From kim@lewis.vislab.su.edu.au (Kim Lester)
Subject: Re: Forking Processes from an AVS Module?
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In article <1993Dec21.235516.3719@news.arc.nasa.gov> glennd@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Glenn Deardorff) writes:
>Is it not a good idea to try to create UNIX pipes &/or fork processes from
>an AVS module?  I'm trying to create an AVS interface to a commercial
>simulation package (Matlab), calling Matlab routines in a mode which uses
	[stuff deleted]
>Is this a no-no?  Are their any magic flags or ways of proceeding, given
>that I have no control of the Matlab source?

Hi Glenn,
	Interesting idea, I see no reason why it shouldn't work:
	1) AVS modules exist as interconnecting processes and hence have
	most of the power of standard processes available to you.
	2) A slightly different point, but Developer's Manual "approves"
	of using the AVS CLI attached via a pipe to another controlling program.

	My point is that AVS is "UNIX happy" - I haven't tried your example
	(I have both Matlab and AVS, but haven't needed to use Matlab yet)
	Another example - the WRITE_ANY_IMAGE module at IAC accesses the system
	to call a standalone image conversion program (imconv).

	I'm not aware of Matlabs data presentation format, although I have
	played with it. My initial comments are however that the formats
	would appear to be designed more for human readability rather than
	machine efficiency. You may have some trouble (+ loss of efficiency)
	interpreting the output. Does matab come with a C interface library
	(I have vague memories of that) in which case you problems would be
	solved)?

	regards Kim

	Kim Lester,
	Applications Coordinator,
	Vislab.

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From "David Williams" <dwwillia@mango.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: AVS module WAIS server URL.
Message-ID: <1994Jan9.122527.1973@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 1994 12:25:23 -0500
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Is avs.ncsc.org running a WAIS server that I can access from the Web?
If so, what is the URL?

David Williams				    Compute free or die!
dwwillia@indiana.edu			    Algorithm patents bite.
http://cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dwwillia.html  Join the revolution, use Linux.




From fulco@cicg-communication.grenet.fr (Patrick Fulconis)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: world map
Date: 5 Jan 1994 13:07:18 GMT
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please,
where can i find a (3D) world map (data and obj file) ?

i've got globe.obj but i would like a more 'beautiful' one

i've looked on some ftp site but i haven't found what i'm looking for

i have a file with the latitudes and longitudes (but i think it's
difficult to create a 3D map with these datas)

(i saw a beautiful one in the Chen's article 'a climate simulation case
study' published in the proceedings visualisation '93)


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From gliran@ic.ac.uk (Mr G. Liran)
Subject: Help ...
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I'm a new AVS user (quelle surprise ...) and I'm trying to get my vorton
data to appear on a pixel map or on the geometry viewer but failing
miserably.  The data is in six coloumns (X,Y,Z and three data values). 
How do I plot it ??? Any help would be appreciated by e-mail or through the
net.

gliran@ic.ac.uk


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From ICH561@DJUKFA11.BITNET (Astrid Kuhr)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Urgent Help to ucd_cell_geometry needed!!
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Date: 10 Jan 94 14:43:33 GMT
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Hello!!

We are using AVS 5.0 on an IBM/RISC 6000 and have waited for the new
ucd_cell_geometry-module for a while, because, we need something like
this very urgent!!
We were very happy, as it appears at the IAC.
But it works not correctly!!!
Or am I too unable, to use it in the correct way??????
E.g. what I must do, to change one node position (x,y,z coordinates) from
a cell???
I understood the modul in this way, that I can click the node at the screen
and drag it to the new position.
Is this understanding wrong???

Help is very urgent needed, because, we are needing this module very very
soonly.

Thanx in advance,
Regards, Astrid Kuhr

P.S.: please excuse my not so good english. Answers in german are welcome too.

--
a.kuhr@kfa-juelich.de


From kahn@PHYSICS.UNC.EDU (Dan Kahn)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: I need to combine different geometries
Date: 10 Jan 1994 20:44:11 GMT
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I've got 3 geometries saved in different files (each file is a collection of
about 25 objects just to be clear).

I can load the files together, but I want to be able to move all of the objects
from a single file at the same time.  The goal is to arrange a picture from
all the files so they can be compared side to side in a single window.

When I load any of the files all of the objects become children of the top
object, I can load all three files and either move every object together or move
a stick or a sphere one by one. 

I think what needs to be done is arrange the objects more hierarchically, so that
the top object has 3 children and each of the 3 children has the data from one of
the files.

How can I do this given that I've already got my objects stored in geometry
files?  I'd love to find something like the glue and unglue commands in the xfig
drawing program.

Thanks,
--dan


From ianc@visual.demon.co.uk (Ian Curington)
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Subject: 3D flight path control
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I am helping with a project to upgrade the "flight path" module
at the IAC ftp site. We need to fly over a digital elevation map
taking an arbitrary flight course, determined by an external
set of x-y-z points, or by interactively drawing the path
on a 2D plan view.

If anyone has worked on similar projects, has suggestions, modules,
or networks, we would like to hear from you.

Thanks,
  Ian Curington
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From thorpe@robin.mcnc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: Re: I need to combine different geometries
Message-ID: <1994Jan10.223322.13537@mcnc.org>
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Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
References:  <2gsemr$cvs@bigblue.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 22:33:22 GMT

Dan recently wrote:

> I think what needs to be done is arrange the objects more
hierarchically, so that
> the top object has 3 children and each of the 3 children has the data
from one of
> the files.

> How can I do this given that I've already got my objects stored in geometry
> files?  I'd love to find something like the glue and unglue commands
in the xfig
> drawing program.

I think this module should help:

Name        : geom_parent     Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1592
Author      : Ed Bender, Convex Computer Corporation
Submitted   : 03/04/93        Last Updated : 03/04/93  Language   : C
Module path : avs.ncsc.org:avs_modules/data_output/geom_parent
Ported to   : IBM Kubota HP
Description : The geom parent module allows an interactive user to
              reparent any and all objects in the geometry viewer system.
              This is useful if you want some objects to move together, but
              not all. The "Group Name" parameter is used to define the
              group to add objects to. When the "Include Current Object"
              oneshot is pushed, the current object selected within the
              geometry viewer is reparented to the "Group Name".

Good luck with it.

-Steve

PS:  Would you be interested in sharing your AVS work with the
scientific visualization community worldwide via a short article 
and / or slides in an upcoming issue of AVS Network News?  This 
is the IAC's quarterly magazine made up of user contributed 
articles.   Also, the AVS '94 Program Committee 
(avs94pc@avsusers.ncsc.org) is seeking submissions for the
AVS '94 Video Review and AVS '94 Poster session.

PPS: The IAC is supported in large part by the dues it
receives from memberships at $36.00 per year.  This
includes quarterly publications, $50.00 discounts at
the conference, module portings, etc.  If you are not
already a member, please consider joining - contact 
avs@ncsc.org for more information.

Thanks for considering this!
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From gmaerz@c3440.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at (Maerzendorfer Gerald)
Subject: layout-editor kills avs!
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I am working on a convex c3440 with avs 3.9 (25.58 convex).

I have created a very large network (about 40 modules) and have
rebuilt the user-interface with the layout-editor.
(there are just six processes running).

But now, when I try to create additional stacks or pages
with the layout-editor, or sometimes when I just activate
the layout-editor, I get the following message:

---> LUI_EventAdd: Too many events in list

and avs will be killed.


If anybody knows the reasons for this troubles,
please send me a reply or a e-mail.

Thanks,
  Maerzendorfer Gerald - gmaerz@c3440.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at




From info@spyglass.com
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Press Release: Spyglass Transform for Windows
Date: 11 Jan 1994 16:09:03 GMT
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From tzak@brutus.ct.gmr.com (Thomas Zak CT90)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Color Legend -> Image Viewer
Date: 11 Jan 1994 21:21:41 GMT
Organization: Electronic Data Systems
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Recently, one of my users needed to put some sort of legend into the
Image viewer.  I was not able to find any easy solution, but since it
was necessary for his project, I found a way.  Unfortunately, it is 
a bit cumbersome, and I would like to see if anybody has a better
solution.  Here is what I came up with:

       GENERATE COLORMAP        READ FIELD
              |                       |
              |  +--------------------+
       COLOR RANGE                    |
                 |                    |
       COLOR LEGEND             COLORIZER
                 |                    |
       GEOMETRY VIEWER                |
                 +--------------------+
                                IMAGE VIEWER
                                      H
                                IMAGE VIEWER
                                      H
                                IMAGE TO POSTSCRIPT


Basically, I create the legend in the geometry viewer, resize the viewer to 
just barely surround the legend, and send the image of it to the image
viewer along with the field data.  The second image viewer is helpful 
because of AVS's severe flakiness in regard to when the geom viewer and
image viewer ports are updated and wheter or not the window can be covered 
up by overlapping windows.  Also, image to postscript seems to like getting 
output from tha active image rather than a collage of images.  And because
of this weird behavior, I have to constantly connect and disconnect the last 
two modules.

Any easier method would be appreciated.

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


From rcion@rw5.urc.tue.nl (Ion Barosan)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: geom object
Date: 11 Jan 1994 23:28:01 +0100
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Hallo,

I am trying to draw a complex geom object (polyhedron) and
I would like to do some tests with geometry library.

My question is :
  How is it possible to draw by example :

     _______________
     |xxxxxxxxxxxxx|      (   x - shaded surface)
     |xxxxxxxxxxxxx|
     |xxxxxx|      |
     |xx|          |
     |xxxxxxxxxxxxx|
     ---------------
such a geom object using the geometry library ?

How  can I define the interior of the object ?
How  can I remove the interior part of the object ?

There is a possibility in AVS to remove that part of
I have to do it using another technique ?

Any help will be appreciated .

- Thanks,
  - Ion Barosan.
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From kahn@PHYSICS.UNC.EDU (Dan Kahn)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: .obj files -> geometry
Date: 11 Jan 1994 23:18:07 GMT
Organization: Physics Dept. UNC-CH
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I've saved some work I did as a .obj file (and a zero length
.geom file) using the geometry data viewer.  I can read it back
with the geometry view with no problem, but I want to read it
into a network network module that will output a geometry.  I
tried read_geom but that didn't work.  Is there another module I
can use?

Thanks,
--dan


From ich561@ich530.zam.kfa-juelich.de (Astrid Kuhr)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: searching author of file_to_field
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 1994 11:51:33
Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (KFA), Germany
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Hello!

