From knight@ll.mit.edu (Fred Knight)
Subject: Re: IDL versus AVS
Message-ID: <1994Nov28.160339.18453@ll.mit.edu>
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Organization: MIT Lincoln Lab.
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In article <3b4tfi$ku3@elna.ethz.ch>, system@ir.phys.chem.ethz.ch (Ulrich Schmitt, Phys. Chem., ETH Zurich) writes:
|> In article <3b35rtINNiuj@rrzs3.uni-regensburg.de>, c9537@rrzs5
|> (Ulrich Krauss t4878) writes:
|> >can anyone point me to a comparison of IDL and AVS ?
|> >many thanks!
|> >Ulrich Krauss / Computer Center, University of Regensburg
|> >             / Universitaetsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
|> >	    / Tel.: +49-941-943-4878  Fax: +49-941-943-4857
|> >	   / eMail: Ulrich.Krauss@rz.uni-regensburg.de
|> >          /   Home: http://www.uni-regensburg.de/~c9537/
|> 
|> I would be interested too, and also in comparisons of IDL
|> with PV-WAVE and Unigraph2000+.
|> 
|> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
|>  Ulrich Schmitt                 | Phone:  +41 1 632 4440
|>  Laboratorium fur Phys. Chemie  | Fax:    +41 1 632 1021
|>  ETH Zurich (Zentrum)           | E-Mail: schmitt@ir.phys.chem.ethz.ch
|>  CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland    |         ulsi@debye.vmsmail.ethz.ch
|> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

For AVS, try:	http://www.nas.nasa.gov/RNR/Visualization/annotatedURLs.

Fred
-- 
=Fred Knight (knight@ll.mit.edu)	(617) 981-2027
 C-483\\MIT Lincoln Laboratory\\244 Wood Street\\Lexington, MA  02173


From kel@rog.rwth-aachen.de (Juergen Kelch)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Multi images in one ImageViewer Window ??
Date: 28 Nov 1994 18:24:59 GMT
Organization: Rogowski-Institut a. d. RWTH-Aachen
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Hello AVS-Users,

could anybody explain to me, how the parameters - like image_set_display_technique 'monochrome' - of a Image Viewer Window could be restored out of the network file?

If I store a network with one window with several special placed images and labels in it, the parameters will be stored right. But next time I load it, the images are displaced all to one stack (lost their positions and scaling attributes) with the 'reset'-size and 'dither'-mode.

How could I avoid this ??  
Juergen Kelch



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        |       I-NET:  kelch@rog.rwth-aachen.de                |
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From ferguson@craycos.com (Scott R. Ferguson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: Begginer: how to see 2D field as 3D surface ?
Date: 28 Nov 1994 08:57:43 -0700
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Keywords: AFM, Scanning Microscopy

Cc: 

In article <3b1rf2$62a@info.epfl.ch> root@igahpse.epfl.ch (Andrzej KULIK) writes:
>We are trying to use AVS to look onto Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) images.
>We suceeded to read a file, see as the gray scale image or save as a 2D-field.
>How to see it as a 3D surface ?

Try using the field_to_mesh module. Use generate colormap (and color range if
you don't need to explicitly map the colors to specific values) to pass in
a colormap, and experiment with the Z Scale parameter in the field to mesh
module. You also might want to turn off the Normalize parameter. This
should allow you to make a surface mesh from your image data.

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Scott Ferguson                                         ferguson@craycos.com
Cray Computer Corporation    http://www.craycos.com/~ferguson/ferguson.html
Colorado Springs, CO                                     Solely my opinions


From bolson@frango.hs.washington.edu (Edward L. Bolson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Documentation for "mat*" routines?
Date: 28 Nov 1994 16:49:17 GMT
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This may be on some FAQ list, but I just came across the "mat_*" routines in
some of the AVS example sources.  I haven't been able to find any documentation
of these routines - they are not mentioned in the index of any of my manuals.
Please refer me to the appropriate FM or any online info.

