From nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: Re: AVS under Linux?
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In article <LJS.94Mar29153107@gano.cs.brown.edu> ljs@cs.brown.edu (Lee J.  
Silverman) writes:
> 
> 	For those of us who can't afford super-high end workstations
> but might be able to get a Pentium based machine with a graphics card,
> I wonder if AVS is going to be ported to some form of PC Unix, such as
> Linux or Xenix or NeXTstep?

If you think the hardware is expensive, wait until you find out what
the software costs.

--
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PPP link from hilbert.csb.yale.edu
Please reply to: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (NeXT)



From buhle@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: AVS'94 paper available on WWW-server
Date: 31 Mar 94 17:18:13 EST
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
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Some time ago, I suggested making the AVS '94 proceedings available on
the Internet, via a Wide-World-Web server. I have done so for my paper
on AVS and Medical Treatment Planning. I invite you (suitably equiped with
a graphical WWW-client, such as Mosaic) to examine my attempt and render
comments (or sarcastic remarks). I believe the hypertext + availability on the 
Internet for anyone to read are BIG pluses. 

How to get there? The file is on OncoLink (cancer.med.upenn.edu) in the Medical 
Physics section. If you are running an WWW-client, you should point your URL 
to:
        http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/1s/buhle/manuscripts

It is the only manuscript in this area. There are no movies, sounds (or 
smells), or interactive displays in this manuscript. I thought about hooking 
the WWW-server to AVS running somewhere else, dumping a GIF file to a strategic 
location and allowing you to change the figures....

If you want to browse OncoLink, you can use: http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/ 

Yes, OncoLink does support gopher .. . and you can get to the text based 
version of this paper .. .but you will be missing ALOT.

If this concept is deemed a GOOD IDEA, I think the International AVS site 
should consider it, in addition to a CD.
---------
Dr. E. Loren Buhle, Jr.  INTERNET: BUHLE@XRT.UPENN.EDU
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine         Phone: 215-662-3084
Rm 440A, 3401 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228   FAX: 215-349-5978


From polcher@ella.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (POLCHER Jan)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: A simple meteorological map ???????????????
Date: 1 Apr 1994 13:27:31 GMT
Organization: Ecole Normale Superieure
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Hi,

I am new to AVS and I have problems which are probably due to my lack of 
experience. I am certain that a simple meteorological map can be drawn with 
AVS but I have not succeeded.
I have read the AVS documentation but it was not of much help, there are no 
exemples of networks for constructing complex pictures.

The Problem
-----------

I am in the field of climate modelling and I want to visualize a 2D field 
(lets say the surface temperature, a problem I am dealing with everyday, 
but with another graphic package). The map of temperature should be on the 
entier globe with a simple projection (Mercator) and the continents should be 
superimposed. The resulting picture should display all the informations 
specified in the AVS file. I even created 
a file that contains the data in the format of AVS that is:

# AVS field file 
#
ndim = 2
dim1 = 64
dim2 = 50
nspace = 2
veclen = 1
data = float
field = rectilinear
label = Surface Temperature
unit = C

coord 1 file=./xcoo filetype=ascii
coord 2 file=./ycoo filetype=ascii 

variable 1 file=./test filetype=ascii

The AVS network I need should plot this field in 2D with the colorcode, 
title and axes and draw the continents above the map.

I have tried a few things:

image viewer
------------

After putting color I am giving the data into image viewer but the problem is 
that the distribution in physical space is not correct, That is the ration of 
the x-axis to the y-axis is 64/50 instead of 360/180. Obviously image viewer 
does not take into account the coordinates I am giving him. Besides I am 
unable to put the color code into the picture.

geometry viewer
---------------

With this option I am geting a little further but far enough. I am using 
field_to_mesh before the geometry viewer but here the values I am getting 
are wrong, or they do not correspond to the color code. Beside the label of 
the map is lost by field_to_mesh and I am unable to put it into the picture.


What are the options opened to me for getting this picture done, do I need 
some other routines or am I doing something wrong in my network?

	Thanks for any help.


-- 
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Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique / E.N.S.      FAX: -33-1-43368392
24, rue Lhomond
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From Richard P. Signell <rsignell@crusty.er.usgs.gov>
Subject: Re: Fly-by visualization
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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 14:46:50 GMT
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jwinstea@elara.mitre.org (Joel Winstead) writes:

>I have had some success generating fly-by animations with the AVS Animator. 

The problem we've had with the AVS Animator is that is only linearly 
interpolates between keyframes, so the camera movement for a flyby is
jerky unless you add use lots of keyframes, which is a pain in the neck.

But check out this presentation at AVS94!

The Spline Animator: Smooth Camera Motion for AVS Animation. 1 -
1:45 p.m. Monday
This paper discusses the theory, implementation and use of the
module, along with examples of simple flybys and flight paths
generated by the module.
Mitch Roth
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Fairbanks, AK

We've been using a "pre-release" version of this for flybys and it
produces really nice results!

>Does anyone know of a PD viewer (for X) that could
>display the animations, and how to export the files from AVS to
>whatever format the viewer would want?

I would use mpeg_encode to make a mpeg movie.  Then you could view it
on X with mpeg_play, or on PCs with vmpeg11.zip, and you could even put
it on your WEB server!

--
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U.S. Geological Survey     |  (508) 457-2229  |  FAX (508) 457-2310
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From u8123565@cc.nctu.edu.tw ()
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Looking for CT and MR data
Date: 4 Apr 1994 17:38:52 GMT
Organization: Computer Center, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
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Hi, I am looking for the CT and MR data.  Who can tell me where I can obtain
these type of data ?
   Thanks in advance

   ---- Gow-Jen Lin
	E-mail address: barkley@cello.cis.nctu.edu.tw



From mccau002@acpub.duke.edu (Gary McCauley)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Programming the cursor shape for Image Viewer?
Date: 4 Apr 1994 19:34:32 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, NC; USA
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hi,

I have written a module (a derivative of Polyline) to allow
contour tracing within an image viewer window but would like
to change the cursor from an arrow to a crosshair.

I have looked at the CLI commands for image viewer but did not
see one for specifying the cursor shape. Does anyone know if
this can be done? If so, how?

gary mccauley


From lucifer@news.u.washington.edu (Warren Edwards)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Render Irregular field volume
Date: 7 Apr 1994 00:14:25 GMT
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Hi 
   I have a 3D volume that is an irregular field.  How do I render the volume
for display?  I noticed that tracer only accepts uniform 3d fields.  Note that
the module irreg_2_reg gives me output but I lose my geometric accuracy.  I
must be missing something really simple here but I can't see it.  Please help!

warren




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From alanbe@dpi.qld.gov.au (Alan Beswick)
Subject: Text to image
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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 05:14:24 GMT
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Is there an easy way of adding labels to an image in AVS. There are several ways of adding it to a geometry but I have yet to find one for an image
Thanks in advance
Alan

Alan Beswick,                           Snail Mail:    PO Box 631
Spatial Modelling Applications Centre                  Indooroopilly, Qld. 4068
Department of Primary Industries.                      Australia
Gate 3, 80 Meiers Rd                    email:         alanbe@dpi.qld.gov.au
Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland.    phone:         +61 7 877 9741
                                        fax:           +61 7 877 9606


From davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: AVS '94
Message-ID: <1994Apr8.174321.7029@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
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Organization: International AVS Center, RTP, NC
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 17:43:21 GMT

		Attention AVS'ers

If you are planning on attending AVS '94 you should
be aware that the hotel is filling up and the AVS
pre-block for rooms ends on Monday the 11th of April.
That means that you may not be able to get a room at
the conference hotel after the first of next week
unless you call it in right away.  There are other
hotels, but it will not be as convenient for you.

Also, some of the workshops are almost full and operate
on a first request basis on your registration, so if
you want a workshop, don't delay til the last week or
you will not have a spot.

Look forward to seeing you all in a couple of weeks

David Bennett
Technical Program Chair
-- 
David Bennett
International AVS Center
NCSC


From k202030@eddy.dkrz.de (Joachim Biercamp)
Subject: Re: Text to image
Message-ID: <1994Apr7.110625.8105@news.dkrz.de>
Sender: k202030@eddy (Joachim Biercamp)
Organization: Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH, Hamburg
References:  <CnvIK1.JGt@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 11:06:25 GMT
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In article <CnvIK1.JGt@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au>, alanbe@dpi.qld.gov.au (Alan Beswick) writes:
> Is there an easy way of adding labels to an image in AVS. There are several ways of adding it to a geometry but I have yet to find one for an image
> Thanks in advance
> Alan
> 


   Use the image viewer module

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From "vivek gupta" <vigupta@cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Render Irregular field volume
Message-ID: <1994Apr7.104351.19737@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 10:43:47 -0500
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Hi,

this might work but I'm not certain. (I have a similar problem)

 Field to UCD --> UCD Tracer -> to whatever

Good luck,
Vivek
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From ams7483@hertz.njit.edu (Anish M Sheth CIS stnt)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: sphigs posting
Message-ID: <1994Apr6.231758.26355@njitgw.njit.edu>
Date: 6 Apr 94 23:17:58 GMT
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Hi - 

Some questions on SPHIGS:

	1. Is there a mechanism for making SPHIGS calls from
	   Motif? 

	2. Is SPHIGS likely to maintain compatibility with future releases
	   of X 11?

Thanks in advance.

Anish Sheth

ams7483@msaol.njit.edu


From buhle@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: AVS with no display
Date: 7 Apr 94 13:24:09 EST
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
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Is there a way to run AVS with NO display .. .so that it executes completely 
from a script? Something like:   avs -cli -nodisplay....

I would like to run AVS is a batch mode without tying it to a particular 
display. Thanks in advance!

Dr. E. Loren Buhle, Jr.  INTERNET: BUHLE@XRT.UPENN.EDU
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine         Phone: 215-662-3084
Rm 440A, 3401 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228   FAX: 215-349-5978


From i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Subject: programming string input_port in FORTRAN
Message-ID: <1994Apr7.134941.1907@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
Sender: i6041514@rz1strm4.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Organization: Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 13:49:41 GMT
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Hello,
 
I have some problems writing an AVS-module in FORTRAN with the accessing of a 
string input-port
When the port is disconected, the module dies because of adressing through a
NIL pointer. The pointer still have the same value, but the value is not 
available anymore.

My question is:
- How can I find out wether the pointer points to a correct adress with a true 
  actual value? 

Who can give me a hint or knows an example-module?
 
Thank you!

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o Ulrich Hillmann 		e-mail: stud05@hermes.strm.ing.tu-bs.de o
o Institute for Fluid Mechanics	 					o
o Technical University of Braunschweig					o 
o Bienroder Weg 3 			voice: (xx49 0531) 391 - 29 87 	o
o D-38106 Braunschweig 							o
o Germany 								o	
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From i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Subject: AVSmessage_sub module routine in FORTRAN
Message-ID: <1994Apr7.135138.2096@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
Sender: i6041514@rz1strm4.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Organization: Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 13:51:38 GMT
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Hello,
 
I have some problems writing an AVS-module in FORTRAN with the AVSmessage_sub
module routine.
When I call this routine, all variables were executed correct, with exception
of the MESSAGE. In the ERROR-message window occurs only the first character
of the MESSAGE variable.

The code is as follows:

      character*64 functnm, message, choice, file_version
      file_version = '@(#)test_in.f   1.0 UH 94/04/07'

      functnm = 'change of input_string '
      message = 'No true pointervalue. EXIT.'
      choice = 'EXIT'
      call AVSmessage_sub(answer,file_version,AVS_Error,0,functnm, choice,message)


My question is:

Who can give me a hint or knows an example-module?
 
Thank you!

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o Institute for Fluid Mechanics	 					o
o Technical University of Braunschweig					o 
o Bienroder Weg 3 			voice: (+ 49 0531) 391 - 29 87 	o
o D-38106 Braunschweig 							o
o Germany 								o	
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From i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Subject: Re: whats the address of the AVS ftp site?
Message-ID: <1994Apr7.140045.2510@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
Sender: i6041514@rz1strm4.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Organization: Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 14:00:45 GMT
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International AVS Center ftp site:
avs.ncsc.org
(128.109.178.23)

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o Institute for Fluid Mechanics	 					o
o Technical University of Braunschweig					o 
o Bienroder Weg 3 			voice: (+ 49 0531) 391 - 29 87 	o
o D-38106 Braunschweig 							o
o Germany 								o	
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From alanbe@dpi.qld.gov.au (Alan Beswick)
Subject: AVS and X/Motif widgets
Message-ID: <Cnx3qE.GMu@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au>
Sender: alanbe@smac (Alan Beswick)
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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 01:49:25 GMT
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Has anyone got examples of AVS module code which accesses X-windows
directly?  I want to create my own windows and GUI for a specialised
application.  An alternative would be some idea of hooks to extend
the AVS control panel to handle my own widgets and event handling.

Cheers
Alan 


Alan Beswick,                           Snail Mail:    PO Box 631
Spatial Modelling Applications Centre                  Indooroopilly, Qld. 4068
Department of Primary Industries.                      Australia
Gate 3, 80 Meiers Rd                    email:         alanbe@dpi.qld.gov.au
Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland.    phone:         +61 7 877 9741
                                        fax:           +61 7 877 9606


From i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Subject: Re Render Irregular field volume
Message-ID: <1994Apr8.085203.29484@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
Keywort: isosurface
Sender: i6041514@rz1strm2.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Organization: Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 08:52:03 GMT
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Hello,

if it is enough for you to get a hull around the volume to render,
try the isosurface module (mapper). It produces a geometry which is
a surface with a constant value. As input it accept also a irregular
field.

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o Institute for Fluid Mechanics                                         o
o Technical University of Braunschweig                                  o
o Bienroder Weg 3                       voice: (+ 49 0531) 391 - 29 87  o
o D-38106 Braunschweig                                                  o
o Germany                                                               o
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From gbenicou@.ifremer.fr (Georges Benicourt)
Subject: locking labels
Message-ID: <1994Apr8.124729.19887@molene.ifremer.fr>
Sender: news@molene.ifremer.fr
Reply-To: gbenicou@.ifremer.fr
Organization: Ifremer
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 94 12:47:29 GMT
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 Hi,
Who could tell me how to have a label locked like any other geometrical
object (i.e in screen coordinates, and not affected by changes of position of
the camera), because AVS documentation seems to say it is possible but in my
application even labels defined as title are moving when the camera moves ?
Thanks in advance,
     Georges.

--
gbenicou@ifremer.fr



From keith@earth.ox.ac.uk (Keith Refson)
Subject: Re: Crystal
Message-ID: <1994Apr8.135422.16755@inca.comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Organization: Dept of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, UK.
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Ion Barosan (rcion@rw5.urc.tue.nl) wrote: 

: I would like to do some visualization of the crystall's structures
: according to the space group.  Is there AVS's module available ?  (
: or is there a package for PC or workstations ?)

My "read shak" module provides a rudimentary capability.  It does
have symmetry operations but space groups aren't built in.  But with
a trusty copy of the "international tables" by your side you can do
most structures pretty easily.  I have built up a little library of
common mineral structures.

Alternatively there is the "space" module presented at AVS93.  It's
not publicly available though, and I still haven't succeeded in
getting hold of a copy.

Finally there are many PC and mac packages.  "Atoms" is one, and
"Shackal" is the one we used to use and whose input format I based
"read shak" on.  I can put you in contact with the vendors if you
require.


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From JHHARDE@erenj.com (John Hardenbergh)
Subject: Re: Re Render Irregular field volume
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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 14:06:36 GMT

In article <1994Apr8.085203.29484@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann) writes:
>From: i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
>Subject: Re Render Irregular field volume
>Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 08:52:03 GMT

>Hello,

>if it is enough for you to get a hull around the volume to render,
>try the isosurface module (mapper). It produces a geometry which is
>a surface with a constant value. As input it accept also a irregular
>field.

I'm also interested in visualing data as a volume that is not easily described 
by a uniform field.  I my case the data is a 3D connected gragh and I'm hoping 
to come up with an visualization that looks a lot like a molecular ball and 
stick model without the balls and where the sticks have a diameter that 
varies based on some property.  Any thoughts on how to descride a connected 
graph using irregular fields, currently I have node centers (x,y,z), the 
connections ie ( node1 to node2, node1 to node3, etc ) and the weight of the 
connection.  

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>o Institute for Fluid Mechanics                                         o
>o Technical University of Braunschweig                                  o
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>o D-38106 Braunschweig                                                  o
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From JHHARDE@erenj.com (John Hardenbergh)
Subject: Re: AVS and X/Motif widgets
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References:  <Cnx3qE.GMu@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 14:07:30 GMT

In article <Cnx3qE.GMu@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au> alanbe@dpi.qld.gov.au (Alan Beswick) writes:
>From: alanbe@dpi.qld.gov.au (Alan Beswick)
>Subject: AVS and X/Motif widgets
>Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 01:49:25 GMT

>Has anyone got examples of AVS module code which accesses X-windows
>directly?  I want to create my own windows and GUI for a specialised
>application.  An alternative would be some idea of hooks to extend
>the AVS control panel to handle my own widgets and event handling.

Check the archive site for the WAIS interface module.  Although I've not 
personaly looked at it the folks at MCNC told me the code is there for 
creating your own x-windows, etc.  Hope this proves a usefull starting point.

>Cheers
>Alan 


>Alan Beswick,                           Snail Mail:    PO Box 631
>Spatial Modelling Applications Centre                  Indooroopilly, Qld. 4068
>Department of Primary Industries.                      Australia
>Gate 3, 80 Meiers Rd                    email:         alanbe@dpi.qld.gov.au
>Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland.    phone:         +61 7 877 9741
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From rosenbe2@ccfsun.nrl.navy.mil (Robert O. Rosenberg [Rosenberg2] )
Subject: IEEE Visualization '94 Call for Participation, October 17-21, Washington DC
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IEEE Visualization '94 Call for Participation

Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on
Computer Graphics
In Cooperation with ACM/SIGGRAPH

October 17-21 1994

* Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner * Washington, DC

Scientific visualization is an important research and applications
frontier shared by a variety of science, medicine, and engineering
fields.  This conference focuses on interdisciplinary methods and
supports collaboration among the developers and users of
visualization methods across all of science, engineering, medicine and
commerce.

IEEE Visualization '94 is the fifth annual IEEE Visualization
Conference Week and will be held in Tysons Corner, in the
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area west of Arlington. The
Conference Week includes tutorials, symposium and mini-workshops
Sunday through Tuesday, and three-way parallel tracks of papers,
panels, and case studies Wednesday through Friday.

