaleValues.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2dvector.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/drawing/PointSequenceSequence.hpp>
+
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace chart { struct AxisProperties; }
+namespace chart { struct TickmarkProperties; }
+namespace com::sun::star::chart2 { class XScaling; }
+namespace com::sun::star::drawing { class XShape; }
+
+namespace chart {
+
+struct TickInfo
+{
+    double      fScaledTickValue;
+    css::uno::Reference<css::chart2::XScaling> xInverseScaling;
+
+    ::basegfx::B2DVector  aTickScreenPosition;
+    bool        bPaintIt;
+
+    css::uno::Reference<css::drawing::XShape> xTextShape;
+
+    OUString aText;//used only for complex categories so far
+    sal_Int32 nFactorForLimitedTextWidth;//categories in higher levels of complex categories can have more place than a single simple category
+
+//methods:
+    TickInfo() = delete;
+    explicit TickInfo( const css::uno::Reference<css::chart2::XScaling>& xInverse );
+
+    /**
+     * Return a value associated with the tick mark. It's normally an original
+     * value from the data source, or 1-based integer index in case the axis
+     * is a category axis.
+     */
+    double getUnscaledTickValue() const;
+    sal_Int32 getScreenDistanceBetweenTicks( const TickInfo& rOherTickInfo ) const;
+};
+
+typedef std::vector<TickInfo>           TickInfoArrayType;
+typedef std::vector<TickInfoArrayType>  TickInfoArraysType;
+
+class TickIter
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~TickIter() {}
+    virtual TickInfo* firstInfo() = 0;
+    virtual TickInfo* nextInfo() = 0;
+};
+
+class PureTickIter : public TickIter
+{
+public:
+    explicit PureTickIter( TickInfoArrayType& rTickInfoVector );
+    virtual ~PureTickIter() override;
+    virtual TickInfo* firstInfo() override;
+    virtual TickInfo* nextInfo() override;
+
+private:
+    TickInfoArrayType& m_rTickVector;
+    TickInfoArrayType::iterator m_aTickIter;
+};
+
+class TickFactory
+{
+public:
+    TickFactory(
+         const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+        , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement );
+    virtual ~TickFactory();
+
+    void getAllTicks( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const;
+    void getAllTicksShifted( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const;
+
+private: //methods
+    bool        isDateAxis() const;
+
+protected: //member
+    ExplicitScaleData     m_rScale;
+    ExplicitIncrementData m_rIncrement;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::chart2::XScaling > m_xInverseScaling;
+
+    //minimum and maximum of the visible range after scaling
+    double    m_fScaledVisibleMin;
+    double    m_fScaledVisibleMax;
+};
+
+class TickFactory2D final : public TickFactory
+{
+public:
+    TickFactory2D(
+        const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+        , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement
+        , const ::basegfx::B2DVector& rStartScreenPos, const ::basegfx::B2DVector& rEndScreenPos
+        , const ::basegfx::B2DVector& rAxisLineToLabelLineShift );
+
+    virtual ~TickFactory2D() override;
+
+    static sal_Int32    getTickScreenDistance( TickIter& rIter );
+
+    void createPointSequenceForAxisMainLine( css::drawing::PointSequenceSequence& rPoints ) const;
+    void addPointSequenceForTickLine( css::drawing::PointSequenceSequence& rPoints
+                            , sal_Int32 nSequenceIndex
+                            , double fScaledLogicTickValue, double fInnerDirectionSign
+                            , const TickmarkProperties& rTickmarkProperties, bool bPlaceAtLabels ) const;
+    ::basegfx::B2DVector  getDistanceAxisTickToText( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+        , bool bIncludeFarAwayDistanceIfSo = false
+        , bool bIncludeSpaceBetweenTickAndText = true ) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Determine the screen positions of all ticks based on their numeric values.
+     */
+    void updateScreenValues( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const;
+
+    bool  isHorizontalAxis() const;
+    bool  isVerticalAxis() const;
+    ::basegfx::B2DVector getXaxisStartPos() const;
+
+private:
+    ::basegfx::B2DVector     getTickScreenPosition2D( double fScaledLogicTickValue ) const;
+
+    ::basegfx::B2DVector    m_aAxisStartScreenPosition2D;
+    ::basegfx::B2DVector    m_aAxisEndScreenPosition2D;
+
+    //labels might be positioned high or low on the border of the diagram far away from the axis
+    //add this vector to go from the axis line to the label line (border of the diagram)
+    ::basegfx::B2DVector    m_aAxisLineToLabelLineShift;
+
+    double      m_fStretch_LogicToScreen;
+    double      m_fOffset_LogicToScreen;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Dates.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Dates.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..854e661f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Dates.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "Tickmarks_Dates.hxx"
+#include "DateScaling.hxx"
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <DateHelper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart/TimeUnit.hpp>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using namespace ::rtl::math;
+using ::com::sun::star::chart::TimeUnit::DAY;
+using ::com::sun::star::chart::TimeUnit::MONTH;
+using ::com::sun::star::chart::TimeUnit::YEAR;
+
+DateTickFactory::DateTickFactory(
+          const ExplicitScaleData& rScale, const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement )
+            : m_aScale( rScale )
+            , m_aIncrement( rIncrement )
+{
+    //@todo: make sure that the scale is valid for the scaling
+
+    if( m_aScale.Scaling.is() )
+    {
+        m_xInverseScaling = m_aScale.Scaling->getInverseScaling();
+        OSL_ENSURE( m_xInverseScaling.is(), "each Scaling needs to return an inverse Scaling" );
+    }
+}
+
+DateTickFactory::~DateTickFactory()
+{
+}
+
+void DateTickFactory::getAllTicks( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos, bool bShifted ) const
+{
+    rAllTickInfos.resize(2);
+    TickInfoArrayType& rMajorTicks = rAllTickInfos[0];
+    TickInfoArrayType& rMinorTicks = rAllTickInfos[1];
+    rMajorTicks.clear();
+    rMinorTicks.clear();
+
+    Date aNull(m_aScale.NullDate);
+
+    Date aDate = aNull + static_cast<sal_Int32>(::rtl::math::approxFloor(m_aScale.Minimum));
+    Date aMaxDate = aNull + static_cast<sal_Int32>(::rtl::math::approxFloor(m_aScale.Maximum));
+
+    uno::Reference< chart2::XScaling > xScaling(m_aScale.Scaling);
+    uno::Reference< chart2::XScaling > xInverseScaling(m_xInverseScaling);
+    if( bShifted )
+    {
+        xScaling = new DateScaling(aNull,m_aScale.TimeResolution,true/*bShifted*/);
+        xInverseScaling = xScaling->getInverseScaling();
+    }
+
+    //create major date tickinfos
+    while( aDate<= aMaxDate )
+    {
+        if( bShifted && aDate==aMaxDate )
+            break;
+
+        TickInfo aNewTick(xInverseScaling); aNewTick.fScaledTickValue = aDate - aNull;
+
+        if( xInverseScaling.is() )
+            aNewTick.fScaledTickValue = xScaling->doScaling(aNewTick.fScaledTickValue);
+        rMajorTicks.push_back( aNewTick );
+
+        if(m_aIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number<=0)
+            break;
+
+        //find next major date
+        switch( m_aIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.TimeUnit )
+        {
+        case DAY:
+            aDate.AddDays( m_aIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number );
+            break;
+        case YEAR:
+            aDate = DateHelper::GetDateSomeYearsAway( aDate, m_aIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number );
+            break;
+        case MONTH:
+        default:
+            aDate = DateHelper::GetDateSomeMonthsAway( aDate, m_aIncrement.MajorTimeInterval.Number );
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    //create minor date tickinfos
+    aDate = aNull + static_cast<sal_Int32>(::rtl::math::approxFloor(m_aScale.Minimum));
+    while( aDate<= aMaxDate )
+    {
+        if( bShifted && aDate==aMaxDate )
+            break;
+
+        TickInfo aNewTick(xInverseScaling); aNewTick.fScaledTickValue = aDate - aNull;
+        if( xInverseScaling.is() )
+            aNewTick.fScaledTickValue = xScaling->doScaling(aNewTick.fScaledTickValue);
+        rMinorTicks.push_back( aNewTick );
+
+        if(m_aIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number<=0)
+            break;
+
+        //find next minor date
+        switch( m_aIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.TimeUnit )
+        {
+        case DAY:
+            aDate.AddDays( m_aIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number );
+            break;
+        case YEAR:
+            aDate = DateHelper::GetDateSomeYearsAway( aDate, m_aIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number );
+            break;
+        case MONTH:
+        default:
+            aDate = DateHelper::GetDateSomeMonthsAway( aDate, m_aIncrement.MinorTimeInterval.Number );
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void DateTickFactory::getAllTicks( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const
+{
+    getAllTicks( rAllTickInfos, false );
+}
+
+void DateTickFactory::getAllTicksShifted( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const
+{
+    getAllTicks( rAllTickInfos, true );
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Dates.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Dates.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e4e3b35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Dates.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_TICKMARKS_DATES_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_TICKMARKS_DATES_HXX
+
+#include "Tickmarks.hxx"
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class DateTickFactory
+{
+public:
+    DateTickFactory(
+         const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+        , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement );
+    ~DateTickFactory();
+
+    void getAllTicks( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const;
+    void getAllTicksShifted( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const;
+
+private: //methods
+    void getAllTicks( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos, bool bShifted ) const;
+
+private: //member
+    ExplicitScaleData     m_aScale;
+    ExplicitIncrementData m_aIncrement;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::chart2::XScaling >
+                                                m_xInverseScaling;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Equidistant.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Equidistant.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60f6e6331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Equidistant.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,621 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "Tickmarks_Equidistant.hxx"
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <float.h>
+
+#include <limits>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using namespace ::rtl::math;
+
+//static
+double EquidistantTickFactory::getMinimumAtIncrement( double fMin, const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement )
+{
+    //the returned value will be <= fMin and on a Major Tick given by rIncrement
+    if(rIncrement.Distance<=0.0)
+        return fMin;
+
+    double fRet = rIncrement.BaseValue +
+        floor( approxSub( fMin, rIncrement.BaseValue )
+                    / rIncrement.Distance)
+            *rIncrement.Distance;
+
+    if( fRet > fMin )
+    {
+        if( !approxEqual(fRet, fMin) )
+            fRet -= rIncrement.Distance;
+    }
+    return fRet;
+}
+//static
+double EquidistantTickFactory::getMaximumAtIncrement( double fMax, const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement )
+{
+    //the returned value will be >= fMax and on a Major Tick given by rIncrement
+    if(rIncrement.Distance<=0.0)
+        return fMax;
+
+    double fRet = rIncrement.BaseValue +
+        floor( approxSub( fMax, rIncrement.BaseValue )
+                    / rIncrement.Distance)
+            *rIncrement.Distance;
+
+    if( fRet < fMax )
+    {
+        if( !approxEqual(fRet, fMax) )
+            fRet += rIncrement.Distance;
+    }
+    return fRet;
+}
+
+EquidistantTickFactory::EquidistantTickFactory(
+          const ExplicitScaleData& rScale, const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement )
+            : m_rScale( rScale )
+            , m_rIncrement( rIncrement )
+{
+    //@todo: make sure that the scale is valid for the scaling
+
+    m_pfCurrentValues.reset( new double[getTickDepth()] );
+
+    if( m_rScale.Scaling.is() )
+    {
+        m_xInverseScaling = m_rScale.Scaling->getInverseScaling();
+        OSL_ENSURE( m_xInverseScaling.is(), "each Scaling needs to return an inverse Scaling" );
+    }
+
+    double fMin = m_fScaledVisibleMin = m_rScale.Minimum;
+    if( m_xInverseScaling.is() )
+    {
+        m_fScaledVisibleMin = m_rScale.Scaling->doScaling(m_fScaledVisibleMin);
+        if(m_rIncrement.PostEquidistant )
+            fMin = m_fScaledVisibleMin;
+    }
+
+    double fMax = m_fScaledVisibleMax = m_rScale.Maximum;
+    if( m_xInverseScaling.is() )
+    {
+        m_fScaledVisibleMax = m_rScale.Scaling->doScaling(m_fScaledVisibleMax);
+        if(m_rIncrement.PostEquidistant )
+            fMax = m_fScaledVisibleMax;
+    }
+
+    m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin = EquidistantTickFactory::getMinimumAtIncrement( fMin, m_rIncrement );
+    m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax = EquidistantTickFactory::getMaximumAtIncrement( fMax, m_rIncrement );
+
+    m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin_Scaled = m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin;
+    m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax_Scaled = m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax;
+    if(!(!m_rIncrement.PostEquidistant && m_xInverseScaling.is()) )
+        return;
+
+    m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin_Scaled = m_rScale.Scaling->doScaling(m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin);
+    m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax_Scaled = m_rScale.Scaling->doScaling(m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax);
+
+    //check validity of new range: m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin <-> m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax
+    //it is assumed here, that the original range in the given Scale is valid
+    if( !std::isfinite(m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin_Scaled) )
+    {
+        m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin += m_rIncrement.Distance;
+        m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin_Scaled = m_rScale.Scaling->doScaling(m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin);
+    }
+    if( !std::isfinite(m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax_Scaled) )
+    {
+        m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax -= m_rIncrement.Distance;
+        m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax_Scaled = m_rScale.Scaling->doScaling(m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax);
+    }
+}
+
+EquidistantTickFactory::~EquidistantTickFactory()
+{
+}
+
+sal_Int32 EquidistantTickFactory::getTickDepth() const
+{
+    return static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_rIncrement.SubIncrements.size()) + 1;
+}
+
+void EquidistantTickFactory::addSubTicks( sal_Int32 nDepth, uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< double > >& rParentTicks ) const
+{
+    EquidistantTickIter aIter( rParentTicks, m_rIncrement, nDepth-1 );
+    double* pfNextParentTick = aIter.firstValue();
+    if(!pfNextParentTick)
+        return;
+    double fLastParentTick = *pfNextParentTick;
+    pfNextParentTick = aIter.nextValue();
+    if(!pfNextParentTick)
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int32 nMaxSubTickCount = getMaxTickCount( nDepth );
+    if(!nMaxSubTickCount)
+        return;
+
+    uno::Sequence< double > aSubTicks(nMaxSubTickCount);
+    sal_Int32 nRealSubTickCount = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nIntervalCount = m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nDepth-1].IntervalCount;
+
+    double* pValue = nullptr;
+    for(; pfNextParentTick; fLastParentTick=*pfNextParentTick, pfNextParentTick = aIter.nextValue())
+    {
+        for( sal_Int32 nPartTick = 1; nPartTick<nIntervalCount; nPartTick++ )
+        {
+            pValue = getMinorTick( nPartTick, nDepth
+                        , fLastParentTick, *pfNextParentTick );
+            if(!pValue)
+                continue;
+
+            aSubTicks[nRealSubTickCount] = *pValue;
+            nRealSubTickCount++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    aSubTicks.realloc(nRealSubTickCount);
+    rParentTicks[nDepth] = aSubTicks;
+    if(static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_rIncrement.SubIncrements.size())>nDepth)
+        addSubTicks( nDepth+1, rParentTicks );
+}
+
+sal_Int32 EquidistantTickFactory::getMaxTickCount( sal_Int32 nDepth ) const
+{
+    //return the maximum amount of ticks
+    //possibly open intervals at the two ends of the region are handled as if they were completely visible
+    //(this is necessary for calculating the sub ticks at the borders correctly)
+
+    if( nDepth >= getTickDepth() )
+        return 0;
+    if( m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax < m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin )
+        return 0;
+    if( m_rIncrement.Distance<=0.0)
+        return 0;
+
+    double fSub;
+    if(m_rIncrement.PostEquidistant  )
+        fSub = approxSub( m_fScaledVisibleMax, m_fScaledVisibleMin );
+    else
+        fSub = approxSub( m_rScale.Maximum, m_rScale.Minimum );
+
+    if (!std::isfinite(fSub))
+        return 0;
+
+    double fIntervalCount = fSub / m_rIncrement.Distance;
+    if (fIntervalCount > std::numeric_limits<sal_Int32>::max())
+        // Interval count too high!  Bail out.
+        return 0;
+
+    sal_Int32 nIntervalCount = static_cast<sal_Int32>(fIntervalCount);
+
+    nIntervalCount+=3;
+    for(sal_Int32 nN=0; nN<nDepth-1; nN++)
+    {
+        if( m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nN].IntervalCount>1 )
+            nIntervalCount *= m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nN].IntervalCount;
+    }
+
+    sal_Int32 nTickCount = nIntervalCount;
+    if(nDepth>0 && m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nDepth-1].IntervalCount>1)
+        nTickCount = nIntervalCount * (m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nDepth-1].IntervalCount-1);
+
+    return nTickCount;
+}
+
+double* EquidistantTickFactory::getMajorTick( sal_Int32 nTick ) const
+{
+    m_pfCurrentValues[0] = m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin + nTick*m_rIncrement.Distance;
+
+    if(m_pfCurrentValues[0]>m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax)
+    {
+        if( !approxEqual(m_pfCurrentValues[0],m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax) )
+            return nullptr;
+    }
+    if(m_pfCurrentValues[0]<m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin)
+    {
+        if( !approxEqual(m_pfCurrentValues[0],m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin) )
+            return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    //return always the value after scaling
+    if(!m_rIncrement.PostEquidistant && m_xInverseScaling.is() )
+        m_pfCurrentValues[0] = m_rScale.Scaling->doScaling( m_pfCurrentValues[0] );
+
+    return &m_pfCurrentValues[0];
+}
+
+double* EquidistantTickFactory::getMinorTick( sal_Int32 nTick, sal_Int32 nDepth
+                            , double fStartParentTick, double fNextParentTick ) const
+{
+    //check validity of arguments
+    {
+        //OSL_ENSURE( fStartParentTick < fNextParentTick, "fStartParentTick >= fNextParentTick");
+        if(fStartParentTick >= fNextParentTick)
+            return nullptr;
+        if(nDepth>static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_rIncrement.SubIncrements.size()) || nDepth<=0)
+            return nullptr;
+
+        //subticks are only calculated if they are laying between parent ticks:
+        if(nTick<=0)
+            return nullptr;
+        if(nTick>=m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nDepth-1].IntervalCount)
+            return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    bool    bPostEquidistant = m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nDepth-1].PostEquidistant;
+
+    double fAdaptedStartParent = fStartParentTick;
+    double fAdaptedNextParent  = fNextParentTick;
+
+    if( !bPostEquidistant && m_xInverseScaling.is() )
+    {
+        fAdaptedStartParent = m_xInverseScaling->doScaling(fStartParentTick);
+        fAdaptedNextParent  = m_xInverseScaling->doScaling(fNextParentTick);
+    }
+
+    double fDistance = (fAdaptedNextParent - fAdaptedStartParent)/m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nDepth-1].IntervalCount;
+
+    m_pfCurrentValues[nDepth] = fAdaptedStartParent + nTick*fDistance;
+
+    //return always the value after scaling
+    if(!bPostEquidistant && m_xInverseScaling.is() )
+        m_pfCurrentValues[nDepth] = m_rScale.Scaling->doScaling( m_pfCurrentValues[nDepth] );
+
+    if( !isWithinOuterBorder( m_pfCurrentValues[nDepth] ) )
+        return nullptr;
+
+    return &m_pfCurrentValues[nDepth];
+}
+
+bool EquidistantTickFactory::isWithinOuterBorder( double fScaledValue ) const
+{
+    if(fScaledValue>m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax_Scaled)
+        return false;
+    if(fScaledValue<m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin_Scaled)
+        return false;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool EquidistantTickFactory::isVisible( double fScaledValue ) const
+{
+    if(fScaledValue>m_fScaledVisibleMax)
+    {
+        if( !approxEqual(fScaledValue,m_fScaledVisibleMax) )
+            return false;
+    }
+    if(fScaledValue<m_fScaledVisibleMin)
+    {
+        if( !approxEqual(fScaledValue,m_fScaledVisibleMin) )
+            return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+void EquidistantTickFactory::getAllTicks( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const
+{
+    //create point sequences for each tick depth
+    const sal_Int32 nDepthCount = getTickDepth();
+    const sal_Int32 nMaxMajorTickCount = getMaxTickCount(0);
+
+    if (nDepthCount <= 0 || nMaxMajorTickCount <= 0)
+        return;
+
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< double > > aAllTicks(nDepthCount);
+    aAllTicks[0].realloc(nMaxMajorTickCount);
+
+    sal_Int32 nRealMajorTickCount = 0;
+    for( sal_Int32 nMajorTick=0; nMajorTick<nMaxMajorTickCount; nMajorTick++ )
+    {
+        double* pValue = getMajorTick( nMajorTick );
+        if(!pValue)
+            continue;
+        aAllTicks[0][nRealMajorTickCount] = *pValue;
+        nRealMajorTickCount++;
+    }
+    if(!nRealMajorTickCount)
+        return;
+    aAllTicks[0].realloc(nRealMajorTickCount);
+
+    addSubTicks(1, aAllTicks);
+
+    //so far we have added all ticks between the outer major tick marks
+    //this was necessary to create sub ticks correctly
+    //now we reduce all ticks to the visible ones that lie between the real borders
+    sal_Int32 nDepth = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nTick = 0;
+    for( nDepth = 0; nDepth < nDepthCount; nDepth++)
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nInvisibleAtLowerBorder = 0;
+        sal_Int32 nInvisibleAtUpperBorder = 0;
+        //we need only to check all ticks within the first major interval at each border
+        sal_Int32 nCheckCount = 1;
+        for(sal_Int32 nN=0; nN<nDepth; nN++)
+        {
+            if( m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nN].IntervalCount>1 )
+                nCheckCount *= m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nN].IntervalCount;
+        }
+        uno::Sequence< double >& rTicks = aAllTicks[nDepth];
+        sal_Int32 nCount = rTicks.getLength();
+        //check lower border
+        for( nTick=0; nTick<nCheckCount && nTick<nCount; nTick++)
+        {
+            if( !isVisible( rTicks[nTick] ) )
+                nInvisibleAtLowerBorder++;
+        }
+        //check upper border
+        for( nTick=nCount-1; nTick>nCount-1-nCheckCount && nTick>=0; nTick--)
+        {
+            if( !isVisible( rTicks[nTick] ) )
+                nInvisibleAtUpperBorder++;
+        }
+        //resize sequence
+        if( !nInvisibleAtLowerBorder && !nInvisibleAtUpperBorder)
+            continue;
+        if( !nInvisibleAtLowerBorder )
+            rTicks.realloc(nCount-nInvisibleAtUpperBorder);
+        else
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nNewCount = nCount-nInvisibleAtUpperBorder-nInvisibleAtLowerBorder;
+            if(nNewCount<0)
+                nNewCount=0;
+
+            uno::Sequence< double > aOldTicks(rTicks);
+            rTicks.realloc(nNewCount);
+            for(nTick = 0; nTick<nNewCount; nTick++)
+                rTicks[nTick] = aOldTicks[nInvisibleAtLowerBorder+nTick];
+        }
+    }
+
+    //fill return value
+    rAllTickInfos.resize(aAllTicks.getLength());
+    for( nDepth=0 ;nDepth<aAllTicks.getLength(); nDepth++ )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nCount = aAllTicks[nDepth].getLength();
+
+        TickInfoArrayType& rTickInfoVector = rAllTickInfos[nDepth];
+        rTickInfoVector.clear();
+        rTickInfoVector.reserve( nCount );
+        for(sal_Int32 nN = 0; nN<nCount; nN++)
+        {
+            TickInfo aTickInfo(m_xInverseScaling);
+            aTickInfo.fScaledTickValue = aAllTicks[nDepth][nN];
+            rTickInfoVector.push_back(aTickInfo);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void EquidistantTickFactory::getAllTicksShifted( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const
+{
+    ExplicitIncrementData aShiftedIncrement( m_rIncrement );
+    aShiftedIncrement.BaseValue = m_rIncrement.BaseValue-m_rIncrement.Distance/2.0;
+    EquidistantTickFactory( m_rScale, aShiftedIncrement ).getAllTicks(rAllTickInfos);
+}
+
+EquidistantTickIter::EquidistantTickIter( const uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< double > >& rTicks
+                   , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement
+                   , sal_Int32 nMaxDepth )
+                : m_pSimpleTicks(&rTicks)
+                , m_pInfoTicks(nullptr)
+                , m_rIncrement(rIncrement)
+                , m_nMaxDepth(0)
+                , m_nTickCount(0)
+                , m_nCurrentDepth(-1), m_nCurrentPos(-1), m_fCurrentValue( 0.0 )
+{
+    initIter( nMaxDepth );
+}
+
+EquidistantTickIter::EquidistantTickIter( TickInfoArraysType& rTicks
+                   , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement
+                   , sal_Int32 nMaxDepth )
+                : m_pSimpleTicks(nullptr)
+                , m_pInfoTicks(&rTicks)
+                , m_rIncrement(rIncrement)
+                , m_nMaxDepth(0)
+                , m_nTickCount(0)
+                , m_nCurrentDepth(-1), m_nCurrentPos(-1), m_fCurrentValue( 0.0 )
+{
+    initIter( nMaxDepth );
+}
+
+void EquidistantTickIter::initIter( sal_Int32 nMaxDepth )
+{
+    m_nMaxDepth = nMaxDepth;
+    if(nMaxDepth<0 || m_nMaxDepth>getMaxDepth())
+        m_nMaxDepth=getMaxDepth();
+
+    sal_Int32 nDepth = 0;
+    for( nDepth = 0; nDepth<=m_nMaxDepth ;nDepth++ )
+        m_nTickCount += getTickCount(nDepth);
+
+    if(!m_nTickCount)
+        return;
+
+    m_pnPositions.reset( new sal_Int32[m_nMaxDepth+1] );
+
+    m_pnPreParentCount.reset( new sal_Int32[m_nMaxDepth+1] );
+    m_pbIntervalFinished.reset( new bool[m_nMaxDepth+1] );
+    m_pnPreParentCount[0] = 0;
+    m_pbIntervalFinished[0] = false;
+    double fParentValue = getTickValue(0,0);
+    for( nDepth = 1; nDepth<=m_nMaxDepth ;nDepth++ )
+    {
+        m_pbIntervalFinished[nDepth] = false;
+
+        sal_Int32 nPreParentCount = 0;
+        sal_Int32 nCount = getTickCount(nDepth);
+        for(sal_Int32 nN = 0; nN<nCount; nN++)
+        {
+            if(getTickValue(nDepth,nN) < fParentValue)
+                nPreParentCount++;
+            else
+                break;
+        }
+        m_pnPreParentCount[nDepth] = nPreParentCount;
+        if(nCount)
+        {
+            double fNextParentValue = getTickValue(nDepth,0);
+            if( fNextParentValue < fParentValue )
+                fParentValue = fNextParentValue;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+EquidistantTickIter::~EquidistantTickIter()
+{
+}
+
+sal_Int32 EquidistantTickIter::getStartDepth() const
+{
+    //find the depth of the first visible tickmark:
+    //it is the depth of the smallest value
+    sal_Int32 nReturnDepth=0;
+    double fMinValue = DBL_MAX;
+    for(sal_Int32 nDepth = 0; nDepth<=m_nMaxDepth ;nDepth++ )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nCount = getTickCount(nDepth);
+        if( !nCount )
+            continue;
+        double fThisValue = getTickValue(nDepth,0);
+        if(fThisValue<fMinValue)
+        {
+            nReturnDepth = nDepth;
+            fMinValue = fThisValue;
+        }
+    }
+    return nReturnDepth;
+}
+
+double* EquidistantTickIter::firstValue()
+{
+    if( gotoFirst() )
+    {
+        m_fCurrentValue = getTickValue(m_nCurrentDepth, m_pnPositions[m_nCurrentDepth]);
+        return &m_fCurrentValue;
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+TickInfo* EquidistantTickIter::firstInfo()
+{
+    if( m_pInfoTicks && gotoFirst() )
+        return &(*m_pInfoTicks)[m_nCurrentDepth][m_pnPositions[m_nCurrentDepth]];
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 EquidistantTickIter::getIntervalCount( sal_Int32 nDepth )
+{
+    if(nDepth>static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_rIncrement.SubIncrements.size()) || nDepth<0)
+        return 0;
+
+    if(!nDepth)
+        return m_nTickCount;
+
+    return m_rIncrement.SubIncrements[nDepth-1].IntervalCount;
+}
+
+bool EquidistantTickIter::isAtLastPartTick()
+{
+    if(!m_nCurrentDepth)
+        return false;
+    sal_Int32 nIntervalCount = getIntervalCount( m_nCurrentDepth );
+    if(!nIntervalCount || nIntervalCount == 1)
+        return true;
+    if( m_pbIntervalFinished[m_nCurrentDepth] )
+        return false;
+    sal_Int32 nPos = m_pnPositions[m_nCurrentDepth]+1;
+    if(m_pnPreParentCount[m_nCurrentDepth])
+        nPos += nIntervalCount-1 - m_pnPreParentCount[m_nCurrentDepth];
+    bool bRet = nPos && nPos % (nIntervalCount-1) == 0;
+    if(!nPos && !m_pnPreParentCount[m_nCurrentDepth]
+             && m_pnPositions[m_nCurrentDepth-1]==-1 )
+         bRet = true;
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+bool EquidistantTickIter::gotoFirst()
+{
+    if( m_nMaxDepth<0 )
+        return false;
+    if( !m_nTickCount )
+        return false;
+
+    for(sal_Int32 nDepth = 0; nDepth<=m_nMaxDepth ;nDepth++ )
+        m_pnPositions[nDepth] = -1;
+
+    m_nCurrentPos   = 0;
+    m_nCurrentDepth = getStartDepth();
+    m_pnPositions[m_nCurrentDepth] = 0;
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool EquidistantTickIter::gotoNext()
+{
+    if( m_nCurrentPos < 0 )
+        return false;
+    m_nCurrentPos++;
+
+    if( m_nCurrentPos >= m_nTickCount )
+        return false;
+
+    if( m_nCurrentDepth==m_nMaxDepth && isAtLastPartTick() )
+    {
+        do
+        {
+            m_pbIntervalFinished[m_nCurrentDepth] = true;
+            m_nCurrentDepth--;
+        }
+        while( m_nCurrentDepth && isAtLastPartTick() );
+    }
+    else if( m_nCurrentDepth<m_nMaxDepth )
+    {
+        do
+        {
+            m_nCurrentDepth++;
+        }
+        while( m_nCurrentDepth<m_nMaxDepth );
+    }
+    m_pbIntervalFinished[m_nCurrentDepth] = false;