Thanks
-- 
Ed Bolson       University of Washington  Cardiovascular Research (206)543-4535
bolson@u.washington.edu (preferred)  bolson@cv3150.hs.washington.edu (Internet)
bolson@max.bitnet                bolson@carson.u.washington.edu (if you must)
m/s RG-22, Room RR 616 Health Science Building, Seattle, WA, 98195


From wes@ux6.lbl.gov (Wes Bethel)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: Help: Problems with crop
Date: 28 Nov 1994 21:07:59 GMT
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In article <3ag8rc$3ms@news.service.uci.edu+ pablo@atlas.its.uci.edu (Pablo) writes:
+I'm having trouble with animating a crop'd field.  My field has the
+following characteristics:
+
+ndim=2
+dim1=100
+dim2=1
+..
+I don't have any problems animating, but I keep getting an error 
+message from the crop module when I select my field to be read in.  The
+error message is:
+ .....


as you have deduced by now, crop has it's limitations. 
"new crop" at IAC has a different set of limitations, but
will deal with a field where one of the dims is of size 1.

wes


From suren@cortex.mb.jhu.edu (Surendar Nathan)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: XY data to contours ....
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 94 20:44:24 GMT
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Hi,

    I have data arranged in 3 columns (X, Y, & the data value).  How
do I create a contour map from this data ?

    I eventually want to superimpose this contour plot on an AVS image 
using the image viewer.

Thanks,

suren

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Research Associate                      em: suren@cortex.mb.jhu.edu
The Krieger Mind/Brain Institute        ph: (410) 516 4357
The Johns Hopkins University            fa: (410) 516 8648
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From alex@dutw90.tudelft.nl (Alex van Gulik)
Subject: Visualising wave-heights with AVS: possible?
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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 11:03:32 GMT

Hello, world.

The professor of the section I am working, Ship Hydromechanics, has written
a program that calculates motions of ships in a wave-pattern. The program
also calculates the effects of the floating bodies on the waves. Therefore
he defines a grid of nodes in a two-dimensional plane. On each node the
wave-amplitude and the phase are calculated. Now I would like to visualise
these results with AVS, preferably by means of an animation. I was wondering
whether modules for this kind of purpose are already written? If not, can
anybody give me an advice where to start writing my own module for displaying
wave-elevations and motions. 

Thanks in advance,

Alex          A.A.M.vanGulik@WbMT.TUDelft.NL




From busse@spider.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Holger Busse)
Subject: severe problems compiling avs_demos
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Hello,

I was trying to install the avs 5.01 demo suite under IRIX 5.2. Everything 
seemed to work until:

************************** snip ***************************************
include -Dsep_exe -DSEPARATE_MODULES splines.c
        cc -cckr -Wf,-XNl8192 -D_BSD -D_BSD_INCLUDES -Dsgi
-I/software/avs/include -Dsep_exe -DSEPARATE_MODULES -o protein_sg_ \
        protein.o geom_spec.o splines.o -L/software/avs/lib -lflow_c
-lgeom -lutil -lm   -lsun 
ld:
Object file format error in: /software/avs/lib/libflow_c.a(avs_cmain.o):
cannot mix Elf and COFF objects.
*** Error code 1 (bu21)

make: fatal error.
*** Error code 1 (bu21)

make: fatal error.
*** Error code 1 (bu21)

make: fatal error.
Did not build the modules for the demosuite.

************************** snip ***************************************


I thought that avs 5.01 was already built for IRIX 5.2 (SGI changed the
binary format). Did I miss something?

Please help!

Best wishes

Holger Busse


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From glenr@cu74.crl.aecl.ca (Glen Reesor)
Subject: Re: severe problems compiling avs_demos
Message-ID: <1994Nov30.135221.29796@cu23.crl.aecl.ca>
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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 13:52:21 GMT
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I've run into the same problem on a Challenge running IRIX 5.1.1.3.  I fixed it
by setting an environment variable:

   setenv SGI_IRIX4 1    (csh)
   export SGI_IRIX4=1    (ksh)

I also found the following in the comp.sys.sgi.apps FAQ.  Hope this helps.