Important Visualization '94 Dates:

Paper, Panel, Case Study, Tutorial, Mini-Workshop, and BOF
Proposals Due March 31, 1994 Demonstration Proposals Due  May
30, 1994

Acceptance Notification Mailed June 10, 1994

Final Paper (Papers, Panels and Case Study) Due July 10, 1994

Tutorial Notes Due  August 10, 1994

Final Video (Paper and Case Study) Due  August 10, 1994


Paper Submissions (due March 31, 1994)

Papers are solicited that present research results related to all areas of
visualization, including visualization tools and methods, and
discipline-specific applications. Original papers should be limited to
5,000 words. The submission of images and/or NTSC video to
accompany the paper is recommended. Please submit 5 copies of all
materials. The paper will be included in the conference proceedings;
the video may be included in the conference videotape.
Contact:
    R. Daniel Bergeron
    Department of Computer Science
    University of New Hampshire
    Durham, NH 03824
    Work: (603) 862-2677
    Fax:  (603) 862-3493
    Email: rdb@cs.unh.edu


Panel Proposals (due March 31, 1994)

Panels should address the most important issues in visualization today,
with emphasis on research, applications, systems and results. Panelists
should be experts in their field who discuss the challenges of
visualization.   Summaries of panelists' position statements will
appear in the proceedings. Panel sessions are 90 - 120 minutes in
length, with 3 to 5 speakers in addition to the Panel Chair. At the
Panel Session, panelists should each make a brief position statement
addressing issues and include a moderated discussion which may
include the audience. Panel proposals should describe the topic to be
addressed and identify the prospective panelists. In the panel proposal
each panelist should include a position statement on the topic and a
short biography, the total of which should be limited to 500 words.
The statement will be included in the conference proceedings.
Contact:

    Lloyd Treinish
    IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
    P.O. Box 704, SK-Y57
    Yorktown Heights NY 10598
    FedX:
    IBM Research, 8 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532
    Work:(914) 784-5038
    Fax: (914) 784-5077
    Email: lloydt@watson.ibm.com


Interdisciplinary Case Studies (due March 31, 1994):

Case studies is a forum for scientists from various disciplines to
discuss applications, experience, and challenges of visualization, and
to present potential topics of future research. These sessions provide
an interdisciplinary meeting point between scientists, engineers and
physicians from different areas such as astrophysics, atmospheric
sciences, computational fluid dynamics, engineering, geology,
medicine, anthropology, chemistry, etc.  Please submit a short paper
(1000 words) describing the case study. The submission of images
and/or NTSC video to accompany the paper is recommended. A short
paper (maximum 4 pages including images) will be included in the
conference proceedings; the video may be included in the conference
videotape.
Contact:

    Deborah Silver
    Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    CAIP Center
    Rutgers University
    P.O. Box 1390
    CoRE Building, Frelinghuysen Road
    Piscataway NJ 08855-1390
    Work: (908) 932-5546
    Fax:  (908) 932-4775
    Email: silver@caip.rutgers.edu


Mini-Workshop and Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) Proposals
(due March 31, 1994)

Evening mini-workshops and birds-of-a-feather (BOF) gatherings on
specific visualization methods or application areas will be offered on
Sunday or as evening sessions.  They  should deal with state-of-the-art
topics and involve experts in the field. Discipline-focused proposals
devoted to a particular discipline's methods and needs are encouraged
(e.g. visualization related to molecular biology). If appropriate, the
session may be co-sponsored by another professional organization.
These sessions are forums for participants to exchange views. Mini-
workshop organizers select approximately 20 participants based on
responses to a CFP published in the Visualization '94 Advance
Announcement. BOFS will be described in the Advance Program and
Final Program and attendance is ad hoc. Proposals should describe
the theme and goals of the Mini-Workshop or BOF, the activities
planned, and a brief description of the organizer's background.
Contact:

    Chuck Hansen
    Los Alamos National Laboratory
    MS-B287
    P.O. Box 1663
    Los Alamos, NM 87545
    Work: (505) 665-3663
    Fax:  (505) 665-4939
    Email: hansen@lanl.gov


Tutorial Proposals (due March 31, 1994)

Half-day and full-day course proposals are invited for visualization
systems, methods, and application areas. Tutorials will be offered
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, preceding the Wednesday through
Friday Visualization '94 Conference.  Proposals should clearly
identify the visualization proficiencies expected of participants at a
beginning, intermediate, or advanced level. Tutorial proposals should
include an abstract of the tutorial topic, a description of the tutorials'
organization to include time allocation for major course topics, the
duration (1/2 day or 1 day), the level of the tutorial, and the
background and address information of each of the instructors.
Tutorial proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the tutorial's
relevance, importance and suitability for presentation in a tutorial
format; the past experience and qualifications of the instructors, and
the overall balance in the tutorial program.  The Tutorial Organizer
will be responsible for development of the Tutorial Notes for the
Tutorial, the notes will be due in August.
Contact:

    Hikmet Senay
    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    The George Washington University
    Washington, D.C. 20052
    Phone: (202) 994-5910
    Fax:   (202) 994-0227
    Email: senay@seas.gwu.edu


Demonstration Proposals (due May 30, 1994)

Visualization '94 is a unique opportunity to present your products to
visualization experts from a wide variety of fields. We invite
applications for demonstrations of commercial hardware, software,
integrated systems, peripherals, and literature. We encourage
commercial demonstrators to have technical representatives in
attendance. Call or write for a packet which includes fees for
commercial demonstrations and past attendee demographics.
Registration for the technical conference is included in the
commercial demonstration fee. Commercial demonstrators confirmed
before June 15, 1994 will be announced in the Visualization '94
Advance Program.

Research groups from academia and research labs are invited to
demonstrate their work interactively at Visualization '94.  Proposals
should summarize the work to be presented and identify the
hardware/software platform required. Proposals from non-profit
organizations will be reviewed and will be accepted based on the
anticipated level of interest in the research and the space available.
Demonstrations will be held on Wednesday and Thursday during the
conference.
Contact:

    Sally Wood
    Department of Electrical Engineering
    Santa Clara University
    Santa Clara, CA 95053
    Work: (408) 554-4058
    Fax:  (408) 554-5474
    Email: swood@scuacc.scu.edu


Call for Corporate Partners

We are interested in organizations to partner with the Visualization
'94 Conference Committee in offering this highly technical
visualization week.  Visualization '94 is a non-profit organization and
the support of Corporate Partners allows the conference to keep
registration costs to a minimum, while providing state-of-the art
information about visualization for attendees from a novice
implementor to an advanced researcher level.  Corporate Partners are
acknowledged in the Advance and Final Programs, and in the
conference proceedings. For more information, please contact Nahum
Gershon, (703) 883-7518 or email gershon@mitre.org

Visualization '94 Conference Co-Chairs:

Nahum Gershon, The MITRE Corporation, (703) 883-7518, email
gershon@mitre.org

Carol Hunter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, (510) 422-
1657, email chunter@llnl.gov

Visualization '94 Program Co-Chairs:

Larry Rosenblum, Office of Naval Research European Office, email
lrosenblum@onreur.navy.mil

Bill Ribarsky, Georgia Institute of Technology, (404) 894-6148,
email bill.ribarsky@oit.gatech.edu

IEEE Visualization 94 Proposal/Speaker Form

Please fill out a speaker form for each proposal you submit. For
proposals involving multiple presenters (e.g. panel, tutorial) please
fill out a speaker form for each presenter)
Speaker's
Name:___________________________________________________

Affiliation:
_________________________________________________________

Mailing
Address:_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

City:______________State:_____ Country:_________Zip:_________


Phone: __________________________
Fax:_________________________________

Email:___________________________________________________

Circle Type of Session:  paper    panel    case study   mini-workshop

tutorial   BOF   demonstration    Volume Visualization Symposium
Title of
Presentation:______________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

Please list names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail
addresses of the additional authors/presenters:
_________________________________________________________



IEEE Visualization '94 Conference Committee

Honorary Visualization '94 Conference Chair
    Andries van Dam, Brown University

Conference Co-Chairs
    Nahum Gershon, The MITRE Corporation
    Carol Hunter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Program Co-Chairs
    Bill Ribarsky, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Larry Rosenblum, Office of Naval Research, European Office

Papers Co-Chairs
    Dan Bergeron, University of New Hampshire
    Arie Kaufman, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Panels Co-Chairs
    Lloyd Treinish, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
    Kevin Hussey, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Case Studies Co-Chairs
    Deborah Silver, Rutgers University
    Chuck Goodrich, University of Maryland

Tutorials Co-Chairs
    Hikmet Senay
    Greg Nielson, Arizona State University

Mini-Workshops and BOFS Co-Chairs
    Chuck Hansen, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Polly Baker, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Video Proceedings Co-Chairs
    Robert McDermott, University of Utah
    James Rose, University of Utah

CDROM Co-Chairs
    Steve Follin, University of Georgia
    Tony Scarlatos, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Demonstrations Co-Chairs
    Sally Wood, Santa Clara University
    Ed Council, Timberfield Systems
    Susan Stearman, Maven Consultants

Publicity Co-Chairs
    Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Martin Marrietta/EPA
    Georges Grinstein, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
    Carol Hunter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Registration Co-Chairs
    Ross Gaunt, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Student Volunteers  Co-Chairs
    Stephen Watson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    JP Lee, University of Massachusetts at Lowell

Audio Visual Co-Chairs
    Len Wanger, San Diego Supercomputer Center

Local Co-Chairs
    Upul Obeysekare, Naval Research Laboratory
    Robert Rosenberg, Naval Research Laboratory
    Janet Jensen, ERDEC
    Larry Schuette, Naval Research Laboratory
    Ray Twiddy, Hughes STX
    John Hagedorn, SSAI
    Ken Musgrave, George Washington University
    Margaret Douglas, NIH
    Nancy Johnston, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Finance Co-Chairs
    Michael Danchak, Hartford Graduate Center
    Shirley Stephan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

International Liaison Co-Chairs
    Phil Robertson, CSIRO Information Division, Australia
    Frits Post, University of Delft, The Netherlands
    Stas Klimenko, IHEP, Russia

ACM/IEEE Volume Vizualization Symposium
    Roni Yagel, Ohio State University
    David Ebert, University of Maryland


IEEE Visualization '94 Program Committee


Mike Bailey, San Diego Supercomputer Center
H. Harlyn Baker, SRI International
Stephen Benton, MIT
Steve Bryson, CSC at NASA Ames
Susan Chipman, Office of Naval Research
Donna Cox, NCSA
Jeff Dozier, Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara
Rae A. Earnshaw, Univ. of Leeds, UK
Steven Eick, AT&T Bell Labs
Mark Ellisman, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
Jose Encarnacao, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Germany
Steve Feiner, Columbia Univ.
Jim Foley, Georgia Institute of Technology
Henry Fuchs, Univ. of NC, Chapel Hill
Issei Fujishiro, Ochanomizu Univ., Tokyo
Richard S. Gallagher, Swanson Analysis Systems, Inc.
Michel Grave, ONERA, France
Hans Hagen, Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany
Lambertos Hesselink, Stanford University
William Hibbard, Univ. of WI - Madison
Karl Heinz Ho"hne,  Univ. of Hamburg
F.R.A. Hopgood, Rutherfrod Appleton, UK.
Rob Jacob, Naval Research Laboratory
Larry Gelberg, Application Visualization Systems
Fred Kitson, Hewlett Packard Labs
Stanislav Klimenko, Inst. of Physics, Russia
Tosiyasu Kunii, Univ. of Tokyo
Marc Levoy, Stanford University
Glenn Mucklow, NASA
Art Olson, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic
Mike Rhodes, Toshiba America
Azriel Rosenfeld, Univ. of Maryland
Werner Stuetzle, Univ. of Washington
Jeffery Star, Univ. of Calif, Santa Barbara
Nadia Thalmann, University of Geneva
Gary Watkins, Evans & Sutherland
Val Watson, NASA Ames
Peter Wilson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
Allan R. Wilks, AT&T Bell Laboratories
James M. Winget, Silicon Graphics, Inc.


From peyton.bland@med.umich.edu (Peyton Bland)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: whats the address of the AVS ftp site?
Followup-To: comp.graphics.avs
Date: 8 Apr 1994 20:17:47 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Mich., Dept. of Radiology
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Distribution: world
Message-ID: <peyton.bland-080494161541@no-name-kresge.med.umich.edu>
References: <2nrpn9$t4j@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.214.12.86

In article <2nrpn9$t4j@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, zaxin@wpi.WPI.EDU (Benjamin C.
Lee) wrote:
> 
> 
> 	I feel really silly, but I forgot the address for the avs ftp
> site.  If someone could please post it or email it to me I would be
> very grateful.

Never hurts to re-post it now and then...

    128.109.178.23   avs.ncsc.org

Peyton

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Peyton Bland                   Digital Image Processing Lab
Dept. of Radiology                   University of Michigan
-----------------------------------------------------------
"We all have better moments than anybody ever knows, and so
do all the others....  We are a great mystery.  Each one of
us is a secret, and on that basis we ought to treat each
other with the deepest respect."
                                        -- Garrison Keillor
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From peyton.bland@med.umich.edu (Peyton Bland)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: AVS with no display
Followup-To: comp.graphics.avs
Date: 8 Apr 1994 20:22:03 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Mich., Dept. of Radiology
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NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.214.12.86

In article <1994Apr7.132409.1@wharton.upenn.edu>, buhle@wharton.upenn.edu
wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to run AVS with NO display .. .so that it executes completely 
> from a script? Something like:   avs -cli -nodisplay....

As I recall even if you use "-nodisplay", you still need to specify
"-display n.n.n.n" or whatever, at least that's the way it was on our
GS-1000.

Peyton

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Peyton Bland                   Digital Image Processing Lab
Dept. of Radiology                   University of Michigan
-----------------------------------------------------------
"We all have better moments than anybody ever knows, and so
do all the others....  We are a great mystery.  Each one of
us is a secret, and on that basis we ought to treat each
other with the deepest respect."
                                        -- Garrison Keillor
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From ong@news.cs.columbia.edu (Jueychong Ong)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: HELP: PostScript or HDF to Mac
Date: 8 Apr 1994 19:11:00 -0400
Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science
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NNTP-Posting-Host: age.cs.columbia.edu

In article <2nupba$484@paperboy.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
Larry Novak <lvn@cen.com> wrote:
>I need to get an AVS output to the Mac for inclusion in a PowerPoint
>presentation. I have tried "output postscript" to make a .ps file,
>"image to postscript" to make an EPS file, and "write hdf image" to
>make an hdf file. On the Mac, Photoshop, which is supposed to read EPS
>files, won't read the AVS output, saying it is not in a format it
>understands.  Programs on the Mac that are supposed to read hdf format
>won't read the AVS hdf output. In fact, the AVS "read hdf image" module
>won't read the AVS hdf image output!
>
>Any suggestions on how to do this will be appreciated.
>
>p.s. AVS is being run on a Convex. A locally-written Convex utility to
>convert xwd dumps to hdf works ok.
>
>Thanks,
>Larry
>

Larry, I have not tried PostScript output from AVS, nor
have I played around extensively with PhotoShop. But I
do know that Mac programs are usually very picky about the
PostScript or EPSF header, which is Line #1 of the PS or EPS
file. If the header is not correct, or if the header is missing,
the program will complain that it's not an EPSF file even
if the rest of file is PostScript!


--jc



From thorpe@doppler.NCSC.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: AVS '94 Advance Proceedings
Message-ID: <1994Apr11.152621.11079@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: doppler.ncsc.org
Reply-To: thorpe@ncsc.org 
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 15:26:21 GMT

               AVS '94 ADVANCE PROCEEDINGS

		Come Join the Revolution!!!
 The 3rd Annual International AVS Users Conference and Exhibition
                      May 2-4, 1994
                  Boston, Massachusetts
            Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers

The electronic version of the advance proceedings for AVS '94
is now available.  If you would like a copy you can ftp it from
avs.ncsc.org:/avs94 or simply request it by sending email to
avs@ncsc.org and we will send out the full proceedings.  
If you want hard copy, it will be available the third week of
February and you can request a copy by calling J.R. Schuman 
Associates 617-891-8406 to register, request the appropriate 
forms, or to obtain a hard copy of the Advance Program.

This year the conference has much more in the technical and
advanced areas including a complete technology track and a
developers track.  Workshops and tutorials have also been
reduced in number, but improved in content as users requested.

The 1994 International AVS Users Conference is presented by
Advanced Visual Systems Inc. and by the International AVS Center, a
program of MCNC, in cooperation with the AVS Consortium. The AVS
Consortium consists of the sponsors and affiliates of the
International AVS Center. AVS Consortium Sponsors include
Advanced Visual Systems Inc., Digital Equipment Corporation,
Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, Kubota Computer Inc., Kubota Pacific
Computer Inc., and SUN Microsystems Inc. AVS Consortium Affiliates
include Mobil Oil Corporation, and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

If you would like to be an exhibitor please contact Paul Esdale at the
address or phone number listed below.

If you plan on attending AVS '94, please consider submitting a
video for the Video Theater or a poster for the Poster session.
We also need interested parties to sit on panels.  Contacts are
listed below.

REGISTRATION and FEES
Your registration fee for the 1994 AVS User Group Conference
includes all official program activities, materials, coffee breaks,
lunch on Monday and Tuesday, a copy of the Conference Proceedings,
entrance to the AVS Video Review Theater and reception on Monday
evening, and entrance to the Exhibition Hall.

NOTE:  You must be a User Group member prior to April 22, 1994 to
qualify for the member discounts.  This $36 membership gives you a
$50 discount (email avs@ncsc.org or call 919 248 1100)!

                                Advance         Regular
                                Before 3/18/94  After 3/18/94
Commercial
AVS User Group Member           $525            $625
Non-member                      $575            $675

Student/Government
AVS User Group Member           $425            $525
Non-member                      $475            $575

Workshops are an additional $75 each and have limited seating.

ADVANCE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
The Conference Registration Form, or a copy, must be submitted
with full payment in order to reserve your space at the Conference.
Advance registrations, postmarked on or before March 18, 1994, will
receive a $100 discount. Registrations received after March 18 will
register at the regular rate. Registrations will only be accepted by
mail or fax to J.R. Schuman Associates prior to April 22. After April
22, all registrations must be completed on-site at the Sheraton
Boston. No partial Conference registrations are being offered (except
Exhibition-only at On-Site Registration).  These are available from
J.R. Schuman Associates 617 - 891-8406.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS
The 1994 AVS User Group Conference will be held at the Sheraton
Hotel & Towers located in Boston's historic Back Bay. The Sheraton
is adjacent to the Prudential Center and conveniently located just 3
miles from Logan International Airport.