+    m_pnPositions[m_nCurrentDepth] = m_pnPositions[m_nCurrentDepth]+1;
+    return true;
+}
+
+double* EquidistantTickIter::nextValue()
+{
+    if( gotoNext() )
+    {
+        m_fCurrentValue = getTickValue(m_nCurrentDepth, m_pnPositions[m_nCurrentDepth]);
+        return &m_fCurrentValue;
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+TickInfo* EquidistantTickIter::nextInfo()
+{
+    if( m_pInfoTicks && gotoNext() &&
+        static_cast< sal_Int32 >(
+            (*m_pInfoTicks)[m_nCurrentDepth].size()) > m_pnPositions[m_nCurrentDepth] )
+    {
+        return &(*m_pInfoTicks)[m_nCurrentDepth][m_pnPositions[m_nCurrentDepth]];
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Equidistant.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Equidistant.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55263c05b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/Tickmarks_Equidistant.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_TICKMARKS_EQUIDISTANT_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_TICKMARKS_EQUIDISTANT_HXX
+
+#include "Tickmarks.hxx"
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class EquidistantTickIter : public TickIter
+{
+public:
+    EquidistantTickIter( const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Sequence< double > >& rTicks
+                , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement
+                , sal_Int32 nMaxDepth );
+    EquidistantTickIter( TickInfoArraysType& rTickInfos
+            , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement
+            , sal_Int32 nMaxDepth );
+    virtual ~EquidistantTickIter() override;
+
+    double*     firstValue();
+    double*     nextValue();
+
+    virtual TickInfo*   firstInfo() override;
+    virtual TickInfo*   nextInfo() override;
+
+private: //methods
+    sal_Int32   getIntervalCount( sal_Int32 nDepth );
+    bool        isAtLastPartTick();
+
+    void        initIter( sal_Int32 nMaxDepth );
+    sal_Int32   getStartDepth() const;
+
+    bool        gotoFirst();
+    bool        gotoNext();
+
+    double      getTickValue(sal_Int32 nDepth, sal_Int32 nIndex) const
+                {
+                    if(m_pSimpleTicks)
+                        return (*m_pSimpleTicks)[nDepth][nIndex];
+                    else
+                    {
+                        if ((*m_pInfoTicks)[nDepth].size() <= o3tl::make_unsigned(nIndex))
+                            return std::numeric_limits<double>::max();
+                        return (((*m_pInfoTicks)[nDepth])[nIndex]).fScaledTickValue;
+                    }
+                }
+    sal_Int32   getTickCount( sal_Int32 nDepth ) const
+                {
+                    if(m_pSimpleTicks)
+                        return (*m_pSimpleTicks)[nDepth].getLength();
+                    else
+                        return (*m_pInfoTicks)[nDepth].size();
+                }
+    sal_Int32   getMaxDepth() const
+                {
+                    if(m_pSimpleTicks)
+                        return (*m_pSimpleTicks).getLength()-1;
+                    else
+                        return (*m_pInfoTicks).size()-1;
+                }
+
+private: //member
+    const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Sequence< double > >*  m_pSimpleTicks;
+    TickInfoArraysType*       m_pInfoTicks;
+    const ExplicitIncrementData& m_rIncrement;
+    sal_Int32   m_nMaxDepth;
+    sal_Int32   m_nTickCount;
+    std::unique_ptr<sal_Int32[]>
+                m_pnPositions; //current positions in the different sequences
+    std::unique_ptr<sal_Int32[]>
+                m_pnPreParentCount; //the tickmarks do not start with a major tick always,
+                                    //the PreParentCount states for each depth how many subtickmarks are available in front of the first parent tickmark
+    std::unique_ptr<bool[]>
+                m_pbIntervalFinished;
+    sal_Int32   m_nCurrentDepth;
+    sal_Int32   m_nCurrentPos;
+    double      m_fCurrentValue;
+};
+
+class EquidistantTickFactory
+{
+public:
+    EquidistantTickFactory(
+         const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+        , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement );
+    ~EquidistantTickFactory();
+
+    void getAllTicks( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const;
+    void getAllTicksShifted( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const;
+
+    static double getMinimumAtIncrement( double fMin, const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement );
+    static double getMaximumAtIncrement( double fMax, const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement );
+
+private: //methods
+    void        addSubTicks( sal_Int32 nDepth,
+                        css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Sequence< double > >& rParentTicks ) const;
+    double*     getMajorTick( sal_Int32 nTick ) const;
+    double*     getMinorTick( sal_Int32 nTick, sal_Int32 nDepth
+                    , double fStartParentTick, double fNextParentTick ) const;
+    sal_Int32   getMaxTickCount( sal_Int32 nDepth ) const;
+    sal_Int32   getTickDepth() const;
+
+    bool        isVisible( double fValue ) const;
+    bool        isWithinOuterBorder( double fScaledValue ) const; //all within the outer major tick marks
+
+private: //member
+    ExplicitScaleData     m_rScale;
+    ExplicitIncrementData m_rIncrement;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::chart2::XScaling > m_xInverseScaling;
+
+    //minimum and maximum of the visible range after scaling
+    double    m_fScaledVisibleMin;
+    double    m_fScaledVisibleMax;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<double[]>
+              m_pfCurrentValues;
+    //major-tick positions that may lay outside the visible range but complete partly visible intervals at the borders
+    double    m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin;
+    double    m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax;
+    double    m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMin_Scaled;
+    double    m_fOuterMajorTickBorderMax_Scaled;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisBase.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisBase.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e6f40b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisBase.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "VAxisBase.hxx"
+#include <ShapeFactory.hxx>
+#include <ExplicitCategoriesProvider.hxx>
+#include "Tickmarks.hxx"
+#include <com/sun/star/drawing/XShapes.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/AxisType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/XAxis.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/data/XTextualDataSequence.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+
+VAxisBase::VAxisBase( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount
+                     , const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+                     , const uno::Reference< util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier )
+            : VAxisOrGridBase( nDimensionIndex, nDimensionCount )
+            , m_xNumberFormatsSupplier( xNumberFormatsSupplier )
+            , m_aAxisProperties( rAxisProperties )
+            , m_bUseTextLabels( false )
+            , m_bReCreateAllTickInfos( true )
+            , m_bRecordMaximumTextSize(false)
+            , m_nMaximumTextWidthSoFar(0)
+            , m_nMaximumTextHeightSoFar(0)
+{
+}
+
+VAxisBase::~VAxisBase()
+{
+}
+
+void VAxisBase::initAxisLabelProperties( const css::awt::Size& rFontReferenceSize
+                  , const css::awt::Rectangle& rMaximumSpaceForLabels )
+{
+    m_aAxisLabelProperties.m_aFontReferenceSize = rFontReferenceSize;
+    m_aAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels = rMaximumSpaceForLabels;
+
+    if( !m_aAxisProperties.m_bDisplayLabels )
+        return;
+
+    if( m_aAxisProperties.m_nAxisType==AxisType::SERIES )
+    {
+        if( m_aAxisProperties.m_xAxisTextProvider.is() )
+            m_aTextLabels = m_aAxisProperties.m_xAxisTextProvider->getTextualData();
+
+        m_bUseTextLabels = true;
+        if( m_aTextLabels.getLength() == 1 )
+        {
+            //don't show a single series name
+            m_aAxisProperties.m_bDisplayLabels = false;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    else if( m_aAxisProperties.m_nAxisType==AxisType::CATEGORY )
+    {
+        if( m_aAxisProperties.m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider )
+            m_aTextLabels = m_aAxisProperties.m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider->getSimpleCategories();
+
+        m_bUseTextLabels = true;
+    }
+
+    m_aAxisLabelProperties.nNumberFormatKey = m_aAxisProperties.m_nNumberFormatKey;
+    m_aAxisLabelProperties.init(m_aAxisProperties.m_xAxisModel);
+    if( m_aAxisProperties.m_bComplexCategories && m_aAxisProperties.m_nAxisType == AxisType::CATEGORY )
+        m_aAxisLabelProperties.eStaggering = AxisLabelStaggering::SideBySide;
+}
+
+bool VAxisBase::isDateAxis() const
+{
+    return m_aScale.AxisType == AxisType::DATE;
+}
+bool VAxisBase::isComplexCategoryAxis() const
+{
+    return m_aAxisProperties.m_bComplexCategories && m_bUseTextLabels;
+}
+
+void VAxisBase::recordMaximumTextSize( const Reference< drawing::XShape >& xShape, double fRotationAngleDegree )
+{
+    if( m_bRecordMaximumTextSize && xShape.is() )
+    {
+        awt::Size aSize( ShapeFactory::getSizeAfterRotation(
+                            xShape, fRotationAngleDegree ) );
+
+        m_nMaximumTextWidthSoFar = std::max( m_nMaximumTextWidthSoFar, aSize.Width );
+        m_nMaximumTextHeightSoFar = std::max( m_nMaximumTextHeightSoFar, aSize.Height );
+    }
+}
+
+sal_Int32 VAxisBase::estimateMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount()
+{
+    return 10;
+}
+
+void VAxisBase::setExtraLinePositionAtOtherAxis( double fCrossingAt )
+{
+    m_aAxisProperties.m_pfExrtaLinePositionAtOtherAxis = fCrossingAt;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 VAxisBase::getDimensionCount() const
+{
+    return m_nDimension;
+}
+
+bool VAxisBase::isAnythingToDraw()
+{
+    if( !m_aAxisProperties.m_xAxisModel.is() )
+        return false;
+
+    OSL_ENSURE(m_pShapeFactory&&m_xLogicTarget.is()&&m_xFinalTarget.is(),"Axis is not proper initialized");
+    if(!(m_pShapeFactory&&m_xLogicTarget.is()&&m_xFinalTarget.is()))
+        return false;
+
+    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xProps( m_aAxisProperties.m_xAxisModel, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    if( xProps.is() )
+    {
+        bool bShow = false;
+        xProps->getPropertyValue( "Show" ) >>= bShow;
+        if( !bShow )
+            return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+void VAxisBase::setExplicitScaleAndIncrement(
+              const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+            , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement )
+{
+    m_bReCreateAllTickInfos = true;
+    m_aScale = rScale;
+    m_aIncrement = rIncrement;
+}
+
+void VAxisBase::createAllTickInfos( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos )
+{
+    std::unique_ptr< TickFactory > apTickFactory( createTickFactory() );
+    if( m_aScale.ShiftedCategoryPosition )
+        apTickFactory->getAllTicksShifted( rAllTickInfos );
+    else
+        apTickFactory->getAllTicks( rAllTickInfos );
+}
+
+bool VAxisBase::prepareShapeCreation()
+{
+    //returns true if all is ready for further shape creation and any shapes need to be created
+    if( !isAnythingToDraw() )
+        return false;
+
+    if( m_bReCreateAllTickInfos )
+    {
+        //create all scaled tickmark values
+        removeTextShapesFromTicks();
+
+        createAllTickInfos(m_aAllTickInfos);
+        m_bReCreateAllTickInfos = false;
+    }
+
+    if( m_xGroupShape_Shapes.is() )
+        return true;
+
+    //create named group shape
+    m_xGroupShape_Shapes = createGroupShape( m_xLogicTarget, m_nDimension==2 ? m_aCID : "");
+
+    if( m_aAxisProperties.m_bDisplayLabels )
+        m_xTextTarget = m_pShapeFactory->createGroup2D( m_xFinalTarget, m_aCID );
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+size_t VAxisBase::getIndexOfLongestLabel( const uno::Sequence<OUString>& rLabels )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nRet = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nLength = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nN = 0;
+    for( nN=0; nN<rLabels.getLength(); nN++ )
+    {
+        //todo: get real text width (without creating shape) instead of character count
+        if( rLabels[nN].getLength() > nLength )
+        {
+            nLength = rLabels[nN].getLength();
+            nRet = nN;
+        }
+    }
+
+    assert(nRet >= 0);
+    return nRet;
+}
+
+void VAxisBase::removeTextShapesFromTicks()
+{
+    if( !m_xTextTarget.is() )
+        return;
+
+    for (auto & tickInfos : m_aAllTickInfos)
+    {
+        for (auto & tickInfo : tickInfos)
+        {
+            if(tickInfo.xTextShape.is())
+            {
+                m_xTextTarget->remove(tickInfo.xTextShape);
+                tickInfo.xTextShape = nullptr;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void VAxisBase::updateUnscaledValuesAtTicks( TickIter& rIter )
+{
+    Reference< XScaling > xInverseScaling;
+    if( m_aScale.Scaling.is() )
+        xInverseScaling = m_aScale.Scaling->getInverseScaling();
+
+    for( TickInfo* pTickInfo = rIter.firstInfo()
+        ; pTickInfo; pTickInfo = rIter.nextInfo() )
+    {
+        //xxxxx pTickInfo->updateUnscaledValue( xInverseScaling );
+    }
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisBase.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisBase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bddba67f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisBase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VAXISBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VAXISBASE_HXX
+
+#include "VAxisOrGridBase.hxx"
+#include "VAxisProperties.hxx"
+#include "Tickmarks.hxx"
+
+namespace com::sun::star::util { class XNumberFormatsSupplier; }
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class VAxisBase : public VAxisOrGridBase
+{
+public:
+    VAxisBase( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount
+           , const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+           , const css::uno::Reference< css::util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier );
+    virtual ~VAxisBase() override;
+
+    /**
+     * Return the number of dimensions the diagram has.  2 for x and y, and 3
+     * for x, y, and z.
+     */
+    sal_Int32 getDimensionCount() const;
+
+    virtual void createMaximumLabels()=0;
+    virtual void createLabels()=0;
+    virtual void updatePositions()=0;
+
+    virtual bool isAnythingToDraw();
+    virtual void initAxisLabelProperties(
+                    const css::awt::Size& rFontReferenceSize
+                  , const css::awt::Rectangle& rMaximumSpaceForLabels );
+
+    virtual void setExplicitScaleAndIncrement(
+            const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+          , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement ) override;
+
+    virtual sal_Int32 estimateMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount();
+    virtual void createAllTickInfos( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos );
+
+    void setExtraLinePositionAtOtherAxis( double fCrossingAt );
+
+protected: //methods
+    static size_t getIndexOfLongestLabel( const css::uno::Sequence<OUString>& rLabels );
+    void removeTextShapesFromTicks();
+    void updateUnscaledValuesAtTicks( TickIter& rIter );
+
+    virtual bool prepareShapeCreation();
+    void recordMaximumTextSize( const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape >& xShape
+                    , double fRotationAngleDegree );
+
+    bool isDateAxis() const;
+    bool isComplexCategoryAxis() const;
+
+protected: //member
+    css::uno::Reference< css::util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >  m_xNumberFormatsSupplier;
+    AxisProperties                                            m_aAxisProperties;
+    AxisLabelProperties                                       m_aAxisLabelProperties;
+    css::uno::Sequence< OUString >                            m_aTextLabels;
+    bool                                                      m_bUseTextLabels;
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShapes > m_xGroupShape_Shapes;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShapes > m_xTextTarget;
+
+    /**
+     * This typically consists of 2 TickInfo vectors (i.e. the outer vector
+     * has 2 child vector elements) for normal axis.  The first vector
+     * corresponds with the major ticks while the second corresponds with the
+     * minor ticks.
+     *
+     * It may have more than 2 TickInfo vectors for complex category axis
+     * which has multi-level axis labels.
+     */
+    TickInfoArraysType m_aAllTickInfos;
+    bool m_bReCreateAllTickInfos;
+
+    bool m_bRecordMaximumTextSize;
+    sal_Int32 m_nMaximumTextWidthSoFar;
+    sal_Int32 m_nMaximumTextHeightSoFar;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisOrGridBase.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisOrGridBase.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..290f3a368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisOrGridBase.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "VAxisOrGridBase.hxx"
+#include <CommonConverters.hxx>
+#include "Tickmarks.hxx"
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+
+VAxisOrGridBase::VAxisOrGridBase( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount )
+            : PlotterBase( nDimensionCount )
+            , m_nDimensionIndex( nDimensionIndex )
+            , m_eLeftWallPos(CuboidPlanePosition_Left)
+            , m_eBackWallPos(CuboidPlanePosition_Back)
+            , m_eBottomPos(CuboidPlanePosition_Bottom)
+{
+}
+
+VAxisOrGridBase::~VAxisOrGridBase()
+{
+}
+
+void VAxisOrGridBase::setExplicitScaleAndIncrement(
+              const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+            , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement )
+{
+    m_aScale = rScale;
+    m_aIncrement = rIncrement;
+}
+
+void VAxisOrGridBase::setTransformationSceneToScreen( const drawing::HomogenMatrix& rMatrix )
+{
+    m_aMatrixScreenToScene = HomogenMatrixToB3DHomMatrix(rMatrix);
+    PlotterBase::setTransformationSceneToScreen( rMatrix);
+}
+
+void VAxisOrGridBase::set3DWallPositions( CuboidPlanePosition eLeftWallPos, CuboidPlanePosition eBackWallPos, CuboidPlanePosition eBottomPos )
+{
+    m_eLeftWallPos = eLeftWallPos;
+    m_eBackWallPos = eBackWallPos;
+    m_eBottomPos = eBottomPos;
+}
+
+TickFactory* VAxisOrGridBase::createTickFactory()
+{
+    return new TickFactory( m_aScale, m_aIncrement );
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisOrGridBase.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisOrGridBase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bcaf898c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisOrGridBase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VAXISORGRIDBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VAXISORGRIDBASE_HXX
+
+#include <PlotterBase.hxx>
+#include <ThreeDHelper.hxx>
+#include <chartview/ExplicitScaleValues.hxx>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b3dhommatrix.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::drawing { struct HomogenMatrix; }
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class TickFactory;
+
+class VAxisOrGridBase : public PlotterBase
+{
+public:
+    VAxisOrGridBase( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount );
+    virtual ~VAxisOrGridBase() override;
+
+    virtual void setTransformationSceneToScreen( const css::drawing::HomogenMatrix& rMatrix ) override;
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    virtual void setExplicitScaleAndIncrement(
+            const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+          , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement );
+    void set3DWallPositions( CuboidPlanePosition eLeftWallPos, CuboidPlanePosition eBackWallPos, CuboidPlanePosition eBottomPos );
+
+    virtual TickFactory* createTickFactory();
+
+protected: //member
+    ExplicitScaleData       m_aScale;
+    ExplicitIncrementData   m_aIncrement;
+    sal_Int32               m_nDimensionIndex;
+
+    ::basegfx::B3DHomMatrix m_aMatrixScreenToScene;
+
+    CuboidPlanePosition m_eLeftWallPos;
+    CuboidPlanePosition m_eBackWallPos;
+    CuboidPlanePosition m_eBottomPos;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisProperties.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisProperties.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27a4950a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisProperties.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,400 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "VAxisProperties.hxx"
+#include <ViewDefines.hxx>
+#include <AxisHelper.hxx>
+#include <ChartModelHelper.hxx>
+#include <ExplicitCategoriesProvider.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart/ChartAxisArrangeOrderType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/AxisType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/XAxis.hpp>
+
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+
+namespace chart {
+
+AxisLabelAlignment::AxisLabelAlignment() :
+    mfLabelDirection(1.0),
+    mfInnerTickDirection(1.0),
+    meAlignment(LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT_TOP) {}
+
+static sal_Int32 lcl_calcTickLengthForDepth(sal_Int32 nDepth,sal_Int32 nTickmarkStyle)
+{
+    sal_Int32 const nWidth = AXIS2D_TICKLENGTH; //@maybefuturetodo this length could be offered by the model
+    double fPercent = 1.0;
+    switch(nDepth)
+    {
+        case 0:
+            fPercent = 1.0;
+            break;
+        case 1:
+            fPercent = 0.75;//percentage like in the old chart
+            break;
+        case 2:
+            fPercent = 0.5;
+            break;
+        default:
+            fPercent = 0.3;
+            break;
+    }
+    if(nTickmarkStyle==3)//inner and outer tickmarks
+        fPercent*=2.0;
+    return static_cast<sal_Int32>(nWidth*fPercent);
+}
+
+static double lcl_getTickOffset(sal_Int32 nLength,sal_Int32 nTickmarkStyle)
+{
+    double fPercent = 0.0; //0<=fPercent<=1
+    //0.0: completely inner
+    //1.0: completely outer
+    //0.5: half and half
+
+    /*
+    nTickmarkStyle:
+    1: inner tickmarks
+    2: outer tickmarks
+    3: inner and outer tickmarks
+    */
+    switch(nTickmarkStyle)
+    {
+        case 1:
+            fPercent = 0.0;
+            break;
+        case 2:
+            fPercent = 1.0;
+            break;
+        default:
+            fPercent = 0.5;
+            break;
+    }
+    return fPercent*nLength;
+}
+
+TickmarkProperties AxisProperties::makeTickmarkProperties(
+                        sal_Int32 nDepth ) const
+{
+    /*
+    nTickmarkStyle:
+    1: inner tickmarks
+    2: outer tickmarks
+    3: inner and outer tickmarks
+    */
+    sal_Int32 nTickmarkStyle = 1;
+    if(nDepth==0)
+    {
+        nTickmarkStyle = m_nMajorTickmarks;
+        if(!nTickmarkStyle)
+        {
+            //create major tickmarks as if they were minor tickmarks
+            nDepth = 1;
+            nTickmarkStyle = m_nMinorTickmarks;
+        }
+    }
+    else if( nDepth==1)
+    {
+        nTickmarkStyle = m_nMinorTickmarks;
+    }
+
+    if (maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection == 0.0)
+    {
+        if( nTickmarkStyle != 0 )
+            nTickmarkStyle = 3; //inner and outer tickmarks
+    }
+
+    TickmarkProperties aTickmarkProperties;
+    aTickmarkProperties.Length = lcl_calcTickLengthForDepth(nDepth,nTickmarkStyle);
+    aTickmarkProperties.RelativePos = static_cast<sal_Int32>(lcl_getTickOffset(aTickmarkProperties.Length,nTickmarkStyle));
+    aTickmarkProperties.aLineProperties = makeLinePropertiesForDepth();
+    return aTickmarkProperties;
+}
+
+TickmarkProperties AxisProperties::makeTickmarkPropertiesForComplexCategories(
+    sal_Int32 nTickLength, sal_Int32 nTickStartDistanceToAxis ) const
+{
+    sal_Int32 nTickmarkStyle = (maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection == maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection) ? 2/*outside*/ : 1/*inside*/;
+
+    TickmarkProperties aTickmarkProperties;
+    aTickmarkProperties.Length = nTickLength;// + nTextLevel*( lcl_calcTickLengthForDepth(0,nTickmarkStyle) );
+    aTickmarkProperties.RelativePos = static_cast<sal_Int32>(lcl_getTickOffset(aTickmarkProperties.Length+nTickStartDistanceToAxis,nTickmarkStyle));
+    aTickmarkProperties.aLineProperties = makeLinePropertiesForDepth();
+    return aTickmarkProperties;
+}
+
+TickmarkProperties AxisProperties::getBiggestTickmarkProperties()
+{
+    TickmarkProperties aTickmarkProperties;
+    sal_Int32 nTickmarkStyle = 3;//inner and outer tickmarks
+    aTickmarkProperties.Length = lcl_calcTickLengthForDepth( 0/*nDepth*/,nTickmarkStyle );
+    aTickmarkProperties.RelativePos = static_cast<sal_Int32>( lcl_getTickOffset( aTickmarkProperties.Length, nTickmarkStyle ) );
+    return aTickmarkProperties;
+}
+
+AxisProperties::AxisProperties( const uno::Reference< XAxis >& xAxisModel
+                              , ExplicitCategoriesProvider* pExplicitCategoriesProvider )
+    : m_xAxisModel(xAxisModel)
+    , m_nDimensionIndex(0)
+    , m_bIsMainAxis(true)
+    , m_bSwapXAndY(false)
+    , m_eCrossoverType( css::chart::ChartAxisPosition_ZERO )
+    , m_eLabelPos( css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_NEAR_AXIS )
+    , m_eTickmarkPos( css::chart::ChartAxisMarkPosition_AT_LABELS_AND_AXIS )
+    , m_bCrossingAxisHasReverseDirection(false)
+    , m_bCrossingAxisIsCategoryAxes(false)
+    , m_bDisplayLabels( true )
+    , m_bTryStaggeringFirst( false )
+    , m_nNumberFormatKey(0)
+    , m_nMajorTickmarks(1)
+    , m_nMinorTickmarks(1)
+    , m_aTickmarkPropertiesList()
+    , m_aLineProperties()
+    //for category axes
+    , m_nAxisType(AxisType::REALNUMBER)
+    , m_bComplexCategories(false)
+    , m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider(pExplicitCategoriesProvider)
+    , m_bLimitSpaceForLabels(false)
+{
+}
+
+static LabelAlignment lcl_getLabelAlignmentForZAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties )
+{
+    LabelAlignment aRet( LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT );
+    if (rAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection < 0)
+        aRet = LABEL_ALIGN_LEFT;
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+static LabelAlignment lcl_getLabelAlignmentForYAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties )
+{
+    LabelAlignment aRet( LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT );
+    if (rAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection < 0)
+        aRet = LABEL_ALIGN_LEFT;
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+static LabelAlignment lcl_getLabelAlignmentForXAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties )
+{
+    LabelAlignment aRet( LABEL_ALIGN_BOTTOM );
+    if (rAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection < 0)
+        aRet = LABEL_ALIGN_TOP;
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+void AxisProperties::initAxisPositioning( const uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet >& xAxisProp )
+{
+    if( !xAxisProp.is() )
+        return;
+    try
+    {
+        if( AxisHelper::isAxisPositioningEnabled() )
+        {
+            xAxisProp->getPropertyValue("CrossoverPosition") >>= m_eCrossoverType;
+            if( m_eCrossoverType == css::chart::ChartAxisPosition_VALUE )
+            {
+                double fValue = 0.0;
+                xAxisProp->getPropertyValue("CrossoverValue") >>= fValue;
+
+                if( m_bCrossingAxisIsCategoryAxes )
+                    fValue = ::rtl::math::round(fValue);
+                m_pfMainLinePositionAtOtherAxis = fValue;
+            }
+            else if( m_eCrossoverType == css::chart::ChartAxisPosition_ZERO )
+                m_pfMainLinePositionAtOtherAxis = 0.0;
+
+            xAxisProp->getPropertyValue("LabelPosition") >>= m_eLabelPos;
+            xAxisProp->getPropertyValue("MarkPosition") >>= m_eTickmarkPos;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            m_eCrossoverType = css::chart::ChartAxisPosition_START;
+            if( m_bIsMainAxis == m_bCrossingAxisHasReverseDirection )
+                m_eCrossoverType = css::chart::ChartAxisPosition_END;
+            m_eLabelPos = css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_NEAR_AXIS;
+            m_eTickmarkPos = css::chart::ChartAxisMarkPosition_AT_LABELS;
+        }
+    }
+    catch( const uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("chart2", "" );
+    }
+}
+
+void AxisProperties::init( bool bCartesian )
+{
+    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xProp =
+        uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet>::query( m_xAxisModel );
+    if( !xProp.is() )
+        return;
+
+    if( m_nDimensionIndex<2 )
+        initAxisPositioning( xProp );
+
+    ScaleData aScaleData = m_xAxisModel->getScaleData();
+    if( m_nDimensionIndex==0 )
+        AxisHelper::checkDateAxis( aScaleData, m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider, bCartesian );
+    m_nAxisType = aScaleData.AxisType;
+
+    if( bCartesian )
+    {
+        if( m_nDimensionIndex == 0 && m_nAxisType == AxisType::CATEGORY
+                && m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider && m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider->hasComplexCategories() )
+            m_bComplexCategories = true;
+
+        if( m_eCrossoverType == css::chart::ChartAxisPosition_END )
+            maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection = m_bCrossingAxisHasReverseDirection ? 1.0 : -1.0;
+        else
+            maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection = m_bCrossingAxisHasReverseDirection ? -1.0 : 1.0;
+
+        if( m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_NEAR_AXIS )
+            maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection = maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection;
+        else if( m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_NEAR_AXIS_OTHER_SIDE )
+            maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection = -maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection;
+        else if( m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_OUTSIDE_START )
+            maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection = m_bCrossingAxisHasReverseDirection ? -1 : 1;
+        else if( m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_OUTSIDE_END )
+            maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection = m_bCrossingAxisHasReverseDirection ? 1 : -1;
+
+        if( m_nDimensionIndex==2 )
+            maLabelAlignment.meAlignment = lcl_getLabelAlignmentForZAxis(*this);
+        else
+        {
+            bool bIsYAxisPosition = (m_nDimensionIndex==1 && !m_bSwapXAndY)
+                || (m_nDimensionIndex==0 && m_bSwapXAndY);
+            if( bIsYAxisPosition )
+            {
+                maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection *= -1.0;
+                maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection *= -1.0;
+            }
+
+            if( bIsYAxisPosition )
+                maLabelAlignment.meAlignment = lcl_getLabelAlignmentForYAxis(*this);
+            else
+                maLabelAlignment.meAlignment = lcl_getLabelAlignmentForXAxis(*this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    try
+    {
+        //init LineProperties
+        m_aLineProperties.initFromPropertySet( xProp );
+
+        //init display labels
+        xProp->getPropertyValue( "DisplayLabels" ) >>= m_bDisplayLabels;
+
+        // Init layout strategy hint for axis labels.