----

Glen Reesor                      Opinions belong to me, not AECL Research
<glenr@cu74.crl.aecl.ca>

----

Subject:   -28- How can I generate IRIX 4.0.x-compatible executables
                under IRIX 5.x?
Date: 10 Dec 93 00:00:01 EST

Strictly speaking, you can't. Many things changed in IRIX 5.x. You can,
however generate executables in COFF (IRIX 4.0.x) format instead of ELF
(IRIX 5.x) format, and these will often work on IRIX 4.0.x if they
don't use complex things like multiprocessing. The manual and release
notes describe how, and here's a summary:

1) Make sure you've installed all of the appropriate irix4
   compatibility subsystems. These include irix4_eoe, irix4_dev,
   irix4_c and others for Motif, Inventor, etc.

2) setenv SGI_IRIX4 1

3) If your source uses explicit paths to headers, libraries, etc.,
   change them to point to the irix4 versions.

4) Use cc or make or whatever as you normally would.


From debree@radth.ruu.nl (Jacob de Bree)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Non-square pixels and the Image Viewer
Date: 01 Dec 1994 11:26:45 GMT
Organization: Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Utrecht
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If I display an image with non-square pixels in the Image Viewer, the
original aspect ratio of the image is changed because the pixels are
displayed as squares.  I can try to correct this by scaling the image
in one direction only by some interactive manipulation, but that is
not precise and cumbersome.  Now my question is:

How can I automatically display an image with non-square pixels in the
Image Viewer with the original aspect ratio?

The image is a uniform 2D field and the real dimensions of a picture
and thus a pixel are defined by the minimum and maximum extents of the coordinates.

-- 
Jacob de Bree, Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Utrecht,
     Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
     E-mail: J.deBree@radth.ruu.nl  Phone: +31 30 508284  Fax: +31 30 513399 


From jackb@kgc.com (Jack Burton)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Employment Opportunity
Date: 1 Dec 1994 07:01:59 -0800
Organization: Picker International
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Expires: January 1, 1995
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Keywords: Employment Job

Picker International is seeking a qualified graphics support person to
work in Picker's Graphics Workstation Customer Support Center located
in Charlotte, NC.  This person will provide direct support to former
Kubota Pacific Graphic Customers.

The person seeking this job should meet the following prerequisites:

BS or MS in Computer Science, Mathematics or Related Field.

A minimum of 2 years experience including the following:
        Unix Operating System, C Language, X-Windows Experience,
	Dore, PEX, OpenGL or other Graphics APIs.

A minimum of 1 year experience with Dec Alpha and OSF/1.

Exposure to Denali Hardware or Titan architecture is a Plus!
AVS knowledge is a Plus!

The individual should possess strong communications skills, have good problem
solving skills, and must be able to work independently.

Picker International is a World-Class Medical Diagnostic Equipment supplier.
Recently, Picker began to manufacture/support the (Kubota) Denali 3D Graphics
sub-system and support for the Titan (Stardent) Computer System.

Interested candidates should reply directly to both janet@sparcjan.picker.com
and jackb@sparcjan.picker.com.




From peyton.bland@med.umich.edu (Peyton Bland)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: Non-square pixels and the Image Viewer
Followup-To: comp.graphics.avs
Date: 1 Dec 1994 15:07:11 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Mich., Dept. of Radiology
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In article <DEBREE.94Dec1122645@koninck.radth.ruu.nl>, debree@radth.ruu.nl
(Jacob de Bree) wrote:

> How can I automatically display an image with non-square pixels in the
> Image Viewer with the original aspect ratio?
> 
> The image is a uniform 2D field and the real dimensions of a picture
> and thus a pixel are defined by the minimum and maximum extents of the coordinates.

