I followed the example found in this thread and compared it with every other example of ENCs in ArcGIS I could find, which wasn't very many, but my widget doesn't ever display the charts. At this point I've simplified it down to exactly the code from that example with one exception, which is that I'm not displaying it in the centralWidget. It's one of two display widgets on the main window, the other being a QOpenGLWidget. I have the S-57 format ENCs in the right place, I have the hydrography folder from the site, a SENC file gets generated and I get the output line that says "Loaded all maps". I suspect there's another setup step along the way I'm not aware of. Is there any reason that code wouldn't work for a QWidget promoted to my class on the main window?