+        // Compatibility option: starting from LibreOffice 5.1 the rotated
+        // layout is preferred to staggering for axis labels.
+        xProp->getPropertyValue( "TryStaggeringFirst" ) >>= m_bTryStaggeringFirst;
+
+        //init TickmarkProperties
+        xProp->getPropertyValue( "MajorTickmarks" ) >>= m_nMajorTickmarks;
+        xProp->getPropertyValue( "MinorTickmarks" ) >>= m_nMinorTickmarks;
+
+        sal_Int32 nMaxDepth = 0;
+        if(m_nMinorTickmarks!=0)
+            nMaxDepth=2;
+        else if(m_nMajorTickmarks!=0)
+            nMaxDepth=1;
+
+        m_aTickmarkPropertiesList.clear();
+        for( sal_Int32 nDepth=0; nDepth<nMaxDepth; nDepth++ )
+        {
+            TickmarkProperties aTickmarkProperties = makeTickmarkProperties( nDepth );
+            m_aTickmarkPropertiesList.push_back( aTickmarkProperties );
+        }
+    }
+    catch( const uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("chart2", "" );
+    }
+}
+
+AxisLabelProperties::AxisLabelProperties()
+                        : m_aFontReferenceSize( ChartModelHelper::getDefaultPageSize() )
+                        , m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels( 0 , 0, m_aFontReferenceSize.Width, m_aFontReferenceSize.Height )
+                        , nNumberFormatKey(0)
+                        , eStaggering( AxisLabelStaggering::SideBySide )
+                        , bLineBreakAllowed( false )
+                        , bOverlapAllowed( false )
+                        , bStackCharacters( false )
+                        , fRotationAngleDegree( 0.0 )
+                        , nRhythm( 1 )
+{
+
+}
+
+void AxisLabelProperties::init( const uno::Reference< XAxis >& xAxisModel )
+{
+    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xProp =
+        uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet>::query( xAxisModel );
+    if(!xProp.is())
+        return;
+
+    try
+    {
+        xProp->getPropertyValue( "TextBreak" ) >>= bLineBreakAllowed;
+        xProp->getPropertyValue( "TextOverlap" ) >>= bOverlapAllowed;
+        xProp->getPropertyValue( "StackCharacters" ) >>= bStackCharacters;
+        xProp->getPropertyValue( "TextRotation" ) >>= fRotationAngleDegree;
+
+        css::chart::ChartAxisArrangeOrderType eArrangeOrder;
+        xProp->getPropertyValue( "ArrangeOrder" ) >>= eArrangeOrder;
+        switch(eArrangeOrder)
+        {
+            case css::chart::ChartAxisArrangeOrderType_SIDE_BY_SIDE:
+                eStaggering = AxisLabelStaggering::SideBySide;
+                break;
+            case css::chart::ChartAxisArrangeOrderType_STAGGER_EVEN:
+                eStaggering = AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerEven;
+                break;
+            case css::chart::ChartAxisArrangeOrderType_STAGGER_ODD:
+                eStaggering = AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerOdd;
+                break;
+            default:
+                eStaggering = AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerAuto;
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+    catch( const uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("chart2", "" );
+    }
+}
+
+bool AxisLabelProperties::isStaggered() const
+{
+    return ( eStaggering == AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerOdd || eStaggering == AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerEven );
+}
+
+void AxisLabelProperties::autoRotate45()
+{
+    fRotationAngleDegree = 45;
+    bLineBreakAllowed = false;
+    eStaggering = AxisLabelStaggering::SideBySide;
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisProperties.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisProperties.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d087e5064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VAxisProperties.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VAXISPROPERTIES_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VAXISPROPERTIES_HXX
+
+#include "TickmarkProperties.hxx"
+#include <LabelAlignment.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/chart/ChartAxisLabelPosition.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart/ChartAxisMarkPosition.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart/ChartAxisPosition.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/Rectangle.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/Size.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <optional>
+
+namespace chart { class ExplicitCategoriesProvider; }
+namespace com::sun::star::beans { class XPropertySet; }
+namespace com::sun::star::chart2 { class XAxis; }
+namespace com::sun::star::chart2::data { class XTextualDataSequence; }
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+//These properties describe how a couple of labels are arranged one to another.
+//The couple can contain all labels for all tickmark depth or just the labels for one single depth or
+//the labels from a coherent range of tick depths (e.g. the major and first minor tickmarks should be handled together).
+//... only allow side by side for different tick depth
+enum class AxisLabelStaggering
+{
+      SideBySide
+    , StaggerEven
+    , StaggerOdd
+    , StaggerAuto
+};
+
+struct AxisLabelProperties final
+{
+    AxisLabelProperties();
+
+    css::awt::Size         m_aFontReferenceSize;//reference size to calculate the font height
+    css::awt::Rectangle    m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels;//Labels need to be clipped in order to fit into this rectangle
+
+    sal_Int32            nNumberFormatKey;
+
+    AxisLabelStaggering  eStaggering;
+
+    bool                 bLineBreakAllowed;
+    bool                 bOverlapAllowed;
+
+    bool                 bStackCharacters;
+    double               fRotationAngleDegree;
+
+    sal_Int32   nRhythm; //show only each nth label with n==nRhythm
+
+    //methods:
+    void init( const css::uno::Reference< css::chart2::XAxis >&  xAxisModel );
+
+    bool isStaggered() const;
+
+    void autoRotate45();
+};
+
+struct AxisLabelAlignment
+{
+    double mfLabelDirection; /// which direction the labels are to be drawn.
+    double mfInnerTickDirection; /// which direction the inner tickmarks are to be drawn.
+
+    LabelAlignment meAlignment;
+
+    AxisLabelAlignment();
+};
+
+struct AxisProperties final
+{
+    css::uno::Reference<css::chart2::XAxis> m_xAxisModel;
+
+    sal_Int32   m_nDimensionIndex;
+    bool        m_bIsMainAxis;//not secondary axis
+    bool        m_bSwapXAndY;
+
+    css::chart::ChartAxisPosition      m_eCrossoverType;
+    css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition m_eLabelPos;
+    css::chart::ChartAxisMarkPosition  m_eTickmarkPos;
+
+    std::optional<double> m_pfMainLinePositionAtOtherAxis;
+    std::optional<double> m_pfExrtaLinePositionAtOtherAxis;
+
+    bool        m_bCrossingAxisHasReverseDirection;
+    bool        m_bCrossingAxisIsCategoryAxes;
+
+    AxisLabelAlignment maLabelAlignment;
+
+    bool            m_bDisplayLabels;
+
+    // Compatibility option: starting from LibreOffice 5.1 the rotated
+    // layout is preferred to staggering for axis labels.
+    // So the default value of this flag for new documents is `false`.
+    bool            m_bTryStaggeringFirst;
+
+    sal_Int32       m_nNumberFormatKey;
+
+    /*
+    0: no tickmarks         1: inner tickmarks
+    2: outer tickmarks      3: inner and outer tickmarks
+    */
+    sal_Int32                           m_nMajorTickmarks;
+    sal_Int32                           m_nMinorTickmarks;
+    std::vector<TickmarkProperties>   m_aTickmarkPropertiesList;
+
+    VLineProperties                     m_aLineProperties;
+
+    //for category axes ->
+    sal_Int32                           m_nAxisType;//REALNUMBER, CATEGORY etc. type css::chart2::AxisType
+    bool                                m_bComplexCategories;
+    ExplicitCategoriesProvider* m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider;/*no ownership here*/
+    css::uno::Reference<css::chart2::data::XTextualDataSequence> m_xAxisTextProvider; //for categories or series names
+    //<- category axes
+
+    bool                                m_bLimitSpaceForLabels;
+
+    //methods:
+
+    AxisProperties( const css::uno::Reference< css::chart2::XAxis >& xAxisModel
+                  , ExplicitCategoriesProvider* pExplicitCategoriesProvider );
+
+    void init(bool bCartesian=false);//init from model data (m_xAxisModel)
+
+    void initAxisPositioning( const css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet >& xAxisProp );
+
+    static TickmarkProperties getBiggestTickmarkProperties();
+    TickmarkProperties makeTickmarkPropertiesForComplexCategories( sal_Int32 nTickLength, sal_Int32 nTickStartDistanceToAxis ) const;
+
+private:
+    AxisProperties() = delete;
+
+    TickmarkProperties  makeTickmarkProperties( sal_Int32 nDepth ) const;
+    //@todo get this from somewhere; maybe for each subincrement
+    //so far the model does not offer different settings for each tick depth
+    const VLineProperties&  makeLinePropertiesForDepth() const { return m_aLineProperties; }
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianAxis.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianAxis.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c62bfb93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianAxis.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,1980 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "VCartesianAxis.hxx"
+#include <PlottingPositionHelper.hxx>
+#include <ShapeFactory.hxx>
+#include <PropertyMapper.hxx>
+#include <NumberFormatterWrapper.hxx>
+#include <LabelPositionHelper.hxx>
+#include <TrueGuard.hxx>
+#include <BaseGFXHelper.hxx>
+#include <AxisHelper.hxx>
+#include "Tickmarks_Equidistant.hxx"
+#include <ExplicitCategoriesProvider.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/AxisType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/XAxis.hpp>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <tools/color.hxx>
+#include <svx/unoshape.hxx>
+#include <svx/unoshtxt.hxx>
+
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygon.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolypolygon.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygontools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygonclipper.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <memory>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+using ::basegfx::B2DVector;
+using ::basegfx::B2DPolygon;
+using ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon;
+
+namespace chart {
+
+VCartesianAxis::VCartesianAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+            , const Reference< util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier
+            , sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount
+            , PlottingPositionHelper* pPosHelper )//takes ownership
+            : VAxisBase( nDimensionIndex, nDimensionCount, rAxisProperties, xNumberFormatsSupplier )
+{
+    if( pPosHelper )
+        m_pPosHelper = pPosHelper;
+    else
+        m_pPosHelper = new PlottingPositionHelper();
+}
+
+VCartesianAxis::~VCartesianAxis()
+{
+    delete m_pPosHelper;
+    m_pPosHelper = nullptr;
+}
+
+static void lcl_ResizeTextShapeToFitAvailableSpace( Reference< drawing::XShape > const & xShape2DText,
+                                             const AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties,
+                                             const OUString& rLabel,
+                                             const tNameSequence& rPropNames,
+                                             const tAnySequence& rPropValues,
+                                             const bool bIsHorizontalAxis )
+{
+    uno::Reference< text::XTextRange > xTextRange( xShape2DText, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+    if( !xTextRange.is() )
+        return;
+
+    const sal_Int32 nFullSize = bIsHorizontalAxis ? rAxisLabelProperties.m_aFontReferenceSize.Height : rAxisLabelProperties.m_aFontReferenceSize.Width;
+
+    if( !nFullSize || !rLabel.getLength() )
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int32 nMaxLabelsSize = bIsHorizontalAxis ? rAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels.Height : rAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels.Width;
+    const sal_Int32 nAvgCharWidth = xShape2DText->getSize().Width / rLabel.getLength();
+    const sal_Int32 nTextSize = bIsHorizontalAxis ? ShapeFactory::getSizeAfterRotation(xShape2DText, rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree).Height :
+                                                    ShapeFactory::getSizeAfterRotation(xShape2DText, rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree).Width;
+
+    if( !nAvgCharWidth )
+        return;
+
+    const OUString sDots = "...";
+    const sal_Int32 nCharsToRemove = ( nTextSize - nMaxLabelsSize ) / nAvgCharWidth + 1;
+    sal_Int32 nNewLen = rLabel.getLength() - nCharsToRemove - sDots.getLength();
+    // Prevent from showing only dots
+    if (nNewLen < 0)
+        nNewLen = ( rLabel.getLength() >= sDots.getLength() ) ? sDots.getLength() : rLabel.getLength();
+
+    bool bCrop = nCharsToRemove > 0;
+    if( !bCrop )
+        return;
+
+    OUString aNewLabel = rLabel.copy( 0, nNewLen );
+    if( nNewLen > sDots.getLength() )
+        aNewLabel += sDots;
+    xTextRange->setString( aNewLabel );
+
+    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xProp( xTextRange, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    if( xProp.is() )
+    {
+        PropertyMapper::setMultiProperties( rPropNames, rPropValues, xProp );
+    }
+}
+
+static Reference< drawing::XShape > createSingleLabel(
+            const Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory>& xShapeFactory
+          , const Reference< drawing::XShapes >& xTarget
+          , const awt::Point& rAnchorScreenPosition2D
+          , const OUString& rLabel
+          , const AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties
+          , const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+          , const tNameSequence& rPropNames
+          , const tAnySequence& rPropValues
+          , const bool bIsHorizontalAxis
+          )
+{
+    if(rLabel.isEmpty())
+        return nullptr;
+
+    // #i78696# use mathematically correct rotation now
+    const double fRotationAnglePi(-basegfx::deg2rad(rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree));
+    uno::Any aATransformation = ShapeFactory::makeTransformation( rAnchorScreenPosition2D, fRotationAnglePi );
+    OUString aLabel = ShapeFactory::getStackedString( rLabel, rAxisLabelProperties.bStackCharacters );
+
+    Reference< drawing::XShape > xShape2DText = ShapeFactory::getOrCreateShapeFactory(xShapeFactory)
+                    ->createText( xTarget, aLabel, rPropNames, rPropValues, aATransformation );
+
+    if( rAxisProperties.m_bLimitSpaceForLabels )
+        lcl_ResizeTextShapeToFitAvailableSpace(xShape2DText, rAxisLabelProperties, aLabel, rPropNames, rPropValues, bIsHorizontalAxis);
+
+    LabelPositionHelper::correctPositionForRotation( xShape2DText
+        , rAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.meAlignment, rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree, rAxisProperties.m_bComplexCategories );
+
+    return xShape2DText;
+}
+
+static bool lcl_doesShapeOverlapWithTickmark( const Reference< drawing::XShape >& xShape
+                       , double fRotationAngleDegree
+                       , const basegfx::B2DVector& rTickScreenPosition )
+{
+    if(!xShape.is())
+        return false;
+
+    ::basegfx::B2IRectangle aShapeRect = BaseGFXHelper::makeRectangle(xShape->getPosition(), ShapeFactory::getSizeAfterRotation( xShape, fRotationAngleDegree ));
+
+    basegfx::B2IVector aPosition(
+        static_cast<sal_Int32>( rTickScreenPosition.getX() )
+        , static_cast<sal_Int32>( rTickScreenPosition.getY() ) );
+    return aShapeRect.isInside(aPosition);
+}
+
+static void lcl_getRotatedPolygon( B2DPolygon &aPoly, const ::basegfx::B2DRectangle &aRect, const awt::Point &aPos, const double fRotationAngleDegree )
+{
+    aPoly = basegfx::utils::createPolygonFromRect( aRect );
+
+    // For rotating the rectangle we use the opposite angle,
+    // since `B2DHomMatrix` class used for
+    // representing the transformation, performs rotations in the positive
+    // direction (from the X axis to the Y axis). However since the coordinate
+    // system used by the chart has the Y-axis pointing downward, a rotation in
+    // the positive direction means a clockwise rotation. On the contrary text
+    // labels are rotated counterclockwise.
+    // The rotation is performed around the top-left vertex of the rectangle
+    // which is then moved to its final position by using the top-left
+    // vertex of the text label bounding box (aPos) as the translation vector.
+    ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aMatrix;
+    aMatrix.rotate(-basegfx::deg2rad(fRotationAngleDegree));
+    aMatrix.translate( aPos.X, aPos.Y);
+    aPoly.transform( aMatrix );
+}
+
+static bool doesOverlap( const Reference< drawing::XShape >& xShape1
+                , const Reference< drawing::XShape >& xShape2
+                , double fRotationAngleDegree )
+{
+    if( !xShape1.is() || !xShape2.is() )
+        return false;
+
+    ::basegfx::B2DRectangle aRect1( BaseGFXHelper::makeRectangle( awt::Point(0,0), xShape1->getSize()));
+    ::basegfx::B2DRectangle aRect2( BaseGFXHelper::makeRectangle( awt::Point(0,0), xShape2->getSize()));
+
+    B2DPolygon aPoly1;
+    B2DPolygon aPoly2;
+    lcl_getRotatedPolygon( aPoly1, aRect1, xShape1->getPosition(), fRotationAngleDegree );
+    lcl_getRotatedPolygon( aPoly2, aRect2, xShape2->getPosition(), fRotationAngleDegree );
+
+    B2DPolyPolygon aPolyPoly1, aPolyPoly2;
+    aPolyPoly1.append( aPoly1 );
+    aPolyPoly2.append( aPoly2 );
+    B2DPolyPolygon overlapPoly = ::basegfx::utils::clipPolyPolygonOnPolyPolygon( aPolyPoly1, aPolyPoly2, true, false );
+
+    return (overlapPoly.count() > 0);
+}
+
+static void removeShapesAtWrongRhythm( TickIter& rIter
+                              , sal_Int32 nCorrectRhythm
+                              , sal_Int32 nMaxTickToCheck
+                              , const Reference< drawing::XShapes >& xTarget )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nTick = 0;
+    for( TickInfo* pTickInfo = rIter.firstInfo()
+        ; pTickInfo && nTick <= nMaxTickToCheck
+        ; pTickInfo = rIter.nextInfo(), nTick++ )
+    {
+        //remove labels which does not fit into the rhythm
+        if( nTick%nCorrectRhythm != 0)
+        {
+            if(pTickInfo->xTextShape.is())
+            {
+                xTarget->remove(pTickInfo->xTextShape);
+                pTickInfo->xTextShape = nullptr;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+/**
+ * If the labels are staggered and bInnerLine is true we iterate through
+ * only those labels that are closer to the diagram.
+ *
+ * If the labels are staggered and bInnerLine is false we iterate through
+ * only those that are farther from the diagram.
+ *
+ * If the labels are not staggered we iterate through all labels.
+ */
+class LabelIterator : public TickIter
+{
+public:
+    LabelIterator( TickInfoArrayType& rTickInfoVector
+            , const AxisLabelStaggering eAxisLabelStaggering
+            , bool bInnerLine );
+
+    virtual TickInfo*   firstInfo() override;
+    virtual TickInfo*   nextInfo() override;
+
+private: //member
+    PureTickIter m_aPureTickIter;
+    const AxisLabelStaggering   m_eAxisLabelStaggering;
+    bool m_bInnerLine;
+};
+
+}
+
+LabelIterator::LabelIterator( TickInfoArrayType& rTickInfoVector
+            , const AxisLabelStaggering eAxisLabelStaggering
+            , bool bInnerLine )
+            : m_aPureTickIter( rTickInfoVector )
+            , m_eAxisLabelStaggering(eAxisLabelStaggering)
+            , m_bInnerLine(bInnerLine)
+{
+}
+
+TickInfo* LabelIterator::firstInfo()
+{
+    TickInfo* pTickInfo = m_aPureTickIter.firstInfo();
+    while( pTickInfo && !pTickInfo->xTextShape.is() )
+        pTickInfo = m_aPureTickIter.nextInfo();
+    if(!pTickInfo)
+        return nullptr;
+    if( (m_eAxisLabelStaggering==AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerEven && m_bInnerLine)
+        ||
+        (m_eAxisLabelStaggering==AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerOdd && !m_bInnerLine)
+        )
+    {
+        //skip first label
+        do
+            pTickInfo = m_aPureTickIter.nextInfo();
+        while( pTickInfo && !pTickInfo->xTextShape.is() );
+    }
+    if(!pTickInfo)
+        return nullptr;
+    return pTickInfo;
+}
+
+TickInfo* LabelIterator::nextInfo()
+{
+    TickInfo* pTickInfo = nullptr;
+    //get next label
+    do
+        pTickInfo = m_aPureTickIter.nextInfo();
+    while( pTickInfo && !pTickInfo->xTextShape.is() );
+
+    if(  m_eAxisLabelStaggering==AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerEven
+      || m_eAxisLabelStaggering==AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerOdd )
+    {
+        //skip one label
+        do
+            pTickInfo = m_aPureTickIter.nextInfo();
+        while( pTickInfo && !pTickInfo->xTextShape.is() );
+    }
+    return pTickInfo;
+}
+
+static B2DVector lcl_getLabelsDistance( TickIter& rIter, const B2DVector& rDistanceTickToText, double fRotationAngleDegree )
+{
+    //calculates the height or width of a line of labels
+    //thus a following line of labels can be shifted for that distance
+
+    B2DVector aRet(0,0);
+
+    sal_Int32 nDistanceTickToText = static_cast<sal_Int32>( rDistanceTickToText.getLength() );
+    if( nDistanceTickToText==0.0)
+        return aRet;
+
+    B2DVector aStaggerDirection(rDistanceTickToText);
+    aStaggerDirection.normalize();
+
+    sal_Int32 nDistance=0;
+    Reference< drawing::XShape >  xShape2DText;
+    for( TickInfo* pTickInfo = rIter.firstInfo()
+        ; pTickInfo
+        ; pTickInfo = rIter.nextInfo() )
+    {
+        xShape2DText = pTickInfo->xTextShape;
+        if( xShape2DText.is() )
+        {
+            awt::Size aSize = ShapeFactory::getSizeAfterRotation( xShape2DText, fRotationAngleDegree );
+            if(fabs(aStaggerDirection.getX())>fabs(aStaggerDirection.getY()))
+                nDistance = std::max(nDistance,aSize.Width);
+            else
+                nDistance = std::max(nDistance,aSize.Height);
+        }
+    }
+
+    aRet = aStaggerDirection*nDistance;
+
+    //add extra distance for vertical distance
+    if(fabs(aStaggerDirection.getX())>fabs(aStaggerDirection.getY()))
+        aRet += rDistanceTickToText;
+
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+static void lcl_shiftLabels( TickIter& rIter, const B2DVector& rStaggerDistance )
+{
+    if(rStaggerDistance.getLength()==0.0)
+        return;
+    Reference< drawing::XShape >  xShape2DText;
+    for( TickInfo* pTickInfo = rIter.firstInfo()
+        ; pTickInfo
+        ; pTickInfo = rIter.nextInfo() )
+    {
+        xShape2DText = pTickInfo->xTextShape;
+        if( xShape2DText.is() )
+        {
+            awt::Point aPos  = xShape2DText->getPosition();
+            aPos.X += static_cast<sal_Int32>(rStaggerDistance.getX());
+            aPos.Y += static_cast<sal_Int32>(rStaggerDistance.getY());
+            xShape2DText->setPosition( aPos );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static bool lcl_hasWordBreak( const Reference<drawing::XShape>& xShape )
+{
+    if (!xShape.is())
+        return false;
+
+    SvxShape* pShape = comphelper::getUnoTunnelImplementation<SvxShape>(xShape);
+    SvxShapeText* pShapeText = dynamic_cast<SvxShapeText*>(pShape);
+    if (!pShapeText)
+        return false;
+
+    SvxTextEditSource* pTextEditSource = dynamic_cast<SvxTextEditSource*>(pShapeText->GetEditSource());
+    if (!pTextEditSource)
+        return false;
+
+    pTextEditSource->UpdateOutliner();
+    SvxTextForwarder* pTextForwarder = pTextEditSource->GetTextForwarder();
+    if (!pTextForwarder)
+        return false;
+
+    sal_Int32 nParaCount = pTextForwarder->GetParagraphCount();
+    for ( sal_Int32 nPara = 0; nPara < nParaCount; ++nPara )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nLineCount = pTextForwarder->GetLineCount( nPara );
+        for ( sal_Int32 nLine = 0; nLine < nLineCount; ++nLine )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nLineStart = 0;
+            sal_Int32 nLineEnd = 0;
+            pTextForwarder->GetLineBoundaries( nLineStart, nLineEnd, nPara, nLine );
+            assert(nLineStart >= 0);
+            sal_Int32 nWordStart = 0;
+            sal_Int32 nWordEnd = 0;
+            if ( pTextForwarder->GetWordIndices( nPara, nLineStart, nWordStart, nWordEnd ) &&
+                 ( nWordStart != nLineStart ) )
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+static OUString getTextLabelString(
+    const FixedNumberFormatter& rFixedNumberFormatter, const uno::Sequence<OUString>* pCategories,
+    const TickInfo* pTickInfo, bool bComplexCat, Color& rExtraColor, bool& rHasExtraColor )
+{
+    if (pCategories)
+    {
+        // This is a normal category axis.  Get the label string from the
+        // label string array.
+        sal_Int32 nIndex = static_cast<sal_Int32>(pTickInfo->getUnscaledTickValue()) - 1; //first category (index 0) matches with real number 1.0
+        if( nIndex>=0 && nIndex<pCategories->getLength() )
+            return (*pCategories)[nIndex];
+
+        return OUString();
+    }
+    else if (bComplexCat)
+    {
+        // This is a complex category axis.  The label is stored in the tick.
+        return pTickInfo->aText;
+    }
+
+    // This is a numeric axis.  Format the original tick value per number format.
+    return rFixedNumberFormatter.getFormattedString(pTickInfo->getUnscaledTickValue(), rExtraColor, rHasExtraColor);
+}
+
+static void getAxisLabelProperties(
+    tNameSequence& rPropNames, tAnySequence& rPropValues, const AxisProperties& rAxisProp,
+    const AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProp,
+    sal_Int32 nLimitedSpaceForText, bool bLimitedHeight )
+{
+    Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xProps(rAxisProp.m_xAxisModel, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+
+    PropertyMapper::getTextLabelMultiPropertyLists(
+        xProps, rPropNames, rPropValues, false, nLimitedSpaceForText, bLimitedHeight, false);
+
+    LabelPositionHelper::doDynamicFontResize(
+        rPropValues, rPropNames, xProps, rAxisLabelProp.m_aFontReferenceSize);
+
+    LabelPositionHelper::changeTextAdjustment(
+        rPropValues, rPropNames, rAxisProp.maLabelAlignment.meAlignment);
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+/**
+ * Iterate through only 3 ticks including the one that has the longest text
+ * length.  When the first tick has the longest text, it iterates through
+ * the first 3 ticks.  Otherwise it iterates through 3 ticks such that the
+ * 2nd tick is the one with the longest text.
+ */
+class MaxLabelTickIter : public TickIter
+{
+public:
+    MaxLabelTickIter( TickInfoArrayType& rTickInfoVector, size_t nLongestLabelIndex );
+
+    virtual TickInfo* firstInfo() override;
+    virtual TickInfo* nextInfo() override;
+
+private:
+    TickInfoArrayType& m_rTickInfoVector;
+    std::vector<size_t> m_aValidIndices;
+    size_t m_nCurrentIndex;
+};
+
+}
+
+MaxLabelTickIter::MaxLabelTickIter(
+    TickInfoArrayType& rTickInfoVector, size_t nLongestLabelIndex ) :
+    m_rTickInfoVector(rTickInfoVector), m_nCurrentIndex(0)
+{
+    assert(!rTickInfoVector.empty()); // should be checked by the caller.
+    assert(nLongestLabelIndex < rTickInfoVector.size());
+
+    size_t nMaxIndex = m_rTickInfoVector.size()-1;
+    if (nLongestLabelIndex >= nMaxIndex-1)
+        nLongestLabelIndex = 0;
+
+    if (nLongestLabelIndex > 0)
+        m_aValidIndices.push_back(nLongestLabelIndex-1);
+
+    m_aValidIndices.push_back(nLongestLabelIndex);
+
+    while (m_aValidIndices.size() < 3)
+    {
+        ++nLongestLabelIndex;
+        if (nLongestLabelIndex > nMaxIndex)
+            break;
+
+        m_aValidIndices.push_back(nLongestLabelIndex);
+    }
+}
+
+TickInfo* MaxLabelTickIter::firstInfo()
+{
+    m_nCurrentIndex = 0;
+    if (m_nCurrentIndex < m_aValidIndices.size())
+        return &m_rTickInfoVector[m_aValidIndices[m_nCurrentIndex]];
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+TickInfo* MaxLabelTickIter::nextInfo()
+{
+    m_nCurrentIndex++;
+    if (m_nCurrentIndex < m_aValidIndices.size())
+        return &m_rTickInfoVector[m_aValidIndices[m_nCurrentIndex]];
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+bool VCartesianAxis::isBreakOfLabelsAllowed(
+    const AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties, bool bIsHorizontalAxis, bool bIsVerticalAxis) const
+{
+    if( m_aTextLabels.getLength() > 100 )
+        return false;
+    if( !rAxisLabelProperties.bLineBreakAllowed )
+        return false;
+    if( rAxisLabelProperties.bStackCharacters )
+        return false;
+    //no break for value axis
+    if( !m_bUseTextLabels )
+        return false;
+    if( !( rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree == 0.0 ||
+           rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree == 90.0 ||
+           rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree == 270.0 ) )
+        return false;
+    //no break for complex vertical category axis
+    if( !m_aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY )
+        return bIsHorizontalAxis;
+    else if( m_aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY && !m_aAxisProperties.m_bComplexCategories )
+        return bIsVerticalAxis;
+    else
+        return false;
+}
+namespace{
+
+bool canAutoAdjustLabelPlacement(
+    const AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties, bool bIsHorizontalAxis, bool bIsVerticalAxis)
+{
+    // joined prerequisite checks for auto rotate and auto stagger
+    if( rAxisLabelProperties.bOverlapAllowed )
+        return false;
+    if( rAxisLabelProperties.bLineBreakAllowed ) // auto line break may conflict with...
