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Explore AVS components, data flow models, filters, and more for effective data input and output visualization. Dive into AVS history, application systems, networks, and development modules to enhance your data visualization skills.
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Design Patterns and Component Frameworks Presentation Nathan Conklin Spring 2002 CS 6704
Course Context • Design Patterns (Strategy, Visitor, UML) • Component Frameworks (JavaBeans, COM+, .NET, CORBA) • Midterm • Enabling Technologies (EJB, RMI, OAA, XML, CCA, JINI, WO) • Architectures (Web Services, 2-tier, 3-tier) • Education & Development (Patterns in Education, XP) • End-User Component Programming (AVS, Khoros, Visual Prog.) • Architecture & Component Framework (P2P, STL) • Final
End-User Component Programming Nathan Conklin, Yonqun He Qinwei Zhu, Jiunwei Chen Spring 2002 CS 6704
(IBM’s Data Explorer) PV-Wave Component Programming Tools apE (Animation Production Environment) Sieve
Data Data Reader Statistical Module Output Writer Data Flow Model • Data input • Computational Components • Filters • Mappers • Data output
Further Information • AVS – http://www.avs.com/ • Khoros – http://www.khoral.com/ • PV-Wave – http://www.vni.com/ • IRIS Explorer – http://www.nag.co.uk/Welcome_IEC.html • OpenDX – http://www.opendx.org/ • DataSplash (Tioga) – http://datasplash.cs.berkeley.edu/ • apE – Dyer, D., "A dataflow toolkit for visualization," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 10(4), pp. 60--69, 1990. • Sieve – http://simon.cs.vt.edu/sieve/
Nathan Conklin Spring 2002 CS 6704
Overview & History • Application Visualization System • 1989 IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications • Scientific Visualization • Products • AVS/5, AVS/Express • Gsharp, Toolmaster • MUSE, OpenViz, VizWorks
Data Flow Example • AVS Network • Modules • Ports • Image Viewer
Modules and Ports • Data Inputs • Some optional • AVS data type • Types checked as built • Shows possible connections • Input Parameters • How processed • Interactively changed • Data Outputs
Subsystems • Network Editor • Control Panel • Image Viewer • Graph Viewer • Geometry Viewer
Network Editor • CLI • Module Library • Workspace • Network • Modules • Ports • Connections
Example Network #!/usr/bin/avs –network version 5.02 (50.65 sg2) module "read field.user.0" -xy 398,22 -ex $Path/avs_library/mongo module "volume bounds.user.1" -xy 408,172 -ex $Path/avs_library/mongo module "geometry viewer.user.3" -xy 328,262 port_connect "read field.user.0":0 "volume bounds.user.1":0 port_connect "volume bounds.user.1":0 "geometry viewer.user.3":0 panel "read field.user.0" -w panel -p "Top Level Stack" -xy 0,108 -wh 256,324 panel "volume bounds.user.1" -w panel -p "Top Level Stack" -xy 0,108 -wh 138,196 panel "geometry viewer.user.3!display" -w container -p ui -xy 732,469 -wh 542,515 manipulator "read field.user.0:Read Field Browser" -w browser -p "read field.user.0" -xy 10,10 -wh 236,194 manipulator "volume bounds.user.1:Colored Bounds" -w toggle -p "volume bounds.user.1" -xy 10,164 -wh 118,22 manipulator "geometry viewer.user.3":"Update Always" -w none manipulator "geometry viewer.user.3":"Update Image" -w none
Custom Modules • International AVS Centre • http://www.iavsc.org/ • AVS Community • Documentation • News • Module Repository • Source • Documentation
Module Generator • Generates Skeleton Modules • Source in C or FORTRAN • User can customize the module interface • Reserved areas for user-supplied code • Subroutine Modules • Module initialized and process sleeps • AVS Flow Executive wakes module • Module computes and returns output data • Coroutine Modules • Active, autonomous modules • Continually processing and passing data • Typically used for simulations
Further Information • Center for Scientific Visualization and Animation • Director - Ron Kriz (rkriz@vt.edu) • Sun Workstations • pluto.sv.vt.edu • venus.sv.vt.edu • ESM 4714