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From: scastill@nmsu.edu (Steve Castillo)
Subject: AVS servers
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
Distribution: comp.graphics.avs comp.sys.super
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 15:41:56 GMT


We are currently considering the purchase of a "supermini".  One of
the primary uses of the machine will be as an AVS server in a
distributed environment.  We are currently considering a Convex C3220
with 512 Mbytes of memory and a Cray YMP-EL also with 512 Mbytes of
memory.  Display will be done over the network on Stardent GS series
machines or IBM powerstations.  I would appreciate getting feedback
from people that are using either of these machines in a distributed
environment for visualization.  I would especially like to know about
performance, pitfalls, etc.  We use AVS mostly for display of data
generated by finite difference and finite element codes.
Please reply via email.   Thanks in advance.

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Steve Castillo
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM

scastill@nmsu.edu
(505)646-3214
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
From: avs@ncsc.org (AVS account)
Subject: Re: Khoros dfft1d
Reply-To: davidb@ncsc.org 
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 04:42:06 GMT


> hi,
> i am interested in the port of KHOROS' port of dfft1d to AVS;


dfft1d is a khoros module which performs a 1D Fourier transform on a set
of data sequences.

the name of the module comes directly off of the khoros glyph.

the avs port of this module is in ~ftp/avs_modules/khoros/transform1D
on the iac ftp site.  transform1D is the khoros "toolbox" which dfft1D
belongs to in khoros, thus the directory.

> if that's has already been done, then where i can get the source for that

get the source and libraries from the iac, and good luck compiling...

> and how do i get the graph viewer to display the output of dfft1d.

all the khoros modules communicate through "field 2D's" modelled after
the Khoros viff data type.  Thus, you would need to use the "image 2 signal"
module which is in

~ftp/avs_modules/khoros/avskhoros_utils

before sending the 1D signal into the graph viewer...

Good luck-

Terry


---
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North Carolina Supercomputing Center
avs@ncsc.org
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
From: avs@ncsc.org (Terry Myerson)
Subject: New module at IAC
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 15:40:36 GMT

Name        : write_MooV      Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1544 
Author      : Charles J Williams III, Naval Research Lab
Submitted   : 10/14/92        Last Updated : 10/14/92  Language   : C        
Ported to   : Sun
Description : This module is a first shot at incorporating QuickTime(tm)
              into AVS as a method for producing convenient, compact, and
              high quality video segments. QuickTime(tm) is rather
              convenient since there is likely to be more support on other
              systems, and there is a growing base of QuickTime(tm)
              cheaply available for the Macintosh. This code currently
              requires, the QuickTime Movie Exchange Toolkit, which is
              available from Apple, Inc, and a C++ compiler (you also need
              the C++ compiler to build the QuickTime(tm) libraries.
              Please note - since the IAC doesn't have the Exchange
              Toolkit, we weren't able to test this module out here.
-- 
International AVS Center
North Carolina Supercomputing Center
avs@ncsc.org
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs,comp.lang.c++
From: tvv@doppler.ncsc.org (Terry Myerson)
Subject: Re: Writing AVS Subroutine/Coroutine Modules in C++
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 00:44:20 GMT

Hi Srinvas-

Lars Bishop of Brown University passed me an avs.H file a while
back that will help you in your efforts.

Please note that comp.graphics.avs is archived and WAIS'd - both
at the IAC. ( and this has been posted before ! )

Good luck-

Terry

---
Terry Myerson
International AVS Center
North Carolina Supercomputing Center
tvv@ncsc.org

// avs.H - A header file for writing modules in C++
// Note: Not all avs calls are supported at this point
// This is an evolving header file that should patch
// some of the problems with developing modules for avs
// in C++.
// The header file was written by Lars M Bishop, Brown University,
// with ideas from Timothy Miller, Brown University

#ifndef AVS_H_INCLUDED
#define AVS_H_INCLUDED

#define class avs_class   // a little hack to get around avs's use
#define template avs_template // of class and template

extern "C" {
#include <avs/avs.h>
#include <avs/field.h>
}

#undef class
#undef template

extern "C" {
int
AVSinit_modules();

AVSmodule_from_desc(int (*)());

AVSset_module_name(char *, int);

void
AVSset_compute_proc(int (*)(...));


void
AVSconnect_widget(int, char *);

void
AVSparameter_visible(char *, int);

int
AVSadd_parameter(char *, char * ...);

int
AVSadd_float_parameter(char *, double, double, double);

AVSautofree_output(int);

int
AVScreate_input_port(char *, char *, char *);

int
AVScreate_output_port(char *, char *);

int
AVSfield_get_int(AVSfield *, int);

char *
AVSdata_alloc(char *, int *);

}

#endif
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ comp.graphics.avs
Distribution: world
Followup-To: 
From: tvv@ncsc.org (Terry Myerson)
Reply-To: tvv@ncsc.org 
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Subject: Re: Writing AVS Subroutine/Coroutine Modules in C++
Keywords: 

Hi Srinvas-

Lars Bishop of Brown University passed me an avs.H file a while
back that will help you in your efforts.

Please note that comp.graphics.avs is archived and WAIS'd - both
at the IAC. ( and this has been posted before ! )

Good luck-

Terry

---
Terry Myerson
International AVS Center
North Carolina Supercomputing Center
tvv@ncsc.org

// avs.H - A header file for writing modules in C++
// Note: Not all avs calls are supported at this point
// This is an evolving header file that should patch
// some of the problems with developing modules for avs
// in C++.
// The header file was written by Lars M Bishop, Brown University,
// with ideas from Timothy Miller, Brown University

#ifndef AVS_H_INCLUDED
#define AVS_H_INCLUDED

#define class avs_class   // a little hack to get around avs's use
#define template avs_template // of class and template

extern "C" {
#include <avs/avs.h>
#include <avs/field.h>
}

#undef class
#undef template

extern "C" {
int
AVSinit_modules();

AVSmodule_from_desc(int (*)());

AVSset_module_name(char *, int);

void
AVSset_compute_proc(int (*)(...));


void
AVSconnect_widget(int, char *);

void
AVSparameter_visible(char *, int);

int
AVSadd_parameter(char *, char * ...);

int
AVSadd_float_parameter(char *, double, double, double);

AVSautofree_output(int);

int
AVScreate_input_port(char *, char *, char *);

int
AVScreate_output_port(char *, char *);

int
AVSfield_get_int(AVSfield *, int);

char *
AVSdata_alloc(char *, int *);

}

#endif


-- 
Terry Myerson
International AVS Center
North Carolina Supercomputing Center
tvv@ncsc.org
From: jshade@sdsc.edu (Jonathan Shade)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Animation Module
Date: 13 Oct 92 00:07:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: network.1bd40uINNevu
Reply-To: jshade@sdsc.edu
Distribution: world
Organization: San Diego Supercomputer Center @UCSD.
NNTP-Posting-Host: tigger.sdsc.edu

Does anyone have experience with the Animation package in AVS 4.0 ?
I have been using it for a couple of days, and it does not do what
it shoudl. for example:

	1. I manipulate the camera in the gemoetry viewer, saving
		keyframes as I choose diferent views, all the while
		making sure that each view is less than 180 degrees
		of rotational transformation from the previous one.

	2. When I step through the recorded keyframes, the view is
		COMPLETELY different than what I saved. 

What gives?