+        return false;
+    if( rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree != 0.0 )
+        return false;
+    // automatic adjusting labels only works for
+    // horizontal axis with horizontal text
+    // or vertical axis with vertical text
+    if( bIsHorizontalAxis )
+        return !rAxisLabelProperties.bStackCharacters;
+    if( bIsVerticalAxis )
+        return rAxisLabelProperties.bStackCharacters;
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool isAutoStaggeringOfLabelsAllowed(
+    const AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties, bool bIsHorizontalAxis, bool bIsVerticalAxis )
+{
+    if( rAxisLabelProperties.eStaggering != AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerAuto )
+        return false;
+    return canAutoAdjustLabelPlacement(rAxisLabelProperties, bIsHorizontalAxis, bIsVerticalAxis);
+}
+
+// make clear that we check for auto rotation prerequisites
+const auto& isAutoRotatingOfLabelsAllowed = canAutoAdjustLabelPlacement;
+
+} // namespace
+void VCartesianAxis::createAllTickInfosFromComplexCategories( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos, bool bShiftedPosition )
+{
+    //no minor tickmarks will be generated!
+    //order is: inner labels first , outer labels last (that is different to all other TickIter cases)
+    if(!bShiftedPosition)
+    {
+        rAllTickInfos.clear();
+        sal_Int32 nLevel=0;
+        sal_Int32 nLevelCount = m_aAxisProperties.m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider->getCategoryLevelCount();
+        for( ; nLevel<nLevelCount; nLevel++ )
+        {
+            TickInfoArrayType aTickInfoVector;
+            const std::vector<ComplexCategory>* pComplexCategories =
+                m_aAxisProperties.m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider->getCategoriesByLevel(nLevel);
+
+            if (!pComplexCategories)
+                continue;
+
+            sal_Int32 nCatIndex = 0;
+
+            for (auto const& complexCategory : *pComplexCategories)
+            {
+                TickInfo aTickInfo(nullptr);
+                sal_Int32 nCount = complexCategory.Count;
+                if( nCatIndex + 1.0 + nCount >= m_aScale.Maximum )
+                {
+                    nCount = static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_aScale.Maximum - 1.0 - nCatIndex);
+                    if( nCount <= 0 )
+                        nCount = 1;
+                }
+                aTickInfo.fScaledTickValue = nCatIndex + 1.0 + nCount/2.0;
+                aTickInfo.nFactorForLimitedTextWidth = nCount;
+                aTickInfo.aText = complexCategory.Text;
+                aTickInfoVector.push_back(aTickInfo);
+                nCatIndex += nCount;
+                if( nCatIndex + 1.0 >= m_aScale.Maximum )
+                    break;
+            }
+            rAllTickInfos.push_back(aTickInfoVector);
+        }
+    }
+    else //bShiftedPosition==false
+    {
+        rAllTickInfos.clear();
+        sal_Int32 nLevel=0;
+        sal_Int32 nLevelCount = m_aAxisProperties.m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider->getCategoryLevelCount();
+        for( ; nLevel<nLevelCount; nLevel++ )
+        {
+            TickInfoArrayType aTickInfoVector;
+            const std::vector<ComplexCategory>* pComplexCategories =
+                m_aAxisProperties.m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider->getCategoriesByLevel(nLevel);
+            sal_Int32 nCatIndex = 0;
+            if (pComplexCategories)
+            {
+                for (auto const& complexCategory : *pComplexCategories)
+                {
+                    TickInfo aTickInfo(nullptr);
+                    aTickInfo.fScaledTickValue = nCatIndex + 1.0;
+                    aTickInfoVector.push_back(aTickInfo);
+                    nCatIndex += complexCategory.Count;
+                    if( nCatIndex + 1.0 > m_aScale.Maximum )
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            //fill up with single ticks until maximum scale
+            while( nCatIndex + 1.0 < m_aScale.Maximum )
+            {
+                TickInfo aTickInfo(nullptr);
+                aTickInfo.fScaledTickValue = nCatIndex + 1.0;
+                aTickInfoVector.push_back(aTickInfo);
+                nCatIndex ++;
+                if( nLevel>0 )
+                    break;
+            }
+            //add an additional tick at the end
+            {
+                TickInfo aTickInfo(nullptr);
+                aTickInfo.fScaledTickValue = m_aScale.Maximum;
+                aTickInfoVector.push_back(aTickInfo);
+            }
+            rAllTickInfos.push_back(aTickInfoVector);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void VCartesianAxis::createAllTickInfos( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos )
+{
+    if( isComplexCategoryAxis() )
+        createAllTickInfosFromComplexCategories( rAllTickInfos, false );
+    else
+        VAxisBase::createAllTickInfos(rAllTickInfos);
+}
+
+TickIter* VCartesianAxis::createLabelTickIterator( sal_Int32 nTextLevel )
+{
+    if( nTextLevel>=0 && nTextLevel < static_cast< sal_Int32 >(m_aAllTickInfos.size()) )
+        return new PureTickIter( m_aAllTickInfos[nTextLevel] );
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+TickIter* VCartesianAxis::createMaximumLabelTickIterator( sal_Int32 nTextLevel )
+{
+    if( isComplexCategoryAxis() || isDateAxis() )
+    {
+        return createLabelTickIterator( nTextLevel ); //mmmm maybe todo: create less than all texts here
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if(nTextLevel==0)
+        {
+            if( !m_aAllTickInfos.empty() )
+            {
+                size_t nLongestLabelIndex = m_bUseTextLabels ? getIndexOfLongestLabel(m_aTextLabels) : 0;
+                if (nLongestLabelIndex >= m_aAllTickInfos[0].size())
+                    return nullptr;
+
+                return new MaxLabelTickIter( m_aAllTickInfos[0], nLongestLabelIndex );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 VCartesianAxis::getTextLevelCount() const
+{
+    sal_Int32 nTextLevelCount = 1;
+    if( isComplexCategoryAxis() )
+        nTextLevelCount = m_aAxisProperties.m_pExplicitCategoriesProvider->getCategoryLevelCount();
+    return nTextLevelCount;
+}
+
+bool VCartesianAxis::createTextShapes(
+    const Reference<drawing::XShapes>& xTarget, TickIter& rTickIter,
+    AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties, TickFactory2D const * pTickFactory,
+    sal_Int32 nScreenDistanceBetweenTicks )
+{
+    const bool bIsHorizontalAxis = pTickFactory->isHorizontalAxis();
+    const bool bIsVerticalAxis = pTickFactory->isVerticalAxis();
+
+    if( m_bUseTextLabels && (m_aAxisProperties.m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_NEAR_AXIS ||
+        m_aAxisProperties.m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_OUTSIDE_START))
+    {
+        if (bIsHorizontalAxis)
+        {
+            rAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels.Y = pTickFactory->getXaxisStartPos().getY();
+            rAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels.Height = rAxisLabelProperties.m_aFontReferenceSize.Height - rAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels.Y;
+        }
+        else if (bIsVerticalAxis)
+        {
+            rAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels.X = 0;
+            rAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels.Width = pTickFactory->getXaxisStartPos().getX();
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!isBreakOfLabelsAllowed(rAxisLabelProperties, bIsHorizontalAxis, bIsVerticalAxis) &&
+        !isAutoStaggeringOfLabelsAllowed(rAxisLabelProperties, bIsHorizontalAxis, bIsVerticalAxis) &&
+        !rAxisLabelProperties.isStaggered())
+        return createTextShapesSimple(xTarget, rTickIter, rAxisLabelProperties, pTickFactory);
+
+    FixedNumberFormatter aFixedNumberFormatter(
+                m_xNumberFormatsSupplier, rAxisLabelProperties.nNumberFormatKey );
+
+    bool bIsStaggered = rAxisLabelProperties.isStaggered();
+    B2DVector aTextToTickDistance = pTickFactory->getDistanceAxisTickToText(m_aAxisProperties, true);
+    sal_Int32 nLimitedSpaceForText = -1;
+
+    if( isBreakOfLabelsAllowed( rAxisLabelProperties, bIsHorizontalAxis, bIsVerticalAxis ) )
+    {
+        nLimitedSpaceForText = nScreenDistanceBetweenTicks;
+        if( bIsStaggered )
+            nLimitedSpaceForText *= 2;
+
+        if( nLimitedSpaceForText > 0 )
+        { //reduce space for a small amount to have a visible distance between the labels:
+            sal_Int32 nReduce = (nLimitedSpaceForText*5)/100;
+            if(!nReduce)
+                nReduce = 1;
+            nLimitedSpaceForText -= nReduce;
+        }
+
+        // recalculate the nLimitedSpaceForText in case of 90 and 270 degree if the text break is true
+        if ( rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree == 90.0 || rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree == 270.0 )
+        {
+            nLimitedSpaceForText = rAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels.Height;
+            m_aAxisProperties.m_bLimitSpaceForLabels = false;
+        }
+
+        // recalculate the nLimitedSpaceForText in case of vertical category axis if the text break is true
+        if ( m_aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY && bIsVerticalAxis && rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree == 0.0 )
+        {
+            nLimitedSpaceForText = pTickFactory->getXaxisStartPos().getX();
+            m_aAxisProperties.m_bLimitSpaceForLabels = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Stores an array of text label strings in case of a normal
+    // (non-complex) category axis.
+    const uno::Sequence<OUString>* pCategories = nullptr;
+    if( m_bUseTextLabels && !m_aAxisProperties.m_bComplexCategories )
+        pCategories = &m_aTextLabels;
+
+    bool bLimitedHeight;
+    if( !m_aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY )
+        bLimitedHeight = fabs(aTextToTickDistance.getX()) > fabs(aTextToTickDistance.getY());
+    else
+        bLimitedHeight = fabs(aTextToTickDistance.getX()) < fabs(aTextToTickDistance.getY());
+    //prepare properties for multipropertyset-interface of shape
+    tNameSequence aPropNames;
+    tAnySequence aPropValues;
+    getAxisLabelProperties(aPropNames, aPropValues, m_aAxisProperties, rAxisLabelProperties, nLimitedSpaceForText, bLimitedHeight);
+
+    uno::Any* pColorAny = PropertyMapper::getValuePointer(aPropValues,aPropNames,"CharColor");
+    Color nColor = COL_AUTO;
+    if(pColorAny)
+        *pColorAny >>= nColor;
+
+    uno::Any* pLimitedSpaceAny = PropertyMapper::getValuePointerForLimitedSpace(aPropValues,aPropNames,bLimitedHeight);
+
+    const TickInfo* pPreviousVisibleTickInfo = nullptr;
+    const TickInfo* pPREPreviousVisibleTickInfo = nullptr;
+    sal_Int32 nTick = 0;
+    for( TickInfo* pTickInfo = rTickIter.firstInfo()
+        ; pTickInfo
+        ; pTickInfo = rTickIter.nextInfo(), nTick++ )
+    {
+        const TickInfo* pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo = bIsStaggered ?
+                    pPREPreviousVisibleTickInfo : pPreviousVisibleTickInfo;
+
+        //don't create labels which does not fit into the rhythm
+        if( nTick%rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm != 0 )
+            continue;
+
+        //don't create labels for invisible ticks
+        if( !pTickInfo->bPaintIt )
+            continue;
+
+        if( pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo && !rAxisLabelProperties.bOverlapAllowed )
+        {
+            // Overlapping is not allowed.  If the label overlaps with its
+            // neighboring label, try increasing the tick interval (or rhythm
+            // as it's called) and start over.
+
+            if( lcl_doesShapeOverlapWithTickmark( pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo->xTextShape
+                       , rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree
+                       , pTickInfo->aTickScreenPosition ) )
+            {
+                // This tick overlaps with its neighbor.  Try to stagger (if
+                // auto staggering is allowed) to avoid overlapping.
+
+                bool bOverlapsAfterAutoStagger = true;
+                if( !bIsStaggered && isAutoStaggeringOfLabelsAllowed( rAxisLabelProperties, bIsHorizontalAxis, bIsVerticalAxis ) )
+                {
+                    bIsStaggered = true;
+                    rAxisLabelProperties.eStaggering = AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerEven;
+                    pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo = pPREPreviousVisibleTickInfo;
+                    if( !pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo ||
+                        !lcl_doesShapeOverlapWithTickmark( pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo->xTextShape
+                                , rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree
+                                , pTickInfo->aTickScreenPosition ) )
+                        bOverlapsAfterAutoStagger = false;
+                }
+
+                if (bOverlapsAfterAutoStagger)
+                {
+                    // Still overlaps with its neighbor even after staggering.
+                    // Increment the visible tick intervals (if that's
+                    // allowed) and start over.
+
+                    rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm++;
+                    removeShapesAtWrongRhythm( rTickIter, rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm, nTick, xTarget );
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool bHasExtraColor=false;
+        Color nExtraColor;
+
+        OUString aLabel = getTextLabelString(
+            aFixedNumberFormatter, pCategories, pTickInfo, isComplexCategoryAxis(),
+            nExtraColor, bHasExtraColor);
+
+        if(pColorAny)
+            *pColorAny <<= bHasExtraColor?nExtraColor:nColor;
+        if(pLimitedSpaceAny)
+            *pLimitedSpaceAny <<= sal_Int32(nLimitedSpaceForText*pTickInfo->nFactorForLimitedTextWidth);
+
+        B2DVector aTickScreenPos2D = pTickInfo->aTickScreenPosition;
+        aTickScreenPos2D += aTextToTickDistance;
+        awt::Point aAnchorScreenPosition2D(
+            static_cast<sal_Int32>(aTickScreenPos2D.getX())
+            ,static_cast<sal_Int32>(aTickScreenPos2D.getY()));
+
+        //create single label
+        if(!pTickInfo->xTextShape.is())
+            pTickInfo->xTextShape = createSingleLabel( m_xShapeFactory, xTarget
+                                    , aAnchorScreenPosition2D, aLabel
+                                    , rAxisLabelProperties, m_aAxisProperties
+                                    , aPropNames, aPropValues, bIsHorizontalAxis );
+        if(!pTickInfo->xTextShape.is())
+            continue;
+
+        recordMaximumTextSize( pTickInfo->xTextShape, rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree );
+
+        // Label has multiple lines and the words are broken
+        if( nLimitedSpaceForText>0 && !rAxisLabelProperties.bOverlapAllowed
+                && rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree == 0.0
+                && lcl_hasWordBreak( pTickInfo->xTextShape ) )
+        {
+            // Label has multiple lines and belongs to a complex category
+            // axis. Rotate 90 degrees to try to avoid overlaps.
+            if ( m_aAxisProperties.m_bComplexCategories )
+            {
+                rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree = 90;
+            }
+            rAxisLabelProperties.bLineBreakAllowed = false;
+            m_aAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree = rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree;
+            removeTextShapesFromTicks();
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        //if NO OVERLAP -> remove overlapping shapes
+        if( pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo && !rAxisLabelProperties.bOverlapAllowed )
+        {
+            // Check if the label still overlaps with its neighbor.
+            if( doesOverlap( pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo->xTextShape, pTickInfo->xTextShape, rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree ) )
+            {
+                // It overlaps.  Check if staggering helps.
+                bool bOverlapsAfterAutoStagger = true;
+                if( !bIsStaggered && isAutoStaggeringOfLabelsAllowed( rAxisLabelProperties, bIsHorizontalAxis, bIsVerticalAxis ) )
+                {
+                    // Compatibility option: starting from LibreOffice 5.1 the rotated
+                    // layout is preferred to staggering for axis labels.
+                    if( !isAutoRotatingOfLabelsAllowed(rAxisLabelProperties, bIsHorizontalAxis, bIsVerticalAxis)
+                        || m_aAxisProperties.m_bTryStaggeringFirst )
+                    {
+                        bIsStaggered = true;
+                        rAxisLabelProperties.eStaggering = AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerEven;
+                        pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo = pPREPreviousVisibleTickInfo;
+                        if( !pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo ||
+                            !lcl_doesShapeOverlapWithTickmark( pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo->xTextShape
+                                , rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree
+                                , pTickInfo->aTickScreenPosition ) )
+                            bOverlapsAfterAutoStagger = false;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (bOverlapsAfterAutoStagger)
+                {
+                    // Staggering didn't solve the overlap.
+                    if( isAutoRotatingOfLabelsAllowed(rAxisLabelProperties, bIsHorizontalAxis, bIsVerticalAxis) )
+                    {
+                        // Try auto-rotating the labels at 45 degrees and
+                        // start over.  This rotation angle will be stored for
+                        // all future text shape creation runs.
+                        // The nRhythm parameter is reset to 1 since the layout
+                        // used for text labels is changed.
+                        rAxisLabelProperties.autoRotate45();
+                        m_aAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree = rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree; // Store it for future runs.
+                        removeTextShapesFromTicks();
+                        rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm = 1;
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    // Try incrementing the tick interval and start over.
+                    rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm++;
+                    removeShapesAtWrongRhythm( rTickIter, rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm, nTick, xTarget );
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        pPREPreviousVisibleTickInfo = pPreviousVisibleTickInfo;
+        pPreviousVisibleTickInfo = pTickInfo;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool VCartesianAxis::createTextShapesSimple(
+    const Reference<drawing::XShapes>& xTarget, TickIter& rTickIter,
+    AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties, TickFactory2D const * pTickFactory )
+{
+    FixedNumberFormatter aFixedNumberFormatter(
+                m_xNumberFormatsSupplier, rAxisLabelProperties.nNumberFormatKey );
+
+    const bool bIsHorizontalAxis = pTickFactory->isHorizontalAxis();
+    const bool bIsVerticalAxis = pTickFactory->isVerticalAxis();
+    B2DVector aTextToTickDistance = pTickFactory->getDistanceAxisTickToText(m_aAxisProperties, true);
+
+     // Stores an array of text label strings in case of a normal
+     // (non-complex) category axis.
+    const uno::Sequence<OUString>* pCategories = nullptr;
+    if( m_bUseTextLabels && !m_aAxisProperties.m_bComplexCategories )
+        pCategories = &m_aTextLabels;
+
+    bool bLimitedHeight = fabs(aTextToTickDistance.getX()) > fabs(aTextToTickDistance.getY());
+
+    //prepare properties for multipropertyset-interface of shape
+    tNameSequence aPropNames;
+    tAnySequence aPropValues;
+    getAxisLabelProperties(aPropNames, aPropValues, m_aAxisProperties, rAxisLabelProperties, -1, bLimitedHeight);
+
+    uno::Any* pColorAny = PropertyMapper::getValuePointer(aPropValues,aPropNames,"CharColor");
+    Color nColor = COL_AUTO;
+    if(pColorAny)
+        *pColorAny >>= nColor;
+
+    uno::Any* pLimitedSpaceAny = PropertyMapper::getValuePointerForLimitedSpace(aPropValues,aPropNames,bLimitedHeight);
+
+    const TickInfo* pPreviousVisibleTickInfo = nullptr;
+    sal_Int32 nTick = 0;
+    for( TickInfo* pTickInfo = rTickIter.firstInfo()
+        ; pTickInfo
+        ; pTickInfo = rTickIter.nextInfo(), nTick++ )
+    {
+        const TickInfo* pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo = pPreviousVisibleTickInfo;
+
+        //don't create labels which does not fit into the rhythm
+        if( nTick%rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm != 0 )
+            continue;
+
+        //don't create labels for invisible ticks
+        if( !pTickInfo->bPaintIt )
+            continue;
+
+        if( pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo && !rAxisLabelProperties.bOverlapAllowed )
+        {
+            // Overlapping is not allowed.  If the label overlaps with its
+            // neighboring label, try increasing the tick interval (or rhythm
+            // as it's called) and start over.
+
+            if( lcl_doesShapeOverlapWithTickmark( pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo->xTextShape
+                       , rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree
+                       , pTickInfo->aTickScreenPosition ) )
+            {
+                // This tick overlaps with its neighbor. Increment the visible
+                // tick intervals (if that's allowed) and start over.
+
+                rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm++;
+                removeShapesAtWrongRhythm( rTickIter, rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm, nTick, xTarget );
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool bHasExtraColor=false;
+        Color nExtraColor;
+
+        OUString aLabel = getTextLabelString(
+            aFixedNumberFormatter, pCategories, pTickInfo, isComplexCategoryAxis(),
+            nExtraColor, bHasExtraColor);
+
+        if(pColorAny)
+            *pColorAny <<= bHasExtraColor?nExtraColor:nColor;
+        if(pLimitedSpaceAny)
+            *pLimitedSpaceAny <<= sal_Int32(-1*pTickInfo->nFactorForLimitedTextWidth);
+
+        B2DVector aTickScreenPos2D = pTickInfo->aTickScreenPosition;
+        aTickScreenPos2D += aTextToTickDistance;
+        awt::Point aAnchorScreenPosition2D(
+            static_cast<sal_Int32>(aTickScreenPos2D.getX())
+            ,static_cast<sal_Int32>(aTickScreenPos2D.getY()));
+
+        //create single label
+        if(!pTickInfo->xTextShape.is())
+            pTickInfo->xTextShape = createSingleLabel( m_xShapeFactory, xTarget
+                                    , aAnchorScreenPosition2D, aLabel
+                                    , rAxisLabelProperties, m_aAxisProperties
+                                    , aPropNames, aPropValues, bIsHorizontalAxis );
+        if(!pTickInfo->xTextShape.is())
+            continue;
+
+        recordMaximumTextSize( pTickInfo->xTextShape, rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree );
+
+        //if NO OVERLAP -> remove overlapping shapes
+        if( pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo && !rAxisLabelProperties.bOverlapAllowed )
+        {
+            // Check if the label still overlaps with its neighbor.
+            if( doesOverlap( pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo->xTextShape, pTickInfo->xTextShape, rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree ) )
+            {
+                // It overlaps.
+                if( isAutoRotatingOfLabelsAllowed(rAxisLabelProperties, bIsHorizontalAxis, bIsVerticalAxis) )
+                {
+                    // Try auto-rotating the labels at 45 degrees and
+                    // start over.  This rotation angle will be stored for
+                    // all future text shape creation runs.
+                    // The nRhythm parameter is reset to 1 since the layout
+                    // used for text labels is changed.
+                    rAxisLabelProperties.autoRotate45();
+                    m_aAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree = rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree; // Store it for future runs.
+                    removeTextShapesFromTicks();
+                    rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm = 1;
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                // Try incrementing the tick interval and start over.
