Acknowledgements

Volume Rendering

• Potential energy inside zeolite crystal
• Zeolites important in catalysis
• Displayed using VolumeRender
• Two algorithms:
  • Transform - interactive
  • Slicer - speed vs quality
• Can't combine other geometry

Combining Geometries

• Electrostatic field around three charged cylinders (+j, -j, +j)
• Displayed in slice using Contour2 (NCSA PATHFINDER module)
• Gradient displayed using VectorDisp (NCSA PATHFINDER module)
• Cylinders created (as Open Inventor geometry) and textured outside Explorer
• Imported using ReadGeom

Radial Depth-cueing

• Mammalian reovirus
• Displayed using IsosurfaceLat
• Surface coloured according to distance from centre of virus
• Uses RadLat (NAG module) - generates lattice of radial distances from origin: r(R) = | R - R0 |
• Written in the Shape language

Financial Modelling

• Multivariate data as a function of time
• Stored as 1D multichannel lattice (created using ReadPoints and Mixer)
• Ranges calculated using Limits (NAG module)
• Ball displays one variable (mapped to colour) as a function of three others (3D location)
• User can change variables plotted