I am looking for the author of the module "file_to_field".
Can anybody help me, to contact him?

Thanx,
regards, Astrid Kuhr

-- 
Astrid Kuhr                                 Email: a.kuhr@kfa-juelich.de
ICG-4                                       Fax:   (+49)-2461-61-2484
Research Centre Juelich (KFA), Germany


From phillips@acs.ucalgary.ca (Doug S. Phillips)
Subject: Saving transformations in geometry viewer
Message-ID: <Jan12.072050.32567@acs.ucalgary.ca>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 1994 07:20:50 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta
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An AVS user here has a network of the following form:

   read_ucd      read_ucd      read_ucd
      |             |             |
  ucd_to_geom    ucd_to_geom  ucd_to_geom
      |             |             |
      |            tube         tube       label   label
      |             |             |          |       |
      ------------------------------------------------
                          |
                     geometry_viewer

After reading in the data for the 3 UCD objects, he rotates and scales
the "top" object in the geometry viewer and saves the network.  However,
upon quitting and restarting AVS, the transformations appear to be
lost.  In a simpler network, consisting only of a read_ucd, ucd_to_geom
and geometry_viewer, the transformations do get preserved across
sessions.

The user has about 100 data sets for which he would like to specify
the same orientation and scaling.

What is the problem with the above network that causes the 
transformations to be lost?

Can someone provide a CLI command example that can be used to
position and scale the top object in the geometry viewer to some
standard orientation in the above network situation?

Thanks very much.
-- 
*********************
Doug S. Phillips
Academic Computing Services, The University of Calgary
Internet: phillips@acs.ucalgary.ca         Telephone: (403) 220-8445


From shikaze@cgribm.uwaterloo.ca (shikaze)
Subject: AVS questions: Animator (4d, irregular data), drawing 2d planes in xyz 
Message-ID: <CJJ93J.745@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
Sender: news@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
Organization: University of Waterloo
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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 1994 20:04:30 GMT
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Hi, 
	I have a couple of questions about AVS.  First, I have an irregular
data set (i.e. XYZ data, irregularly spaced), and I have this data at 
various time values.  For each time value I have created a field file 
and I can read in each 'time shot' individually as a 1D, 3 space field.
However, I wish to use the AVS Animator to animate the entire data set
(i.e. XYZ plus time, or 4D).  Can this be done?  In order to use the 
Animator to animate in time, you need the time sample module.  However, 
the time sampler module requires a 4D field as input, whereas we are
inputting a 1d field.  Is there a solution to this problem?

	Another question, is there a module at IAC that will plot a plane
in 3d space, given some points in 3d space.  In a similar manner to 
the module which draws lines in 2 or 3d space (lines_to_geom, I think.)


Steve
shikaze@cgribm.uwaterloo.ca




From kahn@PHYSICS.UNC.EDU (Dan Kahn)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Where is geom_save_postscript
Date: 12 Jan 1994 23:10:55 GMT
Organization: Physics Dept. UNC-CH
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My AVS User's Manual tells me I can use geom_save_postscript, but
when I run avs [AVS version: 3.9 (25.58 convex)] using the CLI I get
this message:

AVS Command Line Interpreter: Type help for commands
geom_save_postscript
Unknown command: geom_save_postscript
avs>quit
AVS exited
% 

Is there a way for me to save my geometry as postscript using the
CLI? The manual indicates that this is the only way to do it.  I'm
trying to get this printed for a talk.  [I think my manual may be a
little a head of the version of AVS that I'm using.]

Thanks,
--dan



From t784302@cd1.LRZ-Muenchen.DE (Thomas Hauser)
Subject: Transfering XDR-Files between HP and CRAY?
Message-ID: <t784302.758465927@cd1>
Summary: AIs it possible to transfer data files between Cray-YMP and HP
Keywords: avs, xdr
Sender: news@news.lrz-muenchen.de (Mr. News)
Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 1994 12:58:47 GMT
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Hi,

I try to transfer avs data files between a H9-9000 and a Cray-YMP.
The data is read with read-field and then written to a file with the module
write-field (with the xdr option enabled). As far as I can observe
the data files cannot be transfered between these two machines. 
I use AVS 5.0 on both machines. Are there any expierences with sharing
data files between different architectures using the xdr option of avs.

Thanks for any comments

Thomas Hauser



From "David Williams" <dwwillia@mango.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: What equipment should I get to run AVS in a HP cluster?
Message-ID: <1994Jan13.112935.24197@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 1994 11:29:29 -0500
Lines: 23

I need to help put a proposal together to bring AVS into our HP700
cluster.  We only have 8 bit color now and no graphics rendering
hardware.  Can somebody help me with these questions?

Should we try to get another type of workstation?  Is AVS on a well
equipped HP comparable to AVS on a SGI?

What hardware would we want to get to upgrade an 8 bit HP700?  If we
wanted to buy a new HP, what should we get?

Anybody have prices?

Thanks for any help.


David Williams, IUCF UNIX support	    Compute free or die!
dwwillia@indiana.edu			    Algorithm patents bite.
http://cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dwwillia.html  Join the revolution, use Linux.







From obey@curie.nrl.navy.mil (Upul Obeysekare)
Subject: Animating 4D data.
Message-ID: <CJL30C.333@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
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              Computational Science
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>Hi, 
>        I have a couple of questions about AVS.  First, I have an irregular
>data set (i.e. XYZ data, irregularly spaced), and I have this data at 
>various time values.  For each time value I have created a field file 
>and I can read in each 'time shot' individually as a 1D, 3 space field.
>However, I wish to use the AVS Animator to animate the entire data set
>(i.e. XYZ plus time, or 4D).  Can this be done?  In order to use the 
>Animator to animate in time, you need the time sample module.  However, 
>the time sampler module requires a 4D field as input, whereas we are
>inputting a 1d field.  Is there a solution to this problem?

>Steve
>shikaze@cgribm.uwaterloo.ca

I am not sure if I understand you correctly.  When you say have "XYZ data,
irregular space", do you have XYZ in data space or in coordinate space.
If you have 3D data in data space you should load them as 3D data not
1D.  If that is the case, you should be able to load the data as 4D and 
use the "time sampler" or "new ortho slicer" that slices 4D fields.  This 
could consume a lot of memory.

Best way to do this is to create an HDF file with all your time steps
and use "read HDF SDS" module or "animate hdf volumes" module to animate the
data.  Both of these modules do not handle irregular data, so you have
to have a module to add the coordinate for each time step (send by
any one of the modules mentions above).  If you have a moving grid
(coordinates are changing over time), then it is even harder. You will
have to add different coordinates for each time step.  

If you have scatter data (that is 1D 1- or 4- vector irregular field) it is 
a different story.

read HDF SDS module is available at the AVS Center.  If you need a
copy of the animate hdf volumes module, pleas let me know.

Upul


From peyton.bland@med.umich.edu (Peyton Bland)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: Saving transformations in geometry viewer
Followup-To: comp.graphics.avs
Date: 13 Jan 1994 20:49:14 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Mich., Dept. of Radiology
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In article <Jan12.072050.32567@acs.ucalgary.ca>, phillips@acs.ucalgary.ca
(Doug S. Phillips) wrote:
> 
> An AVS user here has a network of the following form:

...omitted text

> Can someone provide a CLI command example that can be used to
> position and scale the top object in the geometry viewer to some
> standard orientation in the above network situation?
> 
> Thanks very much.
> -- 
> *********************
> Doug S. Phillips
> Academic Computing Services, The University of Calgary
> Internet: phillips@acs.ucalgary.ca         Telephone: (403) 220-8445

Doug,
This isn't a "CLI command" solution, we've used the "Dial Control" module
from the repository for things like this.  It is essentially a software
dialbox.
Good luck,
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 ICH561@DJUKFA11.BITNET (Astrid Kuhr)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: searching author of ucd_extract_new
Message-ID: <94014.090532ICH561@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
Date: 14 Jan 94 08:05:32 GMT
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Hello!

I am searching the author of the modul "ucd_extract_new", because I
have some questions to the modul.

Regards, Astrid Kuhr

--
a.kuhr@kfa-juelich.de


From root@igahp2.epfl.ch ()
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Scanning Probe Microscopy Image Processing
Date: 14 Jan 1994 10:04:04 GMT
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
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Keywords: STM, AFM

Hello !
	I plan to use AVS for processing AFM images, coming from Park Scientific
Instruments microscope. Looking for file translators and AVS networks doing
pseudo 3D displays and all related.

Thankx !

Andrew.


-- 
***  Andrzej KULIK, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
*** Institut de Genie Atomique, CH-1015 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND.
*** Phone: (21)693'33'59, Fax: (21)693'44'70, e-mail: root@igahp1.epfl.ch


From ICH561@DJUKFA11.BITNET (Astrid Kuhr)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: searching for the author of ucd_split (John Stephen (Tessella))
Message-ID: <94014.132244ICH561@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
Date: 14 Jan 94 12:22:44 GMT
Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich
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Hello!

I am seraching for the author of the modul ucd_split.

Regards, Astrid Kuhr


From JHHARDE@erenj.com (John Hardenbergh)
Subject: Re: Saving transformations in geometry viewer
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References:  <Jan12.072050.32567@acs.ucalgary.ca>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 14:22:29 GMT

In article <Jan12.072050.32567@acs.ucalgary.ca> phillips@acs.ucalgary.ca (Doug S. Phillips) writes:
>From: phillips@acs.ucalgary.ca (Doug S. Phillips)
>Subject: Saving transformations in geometry viewer
>Date: Wed, 12 Jan 1994 07:20:50 GMT

>An AVS user here has a network of the following form:

>   read_ucd      read_ucd      read_ucd
>      |             |             |
>  ucd_to_geom    ucd_to_geom  ucd_to_geom
>      |             |             |
>      |            tube         tube       label   label
>      |             |             |          |       |
>      ------------------------------------------------
>                          |
>                     geometry_viewer

>After reading in the data for the 3 UCD objects, he rotates and scales
>the "top" object in the geometry viewer and saves the network.  However,
>upon quitting and restarting AVS, the transformations appear to be
>lost.  In a simpler network, consisting only of a read_ucd, ucd_to_geom
>and geometry_viewer, the transformations do get preserved across
>sessions.

>The user has about 100 data sets for which he would like to specify
>the same orientation and scaling.

>What is the problem with the above network that causes the 
>transformations to be lost?