TO RESERVE A ROOM AT THE SHERATON
Forms are available from J.R. Schuman Associates
617 - 891-8406.

AIR TRAVEL:
Boston's Logan International Airport is serviced by most major
airlines.

PROGRAM CHAIRS
David Bennett
International AVS Center, MCNC
Research Triangle Park, NC
(919) 248-1182

Paul Esdale
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA
(617) 890-4300

EXHIBITION CHAIR
Paul Esdale
Advanced Visual Systems, Inc.
Waltham, MA
(617) 890-4300

VIDEO THEATER CHAIR
David T. Bennett
Information Technology Division, MCNC
Research Triangle Park, NC
(919) 248-1182

POSTER SESSION CHAIR
Janet L. Jenson
U.S. Army - AERDEC
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
(410) 671-5836

PANELS AND PANEL LEADERS
Animation and Video Using AVS
Upul R. Obeysekare
Naval Research Laboratory

AVS in Medicine
Loren Buhle
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

AVS Wizards
Howard Watkins
Intera Information Technologies Ltd.

Education Using AVS
Ken Flurchick
MCNC

Uniras and AVS Directions
Val Schmidt
AVS/Uniras

Volume Visualization
Larry Gelberg
Advanced Visual Systems, Inc.

TRACK CHAIRS  (All speaker slots filled )
AVS AND UNIRAS PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY TRACK CHAIR
David Kamins
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.

DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS WITH AVS INC. PRODUCTS TRACK CHAIR
Tim Hayes
Landmark Graphics

USERS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDIES TRACK CHAIRS
Medical Track
Marc Kessler
University of Michigan Medical School

Imaging Processing and Remote Sensing Track
Gudrun Klinker
Digital Equipment Corporation

Environmental/Earth Sciences Track
Theresa Rhyne
Martin Marietta Technical Services - U.S. EPA

Wes Bethel
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories

Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Track
Michael Ray and Annette Walsh
Mobil Research & Development Corporation

Engineering Analysis Track
Larry Schoof
Sandia National Laboratories

Computational Fluid Dynamics Track
Mike Rangitsch
Dow Chemical

Aerospace/Astrophysics Track
Arsi Vaziri
NASA Ames Research Center
Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Facility

General Science Track
Douglas A. Smith
DASGroup

QUESTIONS:

Conference Related
J.R. Schuman Associates 617-891-8406

User Group Membership or Technical / Program Related
Dave Bennett 919-248-1182, email avs@ncsc.org

AVS Video Review Theater
Dave Bennett 919-248-1182, email avs@ncsc.org

Poster Session Related
Janet Jenson (410) 671-5836, email
jljensen@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil

Exhibition or Training Related
Paul Esdale 617-890-4300
email paule@avs.com



From dasidney@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Sidney)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Experience using COLORIZE GEOM module?
Date: 11 Apr 1994 21:18:07 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Expires: 31 May 1994
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NNTP-Posting-Host: al-burro.mit.edu

I'm looking for someone who has experience using the "colorize geom"
module to answer a specific question: what does the upstream transform
input do (or the upstream transform output, for that matter)?

I want to color the vertices of a geom based on a field, but if the
geom changes position within the field (by moving it with the mouse or
Transformation options box or whatever) I want the color of the vertices
to reflect the geom's new position. But what I get is a geom that can
change position, but not vertex coloring. Presumably the upstream
transform input is supposed to update vertex coloring after geom
re-positioning, but it's not doing it for me! (For what it's worth, I
confirmed that the upstream transform output from the geometry viewer
was indeed connected to the upstream transform input of the colorize
geom module.)

Out of more academic interest, I'd also like to know what the upstream
transform output of the colorize geom is supposed to do. Thanks in
advance for any help.

Dan Sidney
dasidney@athena.mit.edu





From ba01720@bingsung.cc.binghamton.edu (ba01720)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: C graphics programming team
Date: 11 Apr 1994 16:55:49 -0400
Organization: Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
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Hello,
     Did you hear that King's Quest 6 sold over 1.5 million copies?
At 70 bucks a pop, somebody's making some money.

     I am a strong C programmer who is looking to assemble a team of C
programmers to design a game similar to the King's Quest 6 design,
only with a much more exciting plot.
     I would like to begin working in May, and spend as much
time as possible on it.

     If you are a strong C programmer, familiar with graphics
programming (or are willing to learn, like I), creative, and willing
to spend a lot of spare time on this during the summer, please e-mail
me. 

     There will be no immediate pay for any one on the team.  Payments
will only come if we are able to sell the program, and all royalties
will be divided equally among the team.

     Also, I live in the southern New York area.  I will be willing to
travel a few hours to meet at a halfway point, but if you are not
within a reasonable vicinity you need not respond.

    						      Thank you,
							Scott



From vaziri@nas.nasa.gov (Arsi Vaziri)
Subject: CFD Multi Zone data in AVS
Message-ID: <Cnv7E5.8vn@nas.nasa.gov>
Keywords: PLOT3D CFD Multi_zone data
Sender: vaziri@wk227.nas.nasa.gov (Arsi Vaziri)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center 
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 01:13:16 GMT
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I am working with multi-zone plot3d type cfd data on a parallel supercomputer
(CM-5). I need to be able to to render (simultaneously) several grids and
their associated variables in the geometry viewer.

The unsupported module read_plot3d documentation states:
"There is no way to pack multiple grids into and AVS field." This statement 
typifies my problem too; the AVS data structure does not support multi-zone grids.

What I have now is a dial that selects one grid at a time and processes and 
displays the data in that one grid. My multiple zone grids my be also overlapping.

Has anyone worked a solution around this problem?

For example, is there a module that can pack (append) the polygons coming
multiple mapper modules working on different grid zones and the combined
object to the geometry viewer?

I will appreciate any help and direct e-mail, and I will summarize.

--Arsi
 
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  Arsi Vaziri   ++++++++++++++++++++++
 NASA Ames Research Center  			vaziri@nas.nasa.gov
 M/S T27A-1					TEL: (415)604-4523
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From nike@indirect.com (Laurence Canter)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs,fr.comp.text.tex
Subject: Green Card Lottery- Final One?
Date: 12 Apr 1994 07:52:29 GMT
Organization: Canter & Siegel
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From "vivek gupta" <vigupta@cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Colormap selector
Message-ID: <1994Apr12.102625.21825@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Keywords: colormap, AVS
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 10:26:16 -0500
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Hi,

I'm writing a module which allows you to select between a gray scale
and color  colormap. What I couldn't find in the manual was whether
or not the function AVScolormap_set, created the necessary space for
the color map, or did the space have to be preallocated. If not what
is the method used to create the space: AVSdata_alloc????

Anyone know?

Thanx in advance,
Vivek



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From k202030@eddy.dkrz.de (Joachim Biercamp)
Subject: Re: locking labels
Message-ID: <1994Apr11.092216.29658@news.dkrz.de>
Sender: k202030@eddy (Joachim Biercamp)
Organization: Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH, Hamburg
References:  <1994Apr8.124729.19887@molene.ifremer.fr>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 94 09:22:16 GMT
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In article <1994Apr8.124729.19887@molene.ifremer.fr>, gbenicou@.ifremer.fr (Georges Benicourt) writes:
>  Hi,
> Who could tell me how to have a label locked like any other geometrical
> object (i.e in screen coordinates, and not affected by changes of position of
> the camera), because AVS documentation seems to say it is possible but in my
> application even labels defined as title are moving when the camera moves ?


   Use the supported data-input modul "label" !

   (But labels defined as title in the geometry viewer should not
    move either, at least they dont in AVS5 on SGI)

  Joachim


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From dawood@watson.ibm.com (David Wood)
Subject: Re: HELP: PostScript or HDF to Mac
Sender: news@hawnews.watson.ibm.com (NNTP News Poster)
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Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 14:30:26 GMT
Distribution: usa
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM.
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In article <2o4oa4$p4g@age.cs.columbia.edu>, ong@news.cs.columbia.edu (Jueychong Ong) writes:
|> 
|> Larry, I have not tried PostScript output from AVS, nor
|> have I played around extensively with PhotoShop. But I
|> do know that Mac programs are usually very picky about the
|> PostScript or EPSF header, which is Line #1 of the PS or EPS
|> file. If the header is not correct, or if the header is missing,
|> the program will complain that it's not an EPSF file even
|> if the rest of file is PostScript!
|> 
|> 
|> --jc
|> 

   According to Adobe,  an EPSF version 3.0 document must conform
   to the Document Structuring Conventions (DSC) as outlined by Adobe.
   The DSC indicate that the first line must be a header of the form

	#!PS-Adobe-3.0 

   and EPS further defines it to be

        #!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0

    
   I don't know what previous versions required.

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From jdam@cs.uml.edu (jack tam)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: image to haft tones
Date: 13 Apr 1994 02:37:39 GMT
Organization: UMass-Lowell Computer Science
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Is there  a module that takes image and produces half tones for
printing on a laserjet III?
thank you
jack



From whitaker@qut.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Animator wobble
Message-ID: <1994Apr12.165528.67565@qut.edu.au>
Date: 12 Apr 94 16:55:28 +1000
Organization: Queensland University of Technology
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Several times I have had problems with the AVS Animator apparently
changing an object's centre of rotation during a sequence: For instance
in setting up a simple 360 degree rotation using 4 keyframes at 90 degree
intervals, the animator appears to be using 4 different centres of
rotation. The centres are not vastly different, but the end result is an
unprofessional wobbly effect. Has anyone else found this problem, and found
how to fix it? At the moment I'm using the CLI instead. I have found the
same problem with both the SGI and Convex versions of AVS.

Thanks,
Beth Whitaker
Computing Services, QUT, Brisbane.


From byork@mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (Bruce York (Sverdrup))
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: reading short and integer data binary data
Date: 4 Apr 1994 19:33:41 GMT
Organization: Model Based Vision Lab, Wright Laboratory
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Summary: data dictionary reading
Keywords: data format binary
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]

Has anyone else had problems reading in binary data using
data dictionary?  Although I am now having success it seems
that integer and short data in binary form cannot be read
in using data dictionary.  I have been successful using 
byte and float!  The data is just simple imagery.  No 
color maps just pixel values.  


--
Bruce A. York

'... an eagle always flies alone'


From thorpe@mcnc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: AVS '94 Proceedings TOC
Message-ID: <1994Apr14.225203.2159@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 22:52:03 GMT

Hello AVS users,

Enclosed below is the TOC for the AVS '94 Conference
proceedings, edited to an ASCII format.  The final
proceedings will be over 500 pages long !

The TOC is broken into three main tracks, the third of
which is made up of 8 "mini" tracks.

Track 1 - AVS and UNIRAS Products and Technology
Track 2 - Developing Applications with AVS Inc. Products
Track 3 - User's Examples and Case Studies
Environmental/Earth Sciences Track
General Sciences Track
Medical Track
CFD Track
Imaging: Remote Sensing Track
Engineering Analysis Track
Aerospace/Astrophysics Track
Oll and Gas Track

NOTE:  Call J.R. Schuman Associates 617-891-8406 to register, request 
the appropriate forms, or to obtain a hard copy of the Advance Program.  
All lectures, panels, and workshops are listed in this announcement.

See you in Boston !

-Steve


		Table of Contents
1994 International AVS Users Group Conference Proceedings
               Boston, Massachusetts 
                   May 2-4, 1994


----------------------------------------------------------
Track 1
AVS and UNIRAS Products and Technology
----------------------------------------------------------

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AVS6 - System Overview
Hambleton Lord

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The AVS/Express Object Manager Architecture
Jeff Vroom

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Extended GUI Builder Using Higher Level Graphing Widgets
Mikael Jern

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AVS5 - Advanced Application Development Techniques
Ian Curington

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The AVS/Express Execution Model and Distributed Architecture
Jeff Vroom

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Integrated Data Display in AVS/Express
Robert Mazaika

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Building User Interfaces with AVS/Express
Chris Hall

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AVS5 - Manipulating Geometric Data
John Sheehan

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Object-Oriented Application Development in AVS/Express
Jeff Vroom

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Importing Existing Code into AVS/Express with the User Code Interface
John Poduska

----------------------

Importing AVS Modules and Applications to AVS/Express		
Larry Gelberg

----------------------

Field Data Model and Visualization Objects in AVS/Express
Alex Yarmarkovich

----------------------

----------------------------------------------------------
Track 2
Developing Applications with AVS Inc. Products
----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------

AVStool: An Interface to the AVS Command Line Interprete
Bruce Duncan and Arthur Olson

----------------------

The Spline Animator: Smooth Camera Motion for AVS Animation
Mark Astley and Mitchell Roth

----------------------

AVS Interface Routines					
Jan Kraak

----------------------

AVSFOOL: A Very Simple Field Operation-Oriented Language
Krzysztof Nowinski

----------------------

Developing Interactive PVM-Based Parallel Programs on Distributed Computing 
Systems within AVS Framework				
Cheng, Fox, Mills, Podgorny

----------------------

My Experiences Writing AVS Modules		
Evelyn Wright

----------------------

C++ Module Generator for AVS		
Jiang, Sarnowski

----------------------

Technical Overview of UAMGUIDES:
Urban Airshed Model with a Graphical User Interface and Decision Support
K. Eng Pua

----------------------

An Intelligent Assistant for Creating Data Flow Visualization Networks
Kochevar, Vaziri, Wanger

----------------------

Coroutine Synchronization in AVS				
Gudrun Klinker

----------------------

An Experiment to Build "Wrap Around" GUI for Scientific Models using AVS
Jeff Wang

----------------------

Using AVS with the Aurora Dataserver				
Greg Jirak

----------------------

Web Weaver - A Better "Field to Mesh" Module		
Manapragada and Moreau

----------------------

An Integrated Space and Atmospheric Science System Application of AVS
E. P. Szuszczewicz, A. Mankofsky and P. Blanchard

----------------------

Make your AVS Pictures Look Great				
Michael Pique

----------------------


----------------------------------------------------------
Track 3
User's Examples and Case Studies
----------------------------------------------------------

Environmental/Earth Sciences Track
----------------------------------


Chemical Flooding in a Virtual Environment - A Survivor's Guide to VR
Development
Wes Bethel

----------------------

Climate Simulation Case Study II
Philip Chen

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Displaying and Accessing Environmental Sciences Modeling Data with AVS
Kathy Pearson

----------------------

Visualization of Volcanic Ash Clouds				
Mitchell Roth and Rick Guritz


General Sciences Track
----------------------

Visualizing Properties of Molecular Orbital-Generated Dynamic Reaction
Processes with AVS					
Susanna Wei, George Famini and William White

----------------------

Visualizing Properties of Atomic and Molecular Systems in AVS
Ken Flurchick, Lee Bartolotti and Mark Reed

----------------------

Visualizing Time Dependent Data from Molecular Dynamics Simulations using
AVS
Obeysekare, Williams and Rosenberg

----------------------

A Visualization Experiment for Atomic Arrangement and Materials Design
S. A. Khaddaj and D. D. Vvedensky

----------------------

Quasicrystal Modeling Using AVS					
Takashi Soma, Yasunari Watanabe and Hong Su

----------------------

Visualization of Thermodynamic Properties of Gases	
Mark Reed and Ken Flurchick

----------------------


Medical Track
-------------

Design and Simulation of Conformal Radiation Therapy Using AVS
Marc Kessler, Leo Catallo and Dan McShan

----------------------

A Graphical Simulator for Design and Verification of Computer-Controlled 
Treatment Delivery					
Marc Kessler, Leo Catallo and Dan McShan

----------------------

An AVS-Based System to Define Anatomy in Three-Dimensional Medical Imaging
Data
Mark Wiesmeyer, Marc Kessler and Dan McShan

----------------------

AVS in Medical Treatment Planning
E. Loren Buhle, Jr.

----------------------

Use of AVS in a Prototype Ultra-Fast Magnetic Resonance Imaging System
McColl, Pfeifer, Blackburn, Li, Chwialkowski, Clarke, Peshock

----------------------

Brachytherapy Visualization with AVS				
Ken Weeks

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Measurement of Distal Radius Fracture Instability from Computed Tomography 
using AVS						
Hipp, Mintzer, Waters, Snyder

----------------------

Commercial Applications in Medical Treatment Planning Using AVS
Zachary Leber

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CFD Track
---------

Using AVS to Visualize Multidimensional Exposure Data Inside a House 		
with an Attached Garage					
YanChing Zhang and Azzedine Lansari

----------------------

Flow Visualization for Lagrangian Particle Methods
Michael Glass and Steven Kempka

----------------------

Experiences with CM-AVS to Visualize and Compute Simulation Data on the
CM-5
Vaziri, Kremenetsky, Fitzgibbon, Levi

----------------------

Imaging: Remote Sensing Track
-----------------------------

AVS for Remote Sensing Applications
A. J. Rye, C. J. Willis and C. J. Oddy

----------------------

Processing and Visualization of Infrared Images
Yeng Bun, Alan Mueller and Gary White

----------------------



Engineering Analysis Track
--------------------------

The Use of Uniras in the Dutch National Environmental Research Institute
R. M. Kok and A. J. Schaap

----------------------

Trappist - A Collaborative Environment for Nondestructive Testing
Evaluation
Andreas Schumm


Aerospace/Astrophysics Track
----------------------------

Visualizing Shock Waves in Hypersonic Flow	
Shahid Choudhry

----------------------

AVS as a Design Simulation Controller for an Airborne Observatory
D. Glenn Deardorff
 

Oll and Gas Track 

----------------------

AVS Techniques for Well Log Analysis of the Eugene Island Field
B. S. Eiche, M. L. Hauck, L. M. Cathles and E. P. Bagdonis

----------------------

Large-Scale High Resolution Visualization Using AVS and Mosart, 
a Multiscreen X-Window Server				
Jan Moorman, Tony Crossley and Alan Kobelansky

----------------------

Macro-Velocity Model Building Using AVS		
J. C. Barros, H. B. Liaw and T. K. Holley

----------------------


From avs@mcnc.org (AVS account)
Subject: AVS '94 Long Abstracts are available
Message-ID: <1994Apr15.221148.14133@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: International AVS Center
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 22:11:48 GMT

Hi folks,

FYI, we have created a file with long abstracts 
for most of the papers to be presented at AVS '94.
The advance program you have already seen has short 
(1-2 sentence) descriptions of the talks.  The long 
abstracts may be helpful to you if you have a judgement 
call to make between two different talks that are 
scheduled simoultaneously.

Anyway, V1.0 of this file can be found via anonymous
ftp to avs.ncsc.org:/avs94/AVS94_long_abstracts.txt

Enjoy, and see you in Boston May 2-4!

