Arthur Weightman
Consultant
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I initially chose to work with Nevron Chart for .NET for my project because of its ability to read very large data sets - we had over 50 million samples on 3 axes in some cases! This was obviously beyond the possibilities of most other charting packages. I hope to use Nevron Charts again on my ongoing projects.
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Pete Schieck
Systems Integrator
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For systems integrators like myself, the biggest challenge in my work is the speed in which I can prototype solutions for a customer. This models how Nevron has approached their third-party components, and it is highly appreciated. The first step in my job is to assess a vendor, so I give a technical look to the API; Nevron won because their framework is robust, and other developers recommended it. Secondly, I have to build prototypes based on customer projects, and there was a particularly complex chart I needed to develop using .csv importing, DataSet handling, and stacked bars. The supportive sales staff knew how to escalate my call properly, and I quickly started a dialogue with a charting engineer. I received a prototype which was exactly as I required. Finally, questions about appearance properties were on my list, and Nevron still came through with fast snippets and insights.
Technical support is critical to this process, and Nevron's staff is their company's most valuable asset. I got my business questions answered with enthusiasm. I got a few questions "outside the scope of charting" answered by the engineers, too, so one can be assured that solutions can be acquired even when I have only taken a cursory look at the help files and samples.
The way I do my job is fast and varied. Nevron was able to keep up with my pace, and I will recommend this product and its support subscription to all my friends and colleagues in the business. Keep up the good work.
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David Huxtable
ORELOGY | |
I must say this is an amazing package your company has created. The rendering and lighting quality along with the number of available chart types places Nevron far above all the other companies creating charting tools and we had tried a few before we found this package.
On top of the quality of product the two times I have emailed support I have turned on my computer the following morning and received the reply, that is a lightning fast reply turnaround.
I would like to thank to all the Nevron team, well done and keep up the good work!
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Ioan-Cristinel Istrate
Software Engineer
TBS Holding AG | |
We started to look for a diagram solution that combines functionality with facility of use and professional look and feel. The aim is to let our system operators to create group management rules in the most intuitive and easy, yet attractive way. We have chosen Nevron Diagram Library because we found it the most complete solution for our needs.
We are almost finished with the implementation ... the library already exceeded our expectations and the results are better than we have planned.
From the programmer's perspective... the Diagram is very well structured and object oriented. It can be easily integrated into even big size projects.
From the functionality point of view... the speed and automatic layout features is a big plus of the Nevron Diagramming library.
The big challenges we faced so far during development were guided by Nevron support. They are very prompt and willing to help us every time we ask for technical assistance.
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Patricio Vidal, Ph.D.
Beckman Coulter, Inc. | |
We are using Nevron Chart in our new generation of instruments. Nevron Chart enabled us to produce stunning new graphics with highly detailed information for our clients. Everyone we have spoken with about our graphics presentation has been impressed with our results!
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Daniel Spruce
Software Engineer
QMASTOR Limited | |
We have been using Nevron charts since 2006 and have added and expanded upon our initial designs to add some really complex charts.
After an evaluation of other charting products QMASTOR decided that Nevron was the most efficient and feature rich product to support the stockpile charting requirements.
No other charting controls came close to meeting our requirements. Nevron charts not only met but exceeded our expectations.
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Brian W. Allan, President
ABKA Enterprises Inc. | |
I spent some time evaluating Nevron Chart for .NET Annotations / Anchors over the weekend. All I can say is, "Wow!". Compared to the pages (and pages) of code we wrote to incorporate Annotations previously, this is fabulous. There are other valuable features I did not find in any of the 14 products evaluated during our search; most of them apply to 3D presentation.
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Brian Warren
MKS, Ion Systems | |
Our challenge was to provide an easy way for customers to
setup the many components in one of our ionization systems.
Nevron provided an excellent Diagramming component that gave
a good-looking and effective interface. The API was easy to
learn and use, and provided all the functionality we needed.
The Diagramming component worked so well that later we had
no trouble deciding to use the Nevron User Interface
controls when we wanted to provide our own classy
look-and-feel for our new setup software.
Finally, we were having problems with our existing charting
component, and so we ended up solving our problems by
replacing it with the Nevron Charting component.
The components from the Nevron suite have been essential
for the success of our new software.
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Benjamin Alexander
BioProcessors | |
The quality of the graphics we produce with Nevron Chart greatly impresses everyone. While the software development department in our startup company consists of only five people, the fact that we can produce world-class graphics goes a long way towards convincing potential clients of our professionalism.
