To start Netscape simply double click on the Netscape icon. For more information about each of these tools, look for the help sheets in the racks at the entrance to the lab or ask any of the CTSS staff. Last spring the lab received two new SGI Indigo 2 workstations. Both have 200 MHz RISC processors and four special geometry processors for graphics support. Two new applications have been added to the CVL's suite of scientific visualization software.
Users can build their own applications for special purposes or unusual data.
The system is highly extendable, and many additional modules are available on the Internet. Another new package, PV-Wave Advantage, supports visualization of 2D and 3D data. It has a programmable interface to allow users to build applications and add functionality. Both packages provide tools such as particle release into flow fields, streamline generation, isosurface extraction, and cut planes. This package also can be used to create animations.