>Can someone provide a CLI command example that can be used to
>position and scale the top object in the geometry viewer to some
>standard orientation in the above network situation?

Try saving the the finished work as a scene ( under the cameras page ) rather 
than as a geometry.


>Thanks very much.
>-- 
>*********************
>Doug S. Phillips
>Academic Computing Services, The University of Calgary
>Internet: phillips@acs.ucalgary.ca         Telephone: (403) 220-8445

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From clarence@orion.cc.andrews.edu (Clarence L. Thomas IV)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Global Alert For All: Jesus is Coming Soon
Date: 17 Jan 1994 19:02:30 -0500
Organization: Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, 49104
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The earthquake in Los Angeles, California, the flood in Europe, the seemingly
unstoppable war in the former Yugoslavia, the devastating fires in Australia,
the flood in the Midwest of the United States of America, the devastating fires
near Los Angeles, California, the rapid and appalling increase in violence in
cities, towns, villages all over the world, the famines, the diseases, the rapid
decline of the family unit, and the destructive earthquake in India (in 1993)
are signs that this world's history is coming to a climax. The human race
has trampled on God's Constitution, as given in Exodus 20:1-17 (King James
Version Bible), and Jesus is coming to set things right. These rapidly
accelerating signs are an indication that Jesus is coming soon (Matthew 24).

God's Holy Spirit is gradually withdrawing its protection from the earth
and the devastating events you see are demonstrations of Satan's power. All
those who are not guarded by God are in danger of forever losing eternal life.

If you want to know what's about to happen, please study the books of Daniel
and Revelation which are located in God's Word, the Bible.  They are not
sealed or closed books. They can and must be understood by all. Every word
in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is true. The Bible and the Bible only
must be your guide.

When God's Law (the Constitution for the Universe) is consistently ignored, 
disregarded, changed, and questioned, He permits certain events to occur to 
wake us up.  I would urge all, wherever you are and regardless of the 
circumstances, to directly call on Jesus and ask Him to intervene in your life.
Jesus who created this planet and every living creature in it and on it, died 
on the cross, was raised from the dead by God the Father, and is now in Heaven
interceding for you. Jesus is the only One who can rescue us from the slavery,
misery, and death Satan is causing us.

For reference I'm including God's Constitution as given in the King James
Version Bible. Please note that when God says the seventh day, he means Sabbath
(the 7th day of the week) not Sunday (1st day of the week).

Commandment #1:  Exodus 20:1-3 (KJV)  And God
                 spake all these words, saying, I am         
                 the LORD thy God, which have brought
                 thee out of the land of Egypt, out
                 of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have
                 no other gods before me.

Commandment #2:  Exodus 20:4-6 (KJV) Thou shalt not make
                 unto thee any graven image, or any
                 likeness of any thing that is in heaven
                 above, or that is in the earth beneath,
                 or that is in the water under the earth.
                 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them
                 that love me, and keep my commandments.

Commandment #3:  Exodus 20:7 (KJV) Thou shalt not take
                 the name of the LORD thy God in vain;
                 for the LORD will not hold him
                 guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Commandment #4:  Exodus 20:8-11 (KJV) Remember the sabbath
                 day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou
                 labour, and do all thy work: But the
                 seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD
                 thy God: in it thou shalt not do any
                 work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
                 thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor
                 thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is
                 within thy gates: For in six days the
                 LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and
                 all that in them is, and rested the seventh
                 day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath
                 day, and hallowed it.

Commandment #5:  Exodus 20:12 (KJV) Honour thy father and thy
                 mother: that thy days may be long upon the
                 land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Commandment #6:  Exodus 20:13 (KJV) Thou shalt not kill.

Commandment #7:  Exodus 20:14 (KJV) Thou shalt not commit
                 adultery.

Commandment #8:  Exodus 20:15 (KJV) Thou shalt not steal.

Commandment #9:  Exodus 20:16 (KJV) Thou shalt not bear
                 false witness against thy neighbour.

Commandment #10: Exodus 20:17 (KJV) Thou shalt not covet
                 thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not
                 covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his
                 manservant, nor his maidservant, nor
                 his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that
                 is thy neighbour's.

I also recommend that the following books be obtained and closely studied:

         The Great Controversy
         By Ellen G. White
         Review and Herald Publishing Association
         Hagerstown, MD 21740

	 The Desire of the Ages
	 By Ellen G. White
	 Review and Herald Publishing Association
	 Hagerstown, MD 21740

         Patriarchs and Prophets
         By Ellen G. White
         Review and Hearld Publishing Association
         Hagerstown, MD 21740

	 Daniel and the Revelation
         By Uriah Smith
         Review and Herald Publishing Association
         Hagerstown, MD 21740
-------
Clarence L. Thomas IV
Phone:  616-471-6116
E-mail: thomas@redwood.cc.andrews.edu


From wild@embl-heidelberg.de
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: new_arbitrary_slicer for irregular fields?
Message-ID: <1994Jan18.182620.156650@embl-heidelberg.de>
Date: 18 Jan 94 18:26:20 +0100
Organization: EMBL, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
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Has anyone extended the IAC module "new_arbitrary_slicer" to handle
irregular input fields?


Thanks,

David Wild



From ark@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Alex Knowles)
Subject: Moving Lights in the geometry viewer
Message-ID: <CJvqqF.5C6@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
Keywords: lights cameras action!
Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin)
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 13:56:38 GMT
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hello:

	I'm in the process of creating an AVS module to modify the
position of the lights in the geometry viewer. I have already done
modules moving the cameras and this is done by sending off the new
at, to and from vectors to a function. There doesn't seem to be a
similar function (or CLI) for lights. The Developers guide vaguely
mentions transformation matricies but I'm not sure how to use them.

The lights I'm dealing with will be directional so I will know the
from and to coordinates and just need a way to move light one to
this new position.

Has anyone out there done this or know how to do it?

Please Help me!

Many thanks in Advance...

	Alex

/*__________________________________________________________________________
Alex Knowles	(AVS modules R us!)
Edinburgh University, Computer Science Department - 2nd Year Undergraduate
Manchester Computing Centre, Computer Graphics Unit	   Tel. 061 275 6095
E-Mail	alex@ed.ac.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/


From davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: AVS '94
Message-ID: <1994Jan20.185442.12891@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: doppler.ncsc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 18:54:42 GMT

Greetings AVS'ers!!!

This message will be followed by several messages concerning
AVS '94 to be held in Boston, MA on May 2- 4, 1994.  A portion
of the advance proceedings will be posted to this newsgroup
early next week and the full text will be available either
from the ftp site at avs.ncsc.org or by sending a request for
hardcopy either by email to avs@ncsc.org or regular mail to
The International AVS Center, 3021 Cornwallis Road, RTP, NC 27709.

The next postings include a call for videos for the Video Theater
and the format and deadlines.  A call for posters for the
Poster track with format and deadlines.  And, a call for
individuals that are intending to go to AVS'94 to serve as panelists.
A listing of panels, panel leaders and general information
will be included.  We are also looking for interesting questions
for the panels. 

A Permission to Use form will be posted for those interested in
submitting.  These are also available at the ftp site and from
the various program chairs.  

We look forward to seeing you in Boston.  

David Bennett
AVS '94 Program Chair
919 248 1100
avs@ncsc.org
FAX 919 248 1101

-- 
David Bennett
International AVS Center
NCSC


From davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: AVS '94 Videos
Message-ID: <1994Jan20.185641.12969@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: doppler.ncsc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 18:56:41 GMT

* * * * Video Information For AVS '94 * * * *
---------------
May 2-4, 1994
---------------

Please consider contributing an AVS animation for the video review 
at AVS '94.  This will be an approximately hour long show on one 
night of the conference.  It will feature completed AVS animations 
as well as work in progress animations from AVS users around the 
world.

Submissions need not be fancy, elaborate, or long (perhaps as
short as 30 seconds or less, or as long as a couple of minutes).  A
piece can be submitted with or without sound, on a variety of video
tape media.  Full credits will be provided for you and your
organization.

In order to allow time for dubbing together the submissions
prior to AVS '94, we are requesting a submission date of April 1st,
1994 (no joke ;) or earlier.

AVS '94 Video Review Submission Media Format Guidelines
-------------------------------------------------------
The following formats will be accepted for submissions, which are
due at the IAC no later than 4/1/94.  This is ordered from most
desired (1) to least desired (7).

1) Betacam SP
2) Betacam
3) 3/4" U-matic SP
4) Umatic (also known simply as "3/4 inch")
5) S-VHS
6) VHS
7) PAL if and only if all of the others are unavailable

Thanks and hope to see you in Boston !

Requests for information and Submissions
----------------------------------------
If you have any questions concerning the video theater or if
you wish to present a video at AVS '94 May 2-4, 1994 contact David 
Bennett (avs@ncsc.org or 919/248-1100).

Please submit your video to the International AVS Center
by April 1st, 1994.  Please include the title and author names
and affiliations, and a short summary of the science being shown
in your piece.  A Permission Request Form will be sent to all who
submit video presentations.  The AVS '94 Video Tape will be sold
to help provide funds for supporting the IAC ( a non-profit 
organization).

David Bennett
International AVS Center 
North Carolina Supercomputing Center 
3021 Cornwallis Road 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
phone: 919/248-1100
email: avs@ncsc.org
fax: 919/248-1101
-- 
David Bennett
International AVS Center
NCSC


From davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: AVS '94 Posters
Message-ID: <1994Jan20.185741.13036@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: doppler.ncsc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 18:57:41 GMT

* * * * Poster Information For AVS '94 * * * * 
----------------
May 2-4, 1994 
---------------

We are looking for posters that present the research done as
well as the graphics or visualization used to display and study the
results of the research.  The audience will be composed of technical
and non-technical people from many different fields, so the poster
material does not need to be at a level suitable for your scientific
peers.

Posters should take the form of traditional posterboard (see
guidelines below).

For each poster session presentation, we will need to receive
a short (paragraph or two) abstract of the research no later than 
April 1st, 1994.

Posters will be displayed in an open area during all three 
days of the conference.

We recommend that the scientist or a representative of their
respective organization be available to answer questions regarding 
the poster content during some portion of the lunch break (11:00-
2:45pm Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday).  This is optional.

Guidelines for Posterboard Displays:
------------------------------------

Size of posterboard available: 30"x40".

Posters will be displayed on easels.