Hi Jacob,
I'm not sure if you can have this happen automatically.  I had some data
once with non-square pixels.  Both the points (coordinates) array and the
extents were set, but the display still had the wrong aspect ratio.
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


From "Daniel A. Michaeli" <dam@bihobl2.bih.harvard.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: NIH image edge detection algorithms
Date: 1 Dec 1994 13:54:33 GMT
Organization: Harvard University, NSD
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Has anyone ported the NIH image edge detection schemes
to AVS?  The code is available to all via ftp, however
it was written in Pascal and has few comments for
interpretation.  The NIH image edge detections seem
to work better than any I have been able to piece
together using available modules in AVS.  If anyone
has any information or has developed more robust edge
detection schemes in AVS, I would greatly appreciate
a response.

Thank you,

Dan Michaeli
Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory
Beth Israel Hospital
dam@bihobl2.bih.harvard.edu



From thorpe@robin.mcnc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: Job Opening at AVS Inc.
Message-ID: <1994Dec6.170050.17965@mcnc.org>
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Reply-To: thorpe@robin.mcnc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 17:00:50 GMT

Posted on behalf of John Sheehan:

Advanced Visual Systems is looking for a qualified pre-sales analyst to work
out of the home office in Waltham, Ma. The position requires a working
knowledge of C, C++ & Fortran, a B.S. in C.S. or in a related field, software
development skills , a minimum of 3 yrs. experience and the ability to travel
throughout the U.S. is essential.

Candidates should mail their resumes to :

                Advanced Visual Systems
                c/o John Sheehan
                300 Fifth Avenue
                Waltham, Ma. 02154



From suignard@edf.fr ( Philippe SUIGNARD )
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: AVS Le Club
Date: 7 Dec 1994 10:36:45 GMT
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AVS Le Club
des utilisateurs

Monsieur Jacques LAMINIE

Laboratoire d'Analyse Numerique 
Universite Paris Sud, Bat. 425 
91405 ORSAY CEDEX 

Telephone (33-1) 69 41 60 14 
Telecopie (33-1) 69 41 67 18 

email laminie@lanors.math.u-psud.fr


		Orsay, le 24 Novembre 1994



		Premiere assemblee generale ``AVS Le Club''




Nous avons le plaisir de vous convier le vendredi 16 Decembre 1994 
a partir de 14h a la premiere Assemblee Generale du club des
utilisateurs d'AVS. Elle se situera dans le petit Amphi au 
batiment 425 de l'Universite Paris Sud a Orsay.

Depuis un an le groupe des utilisateurs du logiciels AVS a formalise
ses structures : une assocation loi 1901 a ete cree ; un premier
conseil d'administration a ete designe ; des premieres activites
vous sont proposees. Le but de cette association est de favoriser 
l'interaction entre les utilisateurs d'AVS.

Nous vous proposons de debattre et d'enteriner les points de l'ordre 
du jour suivant :

- Le mot du president tiendra lieu de rapport moral et financier

- L'assemblee constituante de l'association a eu lieu le 12 Juin 1994 
  a Orsay. Au cours de celle-ci a ete designe provisoirement
  le conseil d'administration suivant :

  President :         M. Laminie
  President adjoint : M. Le Texier
  Tresorier :         M. Goldmann
  Secretaires :       M. Rachid et M. Suignard
  Membres :           Mlle Puzio, Mme Prat, M. Bouchlaghem, 
                      M. Kergosien, M. Le Corre et M. Mameussis

- Les cotisations ont ete proposees comme suit :

      Universite Recherche                Industrie
      Personne Physique     200.00 FF     Personne Physique     1000.00 FF 
      Personne Morale (3P)  500.00 FF     Personne Morale (3P)  2500.00 FF 

- Presentation des activitees

  . la formation (M. Goldmann et Mme Prat)
  . une journee animation et video, prevu pour le mois de Mai 1995
    (M. Lecorre)
  . une journee imagerie medicale, prevu pour le mois de Septembre 1995 
    (M. Kergosien)
  . reunions sur site. A son initiative un site AVS organise une
    journee sur un theme de son choix.
  . les services (distributions de modules publiques, listserver, 
    mailserver mosaic ...)

- Relation avec les distributeurs et les associations AVS europeennes
  et internationales.
      
- Questions diverses


Vous trouverez ci-joint, un bulletin adhesion a l'association et
 de participation a l'assemblee generale ainsi qu'un plan d'acces.
En esperant que cette structure nous et vous permettra d'etendre le
potentiel d'AVS par des echanges fructueux je vous prie de recevoir
de la part du conseil d'administration nos salutations distinguees.


	Cordialement,

        Le President 

        Jacques Laminie 

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From davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: AVS conference Panels
Message-ID: <1994Dec8.145938.9934@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
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Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 14:59:38 GMT


AVS '95 attendees!

If you are planning on attending the AVS conference in
April, we are looking for individuals to sit on panels
and participate in the conference.  There is no budget
for special payment or discounts, but if you are coming
anyway, we would really appreciate you assistance.

The five AVS '95 Panels are listed below - if you
are interested in being on one of them please contact
the chair of that panel or Chuck Mosher at the IAC
at chuck@ncsc.org (phone 919 248 1100).

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

Panel: Distributed, Parallel and Realtime Visualization
of Large Data Sets
 Time: Wed 4/19/95, 2 pm
Chair: Arsi Vaziri, vaziri@nas.nasa.gov, (415)604-4523

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Panel: Virtual Reality
 Time: Wed 4/19/95, 4 pm
Chair: L. Eric Greenwade, leg@INEL.GOV, (208)526-1276

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Panel: AVS Wizards
 Time: Thu 4/20/95, 9 am
Chair: Krzysztof (Chris) S. Nowinski, know@helium.appli.mimuw.edu.pl

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Panel: AVS In Medicine
 Time: Thu 4/20/95, 11 am
Chair: Mike King, avs@ncsc.org, (919) 248 1100 

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Panel: AVS Animation and Video
 Time: Fri 4/21/95, 9 am AND at 10 am
Chair: Upul Obeysekare, obey@ccf.nrl.navy.mil, (202)767-3884


------------------------------------------------------
Regards,
David Bennett and Chuck Mosher



-- 
David Bennett
Information Technology Division, MCNC
248 1182


From davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: AVS Articles
Message-ID: <1994Dec8.153524.10811@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 15:35:24 GMT

Dear AVS User,

The IAC has been soliciting articles for upcoming issues
of AVS Network News.

(FYI, if you would like to subscribe, please email avsemail@ncsc.org, to
receive an automated reply with info on how to join the International
AVS Users Group.  Please do so to help support the ongoing IAC
activities).

There has been a growing interest by AVS users in publishing articles
for this magazine, which has resulted in an increasing number of
pieces submitted.  We generally try to include as many submitted pieces as
possible in each magazine, although please be advised that quite possibly
will not be able to include every submission in that issue.  However
for any pieces not included, there is a good chance of inclusion in
a future issue.  Factors to be considered in making the tough decision
about which pieces to include are

        1) level of interest by the general AVS User
           community in the topic[s] covered in your article.

        2) size of the article (more that about 10-15K of text
           can take up a LOT of an issue, so please try to keep
           submissions to this length or shorter), and

        3) date of submission (the earlier the better)

Note:  authors should include all trademarks, and copyrights
associated with their submission.  They should also
list all 3rd party hardware/software listed in their article.  This
can be included on a separate unformatted sheet at the end of the
article.

Also, please feel free to give the IAC a call at (919) 248-1100
if you have any questions or thoughts about AVS Network News.

Thank you very much for your interest in contributing.  Your work
can make a very valuble contribution to the Scientific Visualization
community worldwide.

Hope to see you at AVS '95!

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................MORE AVS NETWORK NEWS PROPAGANDA................
       (you may have already seen most of it already!)
       (I am just including it for more background info
        on some other pieces that have been done in the past)


Hi there,

I was informed that you are interested in
possibly writing an article for AVS Network News.  This sounds
great!  Let me fill you in on our next deadline for submission.
Our next deadline is April 30.  This will be a two
color issue published in conjunction with the SIGGRAPH '93 conference.

FYI - I'll include below an article guidelines text I wrote up
a few months back.  In particular, please check out the last
paragraph on trademarks and copyrights.  Also, in case you don't
have the back issues, there are several of them on our anonymous
ftp site, including a few images, at avs.ncsc.org:avs_net_news/*

        -rw-rw-r--  1 dianne      64000 Jan  7 14:52 >
        -rw-rw-r--  1 dianne      52708 Jan  4 15:42 Inaugural_Issue.ps
        -rw-rw-r--  1 dianne      29560 Dec 10 16:23 Inaugural_Issue.txt
        -rw-rw-r--  1 dianne      71055 Jan  4 15:42 Insert.ps
        -rw-rw-r--  1 dianne     255641 Jan  4 15:44 Vol1_Issue1.ps
        -rw-rw-r--  1 dianne      64879 Dec 10 16:26 Vol1_Issue1.txt
        -rw-rw-r--  1 dianne     186220 Jan  7 14:51 Vol1_Issue2.ps
        -rw-rw-r--  1 dianne      58869 Jan  8 11:31 Vol1_Issue2.txt
        -rw-rw-r--  1 dianne     438533 Jan 11 14:27 Vol1_Issue3.ps
        -rw-rw-r--  1 dianne      68979 Jan  8 12:19 Vol1_Issue3.txt
        drwxrwsrwx  2 dianne        512 Jan 13 06:26 images/

        images:
        total 15203
        drwxrwsrwx  2 dianne        512 Jan 13 06:26 ./
        drwxrwsr-x  3 avs           512 Jan 13 09:59 ../
        -rwxrwxrwx  1 dianne    3479260 Jan 12 11:50 V1_I3_Flurchick_Fig1.x*
        -rwxrwxrwx  1 dianne    3479260 Jan 12 11:51 V1_I3_Flurchick_Fig2.x*
        -rwxrwxrwx  1 dianne    1757960 Jan 12 11:51 V1_I3_Flurchick_Fig3.x*
        -rwxrwxrwx  1 dianne     269456 Jan 12 11:50 V1_I3_Myerson_Fig1.x*
        -rwxrwxrwx  1 dianne     979084 Jan 12 11:50 V1_I3_Myerson_Fig2.x*
        -rwxrwxrwx  1 dianne     428892 Jan 12 11:51 V1_I3_Myerson_Fig3.x*
        -rwxrwxrwx  1 dianne    2516408 Jan 12 11:51 V1_I3_Rhyne_Fig1.x*
        -rwxrwxrwx  1 dianne    2563208 Jan 12 11:50 V1_I3_Rhyne_Fig2.x*


Thanks a lot, I'm looking forward to your reply.  Also - could
you please direct this reply to avs@ncsc.org.

Thanks,

-IAC
----------------------------------------------------------------
International AVS Center, North Carolina Supercomputing Center
PO Box 12889   3021 Cornwallis Rd, RTP, NC 27709   avs@ncsc.org
----------------------------------------------------------------
An article can be prepared in plain ASCII text, and mailed
either electronically or on paper to us at:

        The International AVS Center
        PO Box 12889
        3021 Cornwallis Road
        RTP, NC 27709
        USA
        avs@ncsc.org

The pictures can be submitted on 35mm slides.  Also, the IAC
requests that an electronic version be submitted as well. AVS .x
format be preferable.  If that is a problem please let us know
and we can talk about other options.

We are quite flexible in terms of article content.  Some
of the previous articles featured in AVS Network news were:

1) "AVS Overview"

2) "New Software Products"
        Chemistry Viewer
        Maple V
        VBASE
        Crystal Viewer

3) "Using AVS for Prototyping a Distributed Computational
   Molecular Biology and Genetics System", by
   the Center for High Performance Computing, The University of
   Texas System

   The article describes the authors' experience integrating
   GenTools, a product under development, into the AVS environment.
   It describes features of AVS environment that make it a useful
   user interface, features 3 slides of AVS screens with their
   networks and data, and mentions desired features for future
   versions of AVS.