I like to lead off the demonstrations that I provide for customers with one or more of the plots I generate with Nevron Chart. The quality of these graphics is so obvious and so arresting that they grab everyone's attention, and make sure that the people in the room are going to listen to whatever I have to say next.
The Nevron Chart software is absolutely central to our software development efforts. The data analysis package that we've written uses graphics to tell the stories that lies behind the data, and the precision and user interactivity that we can achieve with the Nevron package enable us to tell those stories in a very compelling fashion.
We have been using Nevron Chart as a central element in our software development efforts for the last three years, and we have no desire to switch to any other package. I've been consistently impressed with the robustness of the code, the range of the capabilities, and above all with the quality of the graphics since the time that I first started experimenting with this package. Graphical presentations have been a part of my scientific programming efforts for the last 20 years, and as far as I'm concerned there is no other package on the market that is better than Nevron Chart.
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Sebastian Crewe
Consultant/Software Development | |
I used the Nevron chart control to produce a series of charts on a scheduled basis within a .NET console program. This is still working very well and saved my client some $30,000 per year in charges from an external charting company.
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Kari Hirvi
TietoSaab Systems | |
It may be of interest to you know that I selected Nevron
charting component mostly based the examples demonstrating
programmability, events, etc. We really didn't have the
possibility to review in depth several graphing components
(there are a lot of them) and all of them show pretty
pictures, but from picture demos only you cannot tell
about functionality and programmability inside the
component engine.
Since Nevron examples demonstrated clicking, events, etc.
I got the feeling that it offers a lot of freedom to the
developer and you wouldn't be stuck with it at some later
point in your development.
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Mogens B. Laursen
Elsam Engineering A/S | |
We are using Nevron Chart for a new version of our
PowerPlant simulation tool used for optimization of our
fleet of power plants and dimensioning plants for external
customers. The new tool is based on .NET as opposed to
earlier Fortran-based versions in order to increase
productivity of counselors and developers extending the
program. The Nevron Chart had an impressively short
learning curve and widens our scope for adding until now
unseen tools to the software.
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Bayle Holt
Saratoga Systems, Inc. | |
The first thing that impressed me about Nevron was the
swift and helpful response I received to questions and
requests for information. I didn't encounter any high
pressure salesmanship, just direct informative assistance
to what I needed.
The product has shown itself to be clean, well designed,
plus easy to use and integrate into our application. It
is professional, well documented, replete with useable
features, accurate, and visually stunning. We are quite
pleased.
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Grady Werner
SmarterTools Inc. | |
SmarterTools Inc. decided on Nevron Chart for .Net as an
integral part of the SmarterTools product line. The
component has shown itself to be capable of producing
tens of thousands of charts a day with unmatched quality
and stability. After reviewing dozens of the leading
charting components, we found Nevron produces superior
images, allows for easy integration, and provides very
competitive licensing.
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Rich Harrigan
Software Engineer
NCR Corporation | |
I have just finished an upgrade to one of our Windows
based Analytic products where the Nevron Diagram for
Windows Forms is an integral component. Listings of
numerous related objects were brought to life in diagram
form. As a developer I especially appreciated the
excellent demonstration program. This program provided
windows forms that highlighted many of the products
features and provided an easy way to drill down to the
sample code (great job). Looking forward to experimenting
with the product in the future to bring a richer user
interface to our customers.
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Pete Gonzalez
V.P. of Development
Bluel Technologies | |
After struggling with the limitations of a competitor
product, we did a thorough evaluation of over 15
different charting components for Windows Forms. In
terms of visual appearance, features, and design, Nevron
Chart for .Net is clearly superior to every other product
we tried, particularly for 3D surface functionality.
The design of this component reflects a rare talent for
graphic design and user interfaces, which I think will be
quite difficult for competitors to imitate. Moreover,
the Nevron support team was very knowledgeable and
provided quick answers to our questions.
Between you and me, I think your ordering system needs a
little work, but I would have hammered my credit card
into a tree stump if that's what it took to get our hands
on this product. It really is the best charting
component in existence. ;-)
Thanks!
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Chris Woodward
Innovation Group Limited | |
We are utilizing Nevron charts in our CLEAR product.
