CHaRTSMITH provides an intuitive user interface and an object-oriented API to enable users and developers to create spectacular charts quickly and easily.

Powerful Feature Set

Chartsmith provides an impressive set of "power" features. Use templates to duplicate the look-and-feel of any Chartsmith chart. Create a combination bar-line chart to add emphasis to your data. Use NEXTSTEP Object Links to automaticaly update the data in your charts. These are just a few of the many features that make Chartsmith the charting application of choice.

Professional Graphics

Chartsmith sets the standard for presentation-quality charts. Create spectacular charts with a stunning array of special effects including gradient fills, text shadowing, and sophisticated 3D effects. Full support for image transparency adds a polished look to presentations and reports. Chartsmith's professional-style graphics brings the data to life.

Object Oriented API

Chartsmith extends its charting capability to other applications. Create sophisticated full-featured charts from custom applications with the Chartsmith API. Charts built using the API may be viewed in Chartsmith, or exported back to the custom application. Use the Chartsmith API to tap the power of the charting engine of choice.

Chart types

• Bar and stacked bar
• Horizontal bar and horizontal stacked bar
• 2D and 3D pie
• Line
• Area and stacked area
• High-low
• High-low-open-close
• Error bar
• XY and scatter
• Mix compatible chart types (e.g. Bar and Line)
• Dynamically convert charts to different types
• Log and semi-log grid types

Data Tools

• Enter and update data directly through CHaRTSMITH Data View
• Copy and Paste data from other applications
• Import data from other applications through NEXTSTEP Services
• Hot link data from other applications through NEXTSTEP Object Links
• Import and link data from ASCII files directly, and through drag-and-drop
• Import data with tab, comma, space, colon, and semi-colon field delimiters

• Drag-and-drop chart images directly to other applications
• Save chart images as files
• Hot link chart images to other applications through NEXTSTEP Object Links
• Print charts on any NEXTSTEP-compatible printer
• Specify TIFF or EPS format for all image operations
• Maintain transparency for TIFF chart images

• Text, line, arrow, box, and circle annotations
• Comment balloon annotations with text
• Image annotations
• Drop-shadow and rotation for text annotations

• Drag-and-drop images to bar series, image annotations, and chart background
• Specify stacked or unstacked for images in bar series
• Import and export images with TIFF or EPS format

• Drag-and-drop color to all chart features
• Preview the effect of color drop before dropping
• Linear, concentric and radial gradient fills for chart background
• Linear gradient fills for legend and bar series
• Concentric gradient fills and exploded slices for pie charts
• Specify depth and angle for 3D bar charts
• Specify depth, angle, elevation, and rotation for 3D pie charts

• Create templates from any chart
• Select individual chart attributes for templating
• Drag-n-Drop templates on charts for easy formatting
• Browse personal and system templates

• Create and delete charts programmatically
• Open, close and save CHaRTSMITH documents
• Dynamically update chart data
• Control all chart features through templates
• Programmatically display chart images in your custom application

Requires NEXTSTEP Release 3.1 or higher.

Now shipping in Multi-Architecture Binary (MAB) format.