Visualization Lab Computer Software

The following is a list of general and discipline-specific visualization software that is currently installed and maintained on all Vislab computers.

Requests to install additional non-commercial software may be sent to Vislab Support.

General Visualization Software
Package	Version	Operating System	Description
OpenGL®	1.3	Solaris Windows XP	3D Graphics API
Java3D™	1.3.1	Solaris Windows XP	3D Graphics API
GLUT (OpenGL Utility Toolkit)	3.7 .6	Windows XP	Windowing API for OpenGL
VTK (Visualization Toolkit)	4.2.2	Solaris Windows XP	3D Graphics Toolkit
ParaView	1.6.3	Windows XP Linux	Data Visualizer (built on VTK)
OpenRM Scene Graph	1.5.2-3	Solaris Windows XP Linux	3D Scene Graph
OpenSceneGraph	0.9.7-3	Solaris Windows XP	3D Scene Graph
OpenDX (IBM Visualization Data Explorer)	4.3	Solaris Windows XP	Visualization/Analysis Toolkit
3DCombine *	3.4.1	Windows XP	3D Movie Creator
Play3D +	0.1	Windows XP +	3D Movie Player
Pokescope *	2.4	Windows XP	Stereoscopic Image Viewer
MPlayer	1.0	Linux	3D Movie Player (Geowall)
Walkabout	1.3.2	Windows XP Linux	Collaborative 3D Environment Exploration (Geowall)
Immersaview ( commands )	0.4	Windows XP Linux	OpenInventor/VRML viewer (Geowall)
Spazz3D *	2.4c	Windows XP	3D Model creation tool
X3D-Edit	3.0	Solaris Windows XP	X3D/VRML creation tool
WallView ( commands )	9.0	Windows XP	Stereo image viewer (Geowall)
JPS Stereo Viewer	1.0	Windows XP	Stereo image viewer
Blender 3D	2.34	Windows XP Linux Solaris	3D Model Creation Package
* This is licensed software and is only available on Bells
+ Windows XP command-line program (no GUI)

Astronomy Visualization Software
Package	Version	Operating System	Description
MIRIAD (Multichannel Image Reconstruction, Image Analysis and Display)	Jan 2004	Linux	Radio astronomy data reduction
Aipsview	2.2.6	Solaris Linux	Astronomy (FITS, AIPS++) visualization
AIPS (Astronomical Image Processing System)	Dec 2004	Linux	Radio Astronomy data analysis
AIPS++ (Astronomical Information Processing System)	1.9	Linux	Radio astronomy data analysis
GIPSY (Groningen Image Processing System)	May 2002	Solaris	Radio astronomy data analysis
KARMA	1.7.19	Solaris Linux	Astronomy visualization
IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility)	2.12	Solaris	Optical Astronomy Data Reduction
SAOimage	1.35.1	Solaris	Astronomy (FITS, IRAF) visualization
DS9 (successor to SAOimage )	3.03	Solaris Windows XP Linux	Astronomy (FITS, IRAF) visualization
Astro3D	1.0	Solaris	3D Astronomy (FITS) visualization
Partiview	0.7.04	Solaris Windows XP	3D Data Visualizer

Chemistry Visualization Software
Package	Version	Operating System	Description
Ghemical	1.00	Linux	Model building, classical mechanics based simulations and interface to massively parallel quantum code
Molden	4.2	Solaris	Pre- and post processing program of molecular and electronic structure
gOpenMol	2.32	Windows XP Linux	Visualization package for biomolecular systems and trajectories
Jaguar	4.0	Solaris	Fast quantum chemistry package
VMD	1.7.2	Solaris Windows XP	A molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics and built-in scripting.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Software
Package	Version	Operating System	Description
3DEM	18.9	Windows XP	A visualization program that can produce three dimensional terrain scenes and flyby animations.
ESRI® ArcGIS™ *	8.2	Windows XP	GIS mapping software.
ShapeViz™	1.5	Windows XP	Visualizes GIS shape data and converts into VRML.
* This is licensed software and is only available on Anchor and Dosxx

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Last Updated: 04 May 2009

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