+                rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm++;
+                removeShapesAtWrongRhythm( rTickIter, rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm, nTick, xTarget );
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        pPreviousVisibleTickInfo = pTickInfo;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+double VCartesianAxis::getAxisIntersectionValue() const
+{
+    if (m_aAxisProperties.m_pfMainLinePositionAtOtherAxis)
+        return *m_aAxisProperties.m_pfMainLinePositionAtOtherAxis;
+
+    double fMin = (m_nDimensionIndex==1) ? m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinX() : m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinY();
+    double fMax = (m_nDimensionIndex==1) ? m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxX() : m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxY();
+
+    return (m_aAxisProperties.m_eCrossoverType == css::chart::ChartAxisPosition_END) ? fMax : fMin;
+}
+
+double VCartesianAxis::getLabelLineIntersectionValue() const
+{
+    if (m_aAxisProperties.m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_OUTSIDE_START)
+        return (m_nDimensionIndex==1) ? m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinX() : m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinY();
+
+    if (m_aAxisProperties.m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_OUTSIDE_END)
+        return (m_nDimensionIndex==1) ? m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxX() : m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxY();
+
+    return getAxisIntersectionValue();
+}
+
+double VCartesianAxis::getExtraLineIntersectionValue() const
+{
+    double fNan;
+    rtl::math::setNan(&fNan);
+
+    if( !m_aAxisProperties.m_pfExrtaLinePositionAtOtherAxis )
+        return fNan;
+
+    double fMin = (m_nDimensionIndex==1) ? m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinX() : m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinY();
+    double fMax = (m_nDimensionIndex==1) ? m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxX() : m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxY();
+
+    if( *m_aAxisProperties.m_pfExrtaLinePositionAtOtherAxis <= fMin
+        || *m_aAxisProperties.m_pfExrtaLinePositionAtOtherAxis >= fMax )
+        return fNan;
+
+    return *m_aAxisProperties.m_pfExrtaLinePositionAtOtherAxis;
+}
+
+B2DVector VCartesianAxis::getScreenPosition( double fLogicX, double fLogicY, double fLogicZ ) const
+{
+    B2DVector aRet(0,0);
+
+    if( m_pPosHelper )
+    {
+        drawing::Position3D aScenePos = m_pPosHelper->transformLogicToScene( fLogicX, fLogicY, fLogicZ, true );
+        if(m_nDimension==3)
+        {
+            if (m_xLogicTarget.is() && m_pShapeFactory)
+            {
+                tPropertyNameMap aDummyPropertyNameMap;
+                Reference< drawing::XShape > xShape3DAnchor = m_pShapeFactory->createCube( m_xLogicTarget
+                        , aScenePos,drawing::Direction3D(1,1,1), 0, nullptr, aDummyPropertyNameMap);
+                awt::Point a2DPos = xShape3DAnchor->getPosition(); //get 2D position from xShape3DAnchor
+                m_xLogicTarget->remove(xShape3DAnchor);
+                aRet.setX( a2DPos.X );
+                aRet.setY( a2DPos.Y );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                OSL_FAIL("cannot calculate screen position in VCartesianAxis::getScreenPosition");
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            aRet.setX( aScenePos.PositionX );
+            aRet.setY( aScenePos.PositionY );
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+VCartesianAxis::ScreenPosAndLogicPos VCartesianAxis::getScreenPosAndLogicPos( double fLogicX_, double fLogicY_, double fLogicZ_ ) const
+{
+    ScreenPosAndLogicPos aRet;
+    aRet.fLogicX = fLogicX_;
+    aRet.fLogicY = fLogicY_;
+    aRet.fLogicZ = fLogicZ_;
+    aRet.aScreenPos = getScreenPosition( fLogicX_, fLogicY_, fLogicZ_ );
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+typedef std::vector< VCartesianAxis::ScreenPosAndLogicPos > tScreenPosAndLogicPosList;
+
+namespace {
+
+struct lcl_LessXPos
+{
+    bool operator() ( const VCartesianAxis::ScreenPosAndLogicPos& rPos1, const VCartesianAxis::ScreenPosAndLogicPos& rPos2 )
+    {
+        return ( rPos1.aScreenPos.getX() < rPos2.aScreenPos.getX() );
+    }
+};
+
+struct lcl_GreaterYPos
+{
+    bool operator() ( const VCartesianAxis::ScreenPosAndLogicPos& rPos1, const VCartesianAxis::ScreenPosAndLogicPos& rPos2 )
+    {
+        return ( rPos1.aScreenPos.getY() > rPos2.aScreenPos.getY() );
+    }
+};
+
+}
+
+void VCartesianAxis::get2DAxisMainLine(
+    B2DVector& rStart, B2DVector& rEnd, AxisLabelAlignment& rAlignment, double fCrossesOtherAxis ) const
+{
+    //m_aAxisProperties might get updated and changed here because
+    //    the label alignment and inner direction sign depends exactly of the choice of the axis line position which is made here in this method
+
+    double const fMinX = m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinX();
+    double const fMinY = m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinY();
+    double const fMinZ = m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinZ();
+    double const fMaxX = m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxX();
+    double const fMaxY = m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxY();
+    double const fMaxZ = m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxZ();
+
+    double fXOnXPlane = fMinX;
+    double fXOther = fMaxX;
+    int nDifferentValue = !m_pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationX() ? -1 : 1;
+    if( !m_pPosHelper->isSwapXAndY() )
+        nDifferentValue *= (m_eLeftWallPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Left) ? -1 : 1;
+    else
+        nDifferentValue *= (m_eBottomPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Bottom) ? -1 : 1;
+    if( nDifferentValue<0 )
+    {
+        fXOnXPlane = fMaxX;
+        fXOther = fMinX;
+    }
+
+    double fYOnYPlane = fMinY;
+    double fYOther = fMaxY;
+    nDifferentValue = !m_pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationY() ? -1 : 1;
+    if( !m_pPosHelper->isSwapXAndY() )
+        nDifferentValue *= (m_eBottomPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Bottom) ? -1 : 1;
+    else
+        nDifferentValue *= (m_eLeftWallPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Left) ? -1 : 1;
+    if( nDifferentValue<0 )
+    {
+        fYOnYPlane = fMaxY;
+        fYOther = fMinY;
+    }
+
+    double fZOnZPlane = fMaxZ;
+    double fZOther = fMinZ;
+    nDifferentValue = !m_pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationZ() ? -1 : 1;
+    nDifferentValue *= (m_eBackWallPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Back) ? -1 : 1;
+    if( nDifferentValue<0 )
+    {
+        fZOnZPlane = fMinZ;
+        fZOther = fMaxZ;
+    }
+
+    double fXStart = fMinX;
+    double fYStart = fMinY;
+    double fZStart = fMinZ;
+    double fXEnd;
+    double fYEnd;
+    double fZEnd = fZStart;
+
+    if( m_nDimensionIndex==0 ) //x-axis
+    {
+        if( fCrossesOtherAxis < fMinY )
+            fCrossesOtherAxis = fMinY;
+        else if( fCrossesOtherAxis > fMaxY )
+            fCrossesOtherAxis = fMaxY;
+
+        fYStart = fYEnd = fCrossesOtherAxis;
+        fXEnd=m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxX();
+
+        if(m_nDimension==3)
+        {
+            if( AxisHelper::isAxisPositioningEnabled() )
+            {
+                if( ::rtl::math::approxEqual( fYOther, fYStart) )
+                    fZStart = fZEnd = fZOnZPlane;
+                else
+                    fZStart = fZEnd = fZOther;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                rStart = getScreenPosition( fXStart, fYStart, fZStart );
+                rEnd = getScreenPosition( fXEnd, fYEnd, fZEnd );
+
+                double fDeltaX = rEnd.getX() - rStart.getX();
+                double fDeltaY = rEnd.getY() - rStart.getY();
+
+                //only those points are candidates which are lying on exactly one wall as these are outer edges
+                tScreenPosAndLogicPosList aPosList;
+                aPosList.push_back( getScreenPosAndLogicPos( fMinX, fYOnYPlane, fZOther ) );
+                aPosList.push_back( getScreenPosAndLogicPos( fMinX, fYOther, fZOnZPlane ) );
+
+                if( fabs(fDeltaY) > fabs(fDeltaX)  )
+                {
+                    rAlignment.meAlignment = LABEL_ALIGN_LEFT;
+                    //choose most left positions
+                    std::sort( aPosList.begin(), aPosList.end(), lcl_LessXPos() );
+                    rAlignment.mfLabelDirection = (fDeltaY < 0) ? -1.0 : 1.0;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    rAlignment.meAlignment = LABEL_ALIGN_BOTTOM;
+                    //choose most bottom positions
+                    std::sort( aPosList.begin(), aPosList.end(), lcl_GreaterYPos() );
+                    rAlignment.mfLabelDirection = (fDeltaX < 0) ? -1.0 : 1.0;
+                }
+                ScreenPosAndLogicPos aBestPos( aPosList[0] );
+                fYStart = fYEnd = aBestPos.fLogicY;
+                fZStart = fZEnd = aBestPos.fLogicZ;
+                if( !m_pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationX() )
+                    rAlignment.mfLabelDirection *= -1.0;
+            }
+        }//end 3D x axis
+    }
+    else if( m_nDimensionIndex==1 ) //y-axis
+    {
+        if( fCrossesOtherAxis < fMinX )
+            fCrossesOtherAxis = fMinX;
+        else if( fCrossesOtherAxis > fMaxX )
+            fCrossesOtherAxis = fMaxX;
+
+        fXStart = fXEnd = fCrossesOtherAxis;
+        fYEnd=m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxY();
+
+        if(m_nDimension==3)
+        {
+            if( AxisHelper::isAxisPositioningEnabled() )
+            {
+                if( ::rtl::math::approxEqual( fXOther, fXStart) )
+                    fZStart = fZEnd = fZOnZPlane;
+                else
+                    fZStart = fZEnd = fZOther;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                rStart = getScreenPosition( fXStart, fYStart, fZStart );
+                rEnd = getScreenPosition( fXEnd, fYEnd, fZEnd );
+
+                double fDeltaX = rEnd.getX() - rStart.getX();
+                double fDeltaY = rEnd.getY() - rStart.getY();
+
+                //only those points are candidates which are lying on exactly one wall as these are outer edges
+                tScreenPosAndLogicPosList aPosList;
+                aPosList.push_back( getScreenPosAndLogicPos( fXOnXPlane, fMinY, fZOther ) );
+                aPosList.push_back( getScreenPosAndLogicPos( fXOther, fMinY, fZOnZPlane ) );
+
+                if( fabs(fDeltaY) > fabs(fDeltaX)  )
+                {
+                    rAlignment.meAlignment = LABEL_ALIGN_LEFT;
+                    //choose most left positions
+                    std::sort( aPosList.begin(), aPosList.end(), lcl_LessXPos() );
+                    rAlignment.mfLabelDirection = (fDeltaY < 0) ? -1.0 : 1.0;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    rAlignment.meAlignment = LABEL_ALIGN_BOTTOM;
+                    //choose most bottom positions
+                    std::sort( aPosList.begin(), aPosList.end(), lcl_GreaterYPos() );
+                    rAlignment.mfLabelDirection = (fDeltaX < 0) ? -1.0 : 1.0;
+                }
+                ScreenPosAndLogicPos aBestPos( aPosList[0] );
+                fXStart = fXEnd = aBestPos.fLogicX;
+                fZStart = fZEnd = aBestPos.fLogicZ;
+                if( !m_pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationY() )
+                    rAlignment.mfLabelDirection *= -1.0;
+            }
+        }//end 3D y axis
+    }
+    else //z-axis
+    {
+        fZEnd = m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxZ();
+        if( AxisHelper::isAxisPositioningEnabled() )
+        {
+            if( !m_aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY )
+            {
+                if( fCrossesOtherAxis < fMinY )
+                    fCrossesOtherAxis = fMinY;
+                else if( fCrossesOtherAxis > fMaxY )
+                    fCrossesOtherAxis = fMaxY;
+                fYStart = fYEnd = fCrossesOtherAxis;
+
+                if( ::rtl::math::approxEqual( fYOther, fYStart) )
+                    fXStart = fXEnd = fXOnXPlane;
+                else
+                    fXStart = fXEnd = fXOther;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if( fCrossesOtherAxis < fMinX )
+                    fCrossesOtherAxis = fMinX;
+                else if( fCrossesOtherAxis > fMaxX )
+                    fCrossesOtherAxis = fMaxX;
+                fXStart = fXEnd = fCrossesOtherAxis;
+
+                if( ::rtl::math::approxEqual( fXOther, fXStart) )
+                    fYStart = fYEnd = fYOnYPlane;
+                else
+                    fYStart = fYEnd = fYOther;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if( !m_pPosHelper->isSwapXAndY() )
+            {
+                fXStart = fXEnd = m_pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationX() ? m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxX() : m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinX();
+                fYStart = fYEnd = m_pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationY() ? m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinY() : m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxY();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                fXStart = fXEnd = m_pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationX() ? m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinX() : m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxX();
+                fYStart = fYEnd = m_pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationY() ? m_pPosHelper->getLogicMaxY() : m_pPosHelper->getLogicMinY();
+            }
+
+            if(m_nDimension==3)
+            {
+                rStart = getScreenPosition( fXStart, fYStart, fZStart );
+                rEnd = getScreenPosition( fXEnd, fYEnd, fZEnd );
+
+                double fDeltaX = rEnd.getX() - rStart.getX();
+
+                //only those points are candidates which are lying on exactly one wall as these are outer edges
+                tScreenPosAndLogicPosList aPosList;
+                aPosList.push_back( getScreenPosAndLogicPos( fXOther, fYOnYPlane, fMinZ ) );
+                aPosList.push_back( getScreenPosAndLogicPos( fXOnXPlane, fYOther, fMinZ ) );
+
+                std::sort( aPosList.begin(), aPosList.end(), lcl_GreaterYPos() );
+                ScreenPosAndLogicPos aBestPos( aPosList[0] );
+                ScreenPosAndLogicPos aNotSoGoodPos( aPosList[1] );
+
+                //choose most bottom positions
+                if( fDeltaX != 0.0 ) // prefer left-right alignments
+                {
+                    if( aBestPos.aScreenPos.getX() > aNotSoGoodPos.aScreenPos.getX() )
+                        rAlignment.meAlignment = LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT;
+                    else
+                         rAlignment.meAlignment = LABEL_ALIGN_LEFT;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if( aBestPos.aScreenPos.getY() > aNotSoGoodPos.aScreenPos.getY() )
+                        rAlignment.meAlignment = LABEL_ALIGN_BOTTOM;
+                    else
+                        rAlignment.meAlignment = LABEL_ALIGN_TOP;
+                }
+
+                rAlignment.mfLabelDirection = (fDeltaX < 0) ? -1.0 : 1.0;
+                if( !m_pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationZ() )
+                    rAlignment.mfLabelDirection *= -1.0;
+
+                fXStart = fXEnd = aBestPos.fLogicX;
+                fYStart = fYEnd = aBestPos.fLogicY;
+            }
+        }//end 3D z axis
+    }
+
+    rStart = getScreenPosition( fXStart, fYStart, fZStart );
+    rEnd = getScreenPosition( fXEnd, fYEnd, fZEnd );
+
+    if(m_nDimension==3 && !AxisHelper::isAxisPositioningEnabled() )
+        rAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection = rAlignment.mfLabelDirection;//to behave like before
+
+    if(!(m_nDimension==3 && AxisHelper::isAxisPositioningEnabled()) )
+        return;
+
+    double fDeltaX = rEnd.getX() - rStart.getX();
+    double fDeltaY = rEnd.getY() - rStart.getY();
+
+    if( m_nDimensionIndex==2 )
+    {
+        if( m_eLeftWallPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Left )
+        {
+            rAlignment.mfLabelDirection *= -1.0;
+            rAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection *= -1.0;
+        }
+
+        rAlignment.meAlignment =
+            (rAlignment.mfLabelDirection < 0) ?
+                LABEL_ALIGN_LEFT :  LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT;
+
+        if( ( fDeltaY<0 && m_aScale.Orientation == chart2::AxisOrientation_REVERSE ) ||
+            ( fDeltaY>0 && m_aScale.Orientation == chart2::AxisOrientation_MATHEMATICAL ) )
+            rAlignment.meAlignment =
+                (rAlignment.meAlignment == LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT) ?
+                    LABEL_ALIGN_LEFT : LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT;
+    }
+    else if( fabs(fDeltaY) > fabs(fDeltaX) )
+    {
+        if( m_eBackWallPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Back )
+        {
+            rAlignment.mfLabelDirection *= -1.0;
+            rAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection *= -1.0;
+        }
+
+        rAlignment.meAlignment =
+            (rAlignment.mfLabelDirection < 0) ?
+                LABEL_ALIGN_LEFT : LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT;
+
+        if( ( fDeltaY<0 && m_aScale.Orientation == chart2::AxisOrientation_REVERSE ) ||
+            ( fDeltaY>0 && m_aScale.Orientation == chart2::AxisOrientation_MATHEMATICAL ) )
+            rAlignment.meAlignment =
+                (rAlignment.meAlignment == LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT) ?
+                    LABEL_ALIGN_LEFT :  LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if( m_eBackWallPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Back )
+        {
+            rAlignment.mfLabelDirection *= -1.0;
+            rAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection *= -1.0;
+        }
+
+        rAlignment.meAlignment =
+            (rAlignment.mfLabelDirection < 0) ?
+                LABEL_ALIGN_TOP : LABEL_ALIGN_BOTTOM;
+
+        if( ( fDeltaX>0 && m_aScale.Orientation == chart2::AxisOrientation_REVERSE ) ||
+            ( fDeltaX<0 && m_aScale.Orientation == chart2::AxisOrientation_MATHEMATICAL ) )
+            rAlignment.meAlignment =
+                (rAlignment.meAlignment == LABEL_ALIGN_TOP) ?
+                    LABEL_ALIGN_BOTTOM : LABEL_ALIGN_TOP;
+    }
+}
+
+TickFactory* VCartesianAxis::createTickFactory()
+{
+    return createTickFactory2D();
+}
+
+TickFactory2D* VCartesianAxis::createTickFactory2D()
+{
+    AxisLabelAlignment aLabelAlign = m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment;
+    B2DVector aStart, aEnd;
+    get2DAxisMainLine(aStart, aEnd, aLabelAlign, getAxisIntersectionValue());
+
+    B2DVector aLabelLineStart, aLabelLineEnd;
+    get2DAxisMainLine(aLabelLineStart, aLabelLineEnd, aLabelAlign, getLabelLineIntersectionValue());
+    m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment = aLabelAlign;
+
+    return new TickFactory2D( m_aScale, m_aIncrement, aStart, aEnd, aLabelLineStart-aStart );
+}
+
+static void lcl_hideIdenticalScreenValues( TickIter& rTickIter )
+{
+    TickInfo* pPrevTickInfo = rTickIter.firstInfo();
+    if (!pPrevTickInfo)
+        return;
+
+    pPrevTickInfo->bPaintIt = true;
+    for( TickInfo* pTickInfo = rTickIter.nextInfo(); pTickInfo; pTickInfo = rTickIter.nextInfo())
+    {
+        pTickInfo->bPaintIt = (pTickInfo->aTickScreenPosition != pPrevTickInfo->aTickScreenPosition);
+        pPrevTickInfo = pTickInfo;
+    }
+}
+
+//'hide' tickmarks with identical screen values in aAllTickInfos
+void VCartesianAxis::hideIdenticalScreenValues( TickInfoArraysType& rTickInfos ) const
+{
+    if( isComplexCategoryAxis() || isDateAxis() )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nCount = rTickInfos.size();
+        for( sal_Int32 nN=0; nN<nCount; nN++ )
+        {
+            PureTickIter aTickIter( rTickInfos[nN] );
+            lcl_hideIdenticalScreenValues( aTickIter );
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        EquidistantTickIter aTickIter( rTickInfos, m_aIncrement, -1 );
+        lcl_hideIdenticalScreenValues( aTickIter );
+    }
+}
+
+sal_Int32 VCartesianAxis::estimateMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount()
+{
+    sal_Int32 nRet = 10;
+
+    if( m_nMaximumTextWidthSoFar==0 && m_nMaximumTextHeightSoFar==0 )
+        return nRet;
+
+    B2DVector aStart, aEnd;
+    AxisLabelAlignment aLabelAlign = m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment;
+    get2DAxisMainLine(aStart, aEnd, aLabelAlign, getAxisIntersectionValue());
+    m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment = aLabelAlign;
+
+    sal_Int32 nMaxHeight = static_cast<sal_Int32>(fabs(aEnd.getY()-aStart.getY()));
+    sal_Int32 nMaxWidth = static_cast<sal_Int32>(fabs(aEnd.getX()-aStart.getX()));
+
+    sal_Int32 nTotalAvailable = nMaxHeight;
+    sal_Int32 nSingleNeeded = m_nMaximumTextHeightSoFar;
+    sal_Int32 nMaxSameLabel = 0;
+
+    // tdf#48041: do not duplicate the value labels because of rounding
+    if (m_aAxisProperties.m_nAxisType != css::chart2::AxisType::DATE)
+    {
+        FixedNumberFormatter aFixedNumberFormatterTest(m_xNumberFormatsSupplier, m_aAxisLabelProperties.nNumberFormatKey);
+        OUString sPreviousValueLabel;
+        sal_Int32 nSameLabel = 0;
+        for (sal_Int32 nLabel = 0; nLabel < static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_aAllTickInfos[0].size()); ++nLabel)
+        {
+            Color nColor = COL_AUTO;
+            bool bHasColor = false;
+            OUString sValueLabel = aFixedNumberFormatterTest.getFormattedString(m_aAllTickInfos[0][nLabel].fScaledTickValue, nColor, bHasColor);
+            if (sValueLabel == sPreviousValueLabel)
+            {
+                nSameLabel++;
+                if (nSameLabel > nMaxSameLabel)
+                    nMaxSameLabel = nSameLabel;
+            }
+            else
+                nSameLabel = 0;
+            sPreviousValueLabel = sValueLabel;
+        }
+    }
+    //for horizontal axis:
+    if( (m_nDimensionIndex == 0 && !m_aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY)
+        || (m_nDimensionIndex == 1 && m_aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY) )
+    {
+        nTotalAvailable = nMaxWidth;
+        nSingleNeeded = m_nMaximumTextWidthSoFar;
+    }
+
+    if( nSingleNeeded>0 )
+        nRet = nTotalAvailable/nSingleNeeded;
+
+    if ( nMaxSameLabel > 0 )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nRetNoSameLabel = m_aAllTickInfos[0].size() / (nMaxSameLabel + 1);
+        if ( nRet > nRetNoSameLabel )
+           nRet = nRetNoSameLabel;
+    }
+
+    return nRet;
+}
+
+void VCartesianAxis::doStaggeringOfLabels( const AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties, TickFactory2D const * pTickFactory2D )
+{
+    if( !pTickFactory2D )
+        return;
+
+    if( isComplexCategoryAxis() )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nTextLevelCount = getTextLevelCount();
+        B2DVector aCummulatedLabelsDistance(0,0);
+        for( sal_Int32 nTextLevel=0; nTextLevel<nTextLevelCount; nTextLevel++ )
+        {
+            std::unique_ptr<TickIter> apTickIter(createLabelTickIterator(nTextLevel));
+            if (apTickIter)
+            {
+                double fRotationAngleDegree = m_aAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree;
+                if( nTextLevel>0 )
+                {
+                    lcl_shiftLabels(*apTickIter, aCummulatedLabelsDistance);
+                    //multilevel labels: 0 or 90 by default
+                    if( m_aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY )
+                        fRotationAngleDegree = 90.0;
+                    else
+                        fRotationAngleDegree = 0.0;
+                }
+                aCummulatedLabelsDistance += lcl_getLabelsDistance(
+                    *apTickIter, pTickFactory2D->getDistanceAxisTickToText(m_aAxisProperties),
+                    fRotationAngleDegree);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else if (rAxisLabelProperties.isStaggered())
+    {
+        if( !m_aAllTickInfos.empty() )
+        {
+            LabelIterator aInnerIter( m_aAllTickInfos[0], rAxisLabelProperties.eStaggering, true );
+            LabelIterator aOuterIter( m_aAllTickInfos[0], rAxisLabelProperties.eStaggering, false );
+
+            lcl_shiftLabels( aOuterIter
+                , lcl_getLabelsDistance( aInnerIter
+                    , pTickFactory2D->getDistanceAxisTickToText( m_aAxisProperties ), 0.0 ) );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void VCartesianAxis::createLabels()
+{
+    if( !prepareShapeCreation() )
+        return;
+
+    //create labels
+    if (!m_aAxisProperties.m_bDisplayLabels)
+        return;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<TickFactory2D> apTickFactory2D(createTickFactory2D()); // throws on failure
+    TickFactory2D* pTickFactory2D = apTickFactory2D.get();
+
+    //get the transformed screen values for all tickmarks in aAllTickInfos
+    pTickFactory2D->updateScreenValues( m_aAllTickInfos );
+    //'hide' tickmarks with identical screen values in aAllTickInfos
+    hideIdenticalScreenValues( m_aAllTickInfos );
+
+    removeTextShapesFromTicks();
+
+    //create tick mark text shapes
+    sal_Int32 nTextLevelCount = getTextLevelCount();
+    sal_Int32 nScreenDistanceBetweenTicks = -1;
+    for( sal_Int32 nTextLevel=0; nTextLevel<nTextLevelCount; nTextLevel++ )
+    {
+        std::unique_ptr< TickIter > apTickIter(createLabelTickIterator( nTextLevel ));
+        if(apTickIter)
+        {
+            if(nTextLevel==0)
+            {
+                nScreenDistanceBetweenTicks = TickFactory2D::getTickScreenDistance(*apTickIter);
+                if( nTextLevelCount>1 )
+                    nScreenDistanceBetweenTicks*=2; //the above used tick iter does contain also the sub ticks -> thus the given distance is only the half
+            }
+
+            AxisLabelProperties aComplexProps(m_aAxisLabelProperties);
+            if( m_aAxisProperties.m_bComplexCategories )
+            {
+                aComplexProps.bLineBreakAllowed = true;
+                aComplexProps.bOverlapAllowed = aComplexProps.fRotationAngleDegree != 0.0;
+                if( nTextLevel > 0 )
+                {
+                    //multilevel labels: 0 or 90 by default
+                    if( m_aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY )
+                        aComplexProps.fRotationAngleDegree = 90.0;
+                    else
+                        aComplexProps.fRotationAngleDegree = 0.0;
+                }
+            }
+            AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties =  m_aAxisProperties.m_bComplexCategories ? aComplexProps : m_aAxisLabelProperties;
+            while (!createTextShapes(m_xTextTarget, *apTickIter, rAxisLabelProperties,
+                                     pTickFactory2D, nScreenDistanceBetweenTicks))
+            {
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    doStaggeringOfLabels( m_aAxisLabelProperties, pTickFactory2D );
+}
+
+void VCartesianAxis::createMaximumLabels()
+{
+    TrueGuard aRecordMaximumTextSize(m_bRecordMaximumTextSize);
+
+    if( !prepareShapeCreation() )
+        return;
+
+    //create labels
+    if (!m_aAxisProperties.m_bDisplayLabels)
+        return;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<TickFactory2D> apTickFactory2D(createTickFactory2D()); // throws on failure
+    TickFactory2D* pTickFactory2D = apTickFactory2D.get();
+
+    //get the transformed screen values for all tickmarks in aAllTickInfos
+    pTickFactory2D->updateScreenValues( m_aAllTickInfos );
+
+    //create tick mark text shapes
+    //@todo: iterate through all tick depth which should be labeled
+
+    AxisLabelProperties aAxisLabelProperties( m_aAxisLabelProperties );
+    if( isAutoStaggeringOfLabelsAllowed( aAxisLabelProperties, pTickFactory2D->isHorizontalAxis(), pTickFactory2D->isVerticalAxis() ) )
+        aAxisLabelProperties.eStaggering = AxisLabelStaggering::StaggerEven;
+
+    aAxisLabelProperties.bOverlapAllowed = true;
+    aAxisLabelProperties.bLineBreakAllowed = false;
+    sal_Int32 nTextLevelCount = getTextLevelCount();
+    for( sal_Int32 nTextLevel=0; nTextLevel<nTextLevelCount; nTextLevel++ )
+    {
+        std::unique_ptr< TickIter > apTickIter(createMaximumLabelTickIterator( nTextLevel ));
+        if(apTickIter)
+        {
+            while (!createTextShapes(m_xTextTarget, *apTickIter, aAxisLabelProperties,
+                                     pTickFactory2D, -1))
+            {
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    doStaggeringOfLabels( aAxisLabelProperties, pTickFactory2D );
+}
+
+void VCartesianAxis::updatePositions()
+{
+    //update positions of labels
+    if (!m_aAxisProperties.m_bDisplayLabels)
+        return;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<TickFactory2D> apTickFactory2D(createTickFactory2D()); // throws on failure
+    TickFactory2D* pTickFactory2D = apTickFactory2D.get();
+
+    //update positions of all existing text shapes
+    pTickFactory2D->updateScreenValues( m_aAllTickInfos );
+
+    sal_Int32 nDepth=0;
+    for (auto const& tickInfos : m_aAllTickInfos)
+    {
+        for (auto const& tickInfo : tickInfos)
+        {
+            Reference< drawing::XShape > xShape2DText(tickInfo.xTextShape);
+            if( xShape2DText.is() )
+            {
+                B2DVector aTextToTickDistance( pTickFactory2D->getDistanceAxisTickToText( m_aAxisProperties, true ) );
+                B2DVector aTickScreenPos2D(tickInfo.aTickScreenPosition);
+                aTickScreenPos2D += aTextToTickDistance;
+                awt::Point aAnchorScreenPosition2D(
+                    static_cast<sal_Int32>(aTickScreenPos2D.getX())
+                    ,static_cast<sal_Int32>(aTickScreenPos2D.getY()));
+
+                double fRotationAngleDegree = m_aAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree;
+                if( nDepth > 0 )
+                {
+                    //multilevel labels: 0 or 90 by default
+                    if( pTickFactory2D->isHorizontalAxis() )
+                        fRotationAngleDegree = 0.0;
+                    else
+                        fRotationAngleDegree = 90;
+                }
+
+                // #i78696# use mathematically correct rotation now
+                const double fRotationAnglePi(-basegfx::deg2rad(fRotationAngleDegree));
+                uno::Any aATransformation = ShapeFactory::makeTransformation(aAnchorScreenPosition2D, fRotationAnglePi);
+
+                //set new position
+                uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xProp( xShape2DText, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+                if( xProp.is() )
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        xProp->setPropertyValue( "Transformation", aATransformation );
+                    }
+                    catch( const uno::Exception& )
+                    {
+                        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("chart2", "" );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                //correctPositionForRotation
+                LabelPositionHelper::correctPositionForRotation( xShape2DText
+                    , m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.meAlignment, fRotationAngleDegree, m_aAxisProperties.m_bComplexCategories );
+            }
+        }
+        ++nDepth;
+    }
+
+    doStaggeringOfLabels( m_aAxisLabelProperties, pTickFactory2D );
+}
+
+void VCartesianAxis::createTickMarkLineShapes( TickInfoArrayType& rTickInfos, const TickmarkProperties& rTickmarkProperties, TickFactory2D const & rTickFactory2D, bool bOnlyAtLabels )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nPointCount = rTickInfos.size();
+    drawing::PointSequenceSequence aPoints(2*nPointCount);
+
+    sal_Int32 nN = 0;
+    for (auto const& tickInfo : rTickInfos)
+    {
+        if( !tickInfo.bPaintIt )
+            continue;
+
+        bool bTicksAtLabels = ( m_aAxisProperties.m_eTickmarkPos != css::chart::ChartAxisMarkPosition_AT_AXIS );
+        double fInnerDirectionSign = m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection;
+        if( bTicksAtLabels && m_aAxisProperties.m_eLabelPos == css::chart::ChartAxisLabelPosition_OUTSIDE_END )
+            fInnerDirectionSign *= -1.0;
+        bTicksAtLabels = bTicksAtLabels || bOnlyAtLabels;
+        //add ticks at labels:
+        rTickFactory2D.addPointSequenceForTickLine( aPoints, nN++, tickInfo.fScaledTickValue
+            , fInnerDirectionSign , rTickmarkProperties, bTicksAtLabels );
+        //add ticks at axis (without labels):
+        if( !bOnlyAtLabels && m_aAxisProperties.m_eTickmarkPos == css::chart::ChartAxisMarkPosition_AT_LABELS_AND_AXIS )
+            rTickFactory2D.addPointSequenceForTickLine( aPoints, nN++, tickInfo.fScaledTickValue
+                , m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection, rTickmarkProperties, !bTicksAtLabels );
+    }
+    aPoints.realloc(nN);
+    m_pShapeFactory->createLine2D( m_xGroupShape_Shapes, aPoints
+                                , &rTickmarkProperties.aLineProperties );
+}
+
+void VCartesianAxis::createShapes()
+{
+    if( !prepareShapeCreation() )
+        return;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<TickFactory2D> apTickFactory2D(createTickFactory2D()); // throws on failure
+    TickFactory2D* pTickFactory2D = apTickFactory2D.get();
+
+    //create line shapes
+    if(m_nDimension==2)
+    {
+        //create extra long ticks to separate complex categories (create them only there where the labels are)
+        if( isComplexCategoryAxis() )
+        {
+            TickInfoArraysType aComplexTickInfos;
+            createAllTickInfosFromComplexCategories( aComplexTickInfos, true );
+            pTickFactory2D->updateScreenValues( aComplexTickInfos );
+            hideIdenticalScreenValues( aComplexTickInfos );
+
+            std::vector<TickmarkProperties> aTickmarkPropertiesList;
+            static const bool bIncludeSpaceBetweenTickAndText = false;
+            sal_Int32 nOffset = static_cast<sal_Int32>(pTickFactory2D->getDistanceAxisTickToText( m_aAxisProperties, false, bIncludeSpaceBetweenTickAndText ).getLength());
+            sal_Int32 nTextLevelCount = getTextLevelCount();
+            for( sal_Int32 nTextLevel=0; nTextLevel<nTextLevelCount; nTextLevel++ )
+            {
+                std::unique_ptr< TickIter > apTickIter(createLabelTickIterator( nTextLevel ));
+                if( apTickIter )
+                {
+                    double fRotationAngleDegree = m_aAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree;
+                    if( nTextLevel > 0 )
+                    {
+                        //Multi-level Labels: default to 0 or 90
+                        if( m_aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY )
+                            fRotationAngleDegree = 90.0;
+                        else
+                            fRotationAngleDegree = 0.0;
+                    }
+                    B2DVector aLabelsDistance(lcl_getLabelsDistance(
+                        *apTickIter, pTickFactory2D->getDistanceAxisTickToText(m_aAxisProperties),
+                        fRotationAngleDegree));
+                    sal_Int32 nCurrentLength = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aLabelsDistance.getLength());
+                    aTickmarkPropertiesList.push_back( m_aAxisProperties.makeTickmarkPropertiesForComplexCategories( nOffset + nCurrentLength, 0 ) );
+                    nOffset += nCurrentLength;
+                }
+            }
+
+            sal_Int32 nTickmarkPropertiesCount = aTickmarkPropertiesList.size();
+            TickInfoArraysType::iterator aDepthIter             = aComplexTickInfos.begin();
+            const TickInfoArraysType::const_iterator aDepthEnd  = aComplexTickInfos.end();
+            for( sal_Int32 nDepth=0; aDepthIter != aDepthEnd && nDepth < nTickmarkPropertiesCount; ++aDepthIter, nDepth++ )
+            {
+                if(nDepth==0 && !m_aAxisProperties.m_nMajorTickmarks)
+                    continue;
+                createTickMarkLineShapes( *aDepthIter, aTickmarkPropertiesList[nDepth], *pTickFactory2D, true /*bOnlyAtLabels*/ );
+            }
+        }
+        //create normal ticks for major and minor intervals
+        {
+            TickInfoArraysType aUnshiftedTickInfos;
+            if( m_aScale.ShiftedCategoryPosition )// if ShiftedCategoryPosition==true the tickmarks in m_aAllTickInfos are shifted
+            {
+                pTickFactory2D->getAllTicks( aUnshiftedTickInfos );
+                pTickFactory2D->updateScreenValues( aUnshiftedTickInfos );
+                hideIdenticalScreenValues( aUnshiftedTickInfos );
+            }
+            TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos = m_aScale.ShiftedCategoryPosition ? aUnshiftedTickInfos : m_aAllTickInfos;
+
+            if (rAllTickInfos.empty())
+                return;
+
+            sal_Int32 nDepth = 0;
+            sal_Int32 nTickmarkPropertiesCount = m_aAxisProperties.m_aTickmarkPropertiesList.size();
+            for( auto& rTickInfos : rAllTickInfos )
+            {
+                if (nDepth == nTickmarkPropertiesCount)
+                    break;
+
+                createTickMarkLineShapes( rTickInfos, m_aAxisProperties.m_aTickmarkPropertiesList[nDepth], *pTickFactory2D, false /*bOnlyAtLabels*/ );
+                nDepth++;
+            }
+        }
+        //create axis main lines
+        //it serves also as the handle shape for the axis selection
+        {
+            drawing::PointSequenceSequence aPoints(1);
+            apTickFactory2D->createPointSequenceForAxisMainLine( aPoints );
+            Reference< drawing::XShape > xShape = m_pShapeFactory->createLine2D(
+                    m_xGroupShape_Shapes, aPoints
+                    , &m_aAxisProperties.m_aLineProperties );
+            //because of this name this line will be used for marking the axis
+            ::chart::ShapeFactory::setShapeName( xShape, "MarkHandles" );
+        }
+        //create an additional line at NULL
+        if( !AxisHelper::isAxisPositioningEnabled() )
+        {
+            double fExtraLineCrossesOtherAxis = getExtraLineIntersectionValue();
+            if (!std::isnan(fExtraLineCrossesOtherAxis))
+            {
+                B2DVector aStart, aEnd;
+                AxisLabelAlignment aLabelAlign = m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment;
+                get2DAxisMainLine(aStart, aEnd, aLabelAlign, fExtraLineCrossesOtherAxis);
+                m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment = aLabelAlign;
+                drawing::PointSequenceSequence aPoints{{
+                        {static_cast<sal_Int32>(aStart.getX()), static_cast<sal_Int32>(aStart.getY())},
+                        {static_cast<sal_Int32>(aEnd.getX()), static_cast<sal_Int32>(aEnd.getY())} }};
+                m_pShapeFactory->createLine2D(
+                        m_xGroupShape_Shapes, aPoints, &m_aAxisProperties.m_aLineProperties );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    createLabels();
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianAxis.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianAxis.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c020bc41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianAxis.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VCARTESIANAXIS_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VCARTESIANAXIS_HXX
+
+#include "VAxisBase.hxx"
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2dvector.hxx>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class VCartesianAxis : public VAxisBase
+{
+    // public methods
+public:
+    VCartesianAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+           , const css::uno::Reference< css::util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier
+           , sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount
+           , PlottingPositionHelper* pPosHelper = nullptr //takes ownership
+           );
+
+    virtual ~VCartesianAxis() override;
+
+    virtual void createMaximumLabels() override;
+    virtual void createLabels() override;
+    virtual void updatePositions() override;
+
+    virtual void createShapes() override;
+
+    virtual sal_Int32 estimateMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount() override;
+    virtual void createAllTickInfos( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) override;
+    void createAllTickInfosFromComplexCategories( TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos, bool bShiftedPosition );
+
+    TickIter* createLabelTickIterator( sal_Int32 nTextLevel );
+    TickIter* createMaximumLabelTickIterator( sal_Int32 nTextLevel );
+    sal_Int32 getTextLevelCount() const;
+
+    virtual TickFactory* createTickFactory() override;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the value at which the other axis crosses.