Black & white laserprinter output or color prints are examples of
how your graphical results may be displayed.  We can provide
assistance in making color prints for you on our Kodak printer.
These are high-quality glossy color prints that can be made in two
sizes: 8 1/2" x 11" or 11" x 11".  We will need to get the files
containing your images by April 1th, 1994 in order to have time to 
make the color prints for you.  We can convert most any type of color 
image (color Postscript, AVS image files, XWD files, HDF files, PICT 
files, RGB images, and many others) into a format suitable for 
making a color print.

Requests for information and Submissions
----------------------------------------
If you have any questions concerning the poster session or if
you wish to present a poster at AVS '94 May 2-4,  contact Janet L. 
Jensen, U.S. Army Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering 
Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground,MD, email 
jljensen@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil, phone # (410) 671-5836 

Please submit your posters to Janet by April 1st, 1994.  We will be 
responsible for displaying your materials at the conference.  Please 
include the following information:

- a list of the items that are part of your poster
- the title and author names and affiliations
- a description of how you would like your items arranged on the 
posterboards

David Bennett
International AVS Center
North Carolina Supercomputing Center
3021 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
phone: 919/248-1100
email: avs@ncsc.org
fax: 919/248-1101
-- 
David Bennett
International AVS Center
NCSC


From davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: AVS '94 Permission Form
Message-ID: <1994Jan20.190050.13165@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: doppler.ncsc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 19:00:50 GMT

Please send an original of the following form if you submit
a video, poster, or paper to AVS '94.
 
************************************************
		(Please type or print clearly)

AVS '94 Permission to use form.

Complete this form if you are submitting any papers for panels, 
lectures, videos, posters, or any other presentation at AVS '94.

A copy of this form MUST accompany each paper or submission.  Send 
the completed form along with your submission to the Chair of your 
track.  Please make a photocopy for your records.  DO NOT FAX THIS 
FORM (original signatures required).

Name of presentor_______________________________
Organization____________________________________
Address._______________________________________
______________________________________________
Telephone______________________________________
FAX____________________________________________
email__________________________________________
Title of your track________________________________
Title of paper.___________________________________

Cirlce one - paper/panel/video theater/poster

		AUTHORIZATION

I grant permission for the above-referenced material and
associated visuals, including slides, video and film, to be
presented at the AVS '94 conference, 2-4 May, 1994 in
Boston, MA.  In the event that any materials used in my AVS '94
presentation contain the work of other individuals or
organizations including any copyrighted musical compositions
or excerpts thereof, I understand that it is my responsibility
to secure any necessary permissions and/or licenses.  Small
performing rights licenses must be secured for the public
performance of any copyrighted musical composition.  
Synchronization licenses must be secured for the inclusion
of any copyrighted musical compositions in film, video, or
multimedia persentations.

yes/no	I have the necessary rights and/or permissions to
		use the visuals in my piece.

yes/no	My piece contains audio, and I have the necessary rights 
		and/or permissions to use the audio in my piece.

yes/no	I grant non-exclusive worldwide distribution rights to
		the International AVS Center and Advanced Visual
		Systems, Inc. to publish and distribute my video
		material in the AVS Video Review.

yes/no	I agree to supply AVS '94 with the required material by
		the stated due date and agree to allow it to be published
		in paper, CD-ROM, and other electronic form.

AVS '94 reserves the right to video record presentations for internal
use and as an archival record of the current conference.  In the event
your session is videotaped, the International AVS Center and 
Advanced Visual Systems, Inc. would like permission to use the
video for promotional and educational purposes; speakers will
receive full credit whenever the video is used.

yes/no	I grant the International AVS Center and Advanced Visual 
		Systems, Inc. permission to use the video recording of my 
		presentation for conference and organizational publicity.


Signature___________________________

Date_______________________________

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:  The AVS '94 Permission to use form 
explains the uses AVS '94 intends of the presented materials
and requires you to acknowledge that you have permission to
use this material.  This may involve seeking clearance from
your employer or from others who have loaned you material, 
such as videotapes and slides.  This form helps prevent situations
where AVS '94 presentations include material without permission
that might lead to complaints or even legal action.  This form must
be returned to your program chair as a condition for acceptance
to participation in AVS '94.  In addition, this form asks if the 
International AVS Center and Advanced Visual Systems, Inc. may use 
your materials for conferencand organization prmotional material 
for full author credit information.

-- 
David Bennett
International AVS Center
NCSC


From ahlenius@rtsg.mot.com (Mark Ahlenius)
Subject: Question on uniform data ordering
Organization: Motorola Cellular Infastructure Group
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 11:50:48 -0600
Message-ID: <ahlenius-210194115048@scmac1.rtsg.mot.com>
Followup-To: comp.graphics.avs
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I am relatively new to AVS. I am working to display an image in
AVS using a complete array of point/value positions.  The problem
is in the way all the data files are ordered.

I have been told that for reading in ascii data in the uniform field
type format, that it must be in row-major order, not column-major order.

I believe that when you read in a file with a format like:

X	Y	Z
0	0	0
0	1	0
0	2	1
0	3	0
0	4	0
.
.
.

That avs ignores the X & Y values, but only reads in the Z value for
each array position. It expects the data to be row-major ordered, and
that would mean that the X column would be increasing the  fastest.

Any ideas on how to fix this within avs would be appreciated.

email responses please

ahlenius@cig.mot.com

thanks in advance!

'mark


From pbloomqu@westmont.edu (Paul Bloomquist)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: ANNOUNCING... 3-D LANDSCAPE
Date: 22 Jan 94 10:08:19 GMT
Organization: Regional Access Information Network
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Summary: Virtual Reality Mountain Generator
Keywords: announcing, mountain, graphics, virtual, reality

Announcing...

     ____________________________________________________________
    /                                                            \
    |      Virtual Reality Mountain Generator ver 3.1 & 3.2      |
    \____________________________________________________________/

I have uploaded to the SimTel Software Repository (available by anonymous
ftp from the primary mirror site OAK.Oakland.Edu and its mirrors):

pub/msdos/graphics/
3d_land.zip     Virtual Reality mountain generator

3-D Landscape is a virtual reality mountain generator for DOS based
computers.  It draws realistic random mountains on the screen pausing
between each mountain for a user set amount of time.  All main option
can be set from the command line.  Works as a great screen saver!!

Also available at thomas.westmont.edu (192.245.181.51) via anonymoust ftp 
in the /pub directory.

    If you have any questions or comments please send E-Mail
    to Paul Bloomquist <pbloomqu@westmont.edu>.

-Paul



P.S. A uuencoded version is now available via E-Mail. Just send 
     E-Mail to pbloomqu@westmont.edu with the following line in the
     message body ...

   send_me: 3d_land.zip

     


From xiaodan@cae.wisc.edu (Xiaodan Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Help: image data file format
Date: 24 Jan 1994 00:18:25 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
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NNTP-Posting-Host: hprisc-7.cae.wisc.edu

Hi,

Currently I am writing an image display program. However, I am not 
quite understanding about the data file format, i.e. PPM, Postscript, 
GIF, Pict, XPM.... Could any one kindly tell me what is the format for 
PPM and Postcript? Is there any available function or library to 
generate them, and where to find them? My I print the image? Or could 
you please recommend some references? 
Email reply preferred! Thanks a lot in advance!

xiaodan
xiaodan@cae.wisc.edu


From ong@news.cs.columbia.edu (Jueychong Ong)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: Moving Lights in the geometry viewer
Date: 24 Jan 1994 11:06:08 -0500
Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science
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References: <CJvqqF.5C6@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
NNTP-Posting-Host: age.cs.columbia.edu
Keywords: lights cameras action!

In article <CJvqqF.5C6@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, Alex Knowles <ark@dcs.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>hello:
>
>	I'm in the process of creating an AVS module to modify the
>position of the lights in the geometry viewer. I have already done
>modules moving the cameras and this is done by sending off the new
>at, to and from vectors to a function. There doesn't seem to be a
>similar function (or CLI) for lights. The Developers guide vaguely
>mentions transformation matricies but I'm not sure how to use them.
>
>The lights I'm dealing with will be directional so I will know the
>from and to coordinates and just need a way to move light one to
>this new position.

I may be wrong, but I thought lights were treated the same way
as objects; the lights are named "lightn" where n is an integer.

If this is the case, you should be able to move them just as you
would move an object.


--jc



From davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: AVS Training
Message-ID: <1994Jan26.211843.3606@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: doppler.ncsc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 21:18:43 GMT



                        A    V     V  SSSSS
                       A A   V     V S     S
                      A   A  V     V S
                     A     A V     V  SSSSS
                     AAAAAAA  V   V        S
                     A     A   V V   S     S
                     A     A    V     SSSSS      TM
  
          ***********************************************
          *      SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION TRAINING      *
          * FOR PROFESSIONALS IN RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY  *
          ***********************************************
  
  
                          Presented by 
  
           MCNC's North Carolina Supercomputing Center
                   a non-profit organization
  
                     in cooperation with the 
  
                    International AVS Center


Course Offerings
----------------
  Visualizing Your Data with AVS.........February 28 - March 1, 1994
  Writing AVS Modules................................March 2-3, 1994



Course Descriptions
--------------------

Visualizing Your Data with AVS.........February 28 - March 1, 1994

 The course is designed to be an introduction to visualization and the
 Application Visualization System (AVS).  As such, no prior experience
 with either will be expected.  However, basic experience with UNIX and
 X Window usage will be necessary.
 
 The course goal is to teach researchers how to visualize their own
 data using AVS.  Attendees are welcome to bring their own data sets to
 the course so that they can leave with an AVS visualization of their
 own work.  Bringing your own data is recommended but not required, as
 there will be example datasets to work with.  Guidelines for bringing
 your data will be provided to registered attendees.
 
 General Course Outline:
        Introduction to Visualization
        Introduction to AVS
                Background, Architecture, Examples, International AVS 
                Center, Supported Hardware
        Introduction to the Geometry Viewer
        Introduction to AVS Data Types
                Primitive, Field, Geometry, Image, UCD, Volume
        Commonly Used Modules/Networks
        Advanced Network Editor
        Graph/Data/Image Viewers
        Importing Your Data into AVS
                Strategies, Data File Formats
        Animation
                Animation Modules, CLI Interface
 
 The course will also include laboratory exercises on the material
 presented during the lectures, along with an optional extended
 laboratory time for you to work on your own visualization from 5-7pm
 each evening.