-Steve


From avs@mcnc.org (AVS account)
Subject: Check out the AVS '94 Medical Talks!
Message-ID: <1994Apr15.232509.14380@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 23:25:09 GMT

Check out these talks on Medical AVS uses - May 2-4 in Boston !

AVS '94 MEDICAL TRACK

A Graphical Simulator for Design and Verification of Computer 
Controlled Treatment Delivery.
11 - 11:45 a.m. Monday
Marc L. Kessler, University of Michigan

To facilitate safe and efficient radiation therapy treatment delivery, 
we have developed an AVS5-based graphical simulator for use in 
the design and verification of computer- controlled treatments. The 
graphical simulator is composed of several components: a three-
dimensional, kinematic model of the treatment gantry, table, and 
multileaf collimator, a set of widgets that mimic the machine input 
and readout devices, a collision detection algorithm, and an icon-
based treatment script manager. The simulator operates in two 
modes; a stand alone mode for treatment delivery design, and an 
integrated mode for assisting the implementation and verification of 
treatments.


Brachytherapy Visualization using AVS
1 - 1:45 p.m. Monday
K. J. Weeks, Duke University Medical Center

Brachytherapy is the insertion of radioactive sources into a cancer 
patient's tumour to achieve localized control of cancer. AVS 
supported modules supplemented by a few custom written modules 
are used to give the physician new insights into the results of such 
therapy. Surface shaded organ and tumour volumes combined with 
dose (energy/mass) calculations are displayed quickly for physician 
interpretation and decision. AVS is shown capable of providing an 
efficient solution to the problem of 3D visualization and is playing a 
useful role in this therapy at our institution. 


AVS in Medical Treatment Planning.
2 - 2:45 p.m. Monday
E. Loren Buhle, Jr., Univ. of Pennsylvania

This talk will discuss the use of AVS in medical treatment planning 
and treatment verification. While concentrating primarily in the 
areas of radiation therapy treatment and verification of cancer, the 
use of AVS in areas such as plastic surgery and orthopedics will 
also be discussed. This talk will focus on the design and 
implementation of user-written AVS modules in a medical 
environment and makes no assumptions of the audience regarding 
medical knowledge.


Use of AVS in a Prototype Ultra-Fast Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
System. 
3 - 3:45 p.m. Monday
Roddy McColl, UT Southwestern

We are now clinically testing an ultra-fast magnetic 
resonance imaging system which incorporates the use of 
AVS for data acquisition, pre- and post-processing and 
image generation and display. The complete system includes a 
commercial MRI scanner, a PC equipped with in-house developed 
ADC hardware, and a Kubota Titan workstation running AVS 
software. Communications between PC and Titan are via NFS file 
transfer, both data and sentinels. The AVS sub-system can be used 
for data acquisition and image reconstruction, and subsequent 
review and editing of the MR data. Applications include functional 
MRI measurements and multislice snapshot cardiac imaging.


Multimodality Image Fusion and Registration Techniques Using the 
MEDIAN (TM) Library and AVS.
11 - 11:45 a.m. Wednesday
Using features extracted from the image data, complementary 
information from different 3D image datasets is registered and 
fused to create a more complete representation of the patient.
Philippe Boulle
Focus Graphics
Foster City, CA


Measurement of Distal Radius Fracture Instability from Computed 
Tomography using AVS.
1 - 1:45 p.m. Wednesday
The reduction in interfragmentary motion of distal radius fractures 
following external fixation was measured and animated using AVS. 
John Hipp
Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA



From i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Subject: image output from geometry viewer
Message-ID: <1994Apr14.150837.12565@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
Sender: i6041514@rz1strm4.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Organization: Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 15:08:37 GMT
Lines: 24

Hello,

I want to get some image output from the geometry viewer module to
save a frame sequence for an animation  -  but the image- and hq-image-
outputport don't seem to send any output. I tried to see something with
the display image module and with the print field module but don't
success! 
Does anybody else have this problems or knows a solution?
Is there a paramter to choose in the deepth of the geometry viewer menues?
Looking for answers.

Thanks,
                    Ulrich

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From hancockd@cs.man.ac.uk (David Hancock)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Spaceball support in AVS R5
Keywords: spaceball
Message-ID: <1994Apr13.105308@cs.man.ac.uk>
Date: 13 Apr 94 09:53:08 GMT
Sender: news@cs.man.ac.uk
Organization: Dept Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K.
Lines: 26

I have just got a Spaceball 2003 for an SGI Indigo2. The lack of documentation was
stunning. Simple question: how do I get AVS to notice the damned thing? Even with
the 'spaceballd' daemon running, AVS refused to cooperate when I told it which device
the Spaceball was connected to, reporting  

AVS>> Unable to open spaceball on channel /dev/ttyd1
AVS>> Please check device channel and spaceball status and try again

There is obviously nothing wrong with the actual thing itself as all of the demo
software that accompanies it works correctly. In addition, the SGI `confidence test'
software correctly operates with the Spaceball.

If you can, please help me before I sling it out the window.

                       DAVE HANCOCK, 

<< Center for Novel Computing, University of Manchester >>

------extra details for people who like that sort of thing------

os = IRIX 4D1-4.0.5H
spaceware = Version V5.1_irix4
firware = version 2.13
spaceball serial port = /dev/ttyd1

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From keith@earth.ox.ac.uk (Keith Refson)
Subject: Read Any Image
Message-ID: <1994Apr15.145327.3188@rahman.earth.ox.ac.uk>
Originator: keith@earth.ox.ac.uk
Organization: Dept of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, UK.
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 14:53:27 GMT
Lines: 36

Am I alone in my experience, or does anyone else agree with me that
the "READ ANY IMAGE" module on the IAC is a heap of crock?

I have just spent an hour trying to demonstrate to somebody how
to read and animate images and failing.  In the end we just gave up.
The images were simple sun raster files, but would they work?  No.
Conver to rle?  Convert to GIF? No that didn't work either.

The problem is simple.  Despite the claims, READ_ANY_IMAGE appears
only to be able to read a *very* restricted set of inputs.  Only
certain gifs work.  Only certain tiffs work.  Colour sun raster
files read in as monochrome.  In all seriousness I estimate that
READ_ANY_IMAGE has been successful on less than 10% of the images
which I have tried it on.  Now, xv, xloadimage, the Utah and other
toolkits seem to have no such problems.  In fact I make heavy use
of them converting gifs, tiffs, rles rasterfiles and other formats
into ppm and pnm, which are the only forms READ_ANY_IMAGE appears
actually to be able to handle.

Do other peoples experiences with this module accord with mine? Am I
being too harsh?

Such a module is *essential* in my kind of diverse, academic
environment.  It really ought to be provided by AVS Inc as standard.
I hope somebody from AVS Inc is reading this....

Keith Refson
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From wes@maui.lbl.gov (Wes Bethel)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: Spaceball support in AVS R5
Date: 15 Apr 1994 17:13:44 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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In article <1994Apr13.105308@cs.man.ac.uk+ hancockd@cs.man.ac.uk (David Hancock) writes:
+I have just got a Spaceball 2003 for an SGI Indigo2. The lack of documentation was
+stunning. Simple question: how do I get AVS to notice the damned thing? Even with
+the 'spaceballd' daemon running, AVS refused to cooperate when I told it which device
+the Spaceball was connected to, reporting  
+
+AVS++ Unable to open spaceball on channel /dev/ttyd1
+AVS++ Please check device channel and spaceball status and try again
+
+There is obviously nothing wrong with the actual thing itself as all of the demo
+software that accompanies it works correctly. In addition, the SGI `confidence test'
+software correctly operates with the Spaceball.
+
+If you can, please help me before I sling it out the window.
+

despite the best of intentions, avs doesn't support the spaceball. it
says so quite clearly somewhere.  i don't remember where it says that,
exactly, but i do remember seeing it.

if you want to use the spaceball with avs, you'll have to write your own
module.  since you can't break into the renderer directly, you have to
do it indirectly vis a vis camera controlling commands, or object
transformation commands.  it's straightforward, albeit inelegant.

there is some code that you can get from spaceball technologies that
you can use to grab spaceball events via select() calls.  its very
low level, and you don't get the benefit (or lack thereof) of going
through X.  i'm not too crazy myself about the way the spaceball
X daemon works, so going for the hacker's solution suits me just fine
and has worked well.

good luck, and don't toss it out the window.  give it to me if you
don't want it. ;-)

wes



From en_thornton@pnl.gov (Erin N. Thornton)
Subject: Re: Crystal
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In article <1994Apr8.135422.16755@inca.comlab.ox.ac.uk>,
keith@earth.ox.ac.uk (Keith Refson) wrote:
> 
> Ion Barosan (rcion@rw5.urc.tue.nl) wrote: 
> 
> : I would like to do some visualization of the crystall's structures
> : according to the space group.  Is there AVS's module available ?  (
> : or is there a package for PC or workstations ?)
> 
> My "read shak" module provides a rudimentary capability.  It does
> have symmetry operations but space groups aren't built in.  But with
> a trusty copy of the "international tables" by your side you can do
> most structures pretty easily.  I have built up a little library of
> common mineral structures.
> 
> Alternatively there is the "space" module presented at AVS93.  It's
> not publicly available though, and I still haven't succeeded in
> getting hold of a copy.
> 
> Finally there are many PC and mac packages.  "Atoms" is one, and
> "Shackal" is the one we used to use and whose input format I based
> "read shak" on.  I can put you in contact with the vendors if you
> require.
> 
> 
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> | Email   : keith@earth.ox.ac.uk    | Dr Keith Refson, Dept of Earth Sciences|
> | TEL(FAX): +44 865 272026 (272072) | Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK         |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Readers:
		Keith Refson made reference to the Space Module.  I am one of the
developers of the Space module and it is available.

What is the Space Module?
The Space module is a large AVS module that performs crystallographic
structure modeling.  Space handles crystals, surfaces or molecules.  It can
analize the symmetry of structures to determine space groups and asymmetric
units.  It also calculates and visualizes some properties of structures,
such as van der Waal's surfaces and ESPs.  

To get more information on Space or to get a copy of the Space Module,
email a request to me at en_thornton@pnl.gov or call at 509/375-3982.

Erin Thornton, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, Washington.


From hstroyan@fc.hp.com (Howard Stroyan)
Subject: Re: image output from geometry viewer
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Hillmann (i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de) wrote:

: Does anybody else have this problems or knows a solution?
: Is there a paramter to choose in the deepth of the geometry viewer menues?
: Looking for answers.

One solution is to use the render_geometry module in the unsupported/output
modules.  This renderer produces a pixmap that you can then save.

--
Howard Stroyan
Hewlett-Packard
Advanced Systems Division / Graphics S/W Lab (ASD/GSL)     hstroyan@fc.hp.com


From erich@ee.pdx.edu (Erich S. Boleyn)
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Subject: Re: Spaceball support in AVS R5
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wes@maui.lbl.gov (Wes Bethel) writes:

>despite the best of intentions, avs doesn't support the spaceball. it
>says so quite clearly somewhere.  i don't remember where it says that,
>exactly, but i do remember seeing it.

Really?  The version I have said something about support, but I
could never get it to work (AVS 4 on a Stardent Vistra 800...
yeah, I know, real old stuff).

>if you want to use the spaceball with avs, you'll have to write your own
>module.  since you can't break into the renderer directly, you have to
>do it indirectly vis a vis camera controlling commands, or object
>transformation commands.  it's straightforward, albeit inelegant.

I am in the process of implementing such a module for AVS 4 (since
that's what I have, and I don't have the $$ to get AVS 5 :-(.  I'm
hoping to get enough time to finish it in the next month sometime.

I'd be nice to know that it was useful for other people, since
I sort of assumed it just wasn't working for my machine, since it
is an older machine.

Anyone interested in trading notes?  (unless you just want to use
it when I get around to finishing it...  this might be incentive ;-)

>there is some code that you can get from spaceball technologies that
>X daemon works, so going for the hacker's solution suits me just fine
>and has worked well.

There is a spaceball X-driver source code piece available on the
net somewhere that I grabbed a while ago.  I'll provide a pointer
to it if people like (though I can't remember now where it is).

>good luck, and don't toss it out the window.  give it to me if you
>don't want it. ;-)

Anybody interested could send me their e-mail address when I have a more
testable version, or you could just wait until I submit it to the
AVS center.

Erich

-- 
             "I haven't lost my mind; I know exactly where it is."
   / --  Erich Stefan Boleyn  -- \        --=> *Mad Genius wanna-be* <=--
  { Honorary Grad. Student (Math) }-->  Internet E-mail: <erich@ee.pdx.edu>
   \  Portland State University  /       WARNING: INTERESTED AND EXCITABLE


From thorpe@mcnc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: Check out the AVS '94 Env Sci Talks
Message-ID: <1994Apr18.190551.26985@mcnc.org>
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Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 19:05:51 GMT

Check out these talks on Environmental Science AVS applications -
May 2-4 in Boston !

ENVIRONMENTAL/EARTH SCIENCES TRACK

Chemical Flooding in a Virtual Environment - A Survivor's Guide to 
VR Development.
3 - 3:45 p.m. Monday
Wes Bethel
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Berkeley, CA

A Climate Simulation Study
11 - 11:45 a.m. Tuesday
Philip C. Chen, Fujitsu America, Inc.

This is a continuation of the climate case study presented in the last 
year's AVS user group conference. Since last year, more simulation 
data have been obtained. It is possible to visualize time varying 
data with animation.  In this study, existing and newly constructed 
networks containing AVS modules will be used for analyzing basic 
and derived meteorological parameters. The basic parameters 
include temperature, humidity and velocity. The derived parameters 
include momentum exchange, kinetic energy transport and thermal 
energy transfer. Visualization of these parameters will elucidate 
atmospheric general circulation dynamics.Paper Category:
 Environmental Sciences

Displaying and Accessing Environmental Sciences Modeling Data with 
AVS. 1 - 1:45 p.m. Tuesday
Kathy Pearson
MCNC
Research Triangle Park, NC

Visualization of Volcanic Ash Clouds.
2 - 2:45 p.m. Tuesday
Mitch Roth
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Fairbanks, AK


From thorpe@mcnc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: Check out the AVS '94 Gen Sci Talks
Message-ID: <1994Apr19.133534.4095@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
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Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 13:35:34 GMT

Check out these talks on a variety of Science in AVS applications -
May 2-4 in Boston !


GENERAL SCIENCE TRACK

Visualization of Electronic Motion in Inorganic Molecules. Specific 
examples of applications of new modules to the visualization of 
Gibbsite and other soil minerals will be presented. 
2 - 2:45 p.m. 
Monday
George R. Famini
US AERDEC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD,
Susanna Wei, St. Joseph's University


Visualizing Properties of Atomic and Molecular Systems in AVS. 3 - 
3:45 p.m. Tuesday
Modules developed to read data from some of the existing electronic 
structure programs; DMol, GAUSSIAN and MOPAC.
Ken Flurchick
MCNC
Research Triangle Park, NC

Visualizing Time Dependent Data from Molecular Dynamics 
Simulations using AVS.
9 - 9:45 a.m. Wednesday
The module suite addresses factors in the visualization of molecular 
dynamics such as data importing, filtering to extract sub-domains, 
picking individual atoms for highlighting, selecting atoms for 
monitoring dynamic behaviors such as trajectory, and generating 
animations for studying the dynamics of the whole system.
Upul Obeysekare
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC


A Visualization Environment for Atomic Arrangement and Materials 
Design. 
10 - 10:45 a.m. Wednesday
S. A. Khaddai Blackett, Imperial College

The work reported in this paper has been driven by the 
motivation of producing high quality materials for high 
performance electronic and optical devices.  Many types of 
scientific visualizations can be best carried out in the form of an 
animated image sequence which conveys temporal as well as 
spatial or other information.  This work is concerned with the use of 
AVS for the visualization and animation of large-scale simulations.  
We are particularly concerned with the visualization of the surface 
morphologies generated from simulation of a material growth 
technique known as molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE).  The 
graphics/animation environment together with our AVS modules are 
described and results are presented.  Video will also be shown.


Quasicrystal Modeling Using AVS.
11 - 11:45 a.m. Wednesday
Takashi Soma and Yasunari Watanabe
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research Japan

A 3D quasiperodic tiling as a model of quasicrystals is generated by 
the projection of a 10D lattice to 3D space. The 10 by 10 projection 
matrix is shown in which the 3D column vectors for the first three 
rows are ten vectors from center to vertices of a dodecahedron. The 
3D tiling is examined by displaying it by a stick model using AVS 
geometry viewer.


Visualization of Thermodynamic Properties of Gases. 
1 - 1:45 p.m. Wednesday
The results of a simulation of transport properties of a moderately 
dense gas.
Mark Reed, MCNC.- North Carolina Supercomputing Center



From i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Subject: Re: Read Any Image
Message-ID: <1994Apr18.110156.9768@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
Sender: i6041514@rz1strm4.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Organization: Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
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In article <1994Apr15.145327.3188@rahman.earth.ox.ac.uk>, keith@earth.ox.ac.uk 
(Keith Refson) writes:
|> Am I alone in my experience, or does anyone else agree with me that
|> the "READ ANY IMAGE" module on the IAC is a heap of crock?
|> 
|> Do other peoples experiences with this module accord with mine? Am I
|> being too harsh?
|> 
|> Such a module is *essential* in my kind of diverse, academic
|> environment.  It really ought to be provided by AVS Inc as standard.
|> I hope somebody from AVS Inc is reading this....

Hello,

I also had problems with importing and exporting correct images.
First, the libraries for compiling the READ_ and WRITE_ANY_IMAGE and a lot of other
read- and write-modules are not available for my CONVEX Platform so I have to use 
the  imageconverter.sun.exe  program instead.
Second, this program cannot import my type of EPS-Files (Encapsulated Postscript) and
writes not the type of TGA-Files used by Daves Targa Animator for exporting a short
demo animation to a PC.

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o Institute for Fluid Mechanics	 					o
o Technical University of Braunschweig					o 
o Bienroder Weg 3 			voice: (+ 49 0531) 391 - 29 87 	o
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o Germany 								o	
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From i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Subject: Re Re: image output from geometry viewer
Message-ID: <1994Apr18.112116.10258@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
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I wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to get some image output from the geometry viewer module to
>> save a frame sequence for an animation  -  but the image- and hq-image-
>> outputport don't seem to send any output. I tried to see something with
>> the display image module and with the print field module but don't
>> success!
>> Does anybody else have this problems or knows a solution?
>> Is there a paramter to choose in the deepth of the geometry viewer menues?
>> Looking for answers.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>                    Ulrich
>>

and the solution came from 

/*__________________________________________________________________________
Alex Knowles    (AVS modules R us!)
Manchester Computing Centre, Computer Graphics Unit        Tel. 061 275 6095
E-Mail  alex@ed.ac.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
he wrotes: 
>I think the simple answer to the problem you're having is that you have to make the
>geometry viewer run again AFTER the display image module has been connected. I think
>you can do thsi from the CLI with geom_refresh or mod_exec geometry viewer.user.X but
>it would be simpler to change a parameter earlier in the net.
> 
>Hope this helps
>Alex

Thank you!!

