1 Introduction to VE-Suite Gerrick Bivins Research Scientist Iowa State University
2 Before we get started: Downloads: VE-Suite and dependencies _9745_win32 _9745_win32 Demos for today: _win32/demos _win32 NOTE: VES requires Microsoft runtime redistributable SP1 to run!!!
3 Overview VE-Suite Components Conductor Xplorer Computational Engine Open spec Software Objects Data Integration CAD CFD/FEA etc… Demos Basic Object Construction Basic Scientific Vis TBET
4 Software Components VE-Open API C++ API XML data exchange format IDL interfaces
5 Core Components: Xplorer Graphics Engine Desktop, powerwal, c6, c4 etc. Dependencies vrJuggler – Hardware/Graphics VTK – Dataset representation OpenSceneGraph – scene graph Xerces-c – xml API ACE/TAO -- CORBA
6 Core Components: Conductor Graphical User Interface Dependencies wxWidgets Xerces-c ACE/TAO -- CORBA
7 Core Components: CE Computational Engine Dependencies Xerces-c ACE/TAO -- CORBA
8 Defining Objects Still being defined (McCorkle, Bryden) So far Objects can contain CAD CFD FEA Etc…
9 Objects: CAD Integration CAD files OpenSceneGraph Supports many standard file formats No direct read of CAD (ProE, AutoCAD etc.)
10 Objects: 2d/3d Data integration Visualization ToolKit CVS version!!!!! Readers for various 2D/3D Grid data Plot3D StarCD Fluent Ensight
11 Demos Object Construction Geometry Cloning Transformations Materials/Shaders CFD Data Basic Scientific Visualization Texture Based Engineering Tools (TBET)
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