CLEAR is a software product designed to improve a
Financial Services company’s effectiveness and
profitability through driving and automatically measuring
targeted action programs. It allows business users (with
no technical bias) access to data in an easy to use and
very interactive GUI. This includes powerful drag and
drop capabilities and presents any result information in
a number of ways including the flexible Nevron charting
components. We are making use of all the standard charts
(including the Venn diagram) and intend developing our
product further by including and implementing more of the
Nevron charting options. CLEAR enables a user to move
from ordinary Management Information to in depth Business
Intelligence using a single application and user interface.
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Gian Piero Anselmi
NIT - New Information Technology S.r.l. | |
We use Nevron Diagram for .NET in our client server software that allows Enel’s operational compartments to plan the electrical net; the software enable electrical engineers to find less expensive, but still efficient, solutions for the electrical net. The software works in disconnected mode, as a smart client, and allows the personnel to simulate various configuration of the electrical net; using the client program it is possible to add, remove or substitute pieces of the MT electrical net representation as well as change connection points.
The simulator, then, allows to emulate every single point of failure of the net and for each of them reconfigures the net for the best off-line time (breakers take several maneuvers and counter-maneuvers to operate correctly). At the end of the simulation an animation is recorded for the best solution found (time/price). The animation is then displayed , using Nevron Graph controls, allowing the electrical engineer to check the correctness of the result and the various “moves” that the simulator toke to get to the best solution. When the personnel is then satisfied with the solution it uses the client application to update the remote DB with a request to acquire the needed resources to build this new configuration on the real net.
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Miles Dennis
CACI Ltd | |
We started a search for new components as we switch away
from VB/C++ development to .Net, and felt it was time to
re-evaluate all controls we commonly use.
I started the evaluation by looking at all charting
controls available on Component Source. (The product we
currently have used is [by another leading vendor]).
The initial evaluation took the form of creating a simple
x-y chart with a x-axis with a lot of times along it, and
passing in random y values, and then formatting the chart
to look reasonable. This is a good test of ease of use,
documentation, examples provided etc. The C# samples
provided were excellent!
This amazingly reduced the choice down to just three. The
next step was to look at cost. You had a sensible pricing
policy, which is where [the other leading vendor] lost out on it's
deployment costs. We wanted a Windows Forms solution, but
with a possibility of Web Forms too, without having to go
through another big investment.
The final points that swung it for us were...
- Great looks.
- A company that makes and concentrates on a few good
products, rather than tens of mediocre ones.
- A good website, where you can get the info you want.
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Joseph Sweeney
Tytags Australia Pty. Ltd. | |
As a single developer working on niche market graphical
printing applications, I could not afford to mess about
getting the wrong UI component library to revamp our
existing applications. I spent about 4 months evaluating
various suits. I finally opted for Nevron, largely due to
the excellent color, docking and command bar features,
but also partly due to the fact that they have a real
try-before-you-buy policy that let me completely test out
their functionality before forking out my hard-earned cash.
Nevron's class structure is very well considered and the
various components fit seamlessly together. I especially
like the commandbarmanager tool which makes developing
docking / floating tools panels a breeze. Their docking
controls are excellent and the 'docking hints' at run
time certainly make using the software a lot easier - in
our case, the user can have up to 13 editing tools on the
screen at any one time (although most of the time, the
smart user will tab these tools together to make working
with them easier). The latest version also includes
custom forms, with some very pretty add-ons to regular
forms and a nifty little font selector control than can
be slotted onto a command bar or any other control. It
took me all of 45min to add full text formatting feature
on top of this control - such as font color picker, test
alignment, font size, etc.
Very nice.
But it is NOT the suit itself that is making me write
this review. Since purchasing, I have been *extremely*
impressed with the level of customer support and insight
I have received from Nevron's staff. As a component
library, Nevron UI works well, is practically designed,
and looks great...
but it's the impressive responses and help that have
really set these guys above the pack in my opinion. In
fact, this review is my way of saying thanks to the folks
at Nevron for their outstanding support over the past few
weeks. If you are looking for a good UI and docking
library for .net, I strongly recommend you download a
trial of Nevron and have a play.
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Mike Walsh
Envision Sustainability Tools Inc. | |
Simply put, your products are great, and your support is
awesome.
I think in order to write good testimonial I need to
spend a bit of time with the new version we just got. I'm
going to be using it quite a bit over the next 2-3 weeks,
so I would propose that once I've become familiar with
the .NET version, I can write something that talks about
both the ActiveX version of 3D Chart, as well as the new
.NET version, and hopefully note how things are even
better with the new version that with the old.
