Visualization

=Simulator's Workshop: Visualization= Pages: Workshop, Overview, CADAC, Data Access, Work Area Setup, Path Setup, Utilities, Grid Data, SPH Data, Running, Reporting, LOG

Although visualization is not a main theme of this workshop, the opportunity may be used to collect some experience and know-how regarding existing visualization packages. The table below summarizes some properties of a number of packages -- please feel free to add more rows (and columns!).

Grid data visualization packages
modules** || **open source** || **workshop host** || //The columns indicate://
 * **Name** || **volume** || **isosurf** || **field lines** || **animation** || **Windows** || **Mac** || **Linux** || **AMR** || **parallel** || **collab** || **private
 * [|IDL] || yes || yes || code || code || yes || yes || yes || code || shared || no || yes || no || Nordlund ||
 * [|VAPOR] || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || (flash) || no || no || no || yes || Nordlund ||
 * [|NAG Explorer] || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || no || yes || no || no || yes || yes || no || (Nordlund) ||
 * [|Data Explorer] || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || no || yes || no || no || no || yes || yes || Brandenburg? ||
 * [|VISIT] || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || distrib || no || yes || yes || anyone? ||
 * [|PARAVIEW] || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || distrib || no || yes || yes || anyone? ||
 * [|HVR] || yes || no || no || yes || yes || no || yes || no || distrib || no || no || yes || Kritsuk ||
 * [|3D Slicer] || no || yes || no || yes || yes || yes || yes || no || yes* || no || yes || yes || Goodman ||
 * [|OsiriX] || yes || yes || no || yes || no || yes || no || no || no || no || no || yes || Goodman ||
 * [|VisIVO] || yes || yes || yes || no || yes || no || yes || no || no || no || no || yes || - ||
 * [|S2PLOT] || yes || yes || code || code || yes || yes || yes || no || no || no || no || free || - ||
 * [|IFRIT] || yes || yes || yes || yes ||  ||   || source || no || no || no || no || free || - ||
 * volume:** has volume rendering
 * isosurf:** has isosurface rendering
 * field lines:** has field line rendering (code: some coding required)
 * animation:** can produce animations (code: some coding required)
 * Windows:** client exists for Windows
 * Mac:** client exists for Mac
 * Linux:** client exists for Linux
 * AMR:** can handle adaptive mesh refinement data (code: some coding required)
 * parallel:** can render in parallel (shared: shared memory parallelism, distr: distributed memory paralllelism)
 * collab:** collaborative viewing -- clients can collaborate
 * private modules:** functionality can be added by programming
 * open source:** software is open source (free: not open source but freely available)
 * workshop host:** someone who is willing to demonstrate the capabilities, including how to render aspects of the test problems

SPH data visualization packages
modules** || **workshop host** ||
 * //More information is needed here!//**
 * **Name** || **volume** || **isosurf** || **field lines** || **animation** || **Windows** || **Mac** || **Linux** || **parallel** || **collab** || **private
 * [| SPLASH] || yes || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || Daniel Price ||
 * [|TIPSY] || yes || no || no || yes || source || source || source || no || no || source || anyone? ||