4) "Interpolating Gridded Data from Scattered Data in AVS",
   by Wes Bethel, Information and Computing Sciences Division,
   Computing Resource Department, University of California at
   Berkeley

   The author surveys some of the issues involved in interpolating
   gridded data from scattered data, and shows several applications
   of these techniques in the context of a visualization project.
   In the process, he describes 4 AVS modules that are on our
   anonymous ftp site.

5) "Visualizing Molecular Dynamics Simulations", by Charles
   Williams and Upul Obeysekare, Naval Research Laboratory,
   Research Computation Division, Visualization Laboratory,
   Washington, DC

   The authors describe reading Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics
   simulations stored in Macatom formatted files into AVS,
   and show four figures of their results.

6) "AVS Version 4"

Perhaps you might want to discuss the work you are doing, or
have done with AVS, in terms of the science itself.  Or if you
want, you might consider getting more into techie AVS specific
issues or an editorial viewpoint.  At any rate, we are open
for your ideas... the AVS user community will appreciate them!

Note:  authors should include all trademarks, and copyrights
associated with their submission.  They should also
list all 3rd party hardware/software listed in their article.  This
can be included on a separate unformatted sheet at the end of the
article.





-- 
David Bennett
Information Technology Division, MCNC
248 1182


From phriso@cgrg.ohio-state.EDU (Peter Hriso)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: rendering houses
Date: 8 Dec 1994 15:59:44 GMT
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Message-ID: <3c7ahg$df9@mane.cgrg.ohio-state.edu>
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Hello

          Could someone please send me information on places that will
         render alias v5.1 animations/sdl files

                a) costs of having animations rendered
                b) location
                c) and any other important information that I might need to know

please address information to phriso@cgrg.ohio-state.edu

thank you

-- 
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    O       ________________________________  _________+++++++++++++++__________
  O  _______ |Peter Hriso           ACCAD |   |phriso@cgrg.ohio-state.edu   |___
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From mtsmith@vision2.engr.utk.edu (Todd Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: AVS address or WWW ?
Date: 9 Dec 1994 21:38:25 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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I would like to acquire the address and/or WWW site for AVS
software. 

Thanks

Todd Smith
mtsmith@vision1.engr.utk.edu
University of Tennessee


From tzak@brutus.ct.gmr.com (Thomas Zak CT90)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: ucd crop, eliminating the nodes
Date: 14 Dec 1994 21:04:26 GMT
Organization: Electronic Data Systems
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Hi,

I was wondering if somebody has written a version of ucd_crop that 
actually erases the nodes outside the crop region.  The standard 
module just eliminates cells outside the region, but leaves the nodes
intact.  The nodes are the biggest memory hog, so I was looking for a
way to get rid of those.

Thanks,

Thomas Zak
Electronic Data Systems
tzak@cmsa.gmr.com


From steiger@ubilab.ubs.ch (Patrick Steiger)
Subject: Re: AVS address or WWW ?
Message-ID: <steiger-141294165518@sq1.ubilab.ubs.ch>
Followup-To: comp.graphics.avs
Sender: root@ubilab.ubs.ch (Operator)
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In article <3caioh$ffv@martha.utk.edu>, mtsmith@vision2.engr.utk.edu (Todd
Smith) wrote:

> 
> I would like to acquire the address and/or WWW site for AVS
> software. 

Try the following URLs:

 http://avs.ncsc.org/HTML/ITD/IAC/IAC.html (for the International AVS
Center)
 http://www.avs.com/                                     (for AVS Inc.;
AVS and AVS/Express) 

You also get Information at ftp site:

 avs.ncsc.org

Good luck.

Patrick Steiger