 Ulrich 
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From thorpe@mcnc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: AVS '94 Information
Message-ID: <1994Apr19.174729.8518@mcnc.org>
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Organization: Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 17:47:29 GMT

Advanced Visual Systems Inc. is in the process of improving our customer
database.  It has become obvious through the process of promoting the AVS
'94 Conference that many users of the AVS software have not been captured
in our database nor the IAC's.

For this reason, please pass on the information regarding AVS '94 to your
colleagues.  AVS Inc. has had several users call in saying they only heard
about AVS '94 through co-workers.  Please email or call other users that
you suspect might not have received the Advance Program.  If anyone needs
Programs they may call me directly at (617) 890-4300.

Paul Esdale
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.


From k202030@eddy.dkrz.de (Joachim Biercamp)
Subject: Re: Read Any Image
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In article <1994Apr15.145327.3188@rahman.earth.ox.ac.uk>, keith@earth.ox.ac.uk (Keith Refson) writes:
> Am I alone in my experience, or does anyone else agree with me that
> the "READ ANY IMAGE" module on the IAC is a heap of crock?
> 

......

> Such a module is *essential* in my kind of diverse, academic
> environment.  It really ought to be provided by AVS Inc as standard.
> I hope somebody from AVS Inc is reading this....
>


I think there is a bunch of modules, that    s h o u l d     be  
suported by AVS Inc such as "contour lines" (With a limited number
of bugs) or time interpolation between subsequent timesteps or .....

READ ANY IMAGE is of less importance to me. 

Maybe someone should try to find out, which functionalities most of us
are desperately missing in AVS !


 Joachim


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From pgotseff@ee.pdx.edu (Peter Gotseff)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: read field ...help!
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Hello , 
	Ok, here it goes.  I need help reading uniform fields from binary 
data files.  Chp 2 of the AVS manual ain't all that helpful. 
Trouble is, I have scalar 3-D uniform field data that is contained
in a binary format.  I can't seem to get any bytes read in at
all.  Are there examples out there that can help for general binary read 
formats.  The AVS chapter "Importing data into avs" just isn't giving
me enough examples.  My data is not from any standard software package so
standard read data modules wont help me.   
	This group doesn't seem to be very active most of the time, but
any helpful hints, or places to get info would be very much appeciated.

-pete-


From gelli@cs.unibo.it (Michele Gelli)
Subject: HELP ME, please
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Hello. My  name is  Michele Gelli  and  I'm  a  "informatic  science"
student at  the university  of Bologna  (Italy). And  I have  a  HUGE
problem with my thesis.

The title  of mi  thesis will  be something  like  "the  experiential
software: a  *new* approach".  I want  to show that it is possible to
make a  REALLY interactive  cartoon videogame  that runs  on  today's
machine (486dx2  66, 16  mega RAM,  Weitech P 9000 video card, double
speed CD-rom).  It will  be absolutely  film-like: shot  change, full
screen images,  etc. etc.  It could  be in  low resolution (320 x 200
with 256  colors), but  really like  the Japanese animated series you
can watch on TV.

              My thesis starts form some consideration:

(1) To make a cartoon-looking game, you will use most of the money to
pay cartoonists  (men who draw pictures). More pictures you use, more
expensive will  be your  game. Japanese  have developed  a way  to do
cartoons that drastically cuts the number of picture/second you need.

(2) You can make REALLY greater cuts making a smart use of computer's
power and Japanese animation typical "direction tricks".

EXAMPLE: there is one trick Japanese animators use in order to "don't
draw" the background (and save time & money). They use fast scrolling
"raimbow-like"  or   "filled-of-kinetic-lines"  background   to  give
impression of  great speed  (see "Fist of the north star" or "Samurai
troopers" TV series). Visually the trick "works" really well. With an
ad-hoc (and really small) program you can generate the background for
thousand of scenes (and save human-time, computer-time & money).

EXAMPLE: You  can simulate  most camera movements by scrolling pieces
of the  background  (see  "Saynt  Seiya",  "Lupin  III"  or  "Samurai
troopers" TV series).

(3) You  can gain  really great  advantage  from  the  way  you  draw
pictures. Wide  areas filled  of ONLY  ONE COLOR,  no more than 10/12
color in  every "actor"  (see below) assure high compression rate. So
you can use a custom compressor that can be really fast.

(4) Powerful  machines are coming up (like 3DO, Atari's Jaguar), able
to perform  -via hardware-  tasks such  zomming, scrolling,  shading,
rotation ...  this machines  -IMHO- will  be the  future platforms of
entertainment software,  and will  be really suitable for a videogame
"mede-in-my-way".

My goal  is create  a software  platform  able  to  handle  a  REALLY
interactive cartoon  (I prefer  the term  "anime"). Not  garbage such
"Dragon's lair",  "The 7nt  Guests" or  "Escape from  cyber city". It
will be more interactive, more like "Street fighter" or "Ultima", but
absolutely film-like.

For purpose of clarity, we'll call "actor" everything that moves over
the background,  "frame" a  complete  animation  cell  (background  +
actors + "special effects").

"The 7nt  Guests" keeps  FRAMES  on  CD-rom  (like  most  of  today's
programs). This  means that  -for example-  it can't get a actor from
one frame a use it in another frame.

The big  idea is:  we keep  actors and backgrounds SEPARATELY, and we
make small  and fast  programs to  handle "special  effects". We also
make a  smart data  structure that allows a special program to create
ON LINE  the frame  he needs.  I think it's also possible to create a
program that  emulate a  human director  (He understands what he most
show and  choose witch  shot to  use, witch  actor  etc.  etc).  This
involves that  we use  MORE times  the same  picture (i.e. same actor
over different  background, same  actor with other actors, etc.), and
we cut  the costs  and the  disk space  (that can  be used  for  more
"constructive" purpose, like keeping human actor's voice). I think it
will be  more like  a "animated  comic"  than  like  a  "Disney  like
cartoon".

Now I  know that  my thesis  will involve the creation of a "running"
prototype. I  need suggestion  about the  software platform  to  use.
someone told me to use DOS, Borland C++ 3.1 and framework application
(by the way, what's a "framework application"?). Someone else told me
Microsoft C++  professional was  better. Others  said Windows NT with
visual C++ 32.

I don't  need applications  like Corel Draw, but a real library, that
links to  a good  programming language.  This library  must have  the
following features:

     * Good extended memory handler
     * Ability to create a video page in memory (and to
       put it on screen when it's finished, for no-snow
       and no-flicherin purpose)
     * Parallax background scroll
     * A smart driver for my video card


Even every suggestion (bibliographical or where-you-can-find-this-on-
the-net) about  Weitec P  9000 drivers,  how to  program SVGA, how to
handle extended  memory, how  to use  bitmap graphics,  what kind  of
"interactive cartoons"  are available  today,  etc.  is  also  really
welcome.

And I'll  like really  a lot to hear your opinions. What do you think
about my idea? Let's keep in touch!


                                                        Michele Gelli

P.S. I'm  REALLY SORRY.  My English  is terrible,  I know. I hope you
were able  to understand  all I  wrote. To  me writing  something  in
English is  a really HARD and LONG job. I can read English very well,
but I  can't write  long text  (and now, you know that I write really
badly).

---------------------------------------------------------------------
         Michele "Manabe is a God and I'm his prophet" Gelli
                          gelli@cs.unibo.it
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From ferguson@nack.craycos.com (Scott Ferguson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: read field ...help!
Date: 19 Apr 1994 14:32:25 GMT
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In article <2p03de$lqj@euler.me.pdx.edu>, pgotseff@ee.pdx.edu (Peter Gotseff) writes:
|> Hello , 
|> 	Ok, here it goes.  I need help reading uniform fields from binary 
|> data files.  Chp 2 of the AVS manual ain't all that helpful. 
|> Trouble is, I have scalar 3-D uniform field data that is contained
|> in a binary format.  I can't seem to get any bytes read in at
|> all.

Read in the module reference about the Data Dictionary module, which lets
you generate a file description (are the dimensions of the data present
in the header of the file, or do you have to enter them manually? How many
bytes per voxel? Float, short, byte, or long? etc) without writing a module.

Otherwise, if you already have a program written that reads your data files,
use it to write your own module. Writing modules will teach you a lot about
how AVS works, and you'll have more control over how your data reader works.
Plus, in the future when you find a new data format to read, you'll have
an example to work from.

For starters, look at the file /usr/avs/examples/read_vol.c, which is the
source to the Read Volume module. If you've got 3-D uniform binary data, 
Read Volume will be very similar to your final module. Simply make changes
to it, and compile.

-- 
Scott Ferguson                               My views are not necessarily
Cray Computer Corporation                    those of Cray Computer Corp.
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From JHHARDE@erenj.com (John Hardenbergh)
Subject: Re: read field ...help!
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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 16:23:28 GMT

In article <2p0q1p$if2@taos.Craycos.COM> ferguson@nack.craycos.com (Scott Ferguson) writes:
>From: ferguson@nack.craycos.com (Scott Ferguson)
>Subject: Re: read field ...help!
>Date: 19 Apr 1994 14:32:25 GMT

>In article <2p03de$lqj@euler.me.pdx.edu>, pgotseff@ee.pdx.edu (Peter Gotseff) writes:
>|> Hello , 
>|>      Ok, here it goes.  I need help reading uniform fields from binary 
>|> data files.  Chp 2 of the AVS manual ain't all that helpful. 
>|> Trouble is, I have scalar 3-D uniform field data that is contained
>|> in a binary format.  I can't seem to get any bytes read in at
>|> all.

>Read in the module reference about the Data Dictionary module, which lets
>you generate a file description (are the dimensions of the data present
>in the header of the file, or do you have to enter them manually? How many
>bytes per voxel? Float, short, byte, or long? etc) without writing a module.

>Scott Ferguson                               My views are not necessarily
>Cray Computer Corporation                    those of Cray Computer Corp.
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>"Usenet: meet interesting people from all over the world; and flame them"

   Scott's right about writting your own modules using the example source code 
and don't forget that AVS includes a module called the "Module Generator" to 
help you along.
   If you don't want to get your hands dirty try taking another look at 
chapter 2 of the Users guide.  Writting AVS field decription files is not all 
that hard.  One potential pitfall I found when I started was with the 
inclusion of the record size in the files I was trying to read.  It's easiest 
to use truly unformated binary data if possable.  Then a decripter file 
similar to Example 3 on page 2-24 should work for a 3D uniform field.
  

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From sngmedia@world.std.com
Subject: MARKET SURVEY
Message-ID: <CoJDJs.21A@world.std.com>
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 02:28:38 GMT
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We are a small, dedicated group of people desperately trying to get
a video production company off the ground.

Recently, we secured enough financial backing to produce several
videos on the subject of personal computing.

Because we don't have the financial resources to perform a
traditional market analysis, we considered several alternatives and
concluded that we should consult the people of the Internet, who
are technically proficient and tend to be enthusiastic personal
computer users.  

We would like you to indicate which three of the below described
videos would appeal to you most.

Please note that each video synopsis is numbered.  When you are
ready to send your response, please specify the numbers
corresponding to your three video selections, and use commas to
separate the numbers.

For example, if you choose selections four, eight, and eleven, the
body of your letter would simply be:

4,8,11

and nothing more.

When you send back your response, please specify "MARKET SURVEY" in
the subject field.  Then, direct your response back to
sngmedia@world.std.com.

Please realize that this is not an advertisement, or solicitation. 
We simply would like to know your response.  You will not be
contacted further.

Thank you in advance for your help and cooperation.

Tom and Randi Fecker
sngmedia@world.std.com.

Please select three videos that interest you most:

1. The Internet Pilot's Guide
A plain English guide to getting around on the Internet by veteran
users.  How to use Internet resources to send/receive e-mail, and
to search for documents and files relating to a particular subject. 
How to use LISTSERVs, GOPHER, ARCHIE, WWW and WAIS.  How to use FTP
and Telnet to access remote computers for file transfers, remote
logins, etc.  Also, learning how to observe Internet's
"netiquette."  And how to access multimedia Mosaic bulletin boards.

2. How to Make Money at Home With Your PC I -- Successful PC-Based
Businesses
Meet five successful entrepreneurs who started their own home-based
businesses using a PC.  Includes businesses that provide typing
services, mailing list management, horoscopes, bookkeeping, and
even a software developer who does not know how to program -- he
hires other people to implement his software designs.  Includes
ideas for two dozen home-based businesses you can start using your
PC.

3. How to Make Money at Home With Your PC II: Portfolio Management.
Whether you manage your own portfolio for investment gains, or you
take on clients for a consulting fee, a PC can give you powerful
tools for portfolio management.  Meet three successful home-based
portfolio managers who use their PCs to maximize profits.  They'll
inspire you, and share some tricks of the trade that can help you
land clients and get started.  We'll also show you how to determine
which software applications will meet your needs, and which online
services will satisfy your requirements.

4. How to Make Money at Home With Your PC III: Telecommuting
Learn how to use your PC to telecommute to companies across America
that are looking for specialized consultants with skills like
bookkeeping, software design and programming, editorial and script
writing, technical proofreading, graphic design, copywriting, and
more.  Includes interviews with three successful telecommuters who
use their PCs, faxes, modems and phones to serve distant clients,
and information about a telecommuting referral service that could
help you find employers.

5. How to Upgrade Your Hard Drive, Step-By-Step
>From choosing your new hard drive, through ordering, installing and
testing it.  This plain English video shows you how to do the job
correctly, one simple step at a time.  Using industry-wide
standards, we'll show you what all hard drives have in common. 
Includes how to determine if your controller will support a
particular hard drive.  How to remove the old drive, and install,
format and test the new drive.  Includes a discussion on the
differences between the various standards.

6. How to Design Your Own PC
You don't have to be an engineer to design and build the PC of your
dreams.  This plain English video shows you how to figure out the
PC design that is best for you, how to specify components, how to
make sure they'll work together, and where to buy them.  You'll end
up with a top quality system that will save you money.

7. How to Build Your Own PC
Once you've designed your PC, we'll show you how to build it.  The
actual process will take you only a few hours.  Using an easy-to-
understand method, we'll show you how to inspect, install and test
components.  Includes tips and tricks from computer production
experts.  The technical skills can be easily mastered by almost
anyone, and you probably already own most of the tools you would
need.
8. How to Increase Your Computer's Memory
This plain English video shows you how to determine whether your
computer memory can be increased, and how to do the job correctly,
one step at a time.  You'll learn about industry-wide standards for
memory, how to configure additional RAM and cache, how and where to
buy RAM chips, and three ways to eliminate low-quality RAM chips.
Covers all phases of the process from opening your computer, to
testing your memory.  Includes discussions on how to ensure your
DOS set-up is able to access all available memory, and how to use
various memory management software applications.

9. How to Use MS-Windows 3.1
This powerful graphical user interface can help you work smarter
and faster, but the manual and the online tutorial that come with
Windows leave many questions unanswered.  This plain English, step-
by-step video will show you how to install Windows on your computer
and set it up to get optimum performance.

10.  How to Find a Job in the Information Age
A PC can give you an incredible advantage when you're searching for
a new job -- or even a new career.  But you have to know just how
it can help you.  In this video, an experienced employment
counselor will show you how to tap the power in your PC to find job
leads, create a winning resume and customized cover letters, tap
into databases and find bulletin boards that will lead you to job
openings, and use online services to research potential employers.

11. How to Install a Sound Card in Your Computer
Here's how to add incredible stereo sound to your computer with
step-by-step help. In plain English, you'll learn how to determine
if your computer can support a sound card, how and where to buy a
high-quality sound card.  How to open your computer, and install
and test the sound card.

12. How to Install a CD-ROM Drive in Your Computer
Using simple tools, this plain English video shows you how to
install a CD-ROM Drive in your computer.  You'll learn how to make
sure your computer can support a CD-ROM drive -- and what to do if
it can't.  Covers internal vs. external drives, how and where to
buy a high quality CD-ROM drive, what you need to know about
differing industry standards, preparing the drive bay, testing and
trouble-shooting.  Covers SCSI and IDE.

13. How to Fix the Most Common Computer Problems
Your computer serviceman may not want you to know this, but all you
need is the know-how you'll get from this video, simple tools, and
easily-obtainable diagnostic software -- and you can fix most
common problems you'll ever encounter with a PC.

14. What to Do When a Virus Strikes Your Computer
Viruses can come from almost anywhere: a colleague or friend's
disks, a network, a bulletin board, even commercial software.  If
you ignore the first warning signs, a virus can wipe out your data
and permanently damage your computer's memory.  In plain English,
this video will tell you how to scan disks for viruses, how to
check downloaded files from bulletin boards, how to set up a virus
prevention program for your home or office computer, and how and
where to buy the best anti-virus software.  We'll also cover the
pros and cons of the antivirus software in DOS 6.X and Windows 3.X,
how to use antivirus software, and more.

15. How Your PC Works: Inside the Case
Here's a down-to-earth explanation of how your PC actually
processes information, and what really goes on inside the case. 
You'll get a guided tour of the insides of a PC, learn about how
the various components work and how they communicate with each
other, and get a clear explanation of technical terms.  A must for
anyone who wants to really understand how to program, use and
repair a PC.

16. How to Create Config.Sys, Autoexec.Bat and Batch Files
These basic files can make it much easier to use your computer --
or cause incredible headaches if they are not written properly for
your particular software and peripherals.  Now you don't have to be
at the mercy of murky tech manuals, because we'll show you how to
create files that work for your system -- step-by-step, in plain
English.  You'll learn how to write, modify and test Autoexec.Bat
and Config.Sys files; and how to create batch files.

17. How to Add a Modem or Faxmodem to Your Computer
Here's the easy way to add a modem or faxmodem to your computer,
with step-by-step guidance from this plain English video.  You'll
learn how to determine if your computer can support a modem or
faxmodem, and what to do if it can't, how to choose and buy the
best modem or faxmodem, how to open your computer, and install the
modem or faxmodem, how to test it, how to quickly eliminate common
problems, and how to set your modem or faxmodem correctly.