Writing AVS Modules................................March 2-3, 1994

 This course is an intermediate/advanced level course that provides all
 the knowledge necessary to create your own customized AVS modules.
 Students should have taken the "Visualizing Your Data with AVS" course
 (see above) or have the equivalent experience.  Students should also
 have a working knowledge of either C or FORTRAN, although C is
 preferred.  Basic experience with UNIX and X Window usage will be
 necessary.
 
 General Course Outline:
        AVS Data Types
                Primitive, Field, Geometry, UCD, Colormap
        Module Writing I
                Module Concepts, Writing a Subroutine Module, C and 
                FORTRAN
        Module Writing II
                Examples, Debugging Modules, Coroutines
        Module Generator
                Module Structure and Options, I/O, Parameter Types and 
                Widgets
        Module Development
                Macro Modules, AVS Libraries/Headers, Compiling Modules, 
                Platform
        Compatibility
 
 The course will also include laboratory exercises on the material
 presented during the lectures, along with an optional extended
 laboratory time for you to work on your own visualization from 5-7pm
 each evening.


About the Instructors and Training Facility
-------------------------------------------

 The North Carolina Supercomputing Center's (NCSC) Scientific Support
 and Training staff members offer this AVS training in conjunction with
 the International AVS Center (IAC).  Collaboration between the two
 teams lends a high degree of experience and expertise to both the
 instruction and the course materials.
 
 NCSC's training facility features 15 DEC Alpha AXP (OSF/1) workstations
 equipped with color monitors for state of the art graphics training.  No
 more than one student will use each machine, allowing attendees maximum
 hands-on training.
 
 The IAC showroom is located one floor directly below the NCSC training
 room.  The IAC showroom contains graphics workstations from all of the
 AVS consortia members, including:  AVS Inc, IBM, Hewlett-Packard,
 Kubota-Pacific, OKI, and Sun.  Just outside of the IAC showroom is
 NCSC's machine room, which houses a CONVEX C220 that can run AVS
 applications requiring large amounts of memory or disk space.


Training Materials
------------------

 Each student will receive a three-ring binder -- with copies of all
 lecture materials, notes pages, quick reference guides, and laboratory
 materials -- for each course taken.  In addition, each student
 attending the "Visualizing Your Data with AVS" or "Writing AVS
 Modules" courses will receive a set of AVS Inc. manuals to supplement
 lecture materials, including:

        AVS User's Guide
        AVS Developer's Guide
        AVS Module Reference
        AVS Applications Guide
        Animating AVS Data Visualizations
        AVS Technical Overview
        AVS Tutorial Guide



========================================================================
                         REGISTRATION FORM
========================================================================

For further registration information or registration confirmation,
contact:

        Linda Melville (linda@mcnc.org, 919-248-1133)

Please fill out a separate form for each attendee.  Registration is
first-come-first-served based upon receipt of payment and this
completed form.  Mail completed registration forms to:

        MCNC -- AVS Course Registration
        North Carolina Supercomputing Center
        Attn:  Linda Melville
        P.O. Box 12889
        3021 Cornwallis Road
        Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2889

Attendance will be limited to 15 due to the number of machines
available in the training lab (one per student).

Cancellations must be made at least 2 weeks prior to course starting
date to receive a refund.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.


Attendee Information:
---------------------

Name:
Organization:
Street:
City:                           State:                  Zip:
Telephone:
FAX:
E-mail:



I would like to attend the following courses: (please circle applicable prices)
---------------------------------------------
                                                          A     B     C     D
Visualizing Your Data with AVS     Feb.28-Mar.1, 1994   $500  $600  $600  $700
Writing AVS Modules                   March 2-3, 1994   $500  $600  $600  $700

where your company is one of the following:
        A = MCNC Partner* and Government or Non-Profit Organization
        B = MCNC Partner* and For Profit Company
        C = Non-partner and Government or Non-Profit Organization
        D = Non-partner and For Profit Company
        * = Attendees employed and enrolled by a company having a
            partnership/affiliation agreement with MCNC.  This includes 
            sponsors of the IAC, Supercomputing Collaborative Research 
            Partnerships, and MCNC affiliated companies.


Payment Method:
---------------

__ Check or Money Order (make payable to MCNC)
__ Purchase Order (please attach)

========================================================================

-- 
David Bennett
International AVS Center
NCSC


From grush@gdwest.gd.com (Gary M Rush)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Stardent
Date: 24 Jan 1994 14:36:42 -0800
Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation
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Message-ID: <2i1ihq$kja@gdwest.gd.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: gdwest

I'm using an orphaned Stardent computer and I need help.  I realize that this
newsgroup is not specifically for Stardents, but I figured there must be a few
former or current Stardent users here.  Does anyone know where I might find
a C++ compiler or SLIP software?  I'd also like to here from any other users
out there in a similar situation.
-- 
                 ................Gary


From zaxin@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Benjamin C. Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Question on copying a geometry
Date: 25 Jan 1994 03:25:02 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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NNTP-Posting-Host: bigwpi.wpi.edu

I'm having a great deal of trouble working with the AVS GEOMedit_list
data type.  I am trying to read in a geometry from the "read geom"
input module into the module I have written, which I have done.
However, once I have the geometry data in my module I cant manage to
manipulate it without getting a really terse and unintelligble error
message from AVS.  What I want to do is: read in a geometry with one
object in it, and output a geometry with that object duplicated
several times, each new object in a different position.  This has
proven to be a very formidable problem.  I'd like to hear from anyone
with some suggestions for doing this.  Thanks.


email prefered.


-- 
--
      Nothing in Moderation		          zaxin@wpi.wpi.edu
	Do what you do... Do it well		Benjamin C. Lee
 GCS -d+(---) p c++++ l u++ e+/* m--- s+++/+ n- h* f+(*) g++ w+++ t--- r+ y*


From t784302@cd1.LRZ-Muenchen.DE (Thomas Hauser)
Subject: How can I extract the Label Information of a irregular field
Message-ID: <t784302.759492609@cd1>
Sender: news@news.lrz-muenchen.de (Mr. News)
Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 10:10:09 GMT
Lines: 16


Hi,

I want to extract the information of the header of an avs input file like 
dim1 .. 3 or the labels of each field. This information should be the input
to the module Generate_Label. This modul needs a string as input. Any
solutions to this problem?

Thanks in advance

Thomas Hauser
Lehrstuhl fuer Fluidmechanik, TU-Muenchen     Tel: 089/2105-2506
Arcisstr. 21, D-8000 Muenchen 2, Germany      Fax: 089/2105-2505

e-mail: hauser@lsm.mw.tu-muenchen.d400.de



From erich@cruella.ee.pdx.edu (Erich S. Boleyn)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: Stardent
Date: 25 Jan 1994 09:42:52 -0800
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References: <2i1ihq$kja@gdwest.gd.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cruella.ee.pdx.edu
X-Newsreader: NN version 6.4.19 #2

grush@gdwest.gd.com (Gary M Rush) writes:

>I'm using an orphaned Stardent computer and I need help.  I realize that this
>newsgroup is not specifically for Stardents, but I figured there must be a few
>former or current Stardent users here.  Does anyone know where I might find
>a C++ compiler or SLIP software?  I'd also like to here from any other users
>out there in a similar situation.

GCC will work on Titan, GS2000  (I think), and Stardent Vistra machines,
with a little fiddling involved on the last one, I am sure.  That will
include C++ and objective C as well.

There's a Stardent Vistra user's group e-mail list at "i860-users@avs.com",
which you can subscribe to by sending e-mail to "listserv@avs.com",
with the body "sub i860-users <your real name>", it figures out the
e-mail address using the "from" field of the message.

Erich Boleyn

-- 
             "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 davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: Pledges for Modules!!
Message-ID: <1994Jan28.161336.317@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 16:13:36 GMT

Greetings AVS'ers

As we move further into our third year and closer to the
third AVS conference in May, we are starting our drive
to collect more modules.  With the UK taking over the
Khoros dsitribution of AVS modules, we are just over
500 on the ftp site.  We want this to increase by at
least 100 by May 2nd, conference time.

I know lots of you have some great modules and have just
been too busy up til now, but please take a little time
to clean them up and write a man page and send them to
us.  You can email them to avs@ncsc.org or use the ftp
site at avs.ncsc.org and go to the SUBMIT directory.

Think of this as the yearly "pledge" campaign like you
see on the PBS channels.  Please contribute your modules!!

Thanks.

PS.  An electronic version of the advance proceedings will
be posted by Monday and also placed on the ftp site.  Hard
copy for the conference will be available in 2 to 3 weeks.

PPS. If you have not joined the AVS user group, remember,
we need your support to continue these services and have
tried to keep the dues of $36.00 per year as low as possible.
Help support these activities with your membership.


Thanks,

David Bennett
International AVS Center
919 248 1100
avs@ncsc.org
-- 
David Bennett
Information Technology Division, MCNC
248 1182


From davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: Panels for AVS '94
Message-ID: <1994Jan28.162650.608@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 16:26:50 GMT

AVS '94

We need people who will be attending AVS '94 to participate
on panels.  If you are interested drop me a line at
avs@ncsc.org or call 919 248 1100.  Here is the info!!


****************Panels for AVS '94***********************
We have identified several interesting panels this year for
AVS '94.  The panel leaders and their email addresses are
listed below.  We are soliciting panel members who plan on
attending the conference to share their expertise with others.
There is no financial compensation for panelists.

We offer the opportunity to present ideas and stimulate
discussion on many AVS related topics.  Controversy is
encouraged.  We intend to cover important and well-focused
subject matter that appeals to a broad range of AVS users.
We would like panels to have 4 or 5 panelists who present
approximately 5 minutes each with the remainder of the
time used for a lively and stimulating question and answer
period. Panels are 45 minutes in length.  The panel leader
will coordinate the presentation materials, but you will
need to fill out and return the original Permission to use
form which will be posted to this newsgroup, available from
the AVS ftp site at avs.ncsc.org or from the panel leaders.