+     */
+    double getAxisIntersectionValue() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the value at which label line crosses the other axis.
+     */
+    double getLabelLineIntersectionValue() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the value at which extra line crosses the other axis.
+     *
+     * @return a NaN if the line doesn't cross the other axis, a non-NaN value
+     *         otherwise.
+     */
+    double getExtraLineIntersectionValue() const;
+
+    void get2DAxisMainLine(
+        basegfx::B2DVector& rStart, basegfx::B2DVector& rEnd, AxisLabelAlignment& rLabelAlignment,
+        double fCrossesOtherAxis ) const;
+
+    //Layout interface for cartesian axes:
+
+    //the returned value describes the minimum size that is necessary
+    //for the text labels in the direction orthogonal to the axis
+    //(for an y-axis a width is returned; in case of an x-axis the value describes a height)
+    //the return value is measured in screen dimension
+    //As an example the MinimumOrthogonalSize of an x-axis equals the
+    //Font Height if the label properties allow for labels parallel to the axis.
+//    sal_Int32 calculateMinimumOrthogonalSize( /*... parallel...*/ );
+    //Minimum->Preferred
+
+    //returns true if the MinimumOrthogonalSize can be calculated
+    //with the creation of at most one text shape
+    //(this is e.g. true if the parameters allow for labels parallel to the axis.)
+//    sal_bool  canQuicklyCalculateMinimumOrthogonalSize();
+
+    struct ScreenPosAndLogicPos
+    {
+        double fLogicX;
+        double fLogicY;
+        double fLogicZ;
+
+        ::basegfx::B2DVector aScreenPos;
+    };
+
+private: //methods
+    /**
+     * Go through all tick label positions and decide which labels to display
+     * based on the text shape geometry, overlap setting, tick interval,
+     * auto-stagger setting etc.
+     *
+     * When the auto-stagger setting is on, try to avoid overlaps by
+     * staggering labels or set the labels at an angle.  This method may
+     * change the axis label properties especially when the auto staggering is
+     * performed.  But the screen label positions will not be shifted in this
+     * method; it will be done in the doStaggeringOfLabels method.
+     *
+     * @return true if the text shapes have been successfully created,
+     *         otherwise false.  Returning false means the AxisLabelProperties
+     *         have changed during the call, and the caller needs to call this
+     *         method once again to get the text shapes created.
+     */
+    bool createTextShapes(
+        const css::uno::Reference<css::drawing::XShapes >& xTarget,
+        TickIter& rTickIter, AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties,
+        TickFactory2D const * pTickFactory, sal_Int32 nScreenDistanceBetweenTicks );
+
+    /**
+     * Variant of createTextShapes where none of auto-staggering and
+     * link-breaking are allowed in case of overlaps.  Overlaps of text shapes
+     * are to be resolved only by adjusting the label tick interval.
+     */
+    bool createTextShapesSimple(
+        const css::uno::Reference<css::drawing::XShapes >& xTarget,
+        TickIter& rTickIter, AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties,
+        TickFactory2D const * pTickFactory );
+
+    void createTickMarkLineShapes( TickInfoArrayType& rTickInfos, const TickmarkProperties& rTickmarkProperties, TickFactory2D const & rTickFactory2D, bool bOnlyAtLabels );
+
+    TickFactory2D* createTickFactory2D();
+    void hideIdenticalScreenValues( TickInfoArraysType& rTickInfos ) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Shift the screen positions of the tick labels according to the stagger
+     * settings.  Final stagger setting is decided during the createTextShapes
+     * call, but this method does the physical shifting of the label
+     * positions based on the final stagger setting.
+     */
+    void    doStaggeringOfLabels( const AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties
+                            , TickFactory2D const * pTickFactory2D );
+
+    /**
+     * @return true if we can break a single line label text into multiple
+     *         lines for better fitting, otherwise false.
+     */
+    bool isBreakOfLabelsAllowed( const AxisLabelProperties& rAxisLabelProperties, bool bIsHorizontalAxis, bool bIsVerticalAxis ) const;
+
+    ::basegfx::B2DVector getScreenPosition( double fLogicX, double fLogicY, double fLogicZ ) const;
+    ScreenPosAndLogicPos getScreenPosAndLogicPos( double fLogicX, double fLogicY, double fLogicZ ) const;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianCoordinateSystem.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianCoordinateSystem.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7fe42a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianCoordinateSystem.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "VCartesianCoordinateSystem.hxx"
+#include "VCartesianGrid.hxx"
+#include "VCartesianAxis.hxx"
+#include <AxisIndexDefines.hxx>
+#include <AxisHelper.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <ChartModel.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/XCoordinateSystem.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/data/XTextualDataSequence.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/AxisType.hpp>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+
+namespace {
+
+class TextualDataProvider : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<
+        css::chart2::data::XTextualDataSequence
+        >
+{
+public:
+    explicit TextualDataProvider( const uno::Sequence< OUString >& rTextSequence )
+        : m_aTextSequence( rTextSequence )
+    {
+    }
+
+    //XTextualDataSequence
+    virtual uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getTextualData() override
+    {
+        return m_aTextSequence;
+    }
+
+private: //member
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > m_aTextSequence;
+};
+
+}
+
+VCartesianCoordinateSystem::VCartesianCoordinateSystem( const Reference< XCoordinateSystem >& xCooSys )
+    : VCoordinateSystem(xCooSys)
+{
+}
+
+VCartesianCoordinateSystem::~VCartesianCoordinateSystem()
+{
+}
+
+void VCartesianCoordinateSystem::createGridShapes()
+{
+    if(!m_xLogicTargetForGrids.is() || !m_xFinalTarget.is() )
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionCount = m_xCooSysModel->getDimension();
+    bool bSwapXAndY = getPropertySwapXAndYAxis();
+
+    for( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex=0; nDimensionIndex<3; nDimensionIndex++)
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nAxisIndex = MAIN_AXIS_INDEX;
+        Reference< XAxis > xAxis( AxisHelper::getAxis( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex, m_xCooSysModel ) );
+        if(!xAxis.is() || !AxisHelper::shouldAxisBeDisplayed( xAxis, m_xCooSysModel ))
+            continue;
+
+        VCartesianGrid aGrid(nDimensionIndex,nDimensionCount, getGridListFromAxis( xAxis ));
+        aGrid.setExplicitScaleAndIncrement( getExplicitScale(nDimensionIndex,nAxisIndex)
+                            , getExplicitIncrement(nDimensionIndex,nAxisIndex) );
+        aGrid.set3DWallPositions( m_eLeftWallPos, m_eBackWallPos, m_eBottomPos );
+
+        aGrid.initPlotter(m_xLogicTargetForGrids,m_xFinalTarget,m_xShapeFactory
+            , createCIDForGrid( nDimensionIndex,nAxisIndex ) );
+        if(nDimensionCount==2)
+            aGrid.setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+        aGrid.setScales( getExplicitScales(nDimensionIndex,nAxisIndex), bSwapXAndY );
+        aGrid.createShapes();
+    }
+}
+
+void VCartesianCoordinateSystem::createVAxisList(
+              const uno::Reference<chart2::XChartDocument> & xChartDoc
+            , const awt::Size& rFontReferenceSize
+            , const awt::Rectangle& rMaximumSpaceForLabels
+            , bool bLimitSpaceForLabels
+            )
+{
+    // note: using xChartDoc itself as XNumberFormatsSupplier would cause
+    // a leak from VCartesianAxis due to cyclic reference
+    uno::Reference<util::XNumberFormatsSupplier> const xNumberFormatsSupplier(
+        dynamic_cast<ChartModel&>(*xChartDoc).getNumberFormatsSupplier());
+
+    m_aAxisMap.clear();
+
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionCount = m_xCooSysModel->getDimension();
+    bool bSwapXAndY = getPropertySwapXAndYAxis();
+
+    if(nDimensionCount<=0)
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex = 0;
+
+    // dimension index -> x, y or z axis.
+    for( nDimensionIndex = 0; nDimensionIndex < nDimensionCount; nDimensionIndex++ )
+    {
+        // axis index -> primary or secondary axis.
+        sal_Int32 nMaxAxisIndex = m_xCooSysModel->getMaximumAxisIndexByDimension(nDimensionIndex);
+        for( sal_Int32 nAxisIndex = 0; nAxisIndex <= nMaxAxisIndex; nAxisIndex++ )
+        {
+            Reference< XAxis > xAxis = getAxisByDimension(nDimensionIndex,nAxisIndex);
+            if(!xAxis.is() || !AxisHelper::shouldAxisBeDisplayed( xAxis, m_xCooSysModel ))
+                continue;
+
+            AxisProperties aAxisProperties(xAxis,getExplicitCategoriesProvider());
+            aAxisProperties.m_nDimensionIndex = nDimensionIndex;
+            aAxisProperties.m_bSwapXAndY = bSwapXAndY;
+            aAxisProperties.m_bIsMainAxis = (nAxisIndex==0);
+            aAxisProperties.m_bLimitSpaceForLabels = bLimitSpaceForLabels;
+            Reference< XAxis > xCrossingMainAxis( AxisHelper::getCrossingMainAxis( xAxis, m_xCooSysModel ) );
+            if( xCrossingMainAxis.is() )
+            {
+                ScaleData aCrossingScale( xCrossingMainAxis->getScaleData() );
+                aAxisProperties.m_bCrossingAxisHasReverseDirection = (aCrossingScale.Orientation==AxisOrientation_REVERSE);
+
+                if( aCrossingScale.AxisType == AxisType::CATEGORY )
+                    aAxisProperties.m_bCrossingAxisIsCategoryAxes = true;
+            }
+
+            if( nDimensionIndex == 2 )
+            {
+                aAxisProperties.m_xAxisTextProvider = new TextualDataProvider( m_aSeriesNamesForZAxis );
+
+                //for the z axis copy the positioning properties from the x axis (or from the y axis for swapped coordinate systems)
+                Reference< XAxis > xSisterAxis( AxisHelper::getCrossingMainAxis( xCrossingMainAxis, m_xCooSysModel ) );
+                aAxisProperties.initAxisPositioning( Reference< beans::XPropertySet >( xSisterAxis, uno::UNO_QUERY) );
+            }
+            aAxisProperties.init(true);
+            if(aAxisProperties.m_bDisplayLabels)
+                aAxisProperties.m_nNumberFormatKey = getNumberFormatKeyForAxis(xAxis, xChartDoc);
+
+            auto apVAxis = std::make_shared<VCartesianAxis>(aAxisProperties,xNumberFormatsSupplier,nDimensionIndex,nDimensionCount);
+            tFullAxisIndex aFullAxisIndex( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+            m_aAxisMap[aFullAxisIndex] = apVAxis;
+            apVAxis->set3DWallPositions( m_eLeftWallPos, m_eBackWallPos, m_eBottomPos );
+
+            apVAxis->initAxisLabelProperties(rFontReferenceSize,rMaximumSpaceForLabels);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void VCartesianCoordinateSystem::initVAxisInList()
+{
+    if(!m_xLogicTargetForAxes.is() || !m_xFinalTarget.is() || !m_xCooSysModel.is() )
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionCount = m_xCooSysModel->getDimension();
+    bool bSwapXAndY = getPropertySwapXAndYAxis();
+
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aAxisMap)
+    {
+        VAxisBase* pVAxis = elem.second.get();
+        if( pVAxis )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex = elem.first.first;
+            sal_Int32 nAxisIndex = elem.first.second;
+            pVAxis->setExplicitScaleAndIncrement( getExplicitScale( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ), getExplicitIncrement( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ) );
+            pVAxis->initPlotter(m_xLogicTargetForAxes,m_xFinalTarget,m_xShapeFactory
+                , createCIDForAxis( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ) );
+            if(nDimensionCount==2)
+                pVAxis->setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+            pVAxis->setScales( getExplicitScales(nDimensionIndex,nAxisIndex), bSwapXAndY );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void VCartesianCoordinateSystem::updateScalesAndIncrementsOnAxes()
+{
+    if(!m_xLogicTargetForAxes.is() || !m_xFinalTarget.is() || !m_xCooSysModel.is() )
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionCount = m_xCooSysModel->getDimension();
+    bool bSwapXAndY = getPropertySwapXAndYAxis();
+
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aAxisMap)
+    {
+        VAxisBase* pVAxis = elem.second.get();
+        if( pVAxis )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex = elem.first.first;
+            sal_Int32 nAxisIndex = elem.first.second;
+            pVAxis->setExplicitScaleAndIncrement( getExplicitScale( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ), getExplicitIncrement( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ) );
+            if(nDimensionCount==2)
+                pVAxis->setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+            pVAxis->setScales( getExplicitScales(nDimensionIndex,nAxisIndex), bSwapXAndY );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianCoordinateSystem.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianCoordinateSystem.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e959dbc5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianCoordinateSystem.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VCARTESIANCOORDINATESYSTEM_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VCARTESIANCOORDINATESYSTEM_HXX
+
+#include <VCoordinateSystem.hxx>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class VCartesianCoordinateSystem : public VCoordinateSystem
+{
+public:
+    VCartesianCoordinateSystem() = delete;
+    explicit VCartesianCoordinateSystem( const css::uno::Reference< css::chart2::XCoordinateSystem >& xCooSys );
+    virtual ~VCartesianCoordinateSystem() override;
+
+    virtual void createVAxisList(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::chart2::XChartDocument> &ChartDoc
+            , const css::awt::Size& rFontReferenceSize
+            , const css::awt::Rectangle& rMaximumSpaceForLabels
+            , bool bLimitSpaceForLabels ) override;
+
+    virtual void initVAxisInList() override;
+    virtual void updateScalesAndIncrementsOnAxes() override;
+
+    virtual void createGridShapes() override;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianGrid.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianGrid.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eda61d9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianGrid.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "VCartesianGrid.hxx"
+#include "Tickmarks.hxx"
+#include <PlottingPositionHelper.hxx>
+#include <ShapeFactory.hxx>
+#include <ObjectIdentifier.hxx>
+#include <CommonConverters.hxx>
+#include <AxisHelper.hxx>
+#include <VLineProperties.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/drawing/PointSequenceSequence.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/drawing/LineStyle.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/XTransformation.hpp>
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+
+namespace {
+
+struct GridLinePoints
+{
+    Sequence< double > P0;
+    Sequence< double > P1;
+    Sequence< double > P2;
+
+    GridLinePoints( const PlottingPositionHelper* pPosHelper, sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex
+        , CuboidPlanePosition eLeftWallPos=CuboidPlanePosition_Left
+        , CuboidPlanePosition eBackWallPos=CuboidPlanePosition_Back
+        , CuboidPlanePosition eBottomPos=CuboidPlanePosition_Bottom );
+    void update( double fScaledTickValue );
+
+    sal_Int32 m_nDimensionIndex;
+};
+
+}
+
+GridLinePoints::GridLinePoints( const PlottingPositionHelper* pPosHelper, sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex
+                , CuboidPlanePosition eLeftWallPos
+                , CuboidPlanePosition eBackWallPos
+                , CuboidPlanePosition eBottomPos )
+                : P0(3)
+                , P1(3)
+                , P2(3)
+                , m_nDimensionIndex(nDimensionIndex)
+{
+    double MinX = pPosHelper->getLogicMinX();
+    double MinY = pPosHelper->getLogicMinY();
+    double MinZ = pPosHelper->getLogicMinZ();
+    double MaxX = pPosHelper->getLogicMaxX();
+    double MaxY = pPosHelper->getLogicMaxY();
+    double MaxZ = pPosHelper->getLogicMaxZ();
+
+    pPosHelper->doLogicScaling( &MinX,&MinY,&MinZ );
+    pPosHelper->doLogicScaling( &MaxX,&MaxY,&MaxZ );
+
+    if(!pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationX())
+    {
+        double fHelp = MinX;
+        MinX = MaxX;
+        MaxX = fHelp;
+    }
+    if(!pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationY())
+    {
+        double fHelp = MinY;
+        MinY = MaxY;
+        MaxY = fHelp;
+    }
+    if(pPosHelper->isMathematicalOrientationZ())//z axis in draw is reverse to mathematical
+    {
+        double fHelp = MinZ;
+        MinZ = MaxZ;
+        MaxZ = fHelp;
+    }
+    bool bSwapXY = pPosHelper->isSwapXAndY();
+
+    //P0: point on 'back' wall, not on 'left' wall
+    //P1: point on both walls
+    //P2: point on 'left' wall not on 'back' wall
+
+    P0[0]=P1[0]=P2[0]= (eLeftWallPos == CuboidPlanePosition_Left || bSwapXY) ? MinX : MaxX;
+    P0[1]=P1[1]=P2[1]= (eLeftWallPos == CuboidPlanePosition_Left || !bSwapXY) ? MinY : MaxY;
+    P0[2]=P1[2]=P2[2]= (eBackWallPos == CuboidPlanePosition_Back) ? MinZ : MaxZ;
+
+    if(m_nDimensionIndex==0)
+    {
+        P0[1]= (eLeftWallPos == CuboidPlanePosition_Left || !bSwapXY) ? MaxY : MinY;
+        P2[2]= (eBackWallPos == CuboidPlanePosition_Back) ? MaxZ : MinZ;
+        if( eBottomPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Bottom && !bSwapXY )
+            P2=P1;
+    }
+    else if(m_nDimensionIndex==1)
+    {
+        P0[0]= (eLeftWallPos == CuboidPlanePosition_Left || bSwapXY) ? MaxX : MinX;
+        P2[2]= (eBackWallPos == CuboidPlanePosition_Back) ? MaxZ : MinZ;
+        if( eBottomPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Bottom && bSwapXY )
+            P2=P1;
+    }
+    else if(m_nDimensionIndex==2)
+    {
+        P0[0]= (eLeftWallPos == CuboidPlanePosition_Left || bSwapXY) ? MaxX : MinX;
+        P2[1]= (eLeftWallPos == CuboidPlanePosition_Left || !bSwapXY) ? MaxY : MinY;
+        if( eBottomPos != CuboidPlanePosition_Bottom )
+        {
+            if( !bSwapXY )
+                P0=P1;
+            else
+                P2=P1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void GridLinePoints::update( double fScaledTickValue )
+{
+    P0[m_nDimensionIndex] = P1[m_nDimensionIndex] = P2[m_nDimensionIndex] = fScaledTickValue;
+}
+
+static void addLine2D( drawing::PointSequenceSequence& rPoints, sal_Int32 nIndex
+             , const GridLinePoints& rScaledLogicPoints
+             , const Reference< XTransformation > & xTransformation
+              )
+{
+    drawing::Position3D aPA = SequenceToPosition3D( xTransformation->transform( rScaledLogicPoints.P0 ) );
+    drawing::Position3D aPB = SequenceToPosition3D( xTransformation->transform( rScaledLogicPoints.P1 ) );
+
+    rPoints[nIndex].realloc(2);
+    rPoints[nIndex][0].X = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aPA.PositionX);
+    rPoints[nIndex][0].Y = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aPA.PositionY);
+    rPoints[nIndex][1].X = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aPB.PositionX);
+    rPoints[nIndex][1].Y = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aPB.PositionY);
+}
+
+static void addLine3D( drawing::PolyPolygonShape3D& rPoints, sal_Int32 nIndex
+            , const GridLinePoints& rBasePoints
+            , const Reference< XTransformation > & xTransformation )
+{
+    drawing::Position3D aPoint = SequenceToPosition3D( xTransformation->transform( rBasePoints.P0 ) );
+    AddPointToPoly( rPoints, aPoint, nIndex );
+    aPoint = SequenceToPosition3D( xTransformation->transform( rBasePoints.P1 ) );
+    AddPointToPoly( rPoints, aPoint, nIndex );
+    aPoint = SequenceToPosition3D( xTransformation->transform( rBasePoints.P2 ) );
+    AddPointToPoly( rPoints, aPoint, nIndex );
+}
+
+VCartesianGrid::VCartesianGrid( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount
+                               , const Sequence< Reference< beans::XPropertySet > > & rGridPropertiesList )
+            : VAxisOrGridBase( nDimensionIndex, nDimensionCount )
+            , m_aGridPropertiesList( rGridPropertiesList )
+{
+    m_pPosHelper = new PlottingPositionHelper();
+}
+
+VCartesianGrid::~VCartesianGrid()
+{
+    delete m_pPosHelper;
+    m_pPosHelper = nullptr;
+}
+
+void VCartesianGrid::fillLinePropertiesFromGridModel( std::vector<VLineProperties>& rLinePropertiesList
+                                     , const Sequence< Reference< beans::XPropertySet > > & rGridPropertiesList )
+{
+    rLinePropertiesList.clear();
+    if( !rGridPropertiesList.hasElements() )
+        return;
+
+    VLineProperties aLineProperties;
+    for( const auto & rxPropSet : rGridPropertiesList )
+    {
+        if(!AxisHelper::isGridVisible( rxPropSet ))
+            aLineProperties.LineStyle <<= drawing::LineStyle_NONE;
+        else
+            aLineProperties.initFromPropertySet( rxPropSet );
+        rLinePropertiesList.push_back(aLineProperties);
+    }
+};
+
+void VCartesianGrid::createShapes()
+{
+    if(!m_aGridPropertiesList.hasElements())
+        return;
+    //somehow equal to axis tickmarks
+
+    //create named group shape
+    Reference< drawing::XShapes > xGroupShape_Shapes(
+        createGroupShape( m_xLogicTarget, m_aCID ) );
+
+    if(!xGroupShape_Shapes.is())
+        return;
+
+    std::vector<VLineProperties> aLinePropertiesList;
+    fillLinePropertiesFromGridModel( aLinePropertiesList, m_aGridPropertiesList );
+
+    //create all scaled tickmark values
+    std::unique_ptr< TickFactory > apTickFactory( createTickFactory() );
+    TickFactory& aTickFactory = *apTickFactory;
+    TickInfoArraysType aAllTickInfos;
+    aTickFactory.getAllTicks( aAllTickInfos );
+
+    //create tick mark line shapes
+
+    if(aAllTickInfos.empty())//no tickmarks at all
+        return;
+
+    TickInfoArraysType::iterator aDepthIter             = aAllTickInfos.begin();
+    const TickInfoArraysType::const_iterator aDepthEnd  = aAllTickInfos.end();
+
+    sal_Int32 nLinePropertiesCount = aLinePropertiesList.size();
+    for( sal_Int32 nDepth=0
+        ; aDepthIter != aDepthEnd && nDepth < nLinePropertiesCount
+        ; ++aDepthIter, nDepth++ )
+    {
+        if( !aLinePropertiesList[nDepth].isLineVisible() )
+            continue;
+
+        Reference< drawing::XShapes > xTarget( xGroupShape_Shapes );
+        if( nDepth > 0 )
+        {
+            xTarget.set( createGroupShape( m_xLogicTarget
+                , ObjectIdentifier::addChildParticle( m_aCID, ObjectIdentifier::createChildParticleWithIndex( OBJECTTYPE_SUBGRID, nDepth-1 ) )
+                ) );
+            if(!xTarget.is())
+                xTarget.set( xGroupShape_Shapes );
+        }
+
+        if(m_nDimension==2)
+        {
+
+            GridLinePoints aGridLinePoints( m_pPosHelper, m_nDimensionIndex );
+
+            sal_Int32 nPointCount = (*aDepthIter).size();
+            drawing::PointSequenceSequence aPoints(nPointCount);
+
+            sal_Int32 nRealPointCount = 0;
+            for (auto const& tick : *aDepthIter)
+            {
+                if( !tick.bPaintIt )
+                    continue;
+                aGridLinePoints.update( tick.fScaledTickValue );
+                addLine2D( aPoints, nRealPointCount, aGridLinePoints, m_pPosHelper->getTransformationScaledLogicToScene() );
+                nRealPointCount++;
+            }
+            aPoints.realloc(nRealPointCount);
+            m_pShapeFactory->createLine2D( xTarget, aPoints, &aLinePropertiesList[nDepth] );
+
+            //prepare polygon for handle shape:
+            drawing::PointSequenceSequence aHandlesPoints(1);
+            sal_Int32 nOldHandleCount = aHandlesPoints[0].getLength();
+            aHandlesPoints[0].realloc(nOldHandleCount+nRealPointCount);
+            for( sal_Int32 nN = 0; nN<nRealPointCount; nN++)
+                aHandlesPoints[0][nOldHandleCount+nN] = aPoints[nN][1];
+
+            //create handle shape:
+            VLineProperties aHandleLineProperties;
+            aHandleLineProperties.LineStyle    <<= drawing::LineStyle_NONE;
+            Reference< drawing::XShape > xHandleShape =
+                m_pShapeFactory->createLine2D( xTarget, aHandlesPoints, &aHandleLineProperties );
+            ::chart::ShapeFactory::setShapeName( xHandleShape, "HandlesOnly" );
+        }
+        else //if(2!=m_nDimension)
+        {
+            GridLinePoints aGridLinePoints( m_pPosHelper, m_nDimensionIndex, m_eLeftWallPos, m_eBackWallPos, m_eBottomPos );
+
+            sal_Int32 nPointCount = (*aDepthIter).size();
+            drawing::PolyPolygonShape3D aPoints;
+            aPoints.SequenceX.realloc(nPointCount);
+            aPoints.SequenceY.realloc(nPointCount);
+            aPoints.SequenceZ.realloc(nPointCount);
+
+            sal_Int32 nRealPointCount = 0;
+            sal_Int32 nPolyIndex = 0;
+            for (auto const& tick : *aDepthIter)
+            {
+                if( !tick.bPaintIt )
+                {
+                    ++nPolyIndex;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                aGridLinePoints.update( tick.fScaledTickValue );
+                addLine3D( aPoints, nPolyIndex, aGridLinePoints, m_pPosHelper->getTransformationScaledLogicToScene() );
+                nRealPointCount+=3;
+                ++nPolyIndex;
+            }
+            aPoints.SequenceX.realloc(nRealPointCount);
+            aPoints.SequenceY.realloc(nRealPointCount);
+            aPoints.SequenceZ.realloc(nRealPointCount);
+            m_pShapeFactory->createLine3D( xTarget, aPoints, aLinePropertiesList[nDepth] );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianGrid.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianGrid.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d655e0e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCartesianGrid.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VCARTESIANGRID_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VCARTESIANGRID_HXX
+
+#include "VAxisOrGridBase.hxx"
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+
+namespace chart { struct VLineProperties; }
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class VCartesianGrid : public VAxisOrGridBase
+{
+// public methods
+public:
+    VCartesianGrid( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount
+        , const css::uno::Sequence<
+            css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > >& rGridPropertiesList //main grid, subgrid, subsubgrid etc
+        );
+    virtual ~VCartesianGrid() override;
+
+    virtual void createShapes() override;
+
+    static void fillLinePropertiesFromGridModel( std::vector<VLineProperties>& rLinePropertiesList
+                    , const css::uno::Sequence<
+                        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > >& rGridPropertiesList );
+
+private:
+    css::uno::Sequence<
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > > m_aGridPropertiesList; //main grid, subgrid, subsubgrid etc
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VCoordinateSystem.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCoordinateSystem.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c900b392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VCoordinateSystem.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,560 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <BaseGFXHelper.hxx>
+#include <VCoordinateSystem.hxx>
+#include "VCartesianCoordinateSystem.hxx"
+#include "VPolarCoordinateSystem.hxx"
+#include <ScaleAutomatism.hxx>
+#include <ShapeFactory.hxx>
+#include <servicenames_coosystems.hxx>
+#include <ObjectIdentifier.hxx>
+#include <ExplicitCategoriesProvider.hxx>
+#include "VAxisBase.hxx"
+#include <defines.hxx>
+#include <chartview/ExplicitValueProvider.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart/TimeUnit.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/AxisType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/XCoordinateSystem.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+
+std::unique_ptr<VCoordinateSystem> VCoordinateSystem::createCoordinateSystem(
+            const Reference< XCoordinateSystem >& xCooSysModel )
+{
+    if( !xCooSysModel.is() )
+        return nullptr;
+
+    OUString aViewServiceName = xCooSysModel->getViewServiceName();
+
+    //@todo: in future the coordinatesystems should be instantiated via service factory
+    std::unique_ptr<VCoordinateSystem> pRet;
+    if( aViewServiceName == CHART2_COOSYSTEM_CARTESIAN_VIEW_SERVICE_NAME )
+        pRet.reset( new VCartesianCoordinateSystem(xCooSysModel) );
+    else if( aViewServiceName == CHART2_COOSYSTEM_POLAR_VIEW_SERVICE_NAME )
+        pRet.reset( new VPolarCoordinateSystem(xCooSysModel) );
+    if(!pRet)
+        pRet.reset( new VCoordinateSystem(xCooSysModel) );
+    return pRet;
+}
+
+VCoordinateSystem::VCoordinateSystem( const Reference< XCoordinateSystem >& xCooSys )
+    : m_xCooSysModel(xCooSys)
+    , m_aMatrixSceneToScreen()
+    , m_eLeftWallPos(CuboidPlanePosition_Left)
+    , m_eBackWallPos(CuboidPlanePosition_Back)
+    , m_eBottomPos(CuboidPlanePosition_Bottom)
+    , m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier()
+    , m_aExplicitScales(3)
+    , m_aExplicitIncrements(3)
+{
+    if( !m_xCooSysModel.is() || m_xCooSysModel->getDimension()<3 )
+    {
+        m_aExplicitScales[2].Minimum = 1.0;
+        m_aExplicitScales[2].Maximum = 2.0;
+        m_aExplicitScales[2].Orientation = AxisOrientation_MATHEMATICAL;
+    }
+}
+VCoordinateSystem::~VCoordinateSystem()
+{
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::initPlottingTargets(  const Reference< drawing::XShapes >& xLogicTarget
+       , const Reference< drawing::XShapes >& xFinalTarget
+       , const Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory >& xShapeFactory
+       , Reference< drawing::XShapes >& xLogicTargetForSeriesBehindAxis )
+{
+    OSL_PRECOND(xLogicTarget.is()&&xFinalTarget.is()&&xShapeFactory.is(),"no proper initialization parameters");
+    //is only allowed to be called once
+
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionCount = m_xCooSysModel->getDimension();
+    //create group shape for grids first thus axes are always painted above grids
+    ShapeFactory* pShapeFactory = ShapeFactory::getOrCreateShapeFactory(xShapeFactory);
+    if(nDimensionCount==2)
+    {
+        //create and add to target
+        m_xLogicTargetForGrids = pShapeFactory->createGroup2D( xLogicTarget );
+        xLogicTargetForSeriesBehindAxis = pShapeFactory->createGroup2D( xLogicTarget );
+        m_xLogicTargetForAxes = pShapeFactory->createGroup2D( xLogicTarget );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        //create and added to target
+        m_xLogicTargetForGrids = pShapeFactory->createGroup3D( xLogicTarget );
+        xLogicTargetForSeriesBehindAxis = pShapeFactory->createGroup3D( xLogicTarget );
+        m_xLogicTargetForAxes = pShapeFactory->createGroup3D( xLogicTarget );
+    }
+    m_xFinalTarget  = xFinalTarget;
+    m_xShapeFactory = xShapeFactory;
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::setParticle( const OUString& rCooSysParticle )
+{
+    m_aCooSysParticle = rCooSysParticle;
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::setTransformationSceneToScreen(
+    const drawing::HomogenMatrix& rMatrix )
+{
+    m_aMatrixSceneToScreen = rMatrix;
+
+    //correct transformation for axis
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aAxisMap)
+    {
+        VAxisBase* pVAxis = elem.second.get();
+        if( pVAxis )
+        {
+            if(pVAxis->getDimensionCount()==2)
+                pVAxis->setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+//better performance for big data
+uno::Sequence< sal_Int32 > VCoordinateSystem::getCoordinateSystemResolution(
+            const awt::Size& rPageSize, const awt::Size& rPageResolution )
+{
+    uno::Sequence<sal_Int32> aResolution(
+        std::max<sal_Int32>(m_xCooSysModel->getDimension(), 2));
+
+    for( auto& i : aResolution )
+        i = 1000;
+
+    ::basegfx::B3DTuple aScale( BaseGFXHelper::GetScaleFromMatrix(
+        BaseGFXHelper::HomogenMatrixToB3DHomMatrix(
+            m_aMatrixSceneToScreen ) ) );
+
+    double fCoosysWidth = fabs(aScale.getX()*FIXED_SIZE_FOR_3D_CHART_VOLUME);
+    double fCoosysHeight = fabs(aScale.getY()*FIXED_SIZE_FOR_3D_CHART_VOLUME);
+
+    double fPageWidth = rPageSize.Width;
+    double fPageHeight = rPageSize.Height;
+
+    //factor 2 to avoid rounding problems
+    sal_Int32 nXResolution = static_cast<sal_Int32>(2.0*static_cast<double>(rPageResolution.Width)*fCoosysWidth/fPageWidth);
+    sal_Int32 nYResolution = static_cast<sal_Int32>(2.0*static_cast<double>(rPageResolution.Height)*fCoosysHeight/fPageHeight);
+
+    if( nXResolution < 10 )
+        nXResolution = 10;
+    if( nYResolution < 10 )
+        nYResolution = 10;
+
+    if( getPropertySwapXAndYAxis() )
+        std::swap(nXResolution,nYResolution);
+
+    //2D
+    if( aResolution.getLength() == 2 )
+    {
+        aResolution[0]=nXResolution;
+        aResolution[1]=nYResolution;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        //this maybe can be optimized further ...
