I want to use the following the pyramid diagram from the software gallery and add another 2 or 3 layers to the pyramid.
I have taken it from the Diagram family, pyramid section. There is one pyramid that can be edited to add sections automatically, but I prefer another one which does not allow editing. Thank you I now understand to ungroup them and then add new layers
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What do you mean “pyramid diagram”? Have you taken it from the Diagrams family, Pyramid-Segment-xxx (named so in my 7.0.4.2, ) or Pyramid-3d?
These are simply shapes with border and fill colour translated, positioned next to one another and, for some, grouped into sub-elements so that they move together.
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