Additional information can also be obtained from the
International AVS Center at 919 248 1100 or avs@ncsc.org

Thanks and we look forward to seeing you at AVS '94

Panel Leaders

AVS Wizards Panel
Howard Watkins
Intera Information Technologies Ltd.. UK
hkw@intera.co.uk

Uniras and AVS
Val Schmidt
AVS/Uniras
Copenhagen, Denmark
val@odin.uniras.dk

Education Using AVS Panel
Dr. Ken Flurchick
Senior Research Scientist
MCNC
kenf@ncsc.org

AVS in Medicine Panel
Loren Buhle
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
BUHLE@xrt.upenn.edu

Animation and Video Using AVS Panel
Upul R. Obeysekare
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington DC
obey@genghis.nrl.navy.mil

Volume Visualization in AVS
Larry Gelberg
AVS, Inc.
larryg@avs.com

-- 
David Bennett
Information Technology Division, MCNC
248 1182


From davidb@mcnc.org (David Bennett)
Subject: AVS '94 Advance Proceedings!
Message-ID: <1994Jan28.172736.1489@mcnc.org>
Keywords: Conference, AVS
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: robin.mcnc.org
Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 17:27:36 GMT

Please distribute to any interested parties.  Note, this is a
large file of the complete proceedings.

NOTE:  Registration and hotel forms are not included with the
electronic distribution.  Call J.R. Schuman Associates 617 - 891-
8406 to register or requrest the appropriate forms.  All lectures,
panels, and workshops are listed in this announcement.


********************************************************************
			AVS '94 Advance Proceedings


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. 

The 1994 Conference provides an international forum for AVS and 
Uniras users and developers to share information and exchange ideas. 
Advanced Visual Systems Inc. recently acquired Uniras, a Denmark-
based supplier of visual data analysis and presentation graphics 
software and software development tools for scientists, engineers 
and programmers. The Conference and exhibition have been expanded 
this year to include the users of Uniras products.

The Conference features technology-oriented exhibitions, lectures, 
panels, training sessions, a poster session and a video theater. Users 
will present examples and case studies on the use of AVS and Uniras 
products in a variety of application areas.

PROCEEDINGS
Advanced Visual Systems Inc. publishes a proceedings volume for 
distribution free of charge to Conference registrants. Additional 
copies of the proceedings may be purchased separately through 
Advanced Visual Systems Inc. after the Conference.

COME JOIN THE REVOLUTION
The Boston area has seen many revolutionary advances in computers 
and graphics hardware and software, from the X-Window 
Consortium's work at MIT, to advances in PC's, minicomputers, 
workstations and now massively-parallel supercomputers. At 
Advanced Visual Systems and UNIRAS, our own contributions include 
one of the earliest developments in raster graphics technology by 
Mikael Jern, founder of UNIRAS, while working on inkjet printers for 
Applicon in Massachusetts. And of course, the contributions of Dave 
Kamins, and the Massachusetts-based AVS development staff who 
brought us the AVS product line.

As AVS users we work at the leading edge of a variety of fast-
moving technology trends which, with no exaggeration, can be called 
a revolution: 

	Ever increasing desktop power
	Advanced visualization techniques to aid scientific discovery 
and industrial productivity
	Configurable, extensible end-user applications using object-
oriented visual programming techniques
	Rapid application prototyping and development; and On-line, 
network-wide collaboration between AVS users through the 
	International AVS Center (IAC)

This year Boston will be the site of a different type of revolution. 
Advanced Visual Systems Inc. and the AVS product have enjoyed 
tremendous growth in the past year. The user base has expanded 
rapidly, and AVS Inc. acquired Jaguar Software and Uniras in 1993. 
AVS has continued to be a favorite for visualization in the scientific 
community, and has taken on a revolutionary role as a premiere 
application development framework for technical software 
developers. With new AVS visualization and application development 
framework products just around the corner, along with a new family 
of offerings resulting from the Uniras acquisition, the changes are ... 
well revolutionary!

The International AVS Center has also had a great year. With more 
than 500 modules available on the FTP site and thousands of users 
taking advantage of the AVS modules, the AVS Network News 
magazine, and the email hotline, the IAC is one of the industry's 
most unique and standout successes. 

Thanks to all of you, the conference has grown from a small 
gathering in 1992 at MCNC in Research Triangle Park, NC to one of 
the richest conferences available today on graphics, visualization 
and application development. Hundreds of attendees are expected 
this year from around the world. Please join us in Boston in May to 
hear about all the exciting news.

As pioneers, we inevitably become evangelists, trying to get our 
colleagues and co-workers involved - trying to get them to - 

Come Join the Revolution,

David T. Bennett		Paul J. Esdale
IAC Director, MCNC	Advanced Visual Systems Inc.

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

TRACK CHAIRS

AVS AND UNIRAS PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY TRACK CHAIR 
David  Kamins
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA
(617) 890-4300

DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS WITH AVS INC. PRODUCTS TRACK CHAIR 
Tim Hayes
Landmark Graphics
Houston, TX
(713) 560-1071

USERS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDIES TRACK CHAIRS 

Medical Track
Marc Kessler
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
(313) 936-4309

Imaging Processing and Remote Sensing Track 
Gudrun Klinker
Digital Equipment Corporation
Cambridge, MA
(617) 621-6631

Environmental/Earth Sciences Track
Theresa Rhyne
Martin Marietta Technical Services - U.S. EPA Research Triangle 
Park, NC
(919) 541-0207

Wes Bethel
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories
Berkeley, CA
(510) 487-7353

Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Track 
Michael Ray and Annette Walsh
Mobil Research & Development Corporation Dallas, TX
(214) 851-8510

Engineering Analysis Track
Larry Schoof
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 844-5156

Computational Fluid Dynamics Track
Mike Rangitsch
Dow Chemical
Plaquemine, LA
(504) 389-1752

Aerospace/Astrophysics Track
Arsi Vaziri
NASA Ames Research Center
Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Facility Moffett Field, CA
(415) 604-4523

General Science Track
Douglas A. Smith
DASGroup
Toledo, OH
(419) 537-2116

PANELS AND PANEL LEADERS
Animation and Video Using AVS
Upul R. Obeysekare
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
(202) 767-3884

AVS in Medicine
Loren Buhle
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA
(215) 662-3084

AVS Wizards
Howard Watkins
Intera Information Technologies Ltd.
Abingdon, UK
(44) 235559595

Education Using AVS
Ken Flurchick
MCNC
Research Triangle Park, NC
(919) 248-1121

Uniras and AVS Directions
Val Schmidt
AVS/Uniras
Copenhagen, Denmark
(45) 31-67-22-88

Volume Visualization
Larry Gelberg
Advanced Visual Systems, Inc.
Waltham, MA
(617) 890-4300

PROGRAM CONTENT
There will be three main tracks presented at the conference along 
with several panels, training sessions, a poster session, a video 
theater and an exhibition area.

The three tracks are:
	AVS and Uniras Products and Technology
	Developing Applications with AVS Inc. Products 
	Users Examples and Case Studies

The AVS and Uniras Products and Technology Track will be presented 
by the AVS Inc. staff and by advanced users of AVS and Uniras 
products. This track will include a wealth of information on new 
products, porting information, and a look at future product 
directions. 

The Developing Applications with AVS Inc. Products Track will be 
comprised of presentations by users describing how they have 
developed applications based on AVS Inc. products.

The Users Examples and Case Studies Track consists of discipline-
specific presentations by users showing examples of the use of AVS 
Inc.products in a variety of application areas including:

Medical Applications
Image Processing and Remote Sensing
Environmental/Earth Sciences
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
Engineering Analysis
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Aerospace/Astrophysics
General Science (i.e. Physics, Chemistry) 

TRAINING SESSIONS
Three hands-on courses will be offered at the Conference by the two 
most experienced AVS training organizations available. At last 
year's Conference users expressed the need for more advanced 
training, and at AVS '94 we'll deliver!

IMPORTING DATA INTO AVS - May 1 (morning) 

This 2.5 hour workshop will provide an introduction to techniques 
for converting data into AVS data types (with an emphasis on the 
field and ucd formats). Topics covered will include: a brief review of 
the AVS field and ucd data types, ASCII description files, writing 
programs that convert user data to AVS format files, AVS data input 
modules, and the AVS Data Interchange Application (ADIA). The other 
major way to import data - writing modules - will be covered in the 
second training session. The format will include lecture and lab 
exercises. 

The session is intended for users who have experience with AVS, but 
have not yet learned how to convert their data into one of the AVS 
data formats. Participants should have a basic knowledge of UNIX, 
the X Window System, C or FORTRAN, and AVS (how to use the 
Network Editor and Geometry Viewer Subsystems). Contact 
avs@ncsc.org for details on this session. 

WRITING AVS MODULES - May 3, 4 (mornings) This 2.5 hour workshop 
will provide an introduction to writing AVS modules including 
module components, types of modules (subroutine and coroutine), and 
the module generator. Examples and lab exercises will be written in 
C. The workshop will concentrate on subroutine modules, and plans 
include 1.5 hours of lab time using the workstations provided by AVS 
Inc. 

The workshop is intended for AVS users who do not have significant 
experience writing modules. Participants should have a basic 
knowledge of UNIX, the X Window System, C, and AVS. Contact 
avs@ncsc.org for details on this session.

AVS SPECIAL TOPICS - TIPS AND TRICKS - May 1, 2, 3 (afternoons) 
The 2.5 hour sessions for AVS users who want to advance their 
skills and become power-users. Techniques will be taught to enhance 
the user's skills in areas such as writing CLI scripts, manipulating 
AVS geometries, memory management and working with upstream 
data. Contact John Methot at Acme Consulting 
(jmethot@acmecon.com) for details on this session. Note that this 
training session requires basic AVS knowledge as a prerequisite. 

Please see the Conference Registration Form for Training Session 
enrollment details. There is a nominal $75 charge for each course 
(seating limited). 

PANELS
You'll have the opportunity to express your ideas and share them 
with leaders in many areas of technology. By coming to AVS '94, 
you'll contribute to future product directions and enhance the usage 
of technology in your field.

Panelists provide informative discussion and debate on product and 
technology trends and viewpoints in the industry They provide a 
forum for discussion among users and industry experts. 

Animation and Video Using AVS
AVS in Medicine
AVS Wizards
Education Using AVS
Uniras and AVS Directions
Volume Visualization

EXHIBITION
Not only will AVS and Uniras products be shown and discussed at 
AVS '94, several of AVS Inc.'s most exciting business partners will 
display their products in the exhibition area. Come and learn how 
AVS operates on a variety of hardware platforms, see other 
software products that interface to AVS and Uniras products, and 
see for yourself some of the applications developed with AVS and 
Uniras.

The exhibition features technology-sharing demonstrations by AVS 
Consortium members and other AVS product-related vendors and 
users. The exhibition is held: 
Monday, May 2		1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Tuesday, May 2 		10:00 am to Noon, and 1:00 to 5:00 pm 
Wednesday, May 4	10:00 am to Noon, and 1:00 to 3:00 pm

Exhibition admission is included as part of the AVS '94 registration 
fee. Exhibition-only registration will be available at the conference. 

