Visual3

1. Platforms, prices, and company
• DEC Alpha, HP 9000, IBM RS/6000, SGI, SUN
• Freely downloadable from site
• Written by Bob Haimes, MIT :    http://raphael.mit.edu/visual3/visual3.html
2. Applications
• Creates an interactive graphics environment for 3D visualization, either as a snapshot or as an animation.
• Written in Fortran and C, using OpenGL
• Accepts user data in real-time, generating translatable 3D images
• Primary use is to enable user interaction with pregenerated data, for visualization of data, as in fluid flow modeling
• Downloadable add-ons enable math formulae visualization and particle based simulation
3. Examples/Samples
• ICEM Visual3 Brochure: http://www.icemcfd.com/visual3/v3_p1.htm
4. Functions
• Modeling
• Objects: Sphere, Spline Curves, polymesh NURBs, primatives, polygons
• Transformation: Translate, scale, Rotate
• Editing and manipulations (vertex, edge, face, polygon, curves, objects): Clipping, Combine face, Modify Vertex, Cut subfaces
• Rendering
• Cameras: Moveable
• Lights: Ambient Light
• Materials: Garouard shaded, 24 bit color,
• Before and after rendering: antialiasing,  field rendering, perspective matching
• Animation
• Rotation, translation, dynamic surface interaction with streamlines
• File formats
• Importing: Native file format
• Exporting: Images may be exported to bitmap/GIF format.
5. Web Resources
• Applications built with Visual3: http://www.icemcfd.com/visual3/index.html
• Articles/Information: http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/138867.html
• Tutorials: ftp://ftp.icemcfd.com/pub/visual3/