+        sal_Int32 nMaxResolution = std::max( nXResolution, nYResolution );
+        nMaxResolution*=2;
+        for( auto& i : aResolution )
+            i = nMaxResolution;
+    }
+
+    return aResolution;
+}
+
+Reference< XAxis > VCoordinateSystem::getAxisByDimension( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex ) const
+{
+    if( m_xCooSysModel.is() )
+        return m_xCooSysModel->getAxisByDimension( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+Sequence< Reference< beans::XPropertySet > > VCoordinateSystem::getGridListFromAxis( const Reference< XAxis >& xAxis )
+{
+    std::vector< Reference< beans::XPropertySet > > aRet;
+
+    if( xAxis.is() )
+    {
+        aRet.push_back( xAxis->getGridProperties() );
+        auto aSubGrids( comphelper::sequenceToContainer<std::vector< Reference< beans::XPropertySet > > >( xAxis->getSubGridProperties() ) );
+        aRet.insert( aRet.end(), aSubGrids.begin(), aSubGrids.end() );
+    }
+
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence( aRet );
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::impl_adjustDimension( sal_Int32& rDimensionIndex )
+{
+    if( rDimensionIndex<0 )
+        rDimensionIndex=0;
+    if( rDimensionIndex>2 )
+        rDimensionIndex=2;
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::impl_adjustDimensionAndIndex( sal_Int32& rDimensionIndex, sal_Int32& rAxisIndex ) const
+{
+    impl_adjustDimension( rDimensionIndex );
+
+    if( rAxisIndex < 0 || rAxisIndex > getMaximumAxisIndexByDimension(rDimensionIndex) )
+        rAxisIndex = 0;
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::setExplicitCategoriesProvider( ExplicitCategoriesProvider* pExplicitCategoriesProvider /*takes ownership*/ )
+{
+    m_apExplicitCategoriesProvider.reset(pExplicitCategoriesProvider);
+}
+
+ExplicitCategoriesProvider* VCoordinateSystem::getExplicitCategoriesProvider()
+{
+    return m_apExplicitCategoriesProvider.get();
+}
+
+std::vector< ExplicitScaleData > VCoordinateSystem::getExplicitScales( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex ) const
+{
+    std::vector< ExplicitScaleData > aRet(m_aExplicitScales);
+
+    impl_adjustDimensionAndIndex( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+    aRet[nDimensionIndex]=getExplicitScale( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+std::vector< ExplicitIncrementData > VCoordinateSystem::getExplicitIncrements( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex ) const
+{
+    std::vector< ExplicitIncrementData > aRet(m_aExplicitIncrements);
+
+    impl_adjustDimensionAndIndex( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+    aRet[nDimensionIndex]=getExplicitIncrement( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+ExplicitScaleData VCoordinateSystem::getExplicitScale( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex ) const
+{
+    ExplicitScaleData aRet;
+
+    impl_adjustDimensionAndIndex( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+
+    if( nAxisIndex == 0)
+    {
+        aRet = m_aExplicitScales[nDimensionIndex];
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        tFullAxisIndex aFullAxisIndex( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+        tFullExplicitScaleMap::const_iterator aIt = m_aSecondaryExplicitScales.find( aFullAxisIndex );
+        if( aIt != m_aSecondaryExplicitScales.end() )
+            aRet = aIt->second;
+        else
+            aRet = m_aExplicitScales[nDimensionIndex];
+    }
+
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+ExplicitIncrementData VCoordinateSystem::getExplicitIncrement( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex ) const
+{
+    ExplicitIncrementData aRet;
+
+    impl_adjustDimensionAndIndex( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+
+    if( nAxisIndex == 0)
+    {
+        aRet = m_aExplicitIncrements[nDimensionIndex];
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        tFullAxisIndex aFullAxisIndex( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+        tFullExplicitIncrementMap::const_iterator aIt = m_aSecondaryExplicitIncrements.find( aFullAxisIndex );
+        if( aIt != m_aSecondaryExplicitIncrements.end() )
+            aRet = aIt->second;
+        else
+            aRet = m_aExplicitIncrements[nDimensionIndex];
+    }
+
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+OUString VCoordinateSystem::createCIDForAxis( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex )
+{
+    OUString aAxisParticle( ObjectIdentifier::createParticleForAxis( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ) );
+    return ObjectIdentifier::createClassifiedIdentifierForParticles( m_aCooSysParticle, aAxisParticle );
+}
+OUString VCoordinateSystem::createCIDForGrid( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex )
+{
+    OUString aGridParticle( ObjectIdentifier::createParticleForGrid( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ) );
+    return ObjectIdentifier::createClassifiedIdentifierForParticles( m_aCooSysParticle, aGridParticle );
+}
+
+sal_Int32 VCoordinateSystem::getMaximumAxisIndexByDimension( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex ) const
+{
+    sal_Int32 nRet = 0;
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aSecondaryExplicitScales)
+    {
+        if(elem.first.first==nDimensionIndex)
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nLocalIdx = elem.first.second;
+            if( nRet < nLocalIdx )
+                nRet = nLocalIdx;
+        }
+    }
+    return nRet;
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::createVAxisList(
+              const uno::Reference<chart2::XChartDocument> & /* xChartDoc */
+            , const awt::Size& /* rFontReferenceSize */
+            , const awt::Rectangle& /* rMaximumSpaceForLabels */
+            , bool /* bLimitSpaceForLabels */
+            )
+{
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::initVAxisInList()
+{
+}
+void VCoordinateSystem::updateScalesAndIncrementsOnAxes()
+{
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::prepareAutomaticAxisScaling( ScaleAutomatism& rScaleAutomatism, sal_Int32 nDimIndex, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex )
+{
+    if( rScaleAutomatism.getScale().AxisType==AxisType::DATE && nDimIndex==0 )
+    {
+        // This is a date X dimension.  Determine proper time resolution.
+        sal_Int32 nTimeResolution = css::chart::TimeUnit::MONTH;
+        if( !(rScaleAutomatism.getScale().TimeIncrement.TimeResolution >>= nTimeResolution) )
+        {
+            nTimeResolution = m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.calculateTimeResolutionOnXAxis();
+            rScaleAutomatism.setAutomaticTimeResolution( nTimeResolution );
+        }
+        m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.setTimeResolutionOnXAxis( nTimeResolution, rScaleAutomatism.getNullDate() );
+    }
+
+    double fMin = 0.0;
+    double fMax = 0.0;
+    ::rtl::math::setInf(&fMin, false);
+    ::rtl::math::setInf(&fMax, true);
+    if( nDimIndex == 0 )
+    {
+        // x dimension
+        fMin = m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.getMinimumX();
+        fMax = m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.getMaximumX();
+    }
+    else if( nDimIndex == 1 )
+    {
+        // y dimension
+        ExplicitScaleData aScale = getExplicitScale( 0, 0 );
+        fMin = m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.getMinimumYInRange(aScale.Minimum,aScale.Maximum, nAxisIndex);
+        fMax = m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.getMaximumYInRange(aScale.Minimum,aScale.Maximum, nAxisIndex);
+    }
+    else if( nDimIndex == 2 )
+    {
+        // z dimension
+        fMin = m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.getMinimumZ();
+        fMax = m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.getMaximumZ();
+    }
+
+    //merge our values with those already contained in rScaleAutomatism
+    rScaleAutomatism.expandValueRange( fMin, fMax );
+
+    rScaleAutomatism.setAutoScalingOptions(
+        m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.isExpandBorderToIncrementRhythm( nDimIndex ),
+        m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.isExpandIfValuesCloseToBorder( nDimIndex ),
+        m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.isExpandWideValuesToZero( nDimIndex ),
+        m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.isExpandNarrowValuesTowardZero( nDimIndex ) );
+
+    VAxisBase* pVAxis = getVAxis(nDimIndex, nAxisIndex);
+    if( pVAxis )
+        rScaleAutomatism.setMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount( pVAxis->estimateMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount() );
+}
+
+VAxisBase* VCoordinateSystem::getVAxis( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nAxisIndex )
+{
+    VAxisBase* pRet = nullptr;
+
+    tFullAxisIndex aFullAxisIndex( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+
+    tVAxisMap::const_iterator aIt = m_aAxisMap.find( aFullAxisIndex );
+    if( aIt != m_aAxisMap.end() )
+        pRet = aIt->second.get();
+
+    return pRet;
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::setExplicitScaleAndIncrement(
+          sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex
+        , sal_Int32 nAxisIndex
+        , const ExplicitScaleData& rExplicitScale
+        , const ExplicitIncrementData& rExplicitIncrement )
+{
+    impl_adjustDimension( nDimensionIndex );
+
+    if( nAxisIndex==0 )
+    {
+        m_aExplicitScales[nDimensionIndex]=rExplicitScale;
+        m_aExplicitIncrements[nDimensionIndex]=rExplicitIncrement;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        tFullAxisIndex aFullAxisIndex( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+        m_aSecondaryExplicitScales[aFullAxisIndex] = rExplicitScale;
+        m_aSecondaryExplicitIncrements[aFullAxisIndex] = rExplicitIncrement;
+    }
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::set3DWallPositions( CuboidPlanePosition eLeftWallPos, CuboidPlanePosition eBackWallPos, CuboidPlanePosition eBottomPos )
+{
+    m_eLeftWallPos = eLeftWallPos;
+    m_eBackWallPos = eBackWallPos;
+    m_eBottomPos = eBottomPos;
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::createMaximumAxesLabels()
+{
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aAxisMap)
+    {
+        VAxisBase* pVAxis = elem.second.get();
+        if( pVAxis )
+        {
+            if(pVAxis->getDimensionCount()==2)
+                pVAxis->setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+            pVAxis->createMaximumLabels();
+        }
+    }
+}
+void VCoordinateSystem::createAxesLabels()
+{
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aAxisMap)
+    {
+        VAxisBase* pVAxis = elem.second.get();
+        if( pVAxis )
+        {
+            if(pVAxis->getDimensionCount()==2)
+                pVAxis->setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+            pVAxis->createLabels();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::updatePositions()
+{
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aAxisMap)
+    {
+        VAxisBase* pVAxis = elem.second.get();
+        if( pVAxis )
+        {
+            if(pVAxis->getDimensionCount()==2)
+                pVAxis->setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+            pVAxis->updatePositions();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::createAxesShapes()
+{
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aAxisMap)
+    {
+        VAxisBase* pVAxis = elem.second.get();
+        if( pVAxis )
+        {
+            if(pVAxis->getDimensionCount()==2)
+                pVAxis->setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+
+            tFullAxisIndex aFullAxisIndex = elem.first;
+            if( aFullAxisIndex.second == 0 )
+            {
+                if( aFullAxisIndex.first == 0 )
+                {
+                    if( m_aExplicitScales[1].AxisType!=AxisType::CATEGORY )
+                        pVAxis->setExtraLinePositionAtOtherAxis(
+                            m_aExplicitScales[1].Origin );
+                }
+                else if( aFullAxisIndex.first == 1 )
+                {
+                    if( m_aExplicitScales[0].AxisType!=AxisType::CATEGORY )
+                        pVAxis->setExtraLinePositionAtOtherAxis(
+                            m_aExplicitScales[0].Origin );
+                }
+            }
+
+            pVAxis->createShapes();
+        }
+    }
+}
+void VCoordinateSystem::createGridShapes()
+{
+}
+void VCoordinateSystem::addMinimumAndMaximumSupplier( MinimumAndMaximumSupplier* pMinimumAndMaximumSupplier )
+{
+    m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.addMinimumAndMaximumSupplier(pMinimumAndMaximumSupplier);
+}
+
+bool VCoordinateSystem::hasMinimumAndMaximumSupplier( MinimumAndMaximumSupplier* pMinimumAndMaximumSupplier )
+{
+    return m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.hasMinimumAndMaximumSupplier(pMinimumAndMaximumSupplier);
+}
+
+void VCoordinateSystem::clearMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList()
+{
+    m_aMergedMinMaxSupplier.clearMinimumAndMaximumSupplierList();
+}
+
+bool VCoordinateSystem::getPropertySwapXAndYAxis() const
+{
+    Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xProp(m_xCooSysModel, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    bool bSwapXAndY = false;
+    if( xProp.is()) try
+    {
+        xProp->getPropertyValue( "SwapXAndYAxis" ) >>= bSwapXAndY;
+    }
+    catch( const uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("chart2", "" );
+    }
+    return bSwapXAndY;
+}
+
+bool VCoordinateSystem::needSeriesNamesForAxis() const
+{
+    return ( m_xCooSysModel.is() && m_xCooSysModel->getDimension() == 3 );
+}
+void VCoordinateSystem::setSeriesNamesForAxis( const Sequence< OUString >& rSeriesNames )
+{
+    m_aSeriesNamesForZAxis = rSeriesNames;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 VCoordinateSystem::getNumberFormatKeyForAxis(
+        const Reference< chart2::XAxis >& xAxis
+        , const Reference<chart2::XChartDocument>& xChartDoc)
+{
+    return ExplicitValueProvider::getExplicitNumberFormatKeyForAxis(
+                xAxis, m_xCooSysModel, xChartDoc);
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAngleAxis.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAngleAxis.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a93888b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAngleAxis.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+
+#include "VPolarAngleAxis.hxx"
+#include "VPolarGrid.hxx"
+#include <ShapeFactory.hxx>
+#include <NumberFormatterWrapper.hxx>
+#include <PolarLabelPositionHelper.hxx>
+#include <PlottingPositionHelper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/XAxis.hpp>
+#include <tools/color.hxx>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using namespace ::rtl::math;
+
+VPolarAngleAxis::VPolarAngleAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+            , const uno::Reference< util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier
+            , sal_Int32 nDimensionCount )
+            : VPolarAxis( rAxisProperties, xNumberFormatsSupplier, 0/*nDimensionIndex*/, nDimensionCount )
+{
+}
+
+VPolarAngleAxis::~VPolarAngleAxis()
+{
+}
+
+void VPolarAngleAxis::createTextShapes_ForAngleAxis(
+                       const uno::Reference< drawing::XShapes >& xTarget
+                     , EquidistantTickIter& rTickIter
+                     , AxisLabelProperties const & rAxisLabelProperties
+                     , double fLogicRadius
+                     , double fLogicZ )
+{
+    ShapeFactory* pShapeFactory = ShapeFactory::getOrCreateShapeFactory(m_xShapeFactory);
+
+    FixedNumberFormatter aFixedNumberFormatter(
+        m_xNumberFormatsSupplier, rAxisLabelProperties.nNumberFormatKey );
+
+    //prepare text properties for multipropertyset-interface of shape
+    tNameSequence aPropNames;
+    tAnySequence aPropValues;
+
+    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xProps( m_aAxisProperties.m_xAxisModel, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    PropertyMapper::getTextLabelMultiPropertyLists( xProps, aPropNames, aPropValues, false, -1, false, false );
+    LabelPositionHelper::doDynamicFontResize( aPropValues, aPropNames, xProps
+        , rAxisLabelProperties.m_aFontReferenceSize );
+
+    uno::Any* pColorAny = PropertyMapper::getValuePointer(aPropValues,aPropNames,"CharColor");
+    Color nColor = COL_AUTO;
+    if(pColorAny)
+        *pColorAny >>= nColor;
+
+    const uno::Sequence< OUString >* pLabels = m_bUseTextLabels? &m_aTextLabels : nullptr;
+
+    //TickInfo* pLastVisibleNeighbourTickInfo = NULL;
+    sal_Int32 nTick = 0;
+
+    for( TickInfo* pTickInfo = rTickIter.firstInfo()
+        ; pTickInfo
+        ; pTickInfo = rTickIter.nextInfo(), nTick++ )
+    {
+        //don't create labels which does not fit into the rhythm
+        if( nTick%rAxisLabelProperties.nRhythm != 0)
+            continue;
+
+        //don't create labels for invisible ticks
+        if( !pTickInfo->bPaintIt )
+            continue;
+
+        //if NO OVERLAP -> don't create labels where the
+        //anchor position is the same as for the last label
+        //@todo
+
+        if(!pTickInfo->xTextShape.is())
+        {
+            //create single label
+            bool bHasExtraColor=false;
+            Color nExtraColor;
+
+            OUString aLabel;
+            if(pLabels)
+            {
+                sal_Int32 nIndex = static_cast< sal_Int32 >(pTickInfo->getUnscaledTickValue()) - 1; //first category (index 0) matches with real number 1.0
+                if( nIndex>=0 && nIndex<pLabels->getLength() )
+                    aLabel = (*pLabels)[nIndex];
+            }
+            else
+                aLabel = aFixedNumberFormatter.getFormattedString( pTickInfo->getUnscaledTickValue(), nExtraColor, bHasExtraColor );
+
+            if(pColorAny)
+                *pColorAny <<= bHasExtraColor?nExtraColor:nColor;
+
+            double fLogicAngle = pTickInfo->getUnscaledTickValue();
+
+            LabelAlignment eLabelAlignment(LABEL_ALIGN_CENTER);
+            PolarLabelPositionHelper aPolarLabelPositionHelper(m_pPosHelper.get(), 2/*nDimensionCount*/, xTarget, pShapeFactory);
+            sal_Int32 nScreenValueOffsetInRadiusDirection = m_aAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels.Height/15;
+            awt::Point aAnchorScreenPosition2D( aPolarLabelPositionHelper.getLabelScreenPositionAndAlignmentForLogicValues(
+                    eLabelAlignment, fLogicAngle, fLogicRadius, fLogicZ, nScreenValueOffsetInRadiusDirection ));
+            LabelPositionHelper::changeTextAdjustment( aPropValues, aPropNames, eLabelAlignment );
+
+            // #i78696# use mathematically correct rotation now
+            const double fRotationAnglePi(-basegfx::deg2rad(rAxisLabelProperties.fRotationAngleDegree));
+
+            uno::Any aATransformation = ShapeFactory::makeTransformation( aAnchorScreenPosition2D, fRotationAnglePi );
+            OUString aStackedLabel = ShapeFactory::getStackedString( aLabel, rAxisLabelProperties.bStackCharacters );
+
+            pTickInfo->xTextShape = pShapeFactory->createText( xTarget, aStackedLabel, aPropNames, aPropValues, aATransformation );
+        }
+
+        //if NO OVERLAP -> remove overlapping shapes
+        //@todo
+    }
+}
+
+void VPolarAngleAxis::createMaximumLabels()
+{
+    if( !prepareShapeCreation() )
+        return;
+
+    createLabels();
+}
+
+void VPolarAngleAxis::updatePositions()
+{
+    //todo: really only update the positions
+
+    if( !prepareShapeCreation() )
+        return;
+
+    createLabels();
+}
+
+void VPolarAngleAxis::createLabels()
+{
+    if( !prepareShapeCreation() )
+        return;
+
+    double fLogicRadius = m_pPosHelper->getOuterLogicRadius();
+
+    if( !m_aAxisProperties.m_bDisplayLabels )
+        return;
+
+    //create tick mark text shapes
+    //@todo: iterate through all tick depth which should be labeled
+
+    EquidistantTickIter aTickIter( m_aAllTickInfos, m_aIncrement, 0 );
+    updateUnscaledValuesAtTicks( aTickIter );
+
+    removeTextShapesFromTicks();
+
+    AxisLabelProperties aAxisLabelProperties( m_aAxisLabelProperties );
+    aAxisLabelProperties.bOverlapAllowed = true;
+    double const fLogicZ = 1.0;//as defined
+    createTextShapes_ForAngleAxis( m_xTextTarget, aTickIter
+                    , aAxisLabelProperties
+                    , fLogicRadius, fLogicZ
+                    );
+
+    //no staggering for polar angle axis
+}
+
+void VPolarAngleAxis::createShapes()
+{
+    if( !prepareShapeCreation() )
+        return;
+
+    double fLogicRadius = m_pPosHelper->getOuterLogicRadius();
+    double const fLogicZ = 1.0;//as defined
+
+    //create axis main lines
+    drawing::PointSequenceSequence aPoints(1);
+    VPolarGrid::createLinePointSequence_ForAngleAxis( aPoints, m_aAllTickInfos, m_aIncrement, m_aScale, m_pPosHelper.get(), fLogicRadius, fLogicZ );
+    uno::Reference< drawing::XShape > xShape = m_pShapeFactory->createLine2D(
+            m_xGroupShape_Shapes, aPoints, &m_aAxisProperties.m_aLineProperties );
+    //because of this name this line will be used for marking the axis
+    ::chart::ShapeFactory::setShapeName( xShape, "MarkHandles" );
+
+    //create labels
+    createLabels();
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAngleAxis.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAngleAxis.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ee9e7e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAngleAxis.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VPOLARANGLEAXIS_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VPOLARANGLEAXIS_HXX
+
+#include "VPolarAxis.hxx"
+#include "Tickmarks_Equidistant.hxx"
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class VPolarAngleAxis : public VPolarAxis
+{
+public:
+    VPolarAngleAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+           , const css::uno::Reference< css::util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier
+           , sal_Int32 nDimensionCount );
+    virtual ~VPolarAngleAxis() override;
+
+    virtual void createMaximumLabels() override;
+    virtual void createLabels() override;
+    virtual void updatePositions() override;
+
+    virtual void createShapes() override;
+
+private: //methods
+    void createTextShapes_ForAngleAxis(
+                       const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShapes >& xTarget
+                     , EquidistantTickIter& rTickIter
+                     , AxisLabelProperties const & rAxisLabelProperties
+                     , double fLogicRadius, double fLogicZ );
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAxis.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAxis.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e41857c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAxis.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "VPolarAxis.hxx"
+#include "VPolarAngleAxis.hxx"
+#include "VPolarRadiusAxis.hxx"
+#include <PlottingPositionHelper.hxx>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+
+std::shared_ptr<VPolarAxis> VPolarAxis::createAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+           , const uno::Reference< util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier
+           , sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount )
+{
+    if( nDimensionIndex==0 )
+        return std::make_shared<VPolarAngleAxis>( rAxisProperties, xNumberFormatsSupplier, nDimensionCount );
+    return std::make_shared<VPolarRadiusAxis>( rAxisProperties, xNumberFormatsSupplier, nDimensionCount );
+}
+
+VPolarAxis::VPolarAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+            , const uno::Reference< util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier
+            , sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount )
+            : VAxisBase( nDimensionIndex, nDimensionCount, rAxisProperties, xNumberFormatsSupplier )
+            , m_pPosHelper( new PolarPlottingPositionHelper() )
+            , m_aIncrements()
+{
+    PlotterBase::m_pPosHelper = m_pPosHelper.get();
+}
+
+VPolarAxis::~VPolarAxis()
+{
+}
+
+void VPolarAxis::setIncrements( const std::vector< ExplicitIncrementData >& rIncrements )
+{
+    m_aIncrements = rIncrements;
+}
+
+bool VPolarAxis::isAnythingToDraw()
+{
+    return ( m_nDimension==2 && VAxisBase::isAnythingToDraw() );
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAxis.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAxis.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a7056be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarAxis.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VPOLARAXIS_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VPOLARAXIS_HXX
+
+#include "VAxisBase.hxx"
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class PolarPlottingPositionHelper;
+
+class VPolarAxis : public VAxisBase
+{
+public:
+    static std::shared_ptr<VPolarAxis> createAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+           , const css::uno::Reference< css::util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier
+           , sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount );
+
+    void setIncrements( const std::vector< ExplicitIncrementData >& rIncrements );
+
+    virtual bool isAnythingToDraw() override;
+
+    virtual ~VPolarAxis() override;
+
+protected:
+    VPolarAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+           , const css::uno::Reference< css::util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier
+           , sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount );
+
+protected: //member
+    std::unique_ptr<PolarPlottingPositionHelper> m_pPosHelper;
+    std::vector< ExplicitIncrementData >   m_aIncrements;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarCoordinateSystem.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarCoordinateSystem.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fee84175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarCoordinateSystem.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "VPolarCoordinateSystem.hxx"
+#include "VPolarGrid.hxx"
+#include "VPolarAxis.hxx"
+#include <AxisIndexDefines.hxx>
+#include <AxisHelper.hxx>
+#include <ChartModel.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/chart2/XCoordinateSystem.hpp>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+
+VPolarCoordinateSystem::VPolarCoordinateSystem( const Reference< XCoordinateSystem >& xCooSys )
+    : VCoordinateSystem(xCooSys)
+{
+}
+
+VPolarCoordinateSystem::~VPolarCoordinateSystem()
+{
+}
+
+//better performance for big data
+uno::Sequence< sal_Int32 > VPolarCoordinateSystem::getCoordinateSystemResolution(
+            const awt::Size& rPageSize, const awt::Size& rPageResolution )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int32 > aResolution( VCoordinateSystem::getCoordinateSystemResolution( rPageSize, rPageResolution) );
+
+    if( aResolution.getLength() >= 2 )
+    {
+        if( getPropertySwapXAndYAxis() )
+        {
+            aResolution[0]/=2;//radius
+            aResolution[1]*=4;//outer circle resolution
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            aResolution[0]*=4;//outer circle resolution
+            aResolution[1]/=2;//radius