For additional Exhibitor information and a copy of the exhibitor 
prospectus, contact Paul Esdale at Advanced Visual Systems Inc. 
(617) 890-4300, email paule@avs.com.

RECEPTION
Following the technical sessions and exhibitions on Monday, May 2, 
there is an evening reception. The reception provides the opportunity 
to get together and socialize with fellow AVS and Uniras users, AVS 
Consortium members, the IAC staff and AVS Inc. staff. 

At last year's Conference, the evening reception and video theater 
was very popular with attendees. This year's reception in Boston 
should be a conference highlight!

AVS VIDEO REVIEW THEATER
AVS user videos from around the world are combined to create a 
review of the most interesting work in every discipline. The AVS 
video review dramatically demonstrates how AVS is being used in 
practice. There will be a special Awards Presentation during 
intermission. To contribute work for this showing, contact David 
Bennett at MCNC (919)-248-1182, email avs@ncsc.org.

POSTER SESSION
Posters from all around the world representing the use of AVS and 
Uniras products will be prominently displayed at the Conference, 
providing another way for users to share information and educate 
colleagues on use of technology in their organizations. If you would 
like to contribute a poster please contact Janet Jenson at the Naval 
Research Laboratory (410) 671-5836, email 
jljensen@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil. 

REGISTRATION
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.

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.

ON-SITE REGISTRATION
Hours for On-Site Registration at the Sheraton Boston are as 
follows: 

Sunday May 1 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Monday May 2 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday May 3 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

On-Site registrants may be put on waiting lists for training 
sessions. 

REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS / PROCEDURES
Please refer to the Conference Registration Form on page x for 
specific fees and discounts.

To qualify for a User Group Member Discount, you must be a current 
member of the AVS User Group PRIOR to April 22, 1994. If you would 
like to become a member and receive the automatic $50.00 discount 
for the Conference please contact Dave Bennett at the IAC at (919) 
248-1182, email davidb@ncsc.org prior to April 22, 1994.

STUDENT DISCOUNT
To qualify for a student discount, a registrant must submit a copy of 
a current ACM or IEEE student membership card or a copy of a 
current student identification card with the Registration Form. 

GOVERNMENT DISCOUNT:
To qualify for a government discount, a registrant must submit a 
copy of a current government identification card with the 
Registration Form. 

TRAINING SESSIONS
Space at the training sessions is limited and subject to availability. 
Please see Conference Registration Form for enrollment details and 
be sure to add the corresponding fees to your registration fee total. 

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. The Hotel offers extensive 
services including a year-round Olympic-size indoor/outdoor pool, 
universal fitness health center and a variety of excellent 
restaurants and entertainment. 

TO RESERVE A ROOM AT THE SHERATON
Please complete the attached Hotel Registration Form (not included) 
and send it along with a one night deposit DIRECTLY to the Sheraton 
Boston by mail or fax (see Registration Form for Sheraton address 
and fax number.)  These are available from J.R. Schuman Associates 617 - 891-8406.

Air Travel:
Boston's Logan International Airport is serviced by most major 
airlines. 

Local Ground Transportation:
Taxi service from Logan is readily available, with fares to the 
Sheraton ranging from $8 to $20 depending on traffic. Designated 
pick up areas are located outside baggage claim in each airline 
terminal. 

Public transportation in Boston (MBTA) is convenient and fast, 
linking the Airport to all sections of the city via the Blue Line. A 
free shuttle bus connects all airline terminals. Standard local fare 
is $. 85. For more specific route information call 617-722-3200. 

Weather:
Average high temperature in May is 68 F. Average low temperature in 
May is 50 F. For up-to-date local weather call (617) 936-1234. 

Suggested Dress:
Casual business attire is suggested for the conference. Suits and 
ties are not required.

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

			PROGRAM FOR AVS '94

DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS WITH AVS INC. PRODUCTS TRACK 

AVStool: An Interface to the AVS Command Line Interpreter. 11 - 
11:45 a.m. Monday
With AVStool, users can write Perl functions that can be combined 
to perform repetitive or complex tasks.
Bruce S. Duncan
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 

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

AVS Interface Routines.
2 - 2:45 p.m. Monday
AVSI_routines establish an easy interface between FORTRAN and C 
application programs and the majority of the 1D, 2D, 3D and 4D 
visualization techniques of AVS.
Jan Kraak, University of Groningen
The Netherlands

AVSFOOL: A Very Simple Field Operation Oriented Language. 
3 - 3:45 p.m. Monday
Development of a module forming an environment (editor, interpreter 
and i/o handler) for algebraic manipulations.
Krzysztof (Chris) S. Nowinski
Warsaw University
Warsaw, Poland

Developing Interactive Parallel Programs on IBM SP-1 within AVS 
Framework.
4 - 4:45 p.m. Monday
Initial work in developing interactive parallel programs on an IBM 
SP-1 within AVS to allow real-time control of modeling system and 
dynamically steering of model parameters.
Gang Cheng
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center
Syracuse, NY

My Experiences Writing AVS Modules.
9 - 9:45 a.m. Tuesday
Topics discussed include: motivation for writing modules; general 
principles; design and development considerations; and strategies 
for interfacing with existing software.
Evelyn L. Wright
U.S. Geological Survey
Woods Hole, MA

C++ Module Generator For AVS.
10 - 10:45 a.m. Tuesday
The object-oriented C++ CPPMod Generator extends the AVS Module 
Generator and generates the object-oriented modules in C++ 
language for developing new modules.
T. Ming Jiang
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Fairbanks, AK

Technical Overview of UAMGUIDES: Urban Airshed Model with a 
Graphical User Interface and Decision Support
11 - 11:45 a.m. Tuesday
One of the key functions of the graphical user interface is to 
streamline the sometimes daunting task of preparing the large 
amount of input data using the X-Window/Motif Toolkits and AVS in 
a distributed UNIX environment consisting of a remote server (Cray 
Y-MP) and various local workstations. K. Eng Pua
MCNC
Research Triangle Park, NC

An Intelligent Assistant for Creating Data Flow Visualization 
Networks.
1 - 1:45 p.m. Tuesday
An approach to assisting end-users in doing interactive 
visualization by embedding the knowledge of visualization experts 
into an intelligent system.
Peter Kochevar
San Diego Supercomputer Center
San Diego, CA

Coroutine Synchronization in AVS.
2 - 2:45 p.m. Tuesday
A token-based handshaking scheme which can be instantiated at 
runtime between any subgroups of modules and coroutines, allowing 
users to define control flow in the network, as well as data flow. 
Gudrun J. Klinker
Digital Equipment Corporation
Cambridge, MA

An Experiment to build "Wrap Around" GUI for Scientific Models using 
AVS. 
3 - 3:45 p.m. Tuesday
Testing and stretching AVS' ability to build GUI's wrapping around an 
environmental model - successes and failures during this 
development. Jeff Wang
MCNC
Research Triangle Park, NC

Developing the Aurora Scientific Visualization Database to work 
with AVS. 
9 - 9:45 a.m. Wednesday
The Aurora Dataserver provides data models and query mechanisms 
for both the fine grain and coarse grain data, as well as methods for 
convenient memory representations of this data.
Mike Achenbach
XIDAK, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA

WebWeaver - A Better "Field To Mesh" Module. 
10 - 10:45 a.m. Wednesday
Minimizing the polygons in extremely dense tessellations to 
achieving real time interaction.
Srinivas R. Manapragada
Landmark Graphics Corporation
Houston, TX

An Integrated Space and Atmospheric Science System Application of 
AVS. 
11 - 11:45 a.m. Wednesday
A description of SAVS and its components, followed by several 
applications based on generic research interests in interplanetary 
and magnetospheric physics (IMP/ISTP), active experiments in space 
(CRRES), and mission planning focused on the Earth's thermospheric, 
ionospheric and mesospheric domains (TIMED).
E. P. Szuszczewicz
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) McLean, VA

Make your AVS Pictures Look Great.
1 - 1:45 p.m. Wednesday
These tips will be helpful to anyone using AVS for geometric 
rendering. Michael Pique
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA 92037

AVS AND UNIRAS PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY TRACK 

AVS6 - System Overview
11 - 11:45 a.m. Monday
An overview of the system architecture and component structure of 
the upcoming major release of the Application Visualization System. 
Ham Lord
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA

AVS6 - Framework Architecture
1 - 1:45 p.m. Monday
A detailed presentation of the low-level system architecture of 
AVS6, focusing on the definition and manipulation of data objects 
and the functional relationships between them.
Jeff Vroom
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA

Visual Programming with X
2 - 2:45 p.m. Monday
This presentation will promote the overall Toolmaster concept using 
UIM/X as a GUI builder integrated with widgets and graphics 
libraries Mikael Jern
AVS/Uniras
Copenhagen, Denmark

AVS5 - Advanced Application Development Techniques 
3 - 3:45 p.m. Monday
Tricks and tips for using AVS5 to build complex applications. Ian 
Curington
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Surrey, England

AVS6 - Execution Model and Distributed Architecture 
4 - 4:45 p.m. Monday
A detailed presentation of the low-level system architecture of 
AVS6, focusing on the object/process model in a distributed, 
heterogeneous environment.
Jeff Vroom
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA

AVS6 - System Overview
9 - 9:45 a.m. Tuesday
An overview of the system architecture and component structure of 
the upcoming major release of the Application Visualization System. 
Ham Lord
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA

2D Data Visualization Using Programmable Components 
10 - 10:45 a.m. Tuesday
Using the Toolmaster visual data analysis libraries for 2D data 
visualization.
Val Schmidt
AVS/Uniras
Copenhagen, Denmark


AVS6 - Integrated Data Display
11 - 11:45 a.m. Tuesday
The architecture of the data rendering subsystem in AVS6 -- an 
integrated data renderer for both 2D and 3D objects, including 
annotation, 2D graphics, images, 3D geometries, and volumes. Robert 
Mazaika
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA

AVS6 - Designing User Interfaces
1 - 1:45 p.m. Tuesday
Prototyping, implementing, and polishing user interfaces with AVS6 
Chris Hall
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA

AVS5 - Manipulating Geometric Data
2 - 2:45 p.m. Tuesday
Tricks and tips for processing the GEOM data type with AVS5. John 
Sheehan
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA

Reusable Visualization Components for Application Development 3 - 
3:45 p.m. Tuesday
Using the Toolmaster widgets in the construction of sophisticated 
visual data analysis applications.
Val Schmidt
AVS/Uniras
Copenhagen, Denmark

Object-Oriented Application Development with AVS6 
9 - 9:45 a.m. Wednesday
Using object oriented concepts in the design and implementation of 
complex applications with the AVS6 application development 
environment. Dave Kamins
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA

AVS6 - Writing and Customizing Visual Data Objects Part 1 - 
Importing Existing Code
10 - 10:45 a.m. Wednesday
Using the User Code Importing feature of AVS6 to auto-magically 
bring in existing C and C++ libraries.
John Poduska
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA

AVS6 - Writing and Customizing Visual Data Objects Part 2 - 
Importing AVS Modules and Applications 
11 - 11:45 a.m. Wednesday
Upgrading existing AVS5 modules and applications to AVS6 Larry 
Gelberg
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA

AVS6 - Writing and Customizing Visual Data Objects Part 3 - Using 
Field Data and AVS6 Visual Data Objects 
1 - 1:45 p.m. Wednesday
Writing visual data objects with AVS6 field data and access 
libraries Alex Yarmarkovich
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
Waltham, MA.

