title: Scientific data visualization and the .NET framework
body: <p>I have spent a long time searching for a product that would bring functionality similar to matplotlib to the .NET framework.  From what I can tell, nothing really measures up.  Is this an accurate assessment?  Here is what I have found:</p>
  
  <p>Commercial:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>ChartFX</li>
  <li>Dundas</li>
  <li>KitWare's ActiViz (basically a managed version of VTK)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Open Source:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>NPlot</li>
  <li>Various projects on CodePlex, notably VSLab</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I think it would be tremendously valuable to have a .NET project which provided the ability to interactively plot data from languages like F# and IronPython.  Does anyone know of such a project?</p>