About

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ChArtist is a powerful Blender extension designed for data enthusiasts, designers, and 3D artists. Visualizing data from CSV files directly within Blender has never been this seamless.

Important

ChArtist has replaced SmArtist CSV Charts. It uses a completely new preset and chart system and is not cross-compatible.

Get ChArtist

Ready to transform your data into stunning 3D art?

  • Get it on Superhive: Download ChArtist Here

  • Questions & Pricing: Send us an email to enquire about current pricing, purchase methods, or any other queries about this product.

Why Choose ChArtist?

  • Efficiency: Save time importing data directly into your 3D environment.

  • Flexibility: Customize charts to match your project’s style.

  • Versatility: Use your own custom objects for a personal touch.

  • Support: Comprehensive online documentation available to guide you.

Key Features & Capabilities

Effortless CSV File Import

  • Easy-to-use CSV data import system.

  • Sort and filter data before mapping.

  • Automatic Title and Subtitle generation.

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Unparalleled Customization

  • Over a 1000+ categorized and tagged parameters built directly into the N Panel.

  • Use your own objects as area charts or datapoint objects (animated objects supported).

  • Use the built-in objects to customize the look and feel.

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Customize the datapoint shape:

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Customize the area shape:

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Control chart components separately:

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Chart Presets

  • Customize your visualizations with ease. Base Presets included.

  • Create/edi new charts and save presets.

  • Save Full, Partial, and Animation presets.

  • Presets are stored outside of Blender and are independent of projects.

  • Preset .JSON files can be shared with your peers easily

Change presets in real time without remapping data:

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Dynamic Animation Integration

Create and combine animation presets to bring your data to life.

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Compare series with different methods:

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Seamless Blender Integration

  • Finalize Meshes: Create real geometry to enable Blender physics or export to another platform.

  • Seamlessly integrates with other parts of Blender.

Documentation

Full documentation is available on our documentation sub-domain here.

Development Roadmap & Future Updates

We are continuously working to improve ChArtist. Here is what is planned for future updates:

  • More Full, Partial, and Animation presets.

  • Improvements and additions to current documentation.

  • More usage examples.

  • Improvements to datapoint label alignment.

  • Datasort by string (alpha-numeric).

  • More data import types beyond CSV.

  • Manual datapoint editing and creation.

  • Simplify data value management.

  • Integrate valid user feedback.