USERS EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDIES TRACK

ENVIRONMENTAL/EARTH SCIENCES TRACK

Chemical Flooding in a Virtual Environment - A Survivor's Guide to 
VR Development.
3 - 3:45 p.m. Monday
A grafting of a VR interface component, a numerical simulation 
component, and a testbed for wiring all these things together in 
AVS. Wes Bethel
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Berkeley, CA

A Climate Simulation Study
11 - 11:45 a.m. Tuesday
Analyzing basic and derived meteorological parameters such as 
temperature, humidity and velocity as well as derived parameters 
including momentum exchange, kinetic energy transport and thermal 
energy transfer using AVS Philip C. Chen, Fujitsu America, Inc.
San Jose, CA

Displaying and Accessing Environmental Sciences Modeling Data with 
AVS. 1 - 1:45 p.m. Tuesday
A package that displays data from a variety of environmental 
modeling simulation studies including AVS modules that read CRAY 
binary data from the standard EPA models and netCDF data files. 
Kathy Pearson
MCNC
Research Triangle Park, NC

Visualization of Volcanic Ash Clouds.
2 - 2:45 p.m. Tuesday
A system for predicting and visualizing the movement of volcanic 
ash clouds when an eruption occurs.
Mitch Roth
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Fairbanks, AK

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
Philadelphia, PA

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
Visualization of the surface morphologies generated from 
simulation of a material growth technique known as molecular-beam 
epitaxy (MBE). S. A. Khaddai Blackett
Imperial College
London, England

Quasicrystal Modeling Using AVS.
11 - 11:45 a.m. Wednesday
A 3D quasiperiodic tiling as a model of quasicrystals is generated by 
the projection of a 10D lattice to 3D space. Takashi Soma and 
Yasunari Watanabe
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research Japan

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
Research Triangle Park, NC

MEDICAL TRACK

A Graphical Simulator for Design and Verification of Computer 
Controlled Treatment Delivery.
11 - 11:45 a.m. Monday
The planning and verification of the dynamic trajectories for all the 
components of a computer controlled treatment machine is 
accomplished using a graphics-based treatment simulator.
Marc L. Kessler
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Brachytherapy Visualization using AVS
1 - 1:45 p.m. Monday
Surface shaded organ and tumor volumes combined with dose 
(energy/mass) calculations are displayed quickly for physician 
interpretation and decision.
K. J. Weeks
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 

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

Use of AVS in a Prototype Ultra-Fast Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
System. 
3 - 3:45 p.m. Monday
An ultra-fast magnetic resonance imaging system has been 
developed which incorporates the use of AVS for data acquisition, 
pre- and post-processing and image generation and display
Roddy McColl
Department of Radiology
UT Southwestern

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

CFD TRACK

Visualizing Multidimensional Human Exposure Data Inside a 
Residence House Using AVS.
11 - 11:45 a.m. Tuesday
Visualizing and animating the multidimensional in-door air pollution 
data inside a residence house from a mathematical model. YanChing 
Q. Zhang
ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc.
Research Triangle Park, NC

Flow Visualization for Lagrangian Particle Methods. 
1 - 1:45 p.m. Tuesday
Visualizing a numerical simulation of a rising, chaotic bubble where 
each particle represents a region with a specified vorticity 
distribution. Micheal W. Glass
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM

Experiences with CM-AVS to Visualize and Compute Simulation Data 
on the CM-5.
2 - 2:45 p.m. Tuesday
A distributed network of CM-AVS and AVS modules is used to 
concurrently visualize the time varying flow field being computed on 
the CM-5. Arsi Vaziri
NAS Applied Research Branch, NASA Ames Research Center Moffett 
Field, CA

IMAGING: REMOTE SENSING TRACK

AVS for Remote Sensing Applications.
4 - 4:45 p.m. Monday
An approach taken to construct large systems (50-130 modules) 
using dynamic network structures, CLI based menu systems, 
automated annotation of images and graphics, and the role of user 
data structures AJ Rye and CJ Willis
GEC-Marconi Research Centre
Chelmsford, UK

Processing and Visualization of Infrared Images. 
9 - 9:45 a.m. Tuesday
A real-time infrared (IR) imaging system capable of measuring crack 
length, surface temperature, and the strain displacement of 
materials such as intermetallics, continuous fiber-reinforced 
ceramics, and metal matrix composites.
Dr Yeng Bun
Quest Integrated, Inc.
Kent, WA

SIMMAP - A New AVS Module for Generating Temporal Similarity 
Maps from Dynamic Images.
10 - 10:45 a.m. Tuesday
A new similarity mapping technique has been developed for dynamic 
image analysis and we have built a new SIMMAP module in AVS for 
calculating similarity maps.
Jadwiga Rogowska
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
Sound Radiation Analysis of Loudspeaker Systems Using Nearfield 
Acoustic Holography (NAH) and AVS.
3 - 3:45 p.m. Tuesday
This application is useful to study sound propagation in rooms, 
diffraction effects from cabinet discontinuities, and time-domain 
energy transfer between multiple drivers.
Thomas H. Burns
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

An AVS-based Environment for Visualizing Time-dependent Finite 
Element Data.
9 - 9:45 a.m. Wednesday
An environment that is based on a custom application of the Data 
Viewer and a robust AVS input module that reads our neutral FE data 
files. Larry Schoof
Sandia National Labs
Albuquerque, NM

Trappist - a system for Combined and Collaborative Nondestructive 
Testing Evaluation.
10 - 10:45 a.m. Wednesday
The system aims to integrate different NDT methods in a standard 
environment and to facilitate the collaboration of experts around 
Europe. Andreas Schumm
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Berlin, Germany

AEROSPACE/ASTROPHYSICS

Visualizing Shock Waves in Hypersonic Flow. 
11 - 11:45 a.m. Monday
Development of a new algorithm to visualize shock waves in 
hypersonic flow which we have implemented in AVS.
Shahid I. Choudhry
DLR German Aerospace Research
Germany

AVS As a Design Simulation Controller for an Airborne Observatory. 
1 - 1:45 p.m. Monday
Design of the next-generation airborne astronomical telescope 
(SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy). D. 
Glenn Deardorff
Sterling Software, NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA

OIL AND GAS TRACK

AVS Techniques for Well Log Analysis of the Eugene Island Field. 
4 - 4:45 p.m. Monday
This study demonstrates how various subsurface rock geometries 
are defined using well log analysis techniques.
B.S. Eiche
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Coupling AVS with Mosart as a Large-Scale X-Window Server. 9 - 
9:45 a.m. Tuesday
Mosart provides the ability to drive multiple display devices, 
maintaining coherence of the displays and interception of window 
events such that very large X-windows can be shown on a mosaic of 
multiple display devices. Jan Moorman
Schlumberger Laboratory for Computer Science Austin, TX

To Be Announced.
10 - 10:45 a.m. Tuesday
Shell Development Co.
Houston, TX

-- 
David Bennett
Information Technology Division, MCNC
248 1182


From avs@doppler.NCSC.org (International AVS Center)
Subject: AVS '94 Program is on-line
Message-ID: <1994Jan28.194650.3311@mcnc.org>
Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
Nntp-Posting-Host: doppler.ncsc.org
Reply-To: avs@ncsc.org 
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 19:46:50 GMT

Hi Folks,

For an electronic version of the AVS '94 Program,
please anonymous ftp to avs.ncsc.org:/avs94/AVS94_prog.txt

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Boston May 2-4!

-Steve

PS:  Would you be interested in sharing your AVS work with the
scientific visualization community worldwide via a short article 
and / or slides in an upcoming issue of AVS Network News?  This 
is the IAC's quarterly magazine made up of user contributed 
articles.   Also, the AVS '94 Program Committee 
(avs94pc@avsusers.ncsc.org) is seeking submissions for the
AVS '94 Video Review and AVS '94 Poster session.

PPS: The IAC is supported in large part by the dues it
receives from memberships at $36.00 per year.  This
includes quarterly publications, $50.00 discounts at
the conference, module portings, etc.  If you are not
already a member, please consider joining - contact 
avs@ncsc.org for more information.

Thanks for considering this!
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From coulaud@loria.fr (Olivier Coulaud)
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Subject: help data file format
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I am new to AVS. I'd like to show isovalues of my 2-d data,
these are generated in block structured grid like this 

  L the number of grids
    for each grid 
       N,M the numbers of points in x-direction, in y-direction 
       x-coordonate in an arra(NxM)
       y-coordonate in an arra(NxM)

and for the data I have exactly the same structure in an other file.

Is there exist any module to read this block structured data ? 

Thanks

Olivier Coulaud


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From wild@embl-heidelberg.de
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: IAC modules "create_unix_pipe" & "string_to_file"
Message-ID: <1994Jan27.171052.158886@embl-heidelberg.de>
Date: 27 Jan 94 17:10:52 +0100
Organization: EMBL, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
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Hello,

Has anyone used the IAC modules "create_unix_pipe" and "string_to_file"
to communicate via a named pipe with a Fortran program which expects input
from unit 5?

I cannot get this to work when the input is coming from a named pipe rather
than a file. With a file it works o.k. but with a pipe the Fortran program
blocks on the READ (5,*).

 Many thanks,

David Wild