18. How to Make Money at Home With Your Computer
The information age is opening up incredible new opportunities for
PC owners to make undreamed of money, using skills and knowledge
you may already have!  Here's inside information on the ten most
promising telecommuting jobs and 12 small businesses you can run
right from your home, using your PC.  Includes profiles of PC
owners who are actually running PC-based home businesses.

19. The Super-Highway Roadmap
This is your guide to where to go and what to see.  You can make
incredible contacts and gather powerful, valuable information on
the Internet, but the problem is that most people can't begin to
imagine the potential of something that seems so abstract.  This
plain English video will introduce you to the Internet, and make
these opportunities concrete.  Includes interviews with 7 people
who did the impossible by gathering information and making contacts
on the Internet.

20. How to Upgrade and Repair Your PC I: Basic
This is the video your repairman doesn't want you to know about! 
Since the components of most PCs are highly modular, PC repair is
easier than you think.  Just pinpoint the problem component, unplug
it, remove a few screws, replace it, and presto! You're in business
again.  This step-by-step video shows you how to pinpoint problems
and replace your PC's components, using ordinary household tools.

21. How to Upgrade and Repair Your PC II: Multimedia
Here's how to save big money on a PC with all the latest multimedia
peripherals.  You learn how to determine if your PC can be
upgraded, how to upgrade your video card and bus, and how to add a
CD-ROM drive, sound card, video accelerator, and more.  Presented
in plain English.  The procedures you'll learn require ordinary
household tools -- nothing fancy!

22. Plain English Guide to DOS 6+.
The powerful sub-programs buried deep within DOS 6.0 and higher can
help you work smarter and faster, but the manual and the online
tutorial that come with DOS leave many questions unanswered. This
plain English, step-by-step video will show you how to install DOS
on your computer and set it up to get optimum performance. In
addition to DOS commands, you'll learn how to use the shell,
defragmentation, scan and antivirus programs that come with DOS.

23. Home Financial Management on a PC.
Your computer can help you create and manage a budget, keep track
of your credit card accounts, handle your tax deductions, and
reconcile your bank accounts.  But that's not all!  You can also
determine whether you should pay down your mortgage, finance a new
car or pay cash, buy or rent your home, and how much you'll need
for retirement.  The financial information your computer can give
you might mean the difference between just getting by and a very
comfortable lifestyle -- if you ask the right questions and use
your PC to develop a financial strategy.

24. The Online Bulletin Board Guide
Bulletin boards can be the on-ramps to the Information Super
Highway -- if you know how to access and use them.  This step-by-
step guide shows you how to find bulletin boards, set-up your
modem, log on, find out what they have to offer, find bulletin
board users who share your interests, search for information, and
upload and download files.


Thank you.


From zheng@physunc.phy.uc.edu (Jie Zheng)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Help in avs
Date: 19 Apr 1994 21:33:56 GMT
Organization: University of Cincinnati
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Hello, dear netters:

I just want analyse the mean values and its std.dev. of a ROI in a avs format
image. However, I really cannot find a network or a module to do this simple
job. If you happen to know it or know how to read pixel value in avs, please
email me your kind answer. Thank you very much in advance!!!

J. Zheng




From H.Dabis@ee.surrey.ac.uk (Homam Dabis)
Subject: Passing geom. info. 
Message-ID: <1994Apr19.102134.1223@ee.surrey.ac.uk>
Keywords: edit lists, geom obj. 
Sender: ees1hd@ee.surrey.ac.uk (Homam Dabis)
Organization: VSSP, University of Surrey 
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 94 10:21:34 GMT
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-- 
Hello,

I am trying to pass geometric information between modules. I started by filling
up the edit list with objects, displayed them and finally passed the edit list
to another module. Great up to this point, however, now I am facing the problem
of getting hold of the objects again. There does not seem to be a simple way of
doing this. Could I be missing something?

The manual does say that AVS3 does not support routines to extract geometric 
information from an edit list. Does AVS5?

Homam.



From hancockd@cs.man.ac.uk (David Hancock)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: spaceball sgi support
Message-ID: <1994Apr20.095418@cs.man.ac.uk>
Date: 20 Apr 94 08:54:18 GMT
Sender: news@cs.man.ac.uk
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Further to my previous posting as to why AVS couldn't see our Spaceball 2003:

As documented in the 'known problems for SGI platforms' section, it seems
that the SGI System Manager utility interferes with the Spaceball in some way
causing AVS not to see it. The solution? Turn off the Spaceball support in
the System Manager. 

Thanks a lot to those who helped, 

DAVE HANCOCK

Centre for Novel Computing


BTW: Does anuybody know of a Spaceball mailing list/news-group? 


From manfred@dcs1.uwaterloo.ca (Manfred Grisebach - DCS)
Subject: Re: Read Any Image
Message-ID: <CoKB2u.Dxw@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca>
Sender: news@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca
Organization: University of Waterloo
References:  <1994Apr15.145327.3188@rahman.earth.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 14:32:53 GMT
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In article <1994Apr15.145327.3188@rahman.earth.ox.ac.uk>, keith@earth.ox.ac.uk
(Keith Refson) writes:
> Am I alone in my experience, or does anyone else agree with me that
> the "READ ANY IMAGE" module on the IAC is a heap of crock?
> 
...deleted text
> 
> Do other peoples experiences with this module accord with mine? Am I
> being too harsh?
> 
> Such a module is *essential* in my kind of diverse, academic
> environment.  It really ought to be provided by AVS Inc as standard.
> I hope somebody from AVS Inc is reading this....
> 
> Keith Refson
> 
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Like you. I have experienced many of the same frustrations with graphics
protocols not importing as expected into AVS with this (and other) AVS
modules. This problem is certainly NOT unique to AVS but every other 
graphics package I have ever evaluated. We have observed several common
traits that are common to all graphics applications. They are:
	1) more effort is spent on methods of getting other graphics
	protocols INTO a package than out (ie. why would you ever need
	another package once you have your data in this one :-) ) 
	2) each vendor seems to have their own version of a popular graphics
	protocol or have invented yet another one to meet the needs of
	their applications.
	3) There are NEVER enough (flavours of) protocols supported
We probably spend more time converting from one format to another than we do
within the applications themselves.
In my mind I must agree with you that it really should be a requirement of
any major package that it be able to support a robust set of graphics
protocols both on the input and output sides if it wishes to stay competative.
PC packages have been steadily improving and where they fail, packages like
Hijaak fill in the void by successfully converting between more graphics
protocols than any package I know on any platform (with shareware packages
like Alchemy and others not far behind). In Unix xv is very impressive, 
Image Tools and ImageMagic and even READ_ANY_IMAGE provide some of the tools
we need but I've yet to find one I'd feel comfortable recommending as
robust enough for our academic environment.
Sorry I can't offer you a better solution but if you find one I'd love to hear
it.
-- 
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From avs@mcnc.org (AVS account)
Subject: New module at IAC - Create_MPEG
Message-ID: <1994Apr22.030937.25094@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 03:09:37 GMT

Name        : Create_MPEG     Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1789
Author      : Alex Knowles, The University of Manchester
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_output/Create_MPEG
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : Create MPEG is a subroutine module which will create MPEG
              movies from a series of AVS images. It uses Andy Hung's
              'MPEG' which is available by anonymous ftp from Stanford.
              Because of the way MPEG movies are encoded by 'MPEG', many
              temporary files need to be stored, bear this in mind when
              choosing which directory to make your movie in.


From avs@mcnc.org (AVS account)
Subject: New module at IAC - Geom_to_Wavefron
Message-ID: <1994Apr22.031032.25162@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: International AVS Center
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 03:10:32 GMT

Name        : Geom_to_WavefronVersion      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1790
Author      : Steve Chall, MCNC Visualization Group
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_output/Geom_to_Wavefron
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : "Geom to Wavefront" accepts as input an AVS GEOMedit_list
              struct which contains a pointer to a linked list of GEOMedit
              structs. The list is traversed and each element which is of
              type GEOM_EDIT_GEOMETRY is examined to determine its
              GEOMobj type--as opposed to GEOMedit type--where the
              possible types are mesh, polyhedron, polytriangle strip
              array, sphere, or label. An equivalent Wavefront .obj file
              is written to disk for each polyhedron and polytri in the
              edit list. Note that a single AVS geometry may map to
              multiple .obj files.


From avs@mcnc.org (AVS account)
Subject: New module at IAC - tubeness
Message-ID: <1994Apr22.031131.25227@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: International AVS Center
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 03:11:31 GMT

Name        : tubeness        Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1791
Author      : Wes Bethel, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/filters/tubeness
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : The tubeness module transforms an AVS geometry, replacing a set
              of disjoint lines with "tubes." The tubes are polygonal
              approximations to cylinders. The number of sides used to
              represent the cylinder is under user control.


From avs@mcnc.org (AVS account)
Subject: Suite of Environmental AVS Mods at IAC
Message-ID: <1994Apr22.032403.25327@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 03:24:03 GMT

Hi Folks,

The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has created a suite of AVS demo
modules, networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the functionality
of its visualization prototype for an Environmental Decision Support System
(EDSS).  This system provides a unified method of analysis and visualization
for data output from different environmental air quality models.  On the CRAY,
standard output files from the following models can be read into AVS:

	ROM (Regional Oxidant Model)
	RADM (Regional Acid Deposition Model), low res and high res
	RADM (Regional Acid Depostion Model) Emissions, low res
	UAM (Urban Airshed Model, regulatory version)
	UAM (Urban Airshed Model, AREAL research version)
	UAM Wind (Urban Airshed Model, regulatory version)
	MCNC ALPHA-Prototype netCDF files 

Alternatively, xdr portable binary AVS fields can be created from these
data types and accessed directly from the local workstation.

These modules are now available to you on the IAC's anonymous ftp site.
You can download these modules individually from the IAC using
anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. 
If you would like to download the entire suite of modules, networks, and 
sample datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org -
/sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
This contains all source code to all local and remote modules, as well as 
all of the sample datasets, networks, documentation, installation, and 
usage notes.

Check out Kathy Pearson's talk on this work at AVS '94, May 2-4 in Boston!

Enjoy!

-Steve


Name        : ANIMATE_DUAL    Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1793 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_input/ANIMATE_DUAL
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC Kubota
Description : Unlike the AVS module, "animated integer", this animator
              co-routine keeps up with the range of the values available.
              It also allows the user to set a delta value for going forward
              (positive) or backward (negative). Additionally, the
              user can advance by single steps through data or
              continuously. When the end of the range is reached, the
              animator will wrap around the end of the range to the
              opposite end by delta. A second set of variables allows the
              synchronous control of two viewing windows. Output from
              the animator will cease for "Pause Seconds" # after each
              previous output. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group
              has created this module as part of a suite of AVS demo
              modules, networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the
              functionality of its visualization prototype for an
              Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS). You can
              download these modules individually from the IAC using
              anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : ARC_MAP         Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1792 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_input/ARC_MAP
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : The ARCMAP module creates an AVS geometry by reading input
              from an ARCinfo gen file. The gen file structure is that of
              ARC segment number, a list of x-y coordinates of the segment
              polygon, and an 'END' statement. The MCNC Environmental
              Programs Group has created this module as part of a suite of
              AVS demo modules, networks, and sample data sets to
              demonstrate the functionality of its visualization
              prototype for an Environmental Decision Support System
              (EDSS). You can download these modules individually from
              the IAC using anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : CREATE_MINI_DATAVersion      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1794 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_output/CREATE_MINI_DATA
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : The CREATE MINI DATA module is used in conjunction with the
              AVS module "write field", and other specially designed
              modules include "FIND MAP", "MULTI_extract", and "WRITE
              TIMESTAMP". The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has
              created this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules,
              networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the
              functionality of its visualization prototype for an
              Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS). You can
              download these modules individually from the IAC using
              anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : CREATE_USER_MINIVersion      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1795 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_output/CREATE_USER_MINI
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : CREATE USER MINI DATA -- creates a local data set from a
              remote data file and place it in the users own directory
              structure. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has
              created this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules,
              networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the
              functionality of its visualization prototype for an
              Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS). You can
              download these modules individually from the IAC using
              anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : FIND_DATA_AND_MAVersion      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1796 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_input/FIND_DATA_AND_MA
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : FIND DATA AND MAP -- locates data and map based on user choice
              from a DATA LIST. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has
              created this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules,
              networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the
              functionality of its visualization prototype for an
              Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS). You can
              download these modules individually from the IAC using
              anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : FIND_MAP        Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1797 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_input/FIND_MAP
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : FIND MAP -- locates a map based on user choice from a MAP LIST.
              The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has created this
              module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks, and
              sample data sets to demonstrate the functionality of its
              visualization prototype for an Environmental Decision
              Support System (EDSS). You can download these modules
              individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to the
              appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org.
              If you would like to download the entire suite of modules,
              networks, and sample datasets at the same time, the IAC
              recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab the following
              file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : GET_MODEL_MAP   Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1799 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_input/GET_MODEL_MAP
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : GET MODEL MAP -- generates map and crop information based on
              selected map. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has
              created this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules,
              networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the
              functionality of its visualization prototype for an
              Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS). You can
              download these modules individually from the IAC using
              anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : GRAPH2D         Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1800 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/GRAPH2D
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : GRAPH2D -- generate an X-Y plot, control graph viewer
              parameters, and optionally output PostScript. The
              GRAPH2D module is an entire graphics management system for
              2d plots. It creates a network including the AVS "graph
              viewer" and "image to postscript" modules, and it
              generates script files that are played to make ASCII files
              required as input to the graph viewer. Up to four 2d windows
              may be controlled by the module, and the settings will apply
              to the current window of focus, selected by the user and
              indicated by the red color band around the window. The MCNC
              Environmental Programs Group has created this module as
              part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks, and sample
              data sets to demonstrate the functionality of its
              visualization prototype for an Environmental Decision
              Support System (EDSS). You can download these modules
              individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to the
              appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org.
              If you would like to download the entire suite of modules,
              networks, and sample datasets at the same time, the IAC
              recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab the following
              file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : GRID_MATH       Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1801 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/filters/GRID_MATH
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : NAME GRID MATH -- create a single gridded representation of
              statistical functions over multiple time steps. The GRID
              MATH module takes 4-D input and creates 3-D output based
              upon the selected statistical function. The effect is to
              reduce multiple time dimensions to a single one
              representing the chosen math function. The MCNC
              Environmental Programs Group has created this module as
              part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks, and sample
              data sets to demonstrate the functionality of its
              visualization prototype for an Environmental Decision
              Support System (EDSS). You can download these modules
              individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to the
              appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org.
              If you would like to download the entire suite of modules,
              networks, and sample datasets at the same time, the IAC
              recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab the following
              file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : LABELS_UNITS    Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1802 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/LABELS_UNITS
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : LABELS UNITS -- create a label based upon the input field and
              input slice axis and output a label geometry. The MCNC
              Environmental Programs Group has created this module as
              part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks, and sample
              data sets to demonstrate the functionality of its
              visualization prototype for an Environmental Decision
              Support System (EDSS). You can download these modules
              individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to the
              appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org.
              If you would like to download the entire suite of modules,
              networks, and sample datasets at the same time, the IAC
              recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab the following
              file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : MASK_TILE       Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1803 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/MASK_TILE
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : MASK_TILE is a mapper module that produces a geometry from
              an input field and color map. If any data point falls below
              the color scale, this sets its color to the mask color. For
              optimization of Z slices, adjacent squares on the same row
              of identical color will be drawn as a single polygon of that
              color. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has created
              this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks,
              and sample data sets to demonstrate the functionality of
              its visualization prototype for an Environmental
              Decision Support System (EDSS). You can download these
              modules individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to
              the appropriate directories /avs_modules at
              avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to download the entire
              suite of modules, networks, and sample datasets at the same
              time, the IAC recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab
              the following file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : MINMAX_2_3      Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1804 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/filters/MINMAX_2_3
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : The MINMAX module outputs floating point min and max values
              for setting legend color scale endpoints. The values are
              those selected by the user or the min-max of the
              input_species within the input_field. Output occurs only
              on the first invocation and when the values change to
              prevent continuous updates of the color table associated
              with the color legend. The MCNC Environmental Programs
              Group has created this module as part of a suite of AVS demo
              modules, networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the
              functionality of its visualization prototype for an
              Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS). You can
              download these modules individually from the IAC using
              anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : MINMAX_REPORT   Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1805 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/MINMAX_REPORT
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : NAME MINMAX REPORT -- generate statistics report with
              C-language. All floating-point values are written with
              the C-language "%g" format so that more decimals may be
              reported than those using the standard AVS statistics
              module. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has created
              this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks,
              and sample data sets to demonstrate the functionality of
              its visualization prototype for an Environmental
              Decision Support System (EDSS). You can download these
              modules individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to
              the appropriate directories /avs_modules at
              avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to download the entire
              suite of modules, networks, and sample datasets at the same
              time, the IAC recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab
              the following file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : MOVING_AVG      Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1806 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/filters/MOVING_AVG
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : The MOVING_AVG mod is a filter that accepts a field 4D
              3-coordinate 1-vector uniform float as input, and outputs
              the same type of field. The module calculates a moving
              average of the input field. The MCNC Environmental
              Programs Group has created this module as part of a suite of
              AVS demo modules, networks, and sample data sets to
              demonstrate the functionality of its visualization
              prototype for an Environmental Decision Support System
              (EDSS). You can download these modules individually from
              the IAC using anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : NEW_CROP        Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1807 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/NEW_CROP
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : NAME NEW CROP -- crop 3d or 4d field to reduce the range of any
              of its dimensions. Unlike the standard AVS crop module, the
              NEW CROP module allows the user to crop a field down to a
              single grid cell in any dimension. Also unlike the standard
              crop module, the NEW CROP module values will "hold" between
              invocations if the previous settings are within the latest
              range for X, Y, Z, or Time. The standard crop module allows
              cropping on 3 dimensions only, but the NEW CROP module
              allows the user to crop either 3D or 4D fields.

Name        : NEW_PRINTFIELD  Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1808 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/NEW_PRINTFIELD
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : PRINTFIELD -- display data in a matrix format. The NEW
              PRINTFIELD module outputs to a text browser (and
              optionally to an output file) the values of the input
              cropped slice of data. The module also requires that an
              input string specifying that the input data has been sliced
              along the "X", "Y", or "Z" axis. Each output value is written
              in the C-language format set by the user with optional
              labeling. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has
              created this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules,
              networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the
              functionality of its visualization prototype for an
              Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS). You can
              download these modules individually from the IAC using
              anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : NEW_SLICE       Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1809 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/NEW_SLICE
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : NEW SLICE -- slice a field of up to 4 dimensions on X, Y, Z or
              time. Unlike the standard AVS slice module, the NEW SLICE
              module will accept 4D data input in addition to a 3D data
              field. It outputs a field of one dimension less than that
              input with the same coordinate space and the same number of
              vectors as the input. The NEW SLICE module also outputs the
              slice axis to indicate to downstream modules whether the
              slice has occurred in the "X", "Y", "Z", to "Time"
              dimension. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has
              created this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules,
              networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the
              functionality of its visualization prototype for an
              Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS). You can
              download these modules individually from the IAC using
              anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : NEW_TILE        Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1810 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/NEW_TILE
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : NEW TILE -- create a geometry of a tile plot displaying 2D
              3-space data. The NEW TILE module accepts as input a field
              sliced on "X", "Y", or "Z" and displays a tile map in the other
              two dimensions. The NEW TILE module was needed because
              versions available from the International AVS Center do
              not work properly for cropped data and do not function well
              with any slice axis other than "Z". Still, much credit is due
              to David Bock, formerly of MCNC, who is the author of the
              original, for his pioneering efforts in creating an early
              AVS version of this module. The MCNC Environmental
              Programs Group has created this module as part of a suite of
              AVS demo modules, networks, and sample data sets to
              demonstrate the functionality of its visualization
              prototype for an Environmental Decision Support System
              (EDSS). You can download these modules individually from
              the IAC using anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : NEW_LEGEND      Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1811 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/NEW_LEGEND
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : NEW LEGEND -- create a geometry of a linear scale using color
              polygons. The NEW LEGEND module creates a color scale bar of
              linear bins in either the horizontal or vertical with
              labeling controlled by C-language formats to give the user
              more control than that found in the standard AVS "color
              legend" module. Color bins are selected from the input
              color map based upon linear increments corresponding to
              the number of color bins selected. For a typical Newton AVS
              colormap, the lowest bin will be blue and the highest bin
              will be red. The bins are labeled according to the Data
              Minimum and Data Maximum values and the linear increments
              between. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has
              created this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules,
              networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the
              functionality of its visualization prototype for an
              Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS). You can
              download these modules individually from the IAC using
              anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : QUERY_TILE      Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1812 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/QUERY_TILE
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : QUERY TILE -- create a geometry of a cross hair cursor over a
              tile plot and report the value of the point at that tile
              position.

Name        : READ_TIMESTAMP  Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1813 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_input/READ_TIMESTAMP
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : READ TIMESTAMP -- read the input field and timestamp file
              and output a subset field and a subset timestamp string
              (suitable as recursive inputs to this module once the
              timestamp string is written into a file). The MCNC
              Environmental Programs Group has created this module as
              part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks, and sample
              data sets to demonstrate the functionality of its
              visualization prototype for an Environmental Decision
              Support System (EDSS). You can download these modules
              individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to the
              appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org.
              If you would like to download the entire suite of modules,
              networks, and sample datasets at the same time, the IAC
              recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab the following
              file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : READ_WIND_TIMESTVersion      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1814 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_input/READ_WIND_TIMEST
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : READ WINDTIMESTAMP -- read the input wind field and
              timestamp file and output a subset field and a subset
              timestamp string (suitable as recursive inputs to this
              module once the timestamp string is written into a file).
              The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has created this
              module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks, and
              sample data sets to demonstrate the functionality of its
              visualization prototype for an Environmental Decision
              Support System (EDSS). You can download these modules
              individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to the
              appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org.
              If you would like to download the entire suite of modules,
              networks, and sample datasets at the same time, the IAC
              recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab the following
              file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : RESET_2         Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1798 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/RESET_2
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : RESET -- resets geometry viewer to normalize and scale
              window to the current coordinate system, then rescales to
              reduce its size. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has
              created this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules,
              networks, and sample data sets to demonstrate the
              functionality of its visualization prototype for an
              Environmental Decision Support System (EDSS). You can
              download these modules individually from the IAC using
              anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : TEXT_TO_GEOM    Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1815 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/TEXT_TO_GEOM
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : NAME TEXT TO GEOM -- create a label geometry from the input
              string. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has created
              this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks,
              and sample data sets to demonstrate the functionality of
              its visualization prototype for an Environmental
              Decision Support System (EDSS). You can download these
              modules individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to
              the appropriate directories /avs_modules at
              avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to download the entire
              suite of modules, networks, and sample datasets at the same
              time, the IAC recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab
              the following file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : TIME_SPAN_TEXT  Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1816 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/TIME_SPAN_TEXT
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : TIME SPAN TEXT -- create a string containing the starting
              and ending timestamp labels; if they are the same, output
              only the starting timestamp label The MCNC Environmental
              Programs Group has created this module as part of a suite of
              AVS demo modules, networks, and sample data sets to
              demonstrate the functionality of its visualization
              prototype for an Environmental Decision Support System
              (EDSS). You can download these modules individually from
              the IAC using anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : WIND_MINMAX     Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1817 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/filters/WIND_MINMAX
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : WIND MINMAX -- output either user selected min max values
              for use with a color legend or the min max values found within
              the input field of wind data. The MCNC Environmental
              Programs Group has created this module as part of a suite of
              AVS demo modules, networks, and sample data sets to
              demonstrate the functionality of its visualization
              prototype for an Environmental Decision Support System
              (EDSS). You can download these modules individually from
              the IAC using anonymous ftp to the appropriate directories
              /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to
              download the entire suite of modules, networks, and sample
              datasets at the same time, the IAC recommends that you use
              anonymous ftp to grab the following file from avs.ncsc.org
              -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : WIND_PLOT       Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1818 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/mappers/WIND_PLOT
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : The WIND PLOT module accepts as input a field 3-vector wind
              field and outputs a geometry representation of it. The MCNC
              Environmental Programs Group has created this module as
              part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks, and sample
              data sets to demonstrate the functionality of its
              visualization prototype for an Environmental Decision
              Support System (EDSS). You can download these modules
              individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to the
              appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org.
              If you would like to download the entire suite of modules,
              networks, and sample datasets at the same time, the IAC
              recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab the following
              file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : WIND_SPEED      Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1819 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/filters/WIND_SPEED
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : WIND SPEED -- create a vector for wind speed from u-v
              components. The WIND SPEED module accepts as input a 4D
              field of 2-vector u-v wind components and outputs the same
              information in a field with an additional vector
              specifying wind speed, r using the formula r = sqrt(u
              AVScontrol.tmp23026 WIND_SPEED.txt make.DEC make.HP
              make.IBM make.Kubota make.Sun separate.h wind_speed.c u
              + v AVScontrol.tmp23026 WIND_SPEED.txt make.DEC make.HP
              make.IBM make.Kubota make.Sun separate.h wind_speed.c
              v). The output field labels are set to UWIND, VWIND, WIND
              SPEED, and the units are all set to "m/s". The MCNC
              Environmental Programs Group has created this module as
              part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks, and sample
              data sets to demonstrate the functionality of its
              visualization prototype for an Environmental Decision
              Support System (EDSS). You can download these modules
              individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to the
              appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org.
              If you would like to download the entire suite of modules,
              networks, and sample datasets at the same time, the IAC
              recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab the following
              file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : WINDOW_MATH     Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1820 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/filters/WINDOW_MATH
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM Kubota
Description : WINDOW MATH -- create a field that is a function of two input
              fields. The WINDOW MATH module takes two sets of 2D input
              data previously sliced on the specified "X", "Y", or "Z"
              input slice axis 1/2. The output field contains values that
              represent the chosen "window function" of the two input
              fields. The MCNC Environmental Programs Group has created
              this module as part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks,
              and sample data sets to demonstrate the functionality of
              its visualization prototype for an Environmental
              Decision Support System (EDSS). You can download these
              modules individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to
              the appropriate directories /avs_modules at
              avs.ncsc.org. If you would like to download the entire
              suite of modules, networks, and sample datasets at the same
              time, the IAC recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab
              the following file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.

Name        : WRITE_TIMESTAMP Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1821 
Author      : Kathy Pearson, MCNC Environmental Programs
Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C        
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_output/WRITE_TIMESTAMP
Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
Description : WRITE TIMESTAMP -- write into the specified file name the
              input timestamp string. The WRITE TIMESTAMP module
              creates an ASCII file and writes into it the set of timestamp
              labels input as one string. This file is needed to indicate
              the date and time represented by AVS data fields that have
              been created by extracting pieces from original model
              files of type ROM, RADM, UAM and ALPHA. The MCNC
              Environmental Programs Group has created this module as
              part of a suite of AVS demo modules, networks, and sample
              data sets to demonstrate the functionality of its
              visualization prototype for an Environmental Decision
              Support System (EDSS). You can download these modules
              individually from the IAC using anonymous ftp to the
              appropriate directories /avs_modules at avs.ncsc.org.
              If you would like to download the entire suite of modules,
              networks, and sample datasets at the same time, the IAC
              recommends that you use anonymous ftp to grab the following
              file from avs.ncsc.org -
              /sample_data/avs_data/MCNC_Env_Pgms/MCNC_Env_Pgms.tar.Z
              This contains all source code to all local and remote
              modules, as well as all of the sample datasets, networks,
              documentation, installation, and usage notes.


From avs@mcnc.org (AVS account)
Subject: Updated module at IAC - field_to_globe
Message-ID: <1994Apr22.033047.25516@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: International AVS Center
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 03:30:47 GMT

Name        : field_to_globe  Version      : 3.000     Mod Number : 1595
Author      : Ed Bender, Convex Computer Corporation
Submitted   : 03/04/93        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/filters/field_to_globe
Ported to   : Sun HP IBM
Description : This module is used to wrap field data around a globe. It does
              a pretty good job of allowing the user to specify where on the
              globe to put the corners of the input field or to use the
              points data of an input irregular field as the longitude and
              latitude of each point. If the data is 3-D, then concentric
              globes are generated with the radius determined by the
              "radius min" and "radius max" parameters, unless the data
              is 3-space and the "use height data" toggle is on. Version 2
              enhancements were made to this module by Scott Ferguson of
              Cray Computer Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO - Inner
              loops were restructured to allow vectorization. Also, for
              scalar input fields, the scalar value can be used as
              elevation data. And, for 2-vector or 3-vector input
              fields, the vector data can be converted from polar to
              cartesian coordinates as well. For example, a model of wind
              vectors in a global climate model needed to be overlayed on a
              globe. By selecting "Convert Data", the data can later be
              passed into hedgehog to show the arrows wrapped around a
              sphere. A parameter called "Elev Scale" was added to scale
              the elevation data when using a scalar input field as an
              elevation map. Version 3 enhancements were made by Dr.
              Joachim Biercamp of the German Climate Computer Center.
              The module now updates the extent field, so downstream
              modules like hedgehog or sampler don't get confused


From avs@mcnc.org (AVS account)
Subject: Updated module at IAC - read_F3D
Message-ID: <1994Apr22.033141.25582@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: International AVS Center
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 03:31:41 GMT

Name        : read_F3D        Version      : 4.000     Mod Number : 1537
Author      : Michael Rangitsch
Submitted   : 10/03/92        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_input/read_F3D
Ported to   : Sun HP
Description : This module reads an ascii formatted multiblock FLOW3D
              solution file (from Harwell FLOW3D version 3) and stores
              the cfd data as a ucd data set. The dummy nodes stored at the
              edges of each computational block are removed by the
              module. The n-vector data at each computational cell is
              stored as cell data, to use most of the ucd modules, this must
              be converted to nodal data. The cells of the ucd structure
              are all hexahedra. See the sample data directory on the
              International AVS Center's anonymous ftp site for two
              sample data sets to read with this module. Version 2.000 has
              several enhancements and debugging features added.
              Version 3.000 adds geometry representation of 2
              dimensional patches. There are 7 types of 2D patches
              defined by FLOW3D. This code probably doesn't work for 3d
              patches. Version 4.0 handles unanticipated data sets, and
              processes cylindrical data sets and single block data
              sets, as well as several other enhancements.


From davids@avs.com (David Schlegel)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: Spaceball support in AVS R5
Date: 20 Apr 1994 22:37:14 GMT
Organization: Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
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In reference to the recent Spaceball Support questions, there is some
information in the documentation which has been missed. It is not
true that "avs doesn't support the spaceball" though there are certainly
much more sophisticated levels at which we could provide support for it.
We only provide for using the Spaceball to generate a transformation matrix,
with reset, axis locking options, and velocity control.

For starters, there are a number of references to Spaceball support in
the User's Guide index (12). These tell you how to use the Spaceball
in module networks (using the Spaceball Manager option in the Layout
Editor) or directly with the Geometry viewer (by setting up the
SPACEBALL environment variable or -spaceball command line option).
 
Not all platforms support the spaceball but many do. The SGI is a
special case in that they provide a new (incompatible) user interface
model that allows that spaceball to be shared between applications but
we realized this too late to be able to make modifications during the
last major release cycle when we were still modifying these particular
features. The SGI release note (Chapter 3, Pg 3-5 Using AVS on an SGI)
references this different model as a "bug" and explains how to work
around it in the SGI-specific bugs section Pg 6-2. Please check this
last reference for how to work with the spaceball on the SGI.

The answer to the initial question raised in this conversation is that
the spaceball port needs to be "turned off" in the SGI System manager
and then the port needs to be made read/write accessible, i.e.  (chmod
a+rw /dev/ttyd1).  I realize that this is an inconvenience but the
Spaceball interface libraries have evolved since we first provided
support for it and SGI got further out ahead of us than the other
platforms did.
 
If you do have further problems using the Spaceball with AVS please
contact AVS support for more information. 



From larryg@avs.com (Larry Gelberg)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Problems with AVS 5.01 and IRIX 5.2
Date: 21 Apr 1994 14:01:53 GMT
Organization: Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
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Dear AVS/SGI User:

We have just discovered that AVS 5.01 as was distributed on the last
CD cannot be licensed with the Silicon Graphics operating system IRIX
5.x   This is because library differences with the IRIX release we
linked with provide the wrong hostid.  This affects all ONYX and
Challenger systems.

We have linked a new version of AVS5.01 for IRIX 5.2 and are making it
available via our anonymous ftp. The patch can be found on ftp.avs.com
in pub/patches/avs/5.01/sg2.  Please pick up everything underneath
that directory.  If you do not have ftp access, please contact us and
we will provide you with a tape of the patches.

We regret any inconvenience this may (have) cause(d).   Thank you for
being patient during this transition. 

larryg

--
=== Larry Gelberg ============================ support@avs.com ======
      Manager, Customer Support
      Advanced Visual Systems Inc. (AVS Inc.)
      300 Fifth Ave, Waltham, MA 02154
===== Tel: 617-890-4300 = Fax: 617-890-8287 =========================


From powen@cimarron.engin.umich.edu (Powen Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: BYU format conversoin
Date: 21 Apr 1994 17:04:46 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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Hi :

	Does anyone know how to convert byu format files into either
	DXF or 3ds format files ?


	Any information and suggestion is much appreciated!!

								po-


From rogero@ifi.uio.no (Roger Olafsen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Rendering time
Date: 22 Apr 1994 12:46:49 +0200
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
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Hello,

I have a few questions about rendering time in AVS.
Suppose we have a large unregular data set (100x100x100), call it D1.
Suppose we convert D1 to a regular lattice,  call it D2.


1) If we render set D1 represented by an ucd structure
   and set D2 represented by a regular field structure:
 
   - How much faster will the rendering of the last strukture be?

2) If we render both sets represented by an ucd strukture:

   - Will AVS detect that D2 is regular and use this information
     when rendering?


Any opinions are gratefully accepted.

BTW: Is there a way to messure the time used by different AVS modules?

--------
roger       

rogero@ifi.uio.no 


From ICH561@DJUKFA11.BITNET (Astrid Kuhr)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: S: logarithmic Colormap
Message-ID: <94112.122657ICH561@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
Date: 22 Apr 94 12:24:57 GMT
Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich
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Hello!

Is there anybody, who has a logaritmic colormap?
The data I have is e.g. from 0.01 to 1000. And if yu use
a normal colormap, you do not see the differences in such a
good way, as I think, you will see with a logaritmical colormap.

Any help is welcome.

Regards, Astrid Kuhr

--
a.kuhr@kfa-juelich.de


From ark@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Alex Knowles)
Subject: Re: New module at IAC - Create_MPEG
Message-ID: <CopnrH.Mx1@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin)
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh
References: <1994Apr22.030937.25094@mcnc.org> <2p8sjc$rcq@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 11:54:53 GMT
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> >Name        : Create_MPEG     Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1789
> >Author      : Alex Knowles, The University of Manchester
> >Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C

[stuff removed]
> 
> Does this module require AVS animator?  I tried the authors own
> version before it was put onto to AVS ftp site and found out that it
> was useless to me since my copy of AVS does not include the AVS
> animator.

The module does not require AVS animator but it helps! AVS animator is a
nice (if not perfect) way  of making sequences you would like to put into
an MPEG movie which is why it is mentioned in the documentation for
create_MPEG. There are however other ways, like using animated floats to
move a slice through something ( this is shown in the demo network given
with Create_MPEG which should only need a path change to get it to work).
If you want to move around your visualisations in the geometry viewer then
there are quite a few modules to help...

Author      : Ian Curington, Advanced Visual Systems
Submitted   : 09/29/93        Last Updated : 09/29/93  Language   : C
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_input/flight_path
Ported to   : IBM Convex Kubota Sun HP
Description : The Flight Path Module takes a scatter field position list
              and animates the camera path along the trajectory. Derived
              from camera.c in /usr/avs/examples. The scatter path
              field is in the form of "field 1D 3-space irregular float"
              where the coordinate information in the field specifies
              the path. The data values are ignored. It moves %top, not the
              camera, so multiple camera views can be set up to watch the
              path. The file_descriptor or read_field modules can be
              used to get the path from an external file. Animated Integer
              can be used to control time, for a moving sequence.

Name        : place_camera    Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1676
Author      : Jeff Vroom, Advanced Visual Systems
Submitted   : 09/29/93        Last Updated : 09/29/93  Language   : C
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_input/place_camera
Ported to   : IBM Kubota Sun HP
Description : This module is a prototype of a camera placement system. Two
              geometry viewers are used, where the first has the object
              list plus an iconic representation of the camera, with view
              frustrum shown in wire frame. The second view is the scene
              that camera "sees" as placed in the first scene. The module
              shows how to manipulate and control camera and scene
              transformation matrices.


Hope this has helped.

	Alex.

P.S. if anyone else needs a hand with create_mpeg please don't hesitate to
get in touch with me.