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aResolution;
+}
+
+void VPolarCoordinateSystem::createVAxisList(
+              const uno::Reference<chart2::XChartDocument> & xChartDoc
+            , const awt::Size& rFontReferenceSize
+            , const awt::Rectangle& rMaximumSpaceForLabels
+            , bool //bLimitSpaceForLabels
+            )
+{
+    // note: using xChartDoc itself as XNumberFormatsSupplier would cause
+    // a leak from VPolarAxis due to cyclic reference
+    uno::Reference<util::XNumberFormatsSupplier> const xNumberFormatsSupplier(
+        dynamic_cast<ChartModel&>(*xChartDoc).getNumberFormatsSupplier());
+
+    m_aAxisMap.clear();
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionCount = m_xCooSysModel->getDimension();
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex = 0;
+
+    //create angle axis (dimension index 0)
+    for( nDimensionIndex = 0; nDimensionIndex < nDimensionCount; nDimensionIndex++ )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nMaxAxisIndex = m_xCooSysModel->getMaximumAxisIndexByDimension(nDimensionIndex);
+        for( sal_Int32 nAxisIndex = 0; nAxisIndex <= nMaxAxisIndex; nAxisIndex++ )
+        {
+            Reference< XAxis > xAxis( getAxisByDimension(nDimensionIndex,nAxisIndex) );
+            if(!xAxis.is() || !AxisHelper::shouldAxisBeDisplayed( xAxis, m_xCooSysModel ))
+                continue;
+            AxisProperties aAxisProperties(xAxis,getExplicitCategoriesProvider());
+            aAxisProperties.init();
+            if(aAxisProperties.m_bDisplayLabels)
+                aAxisProperties.m_nNumberFormatKey = getNumberFormatKeyForAxis(xAxis, xChartDoc);
+
+            std::shared_ptr< VAxisBase > apVAxis( VPolarAxis::createAxis( aAxisProperties,xNumberFormatsSupplier,nDimensionIndex,nDimensionCount) );
+            tFullAxisIndex aFullAxisIndex( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex );
+            m_aAxisMap[aFullAxisIndex] = apVAxis;
+
+            apVAxis->initAxisLabelProperties(rFontReferenceSize,rMaximumSpaceForLabels);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void VPolarCoordinateSystem::initVAxisInList()
+{
+    if(!m_xLogicTargetForAxes.is() || !m_xFinalTarget.is() || !m_xCooSysModel.is() )
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionCount = m_xCooSysModel->getDimension();
+    bool bSwapXAndY = getPropertySwapXAndYAxis();
+
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aAxisMap)
+    {
+        VAxisBase* pVAxis = elem.second.get();
+        if( pVAxis )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex = elem.first.first;
+            sal_Int32 nAxisIndex = elem.first.second;
+            pVAxis->setExplicitScaleAndIncrement( getExplicitScale( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ), getExplicitIncrement(nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex) );
+            pVAxis->initPlotter(m_xLogicTargetForAxes,m_xFinalTarget,m_xShapeFactory
+                , createCIDForAxis( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ) );
+            VPolarAxis* pVPolarAxis = dynamic_cast< VPolarAxis* >( pVAxis );
+            if( pVPolarAxis )
+                pVPolarAxis->setIncrements( getExplicitIncrements( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ) );
+            if(nDimensionCount==2)
+                pVAxis->setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+            pVAxis->setScales( getExplicitScales( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ), bSwapXAndY );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void VPolarCoordinateSystem::updateScalesAndIncrementsOnAxes()
+{
+    if(!m_xLogicTargetForAxes.is() || !m_xFinalTarget.is() || !m_xCooSysModel.is() )
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionCount = m_xCooSysModel->getDimension();
+    bool bSwapXAndY = getPropertySwapXAndYAxis();
+
+    for (auto const& elem : m_aAxisMap)
+    {
+        VAxisBase* pVAxis = elem.second.get();
+        if( pVAxis )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex = elem.first.first;
+            sal_Int32 nAxisIndex = elem.first.second;
+            pVAxis->setExplicitScaleAndIncrement( getExplicitScale( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ), getExplicitIncrement(nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex) );
+            VPolarAxis* pVPolarAxis = dynamic_cast< VPolarAxis* >( pVAxis );
+            if( pVPolarAxis )
+                pVPolarAxis->setIncrements( getExplicitIncrements( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ) );
+            if(nDimensionCount==2)
+                pVAxis->setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+            pVAxis->setScales( getExplicitScales( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ), bSwapXAndY );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void VPolarCoordinateSystem::createGridShapes()
+{
+    if(!m_xLogicTargetForGrids.is() || !m_xFinalTarget.is() )
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int32 nDimensionCount = m_xCooSysModel->getDimension();
+    bool bSwapXAndY = getPropertySwapXAndYAxis();
+
+    for( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex=0; nDimensionIndex<3; nDimensionIndex++)
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nAxisIndex = MAIN_AXIS_INDEX;
+
+        Reference< XAxis > xAxis( AxisHelper::getAxis( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex, m_xCooSysModel ) );
+        if(!xAxis.is() || !AxisHelper::shouldAxisBeDisplayed( xAxis, m_xCooSysModel ))
+            continue;
+
+        VPolarGrid aGrid(nDimensionIndex,nDimensionCount,getGridListFromAxis( xAxis ));
+        aGrid.setIncrements( getExplicitIncrements( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ) );
+        aGrid.initPlotter(m_xLogicTargetForGrids,m_xFinalTarget,m_xShapeFactory
+            , createCIDForGrid( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex ) );
+        if(nDimensionCount==2)
+            aGrid.setTransformationSceneToScreen( m_aMatrixSceneToScreen );
+        aGrid.setScales( getExplicitScales( nDimensionIndex, nAxisIndex), bSwapXAndY );
+        aGrid.createShapes();
+    }
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarCoordinateSystem.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarCoordinateSystem.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..497667296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarCoordinateSystem.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VPOLARCOORDINATESYSTEM_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VPOLARCOORDINATESYSTEM_HXX
+
+#include <VCoordinateSystem.hxx>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class VPolarCoordinateSystem : public VCoordinateSystem
+{
+public:
+    VPolarCoordinateSystem() = delete;
+    explicit VPolarCoordinateSystem( const css::uno::Reference< css::chart2::XCoordinateSystem >& xCooSys );
+    virtual ~VPolarCoordinateSystem() override;
+
+    //better performance for big data
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int32 > getCoordinateSystemResolution( const css::awt::Size& rPageSize
+                                    , const css::awt::Size& rPageResolution ) override;
+
+    virtual void createVAxisList(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::chart2::XChartDocument> & xChartDoc
+            , const css::awt::Size& rFontReferenceSize
+            , const css::awt::Rectangle& rMaximumSpaceForLabels
+            , bool bLimitSpaceForLabels ) override;
+
+    virtual void initVAxisInList() override;
+    virtual void updateScalesAndIncrementsOnAxes() override;
+
+    virtual void createGridShapes() override;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarGrid.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarGrid.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46d176b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarGrid.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "VPolarGrid.hxx"
+#include "VCartesianGrid.hxx"
+#include "Tickmarks.hxx"
+#include <PlottingPositionHelper.hxx>
+#include <ShapeFactory.hxx>
+#include <ObjectIdentifier.hxx>
+#include <CommonConverters.hxx>
+#include <VLineProperties.hxx>
+#include "Tickmarks_Equidistant.hxx"
+
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+
+VPolarGrid::VPolarGrid( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount
+                       , const uno::Sequence< Reference< beans::XPropertySet > > & rGridPropertiesList )
+            : VAxisOrGridBase( nDimensionIndex, nDimensionCount )
+            , m_aGridPropertiesList( rGridPropertiesList )
+            , m_pPosHelper( new PolarPlottingPositionHelper() )
+            , m_aIncrements()
+{
+    PlotterBase::m_pPosHelper = m_pPosHelper.get();
+}
+
+VPolarGrid::~VPolarGrid()
+{
+}
+
+void VPolarGrid::setIncrements( const std::vector< ExplicitIncrementData >& rIncrements )
+{
+    m_aIncrements = rIncrements;
+}
+
+void VPolarGrid::getAllTickInfos( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const
+{
+    const std::vector<ExplicitScaleData>& rScales = m_pPosHelper->getScales();
+    TickFactory aTickFactory(rScales[nDimensionIndex], m_aIncrements[nDimensionIndex]);
+    aTickFactory.getAllTicks( rAllTickInfos );
+}
+
+void VPolarGrid::createLinePointSequence_ForAngleAxis(
+        drawing::PointSequenceSequence& rPoints
+        , TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos
+        , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement
+        , const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+        , PolarPlottingPositionHelper const * pPosHelper
+        , double fLogicRadius, double fLogicZ )
+{
+    Reference< XScaling > xInverseScaling;
+    if( rScale.Scaling.is() )
+        xInverseScaling = rScale.Scaling->getInverseScaling();
+
+    sal_Int32 nTick = 0;
+    EquidistantTickIter aIter( rAllTickInfos, rIncrement, 0 );
+    for( TickInfo* pTickInfo = aIter.firstInfo()
+        ; pTickInfo
+        ; pTickInfo = aIter.nextInfo(), nTick++ )
+    {
+        if(nTick>=rPoints[0].getLength())
+            rPoints[0].realloc(rPoints[0].getLength()+30);
+
+        //xxxxx pTickInfo->updateUnscaledValue( xInverseScaling );
+        double fLogicAngle = pTickInfo->getUnscaledTickValue();
+
+        drawing::Position3D aScenePosition3D( pPosHelper->transformAngleRadiusToScene( fLogicAngle, fLogicRadius, fLogicZ ) );
+        rPoints[0][nTick].X = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aScenePosition3D.PositionX);
+        rPoints[0][nTick].Y = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aScenePosition3D.PositionY);
+    }
+    if(rPoints[0].getLength()>1)
+    {
+        rPoints[0].realloc(nTick+1);
+        rPoints[0][nTick].X = rPoints[0][0].X;
+        rPoints[0][nTick].Y = rPoints[0][0].Y;
+    }
+    else
+        rPoints[0].realloc(0);
+}
+#ifdef NOTYET
+void VPolarGrid::create2DAngleGrid( const Reference< drawing::XShapes >& xLogicTarget
+        , TickInfoArraysType& /* rRadiusTickInfos */
+        , TickInfoArraysType& rAngleTickInfos
+        , const std::vector<VLineProperties>& rLinePropertiesList )
+{
+    Reference< drawing::XShapes > xMainTarget(
+        createGroupShape( xLogicTarget, m_aCID ) );
+
+    const std::vector<ExplicitScaleData>& rScales = m_pPosHelper->getScales();
+    const ExplicitScaleData& rAngleScale = rScales[0];
+    Reference< XScaling > xInverseScaling( NULL );
+    if( rAngleScale.Scaling.is() )
+        xInverseScaling = rAngleScale.Scaling->getInverseScaling();
+
+    double fLogicInnerRadius = m_pPosHelper->getInnerLogicRadius();
+    double fLogicOuterRadius = m_pPosHelper->getOuterLogicRadius();
+
+    sal_Int32 nLinePropertiesCount = rLinePropertiesList.size();
+    if(nLinePropertiesCount)
+    {
+        double fLogicZ      = 1.0;//as defined
+        sal_Int32 nDepth=0;
+        //create axis main lines
+        drawing::PointSequenceSequence aAllPoints;
+        for (auto const& tick : rAngleTickInfos[0])
+        {
+            if( !tick.bPaintIt )
+                continue;
+
+            //xxxxx rTickInfo.updateUnscaledValue( xInverseScaling );
+            double fLogicAngle = tick.getUnscaledTickValue();
+
+            drawing::PointSequenceSequence aPoints(1);
+            aPoints[0].realloc(2);
+            drawing::Position3D aScenePositionStart( m_pPosHelper->transformAngleRadiusToScene( fLogicAngle, fLogicInnerRadius, fLogicZ ) );
+            drawing::Position3D aScenePositionEnd(   m_pPosHelper->transformAngleRadiusToScene( fLogicAngle, fLogicOuterRadius, fLogicZ ) );
+            aPoints[0][0].X = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aScenePositionStart.PositionX);
+            aPoints[0][0].Y = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aScenePositionStart.PositionY);
+            aPoints[0][1].X = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aScenePositionEnd.PositionX);
+            aPoints[0][1].Y = static_cast<sal_Int32>(aScenePositionEnd.PositionY);
+            appendPointSequence( aAllPoints, aPoints );
+        }
+
+        Reference< drawing::XShape > xShape = m_pShapeFactory->createLine2D(
+                xMainTarget, aAllPoints, &rLinePropertiesList[nDepth] );
+        //because of this name this line will be used for marking
+        m_pShapeFactory->setShapeName( xShape, "MarkHandles" );
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+void VPolarGrid::create2DRadiusGrid( const Reference< drawing::XShapes >& xLogicTarget
+        , TickInfoArraysType& rRadiusTickInfos
+        , TickInfoArraysType& rAngleTickInfos
+        , const std::vector<VLineProperties>& rLinePropertiesList )
+{
+    Reference< drawing::XShapes > xMainTarget(
+        createGroupShape( xLogicTarget, m_aCID ) );
+
+    const std::vector<ExplicitScaleData>& rScales = m_pPosHelper->getScales();
+    const ExplicitScaleData&     rRadiusScale = rScales[1];
+    const ExplicitScaleData&     rAngleScale = rScales[0];
+    const ExplicitIncrementData& rAngleIncrement = m_aIncrements[0];
+    Reference< XScaling > xInverseRadiusScaling;
+    if( rRadiusScale.Scaling.is() )
+        xInverseRadiusScaling = rRadiusScale.Scaling->getInverseScaling();
+
+    sal_Int32 nLinePropertiesCount = rLinePropertiesList.size();
+    TickInfoArraysType::iterator aDepthIter             = rRadiusTickInfos.begin();
+    const TickInfoArraysType::const_iterator aDepthEnd  = rRadiusTickInfos.end();
+    for( sal_Int32 nDepth=0
+        ; aDepthIter != aDepthEnd && nDepth < nLinePropertiesCount
+        ; ++aDepthIter, nDepth++ )
+    {
+        if( !rLinePropertiesList[nDepth].isLineVisible() )
+            continue;
+
+        Reference< drawing::XShapes > xTarget( xMainTarget );
+        if( nDepth > 0 )
+        {
+            xTarget.set( createGroupShape( xLogicTarget
+                , ObjectIdentifier::addChildParticle( m_aCID, ObjectIdentifier::createChildParticleWithIndex( OBJECTTYPE_SUBGRID, nDepth-1 ) )
+                ) );
+            if(!xTarget.is())
+                xTarget.set( xMainTarget );
+        }
+
+        //create axis main lines
+        drawing::PointSequenceSequence aAllPoints;
+        for (auto const& tick : *aDepthIter)
+        {
+            if( !tick.bPaintIt )
+                continue;
+
+            //xxxxx rTickInfo.updateUnscaledValue( xInverseRadiusScaling );
+            double fLogicRadius = tick.getUnscaledTickValue();
+            double const fLogicZ = 1.0;//as defined
+
+            drawing::PointSequenceSequence aPoints(1);
+            VPolarGrid::createLinePointSequence_ForAngleAxis( aPoints, rAngleTickInfos
+                , rAngleIncrement, rAngleScale, m_pPosHelper.get(), fLogicRadius, fLogicZ );
+            if(aPoints[0].getLength())
+                appendPointSequence( aAllPoints, aPoints );
+        }
+
+        Reference< drawing::XShape > xShape = m_pShapeFactory->createLine2D(
+                xTarget, aAllPoints, &rLinePropertiesList[nDepth] );
+        //because of this name this line will be used for marking
+        ::chart::ShapeFactory::setShapeName( xShape, "MarkHandles" );
+    }
+}
+
+void VPolarGrid::createShapes()
+{
+    OSL_PRECOND(m_pShapeFactory&&m_xLogicTarget.is()&&m_xFinalTarget.is(),"Axis is not proper initialized");
+    if(!(m_pShapeFactory&&m_xLogicTarget.is()&&m_xFinalTarget.is()))
+        return;
+    if(!m_aGridPropertiesList.hasElements())
+        return;
+
+    //create all scaled tickmark values
+    TickInfoArraysType aAngleTickInfos;
+    TickInfoArraysType aRadiusTickInfos;
+    getAllTickInfos( 0, aAngleTickInfos );
+    getAllTickInfos( 1, aRadiusTickInfos );
+
+    std::vector<VLineProperties> aLinePropertiesList;
+    VCartesianGrid::fillLinePropertiesFromGridModel( aLinePropertiesList, m_aGridPropertiesList );
+
+    //create tick mark line shapes
+    if(m_nDimension==2)
+    {
+        if(m_nDimensionIndex==1)
+            create2DRadiusGrid( m_xLogicTarget, aRadiusTickInfos, aAngleTickInfos, aLinePropertiesList );
+        //else //no Angle Grid so far as this equals exactly the y axis positions
+        //    create2DAngleGrid( m_xLogicTarget, aRadiusTickInfos, aAngleTickInfos, aLinePropertiesList );
+    }
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarGrid.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarGrid.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29fa8b270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarGrid.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VPOLARGRID_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VPOLARGRID_HXX
+
+#include "VAxisOrGridBase.hxx"
+#include "Tickmarks.hxx"
+#include <com/sun/star/drawing/PointSequenceSequence.hpp>
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace chart { struct VLineProperties; }
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class PolarPlottingPositionHelper;
+
+class VPolarGrid : public VAxisOrGridBase
+{
+// public methods
+public:
+    VPolarGrid( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, sal_Int32 nDimensionCount
+        , const css::uno::Sequence<
+            css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > > & rGridPropertiesList //main grid, subgrid, subsubgrid etc
+        );
+    virtual ~VPolarGrid() override;
+
+    virtual void createShapes() override;
+
+    void setIncrements( const std::vector< ExplicitIncrementData >& rIncrements );
+
+    static void createLinePointSequence_ForAngleAxis(
+                    css::drawing::PointSequenceSequence& rPoints
+                    , TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos
+                    , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement
+                    , const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+                    , PolarPlottingPositionHelper const * pPosHelper
+                    , double fLogicRadius, double fLogicZ );
+
+private: //member
+    css::uno::Sequence<
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > > m_aGridPropertiesList;//main grid, subgrid, subsubgrid etc
+    std::unique_ptr<PolarPlottingPositionHelper> m_pPosHelper;
+    std::vector< ExplicitIncrementData >   m_aIncrements;
+
+    void getAllTickInfos( sal_Int32 nDimensionIndex, TickInfoArraysType& rAllTickInfos ) const;
+
+    void create2DRadiusGrid( const css::uno::Reference<css::drawing::XShapes>& xLogicTarget
+                    , TickInfoArraysType& rRadiusTickInfos
+                    , TickInfoArraysType& rAngleTickInfos
+                    , const std::vector<VLineProperties>& rLinePropertiesList );
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarRadiusAxis.cxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarRadiusAxis.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bf0b0f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarRadiusAxis.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include "VPolarRadiusAxis.hxx"
+#include "VCartesianAxis.hxx"
+#include <PlottingPositionHelper.hxx>
+#include <CommonConverters.hxx>
+#include "Tickmarks_Equidistant.hxx"
+
+namespace chart
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::chart2;
+using namespace ::rtl::math;
+
+VPolarRadiusAxis::VPolarRadiusAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+            , const uno::Reference< util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier
+            , sal_Int32 nDimensionCount )
+            : VPolarAxis( rAxisProperties, xNumberFormatsSupplier, 1/*nDimensionIndex*/, nDimensionCount )
+{
+    m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfLabelDirection = 0.0;
+    m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.mfInnerTickDirection = 0.0;
+    m_aAxisProperties.maLabelAlignment.meAlignment = LABEL_ALIGN_RIGHT;
+    m_aAxisProperties.m_bIsMainAxis=false;
+    m_aAxisProperties.init();
+
+    m_apAxisWithLabels.reset( new VCartesianAxis(
+        m_aAxisProperties,xNumberFormatsSupplier,1/*nDimensionIndex*/,nDimensionCount
+        ,new PolarPlottingPositionHelper() ) );
+}
+
+VPolarRadiusAxis::~VPolarRadiusAxis()
+{
+}
+
+void VPolarRadiusAxis::setTransformationSceneToScreen( const drawing::HomogenMatrix& rMatrix)
+{
+    VPolarAxis::setTransformationSceneToScreen( rMatrix );
+    m_apAxisWithLabels->setTransformationSceneToScreen( rMatrix );
+}
+
+void VPolarRadiusAxis::setExplicitScaleAndIncrement(
+              const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+            , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement )
+{
+    VPolarAxis::setExplicitScaleAndIncrement( rScale, rIncrement );
+    m_apAxisWithLabels->setExplicitScaleAndIncrement( rScale, rIncrement );
+}
+
+void VPolarRadiusAxis::initPlotter(  const uno::Reference< drawing::XShapes >& xLogicTarget
+       , const uno::Reference< drawing::XShapes >& xFinalTarget
+       , const uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory >& xShapeFactory
+       , const OUString& rCID )
+{
+    VPolarAxis::initPlotter(  xLogicTarget, xFinalTarget, xShapeFactory, rCID );
+    m_apAxisWithLabels->initPlotter(  xLogicTarget, xFinalTarget, xShapeFactory, rCID );
+}
+
+void VPolarRadiusAxis::setScales( const std::vector< ExplicitScaleData >& rScales, bool bSwapXAndYAxis )
+{
+    VPolarAxis::setScales( rScales, bSwapXAndYAxis );
+    m_apAxisWithLabels->setScales( rScales, bSwapXAndYAxis );
+}
+
+void VPolarRadiusAxis::initAxisLabelProperties( const css::awt::Size& rFontReferenceSize
+                  , const css::awt::Rectangle& rMaximumSpaceForLabels )
+{
+    VPolarAxis::initAxisLabelProperties( rFontReferenceSize, rMaximumSpaceForLabels );
+    m_apAxisWithLabels->initAxisLabelProperties( rFontReferenceSize, rMaximumSpaceForLabels );
+}
+
+sal_Int32 VPolarRadiusAxis::estimateMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount()
+{
+    return 2;
+}
+
+bool VPolarRadiusAxis::prepareShapeCreation()
+{
+    //returns true if all is ready for further shape creation and any shapes need to be created
+    if( !isAnythingToDraw() )
+        return false;
+
+    if( m_xGroupShape_Shapes.is() )
+        return true;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void VPolarRadiusAxis::createMaximumLabels()
+{
+    m_apAxisWithLabels->createMaximumLabels();
+}
+
+void VPolarRadiusAxis::updatePositions()
+{
+    m_apAxisWithLabels->updatePositions();
+}
+
+void VPolarRadiusAxis::createLabels()
+{
+    m_apAxisWithLabels->createLabels();
+}
+
+void VPolarRadiusAxis::createShapes()
+{
+    if( !prepareShapeCreation() )
+        return;
+
+    const ExplicitScaleData& rAngleScale         = m_pPosHelper->getScales()[0];
+    const ExplicitIncrementData& rAngleIncrement = m_aIncrements[0];
+
+    TickInfoArraysType aAngleTickInfos;
+    TickFactory aAngleTickFactory( rAngleScale, rAngleIncrement );
+    aAngleTickFactory.getAllTicks( aAngleTickInfos );
+
+    uno::Reference< XScaling > xInverseScaling;
+    if( rAngleScale.Scaling.is() )
+        xInverseScaling = rAngleScale.Scaling->getInverseScaling();
+
+    AxisProperties aAxisProperties(m_aAxisProperties);
+
+    sal_Int32 nTick = 0;
+    EquidistantTickIter aIter( aAngleTickInfos, rAngleIncrement, 0 );
+    for( TickInfo* pTickInfo = aIter.firstInfo()
+        ; pTickInfo; pTickInfo = aIter.nextInfo(), nTick++ )
+    {
+        if( nTick == 0 )
+        {
+            m_apAxisWithLabels->createShapes();
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        //xxxxx pTickInfo->updateUnscaledValue( xInverseScaling );
+        aAxisProperties.m_pfMainLinePositionAtOtherAxis = pTickInfo->getUnscaledTickValue();
+        aAxisProperties.m_bDisplayLabels=false;
+
+        VCartesianAxis aAxis(aAxisProperties,m_xNumberFormatsSupplier
+            ,1,2,new PolarPlottingPositionHelper());
+        aAxis.setExplicitScaleAndIncrement( m_aScale, m_aIncrement );
+        aAxis.initPlotter(m_xLogicTarget,m_xFinalTarget,m_xShapeFactory, m_aCID );
+        aAxis.setTransformationSceneToScreen( B3DHomMatrixToHomogenMatrix( m_aMatrixScreenToScene ) );
+        aAxis.setScales( m_pPosHelper->getScales(), false );
+        aAxis.initAxisLabelProperties(m_aAxisLabelProperties.m_aFontReferenceSize,m_aAxisLabelProperties.m_aMaximumSpaceForLabels);
+        aAxis.createShapes();
+    }
+}
+
+} //namespace chart
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarRadiusAxis.hxx b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarRadiusAxis.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38ebd7b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chart2/source/view/axes/VPolarRadiusAxis.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VPOLARRADIUSAXIS_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_CHART2_SOURCE_VIEW_AXES_VPOLARRADIUSAXIS_HXX
+
+#include "VPolarAxis.hxx"
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace chart
+{
+
+class VCartesianAxis;
+
+class VPolarRadiusAxis : public VPolarAxis
+{
+public:
+    VPolarRadiusAxis( const AxisProperties& rAxisProperties
+           , const css::uno::Reference< css::util::XNumberFormatsSupplier >& xNumberFormatsSupplier
+           , sal_Int32 nDimensionCount );
+    virtual ~VPolarRadiusAxis() override;
+
+    virtual void initPlotter(
+          const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShapes >& xLogicTarget
+        , const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShapes >& xFinalTarget
+        , const css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XMultiServiceFactory >& xFactory
+        , const OUString& rCID
+                ) override;
+
+    virtual void setTransformationSceneToScreen( const css::drawing::HomogenMatrix& rMatrix ) override;
+
+    virtual void setScales( const std::vector< ExplicitScaleData >& rScales, bool bSwapXAndYAxis ) override;
+
+    virtual void setExplicitScaleAndIncrement(
+            const ExplicitScaleData& rScale
+          , const ExplicitIncrementData& rIncrement ) override;
+
+    virtual void initAxisLabelProperties(
+                    const css::awt::Size& rFontReferenceSize
+                  , const css::awt::Rectangle& rMaximumSpaceForLabels ) override;
+
+    virtual sal_Int32 estimateMaximumAutoMainIncrementCount() override;
+
+    virtual void createMaximumLabels() override;
+    virtual void createLabels() override;
+    virtual void updatePositions() override;
+
+    virtual void createShapes() override;
+
+protected: //methods
+    virtual bool prepareShapeCreation() override;
+
+private: //member
+    std::unique_ptr<VCartesianAxis>  m_apAxisWithLabels;
+};
+
+} //namespace chart
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */