From: marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen)
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Subject: [comp.sys.sgi] NCSA Polyview 3.0 available via anonftp
Date: 8 Oct 92 13:48:42 GMT
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NCSA Polyview 3.0 is now available via anonymous FTP to
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu (141.142.20.50) in /SGI/Polyview3.0.  Extracts from
the README follow:

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INTRODUCTION
============

What is Polyview 3.0?

o Polyview 3.0 is a software tool for interactive visualization and
analysis of 3D geometrical structures.  Polyview 3.0 reads data files
in NCSA HDF Vset format and automatically derives animation sequences
based on available information.  Script-based and graphical user
interfaces complement each other in a seamless fashion to allow the
easy creation of movie-style animations.  Polyview 3.0 also supports
``What You See Is What I See''-style collaborative work among
geographically remote Polyview users over a wide-area network.

o Polyview 3.0 will run on any Silicon Graphics workstation running
IRIX 4.0.1 or later.  It uses OSF/Motif for its user interface and
IRIS GL for its 3D rendering capabilities.

o Polyview 3.0 is a major upgrade to NCSA Polyview 2.0.  It provides
an entirely new and improved user interface, many new features, and
lots of bug fixes.  However, those of you who have used Polyview 2.0
should feel right at home: the basic layout of the program is the
same, mouse actions are the same, scripts should be backwards
compatible, data handling is largely the same, and so on.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD POLYVIEW 3.0
============================

To download Polyview 3.0, follow these steps, starting at a Unix
prompt:

  (1) % ftp ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu
  (2) Enter username 'anonymous' (without the quotes).
  (3) Enter password 'yourname@yourmachine' (without the quotes).
  (4) ftp> cd /SGI/Polyview3.0
  (5) ftp> binary
  (6) ftp> get polyview.Z
  (7) ftp> quit
  (8) % uncompress polyview.Z
  (9) % chmod 755 polyview

DOCUMENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION FILES
=====================================

Demo scripts and datasets are available via anonymous ftp to
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in /SGI/Polyview3.0/examples.  Files with the
extension '.script' are Polyview scripts; files with the extension
'.hdf' are HDF Vset files.  You will need both sets of files to run
the Polyview demos.  (Be sure to download the HDF files in binary mode
by typing 'binary' at the ftp prompt.)

QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS
=====================

If you have questions or problems with this release, please contact
polyview@ncsa.uiuc.edu; we'd love to hear about them.

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Currently, Polyview 3.0 is only available as an executable binary.
Anyone with a serious interest in acquiring source code should contact
me directly (marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu).

Marc

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Marc Andreessen
Software Development Group
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu