I want to do a pie chart with a DropShadow effect, so i've tried to put the effect on the PieDataPoint object but it didn't work - instead of heaving a shadow of the pie every slice of the pie draw its own shadow on its neighbors, as you can see in the image below:
Eventually I set the DropShadow effect on the EdgePanel inside the chart's template and it worked.
<Charting:Chart.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Charting:Chart">
<Border>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<chartingprimitives:EdgePanel x:Name="ChartArea" Style="{TemplateBinding ChartAreaStyle}">
<chartingprimitives:EdgePanel.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect
ShadowDepth = "5"
Direction = "330"
Color = "Gray"
Opacity = "0.5"
BlurRadius = "10">
</DropShadowEffect>
</chartingprimitives:EdgePanel.Effect>
</chartingprimitives:EdgePanel>
<charting:Legend x:Name="Legend" BorderThickness="0" Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Charting:Chart.Template>