			-jOnathan
			
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
From: vpham@cs.ulowell.edu (Vinh Pham)
Subject:  .OFF to .geom and .geom to .OFF
Keywords:  .geom, .OFF
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 17:34:10 GMT

hi,
is there a converter from .OFF to .geom formats? how  from .geom to .OFF
please respond by email.
thanks
huy



Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
From: avs@ncsc.org (Terry Myerson)
Subject: New module at IAC
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 15:19:22 GMT

Name        : read_AIFF       Version      : 1.000     Mod Number : 1543 
Author      : Charles J Williams III, Naval Research Lab
Submitted   : 10/14/92        Last Updated : 10/14/92  Language   : C        
Ported to   : Kubota Convex
Description : This module is meant to be a companion to the Write_MooV
              module. It operates rather simply, reading in an AIFF file
              (this is a rather Macintosh format, although many programs
              can translate understand AIFF) and generating a 1D field.
-- 
International AVS Center
North Carolina Supercomputing Center
avs@ncsc.org
From: lombard@prandtl.me.washington.edu (Peter Lombard)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.avs
Subject: Re: AVS and LUI documentation
Date: 8 Oct 92 20:17:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: prandtl.LOMBARD.92Oct8121722
Reply-To: lombard@prandtl.me.washington.edu
Organization: Mechanical Engineering Dept., University of Washington

I also am interested in using the LUI library. The IAC module Edit_String
gives an example of a large text write-in window which I would like to use in
an application. I'd like to modify it, but I don't know what the LUI calls do.
Apparently there is LUI documentation available to some people, since they are
writting modules with LUI calls. But I can't find anything in my manuals (from
Kubota.)

AVS, Kubota: any help?

--
Pete Lombard
Mechanical Engineering
University of Washington
From: yc23@uk.co.gec-mrc (Trevor Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: RFT graphics format
Date: 14 Oct 92 08:18:26 GMT
Organization: GEC-Marconi Research Centre, Great Baddow, UK

We are receiving graphics (yes - not text) files in RFT format from the
EMITS system (a European Tenders system). These RFT files are heavily
compressed images which we can only unpack and convert across to TIFF or
whatever with some IBM software. Is there a pbmplus converter available
anywhere or is this RFT format in fact identical to something else.

Any help much appreciated.

Trevor Wright
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: rfarias@lascar.puc.cl (Ruben Farias IIC)
Subject: CSHOW: problems with cshow
Organization: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:46:30 GMT

Hello, 

     I have the shreware version of cshow and I have a problem with it.
     When I display a gif archive in my monitor and I want to quit this
image, then all stoped and I must to rebooted the system.
     I have an Hercules monitor. In fact, in other computer that I have
the thing descript below doesn't happened.

    If someone can helpme with this problem. please send me E-mail to
Rfarias@lascar.puc.cl

Thanks in advance.
From: bill@solaria (Bill Neisius)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Human Head wanted...
Date: 14 Oct 92 14:14:42 GMT
Reply-To: bill@solaria.hac.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Karl Schilke (schilkk@prism.CS.ORST.EDU) wrote:
: 
: 	Greetings, all!  I'm in desperate need of a 3d mesh of a human head
: (it need not be terribly accurate or very fine mesh) for a project I'm working
: on.  Either a head or a skull would work, so *please* if you have one, send
: it my way!  Much appreciation in advance!
: 
: 	-Rat	(schilkk@prism.cs.orst.edu)

Try:

	wuarchive.wustl.edu:/graphics/graphics/objects

..the directories TTDDobjects and TTDDDobjects contain, among other things,
a human head.  You'll probably need to convert the TTDDD format to the
raytracer you're using; conversion tools can be found in TTDDDLIB.  Several
formats, including POV, are supported.

Bill Neisius
bill@solaria.hac.com
From: akin@sgi.com (Allen Akin)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: gl.h and device.h
Date: 8 Oct 1992 16:57:29 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: tuolumne.asd.sgi.com

In article <1992Oct7.181543.17829@hubcap.clemson.edu> gfadel@eng.clemson.edu writes:
| I had a program written in c and running on an SGI computer using gl.h...
| ...I was wondering if there are any equivalent programs for the sun
| (public domain in particular).

VOGL is a no-cost subset of IRIS GL that is available in source form.
You can obtain it by anonymous ftp.  Try

wuarchive.wustl.edu   /graphics/graphics/echidna/vogl.tar.Z
  or
munnari.oz.au         /pub/graphics/vogl.tar.Z


Commercial implementations of IRIS GL on Sun can be obtained from Nth
Graphics (npgl@nth.com) and from Dupont Pixel Systems (check with Mike
King at 70672.474@CompuServe.COM).  These are much more complete and
higher-performance implementations than VOGL.

Allen
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.graphics.visualization
From: jpl@grafikus.fct.unl.pt (Joao Prospero Luis [ps])
Subject: TO EVANS
Organization: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PORTUGAL
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:11:39 GMT

[ Article crossposted from alt.binaries.pictures ]
[ Author was Joao Prospero Luis [ps] ]
[ Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:06:37 GMT ]

	Sorry to all you people but I need to get in touch with
someone that I know reads this newsgroup.

	Hi Evans,

	I will try to help you but I lost your mail.
	Could you send it again?

		JPL

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Issues of Computer Graphics
From: rsc@altair.csustan.edu (Steve Cunningham)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 21:12:06 GMT
Organization: California State University, Stanislaus
Summary: Yes, we'll have pictures in the online special issue

In <1980@acf5.NYU.EDU>, checker@acf5.NYU.EDU (checker) asks:

> rsc@altair.csustan.edu (Steve Cunningham) writes:
> >Instead, we will "publish" an on-line special
> >(unnumbered) issue about that time that will appear on siggraph.org and
> >will be available by ftp and e-mail.  This experiment with online publication
> >will help fill the publication gap and should help us learn about the 
> >viability of online publications.
> 
> Do you plan on including diagrams and pictures in the issue, or simply
> text?  If the former, how?

The "issue" will probably be a collection of files that can be downloaded or
sent by our e-mail server individually.  Diagrams and pictures will probably
be included as separate TIFF files and will be available in several ASCII
encodings, but we certainly intend to have them.  Since this is an experiment,
I can't tell you ahead of time what the final answers will be, however.
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: belme@waterloo.hp.com (Frank Belme)
Subject: Ray Transformation
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 13:15:24 GMT
Organization: HP Panacom Div Waterloo ON Canada
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

Hi,

I was wondering what a good way is to calculate the direction of each ray 
for ray tracing a scene given an eyepoint, eye direction, and field of view
angle.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Frank Belme
Hewlett-Packard
Panacom Automation Div.
20 Lexington Rd.
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
519-883-3081  (telnet 883-3081)
belme@hppad.waterloo.hp.com
From: Jon.Biddell@unsw.edu.au (Jon Biddell)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: StarTrek starship databases
Date: 11 Oct 92 13:04:41 GMT
Organization: University of NSW

In article <1992Sep24.080155.1@tesla.njit.edu> kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu writes:
>Path: usage!metro!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!rutgers!njitgw.njit.edu!tesla.njit.edu!kpm8447
>From: kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu
>Newsgroups: comp.graphics
>Subject: Re: StarTrek starship databases
>Message-ID: <1992Sep24.080155.1@tesla.njit.edu>
>Date: 24 Sep 92 13:01:55 GMT
>References: <1992Sep21.211640.1088@sol.cs.wmich.edu>
>Sender: news@njit.edu
>Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology
>Lines: 18
>Nntp-Posting-Host: tesla
>In article <1992Sep21.211640.1088@sol.cs.wmich.edu>, 52kaiser@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Matthew Kaiser) writes:
>> hi guys and gals
>> 
>> and fellow trekkies
>> 
>> i'm looking for sites where i can download databases for the StarTrek
>> starships to be used in raytracing programs 
>> 
>> i don't care what format they're in just so i know they exist somewhere.
>> 
>> i have a database for the GunStar from The Last Starfighter that i can use
>> in trade.
>
>Why not try to get an ftp site together to put the shapes.  I have a klingon
>ship in .dxf format (3d) and I'm looking for more shapes (anything)  I don't
>know if there should be a standard format or if there are programs that
>can convert formats (ex: .dxf-->???)  Any ideas or suggestions?
> - Kirk

Just read this thread - I could make some space available on usage.csd.unsw.
edu.au, we are currently setting up an ftp site here....

Jon

P.S. If anyone has the enterprice and a Klingon BOP in AutoCad or AutoCad 
readable format, please upload them !!!



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From: spl@alex.uucp (Steve Lamont)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Considering getting an SGI machine...
Date: 11 Oct 1992 15:42:58 GMT
Organization: University of Calif., San Diego/Microscopy and Imaging Resource
NNTP-Posting-Host: alex.ucsd.edu
Keywords: SGI

In article <hatton.718762816@cgl.ucsf.edu> hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:
>I believe SGI has stated that the current support of NT is a 
>"technology demonstration" or something like that. ...

Pardon my ignorance, but can some kind soul tell me what "NT" is?  I
seem to have missed out on this one.

							spl



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Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.graphics.visualization
From: bobafett@deathstar.Stanford.EDU (Ron Ho)
Subject: How can I get ahold of Sigraph videos?
Organization: Residential Computing, Stanford University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 18:45:14 GMT



Hi all...

I'm interested in getting Sigraph videos for a college dorm program
on computer graphics. Does anybody have an address, or better yet,
a phone number, or best yet, an email address for getting a catalogue
or other listing of such videos?

Thanks in advance,
Ron Ho
Stanford University

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From: jaynes%gr.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Chris Jaynes)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: 3D Points Viewer.
Date: 13 Oct 92 15:42:51 GMT
Article-I.D.: hellgate.1992Oct13.094251.25307
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept


	I am currently doing 3D computer vision research.  However,
when I capture points (x,y,z) it would be nice to look at them right
away.  Is there a simple 3D viewer that I could run on a sun,Hp, or
SGI??

	I could probably write something or project the points into an 
image with the z value as the intensity but I would like it to be 
interactive (rotate view, etc..) and I don't have the time to write
it myself.

Thanks
Chris Jaynes
From: p3ay@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Bill Noon)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: CGM file format
Date: 7 Oct 92 10:26:50 EDT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University

In article <1992Oct6.162806.29185@news.uiowa.edu>,
ffang@grover.printing.uiowa.edu (Francis Fang) writes: 
> Does anyone know if the CGM file format contains descriptors for font
> information for text? We are trying to print some a CGM file that
> someone has given us and the font is not coming though. We don't even
> know what font they were using when they created it. 
> 
> If there is a font name descriptor, how easy would it be to change it
> with, let's say, a text editor?
> 
I have had simular problems with fonts in CGM.  The problems are that in CGM
fonts are often output as just penstrokes when using high or medium quality 
text.  

I am trying to take some CGM files output from NCAR graphics routines.  Import
them into Canvas on the Mac.  Clean up some glitches and change the fonts
into better PostScript fonts.  Output the files on a PostScript printer.

There are several problems.  Canvas cannot seem to inport CGM files that have
low quality (hardware) fonts.  MacGPlot cannot convert CGM files that contain
low quality text to PICT format (it also tends to invert (B/W) the image).
When GPlot converts the CGM to PostScript it doesn't  handle the clipping
and centering of the text well at all.

Any suggestions on better convertion methods or a CGM editor?

> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Francis.
> 

Me too.

Bill Noon
noon@metvax.cit.cornell.edu

Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: thorjc@dhhalden.no (THOR JOHAN CHRISTENSEN)
Subject: EDSUN RAM-DAC driver
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 12:45:08 GMT

Is there anyone who know where I can find a Windows 3.1 driver for the 740K 
color RAM-DAC ? Or can anyone give me a tip, were I've got the biggest 
chance to find a person that can tell me this. 

Johan III
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
From: ebina@void.uiuc.edu (Eric Bina)
Subject: source code for wide lines
Organization: NCSA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 00:41:37 GMT


IS anyone out there willing to post the source code to a wide line algorithm?

I've check through Graphics Gems, and can't find anything that takes two x,y
points, and a line width, and fills in all the pixels to draw the wide line
between them

	Eric Bina
	ebina@ncsa.uiuc.edu