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Bill Buchanan
V.P. of Software Development
Yye Software | |
Charting is a core piece of functionality in our
upcoming product line. It was difficult for us to trust
such a key feature to a third party, however, after trying
Nevron Chart for .NET that fear has long subsided and
we're continually impressed by what this package can do.
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Matthew Gardner
SmoothPay Limited | |
I’ve been evaluating 3DChart ActiveX for a week or so,
and it’s been really great. The help files are
comprehensive and show examples that I can make use of
immediately (though it took me ages to get that 3D
jellybean look and feel, but I guess that’s part of
learning how to use a new component). I love it, it’s
well structured, and I’ve got plenty of applications for
some great new charts. Thanks.
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Steven Hodson
WinExtra | |
For a project currently under development I found myself
in the need of a charting control for .NET and after much
cruising the net I finally settled on and purchased the
Nevron WinForms .NET Chart and I will be the first to
admit that price played a great part in the original
decision; but the more that I worked with the component
the more I began to appreciate the thought and effort
that the folks at Nevron had put into it.
There are two things that Nevron gets right with their
chart component and they are:
- Samples (slash Help) - In
the years that I have been coding and trying components
that are suppose to make a developers life easier I have
come to a conclusion that component developers either
hate doing good help and sample projects - or they assume
that you'll be smart enough to figure it out. Well excuse
me but I'm using you component to speed up the
development cycle not spend hours - or days - trying to
figure out how to use the component. This is not the case
with Nevron - in this area they excel as the sample
projects include both C# and VB.NET and
they are put together in such a way that there isn't
anything about using the component that you can't figure
out. My hat's off to them for this and a big resounding
Thank You.
- Pricing - This has got to be one of my biggest beefs
(next to help files :) ) that I have with component
developers. They all seem to think that application and
web developers have a corporate bank account behind them
- well we don't and Nevron apparently has recognized this
and in turn priced an excellently full featured charting
control within the financial reach of small independent
developers. They should be commended for this.
The Nevron Chart component has become a permanent part of
my developer toolbox and I would have no qualms against
recommended it to any other developer out there -
corporate or independent.
So my suggestion is head over there (link at bottom of
review) and grab a copy of their demo and see for
yourself. I know you won't be disappointed.
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Jay Larmee
Larmee Associates | |
I'm the owner of a small consulting, programming services
company that caters to stocks and commodities traders.
In our business, charts are a big deal. Many of our
clients religiously watch price charts with custom
indicators to determine when to enter and exit the
market. Recently, we purchased the Nevron Chart for
Windows Form product. We are just in our first project,
but are already delighted with the results. With this
product we are able produce absolutely stunning graphs.
The product has amazing flexibility. We have yet to come
up with something that the software can’t do. We program
exclusively in VB .NET and were very pleased to find that
the Nevron software is a native .NET component making its
use very intuitive and easy. I would whole heartedly
recommend the product to other development shops.
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Gregory Geiger
Creative-Manager
Streamline Technologies | |
We selected Nevron Chart for .Net because we needed a
full featured product that could create distinctive
looking charts. Our customers are mostly graphic
designers and so far their response has been WOW! We have
found it very easy to create sophisticated effects and
charts with the system and anytime we had a question,
Nevron was quick to answer our questions.
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Aubyn Crawford
Visual Integrated Solutions Ltd. | |
I am impressed with the product and considering that I
have been developing for 10 years and not bought a single
component because I have never been very impressed with
quality and functionality – that is saying something.
I almost exclusively use Nevron Diagramming. I am most
impressed with the speed, and after that the object model
is well thought out, very flexible, and often goes the
“extra mile” to provide a function that is really
annoying to have to write yourself, but is relatively
easy to be included.
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Andrew Phillips
Senior Developer
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Nevron Chart for .NET has taken the complexity out of
developing charting solutions for my small development
business. After looking at the alternatives, I discovered
no other product could offer the simplicity, aesthetics,
and flexibility for which Nevron delivers in spades. I use
Nevron Chart to quickly create great-looking charts for
clients with unique and challenging requirements. I can
also attest to their superior customer support though
their sales and support staff.
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Bostjan Maljevec
Eunomia | |
Nevron Chart for Windows Forms is a first-class product.
Its wide range of possibilities, looks, settings and
other options gives you a very powerful tool to support
your own application and to make end user a superb
presenter. This product’s price/performance ratio is the
best in its segment. It seems that only limitation is the
one from the user.
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