-- 
/*__________________________________________________________________________
Alex Knowles
Manchester Computing Centre, Computer Graphics Unit	   Tel. 061 275 6095
E-Mail	alex@ed.ac.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/


From zaxin@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Benjamin C. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: New module at IAC - Create_MPEG
Date: 22 Apr 1994 16:04:59 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In article <1994Apr22.030937.25094@mcnc.org>, AVS account <avs@mcnc.org> wrote:
>Name        : Create_MPEG     Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1789
>Author      : Alex Knowles, The University of Manchester
>Submitted   : 04/21/94        Last Updated : 04/21/94  Language   : C
>Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_output/Create_MPEG
>Ported to   : Sun HP DEC IBM
>Description : Create MPEG is a subroutine module which will create MPEG
>              movies from a series of AVS images. It uses Andy Hung's
>              'MPEG' which is available by anonymous ftp from Stanford.
>              Because of the way MPEG movies are encoded by 'MPEG', many
>              temporary files need to be stored, bear this in mind when
>              choosing which directory to make your movie in.

Does this module require AVS animator?  I tried the authors own
version before it was put onto to AVS ftp site and found out that it
was useless to me since my copy of AVS does not include the AVS
animator.

-- 
--
Disclaimer: I don't even know her!  | Benjamin "It's the hole I've dug" Lee
Nothing in Moderation; Do what you do... Do it well  |  zaxin@wpi.wpi.edu
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From efranken@mason1.gmu.edu (Edward C Frankenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.avs,comp.graphics.explorer,comp.graphics.visualization,comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.sgi.graphics,alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: JOB OPENING: Graphics Artists w/UI Design Experience
Date: 24 Apr 1994 22:23:26 GMT
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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Graphics Artist with User Interface Design Experience

EON Corporation, which is bringing to market the world's first
and most cost-efficient wireless digital network for
interactive services, needs graphics artists and user interface
designers with non-traditional imaginations to design
interactive applications and games for emerging set-top box
platforms.

The ideal candidate would have a large portfolio of
breathtaking computer art and design work, preferably on the
Macintosh, SGI, or Atari. He or she would also have extensive
experience in user interface design, and experience in CD-ROM
applications and/or games for computers or set-top boxes.
Experience with music and sound design is also a plus.

If you have a quirky, visually rich view of the world, we want
you.

The work environment is a casual but intense project studio,
where artists, designers, programmers, project managers, and
others work in constant close collaboration.

Please forward Resume and examples of work to:
Carlos Silva
Director, Studio Production
EON Corporation
1941 Roland Clarke Place
Reston, VA  22091-1405
USA

or if you prefer the internet
silvac@mail.eon.com


From efranken@mason1.gmu.edu (Edward C Frankenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.avs,comp.graphics.explorer,comp.graphics.visualization,comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.sgi.graphics,alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: JOB OPENING: Graphics Programmers
Date: 24 Apr 1994 22:27:00 GMT
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
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Graphics Programmers

EON Corporation, which is bringing to market the world's first
and most cost-efficient wireless digital network for
interactive services, needs C and C++ programmers with a flare
for graphics animation to develop interactive applications and
games for emerging set-top box platforms.

The ideal candidate would have experience developing games for
cartridge-based or CD-ROM-based set-top boxes, knowledge of
object-oriented programming techniques, and experience in
graphics programming algorithms.

The work environment is a casual but intense project studio,
where programmers, artists, designers, project managers, and
others work in close collaboration.

Please forward Resume and examples of work to:
Carlos Silva
Director, Studio Production
EON Corporation
1941 Roland Clarke Drive
Reston, VA 22091-1405
USA

or if you prefer the internet
silvac@mail.eon.com


From "David Williams" <dwwillia@mango.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: AVS on 8 bit displays.
Message-ID: <1994Apr24.235040.335@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 1994 23:50:38 -0500
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Does anybody know how to get AVS to display on a 8-bit video card?
When I try it, it comes out looking very dark.  I was about ready to
start messing with X-defaults, but somebody told me that they had
already tried that and it didn't work.  Any help is appreciated.



-- 
David Williams				    
dwwillia@indiana.edu			    
http://www.iucf.indiana.edu/hyplan/dwwillia.html  




From thorpe@mcnc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: User Demo Machines at AVS '94
Message-ID: <1994Apr26.125657.1659@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 12:56:57 GMT

Hello AVS '94 Attendees,

Just wanted to let you know there will be several machines
available at AVS '94 for users to demonstrate their AVS
work.  So feel free to bring along a tape with your networks
and data!

In the exhibition area, booth #20 will be dedicated to you
for use in demonstrating your work to each other.  There will be 2 
machines in the booth loaned to the conference by Sun Microsystems 
and Digital Equipment Corporation - a Sparc 10 and a DEC Alpha AXP.  
Each system will have AVS5 installed on them and will have a 1/4" 
cartridge tape drives.  The Sun will have Solaris 2.3 installed 
and the DEC will have OSF installed.

There will be a simple sign-up sheet to reserve time on the systems.

In addition, Silicon Graphics Inc. has agreed to make a machine
in its booth available on a sign-up basis.

Paul Esdale has provided this as a direct response to Steve Franklin's
request for a "play area" at AVS '94 for users to have hands-on
availability to systems.

Special thanks to Sun, DEC, and SGI for the loaners!

If you have any questions call Paul (Esdale) at (617) 890-4300.

See you May 2-4 in Boston.

-Steve


From dxr103@cac.psu.edu (Tad Rollow)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: SDRC I-DEAS ??
Date: 26 Apr 1994 04:20:19 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <2pgst0$7sk@avdms8.msfc.nasa.gov>,
James B. Hargrave <hargrjb@ips1.msfc.nasa.gov> wrote:

>I am looking for any information I can obtain about SDRC's I-DEAS 
>software.

Since this is posted to the AVS group, I figure it's a good time to ask
the question of whether anyone has imported IDEAS meshes/images into
AVS.  I ask the question without having done a recent search of the
ftp site; perhaps the answer awaits me there.

We use IDEAS for various modal analysis and we use AVS a lot for the
usual visualization of field data from measurements and simulations.
But we haven't connected the two and it sure would be useful!

Thanks
Tad Rollow   WB3KUZ   tad@sabine.arl.psu.edu
Computational Acoustics Lab, Penn State Acoustics Dept.


From ravi@ryutai.co.jp (Ravikiran Aranke)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Vector Display for 2D field
Date: 25 Apr 1994 18:07:24 +0900
Organization: Ryutai Consultants Co., Tokyo.
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Keywords: 2D, field

I have a 2D irregular float field and I want to use hedgehog 
module to display the velocity vectors.

Hedgehog requires 3D field. I tried the modeule fld2_to_fld3 
available from AVS modules site. But hedgehog gives some weird
error like "AVStcp ... connection failed" and dumps a core.

Then I tried inputting my data as 3D data with z-coordinate as
constant 1.0. This also gives the same error.

I have tried using different data files (even the AVS supplied ones)
and on 2 machines (DEC alpha running OSF 1.x and HP running HP-UX 9.01)

Please help.

Thanks in advance,
-- 
Standard Disclaimer: My opinions are my own and do not represent my employer.


From ark@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Alex Knowles)
Subject: Re: AVS on 8 bit displays.
Message-ID: <Cot62A.F9s@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin)
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh
References:  <1994Apr24.235040.335@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 09:22:57 GMT
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Try:

avs -gamma 4

it might not be the perfect solution but it works :-)

-- 
/*__________________________________________________________________________
Alex Knowles	(AVS modules R us!)
Manchester Computing Centre, Computer Graphics Unit	   Tel. 061 275 6095
E-Mail	alex@ed.ac.uk
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From hargrjb@ips1.msfc.nasa.gov (James B. Hargrave)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: SDRC I-DEAS ??
Date: 25 Apr 1994 16:59:12 GMT
Organization: NASA/MSFC
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Apologies to those of you are offended if this is posted in the wrong 
group but I am desparate.

I am looking for any information I can obtain about SDRC's I-DEAS 
software.

Please e-mail directly since I rarely have time to catch up on
the news.


From thorpe@mcnc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: Sign up for AVS 94 Training Today
Message-ID: <1994Apr27.183107.28328@mcnc.org>
Followup-To: paule@avs.com
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 18:31:07 GMT

There are still seats available in several of the training classes being
offered at AVS '94 in Boston.  We expect to fill the remaining seats at
on-site registration,  so if want to be assured of having a seat call (617)
891-8406 and register today for the class you'd like to attend.  There's a
$75 per class fee.

                              Seats
Course               Date-Time Available
AVS Special Topics    5/1  PM   NO - SOLD OUT
AVS Special Topics    5/2  PM   YES
AVS Special Topics    5/3  PM   YES
Importing Data - AVS  5/1  AM   FEW LEFT
Writing AVS Modules   5/3  AM   YES
Writing AVS Modules   5/4  AM   YES

Paul Esdale
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.


From i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Subject: help! coroutine in FORTRAN
Message-ID: <1994Apr26.134812.11050@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
Sender: i6041514@rz1strm4.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Organization: Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 13:48:12 GMT
Lines: 44

Hello,

I've got a problem while compiling an AVS-Coroutine module.
The message i get from the compiler is the following:

Compiling /run/stud05/avs/sfd12m/sfd12m.f...
/usr/convex/fc -I/usr/avs/include -cxdb -no -fi -tm c2 -g  -g -c /run/stud05/avs/sfd12m/sfd12m.f
...
/usr/convex/fc -I/usr/avs/include -cxdb -no -fi -tm c2 -g  sfd12m.o iniavs.o cheall.o traall.o  timall.o proall.o derall.o fftall.o  outavs.o   -o sfd12m -L/usr/avs/lib -lflow_f -lgeom -lutil -lm

ld: Multiply defined symbol(s) found:


ld: Symbol '_MAIN__' is multiply defined in files 'sfd12m.o' and '/usr/avs/lib/libflow_f.a(pt_main_f77.o)'

ld: ERROR - load aborted due to multiply defined symbols.
ld: No executable produced.
*** Exit 2
`run' not built due to errors
There were compiler problems encountered! No executable was written!
Type RETURN to exit...

I tried to localisize the error in my programm and found out that it doesn'toccur without the calling of the AVScorout_init(sfd12m_desc) function in
the following line:

       call AVScorout_init(sfd12m_desc)

but this call is absolutely necessary and this error didn't occurs when
I compiled another coroutine.
My question is: what can be problem for the compiler??

Thanks for any help!

Ulrich

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From ferguson@craycos.com (Scott Ferguson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: AVS on 8 bit displays.
Date: 26 Apr 1994 08:36:48 -0600
Organization: Cray Computer Corporation
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References: <1994Apr24.235040.335@news.cs.indiana.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: nack.craycos.com

In article <1994Apr24.235040.335@news.cs.indiana.edu> "David Williams" <dwwillia@mango.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
>
>Does anybody know how to get AVS to display on a 8-bit video card?
>When I try it, it comes out looking very dark.

First,

setenv DISPLAYCLASS X

Then copy .avsrc to .avsrc.X, and edit .avsrc.X, adding this line:

Gamma 1.8

The gamma correction value can be adjusted to your liking, higher numbers
mean higher brightness. I think this might only work with the software
renderer, but I don't know of many 8-bit video cards with hardware rendering
capability anyway.

-- 
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Scott Ferguson                               My views are not necessarily
Cray Computer Corporation                    those of Cray Computer Corp.
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From ben@cc.univie.ac.at (Ben-Lumumba Kheir)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: >>VISUAL COMPUTING<<
Date: 26 Apr 1994 21:43:19 GMT
Organization: Vienna University Computer Center, Austria
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1994-4-26


Dear Sirs,

Re:Visual Computing,Distant Education

I live and work in Vienna,Austria,and wish to laern one of Visual Computing 
branches.Since I haven't made any final and precise decision concerning 
the field of the Visual Computing ( 3D Computer Graphics Animation,Scientific 
Visualization,Special Effects for Film,Video,TV and Advertising,or any other
field of the VC) I'll highly appreciate if you help me get in contact with     
the proper institution(s) in either USA or Canada that may offer me a corres
podence course for one of the above mentioned fields of the VC.

Best regards,

Ben Lumumba Kheir
*******************************************************************************
@ My address:Ben Lumumba Kheir                                                @
@            Schloeglgasse 10/1/1                                             @
@            1120 Vienna,Austria                                              @
@ Tel.:(0043)-1-804-18-29                                                     @
@ Fax:(0043)-1-83-73-885                                                      @
@ Internet:ben@wsks.cc.univie.ac.at                                           @
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********************************************************************************@ My address:Kheir Ben Lumumba                                                 @
@           Schloeglgasse 10/1/1                                               @
@           Austria                                                            @
@ Tel.:(0043)1-804-18-29                                                       @
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******************************************************************************** 


From thorpe@mcnc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: AVS 94 Training Information
Message-ID: <1994Apr29.165823.1646@mcnc.org>
Followup-To: paule@avs.com
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: Advanced Visual Systems, Inc.
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 16:58:23 GMT

There are still seats available in several of the training classes being
offered at AVS '94 in Boston.  We expect to fill the remaining seats at
on-site registration,  so if want to be assured of having a seat call (617)
891-8406 and register today for the class you'd like to attend.  There's a
$75 per class fee.

If you want to attend Sunday am, just go to the Gardner room and sign up 
at 8:45am at the course itself.  The main registration booth will be open
beginning Sunday afternoon.

                              Seats
Course               Date-Time Available
AVS Special Topics    5/1  PM   NO - SOLD OUT
AVS Special Topics    5/2  PM   YES
AVS Special Topics    5/3  PM   YES
Importing Data - AVS  5/1  AM   FEW LEFT
Writing AVS Modules   5/3  AM   YES
Writing AVS Modules   5/4  AM   YES

See you in a couple days all !!!!

Paul Esdale				Steve Thorpe
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.		International AVS Center


From antya@artcom.de (Antya Umstaetter)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Call for participation: Ping
Date: 27 Apr 1994 01:29:22 +0200
Organization: Art+Com e.V., Berlin, Germany
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NNTP-Posting-Host: hertie.artcom.de

                      CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
                          
                              PING

PING -
- a global communication experiment.
- an organism in the networks reachable via World Wide Web
- a visual landscape made of films, images, sounds, and objects
- an map projected on an environment
- a series on TV broadcasted worldwide


WHAT IT IS:  
Intersecting Internet and the worldwide broadcasting TV-station
Deutsche Welle TV, Ping is a visual landscape in the networks and a
series on TV, generated by the users of Internet. By creating a
landscape, Ping is an experiment to make global discussions visible via
TV.


HOW YOU DO:  
You position still images(*), movies(*), 3D-models(*) or audio tracks(*)
via the world wide web on a 2D map (see WHERE YOU GO). Ping then
translates this binary information and merges these objects into a 3D
landscape. Seen from a point in space that is far away, Ping looks
like a moving organism whose shape, movement and growth is generated by
the Users. The Viewer of Ping on TV is led through data- and
informationspace by the eye-agent, who takes a walk in the
network-landscape deciding which images are broadcasted on TV. The eye-
agent moves according to what is new on the landscape. Controlled by
the users who position the objects on the landscape, it travels on the
landscape and through the films, sees newly positioned objects and
hears their sounds and voices.


WHERE YOU GO:
Ping's Internet interface is located in the world wide web at URL

	http://www.artcom.de/ping/mapper

Best access is with xmosaic 2.*.
The TV broadcast on Deutsche Welle TV is scheduled for the end of may.



(*)                   CALL FOR CONTRIBUTION

                 CONTEST ON MR. AND MRS. INTERNET

  Win the worldwide beauty-contest by contributing your own, your
  favorite politician's or your barbie-doll's image, movie, object sound
  or text to Ping. Viewers and Users of Ping will decide by voting on
  whose image is the most beautiful. Contributions will be collected
  and a second call will be made for the beauty-voting.






 





    









-- 
antya umstaetter
panta re))))))))
antya@artcom.de


From mrangitsch@dow.com (Michael Rangitsch)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: AVS '94 Conference (something to do on Tuesday)
Date: 28 Apr 1994 09:09:26 GMT
Organization: Dow Chemical
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NNTP-Posting-Host: na1.dow.com
Summary: Anyone a baseball fan?



Sorry this isn't a direct AVS question/problem.  I just
looked at my baseball schedule and if I read it correctly,
the Red Sox are playing the Mariners on Tuesday night.  If
anyone else is interested, it may be a good time to take in
a game at Fenway (if we can get tickets).  Anyone interested?

mike

Michael Rangitsch         mrangitsch@dow.com
Dow Chemical, Louisiana Division
 


From Jose A. Feijo (bjfeijo@bio.fc.ul.pt)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: confocal imaging on AVS
Date: 28 Apr 1994 15:55:48 GMT
Organization: Dept.Biol.Vegetal, Fac.Ciencias Lisboa, Portugal
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Dear networkers:

I'm new to this newsgroup, so probably my question may have been answered 
before. We have CovexAVS set-up and running in a Convex 3400/ES on our
computer center. We have used it before for the final visualization of 
a simulation program of electrical fields around living cells. Now I would like 
to move into image treatment of confocal microscospy, which seems to me pretty
feasible with the kind of possibilties AVS has.
So my questions would be: (1) Does somebody has knowledge of conversion programs
between Bio-Rad file format (PIC) and AVS and (2) does anyone on the group knows or
has developed alghoritms for, say, 3-D visualize a stack of optical sections  from
the confocal, and doesn't minds to share it or at least discuss it with me?
Any help will be highly apreciated. Thanks in advance.

_______________________________________________________
Jose A. Feijo
Dept.Biologia Vegetal, Fac. Ciencias de Lisboa
Ed. C2, Campo Grande, 1700 Lisboa, Portugal

t. +351.1.7573141    fax  +351.1.7597716
e.mail bjfeijo@bio.fc.ul.pt
_______________________________________________________


From i6041514@ws.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Subject: Re: help! coroutine in FORTRAN
Message-ID: <1994Apr27.133350.17180@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
Sender: i6041514@rz1strm4.rz.tu-bs.de (Hillmann)
Organization: Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
References:  <1994Apr26.134812.11050@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 13:33:50 GMT
Lines: 19

Hello,

I solved the problem. The problem was in the Makefile.
Instead of the F77_FLOWLIBS I have to use the F77_SIMLIBS for
a coroutine.

Thanks for helping!

Ulrich 

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o Institute for Fluid Mechanics	 					o
o Technical University of Braunschweig					o 
o Bienroder Weg 3 			voice: (+ 49 0531) 391 - 29 87 	o
o D-38106 Braunschweig 							o
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