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Third-Party Utilities
OOGLTOOLS
by Andreas Butz, University of Saarbrücken
Converts to OOGL format from .asc (3D studio), .3ds, .dxf, .raw (Midnight Modeller), .tpoly, .aoff
Gnuplot table converter
(in Japanese)
How to convert a Gnuplot table into a
Geomview
mesh file.
Third-Party Documentation
CMU overview with some images
, Andrew E. Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University
Geomview within Mathematica Tutorial
by Pau Atela, Smith College
Completely different from the rather terse Geometry Center tutorial; many images, lots of exposition.
Programs that use Geomview for output
SaVi
, by Lloyd Wood and Patrick Worfolk, The Geometry Center.
Satellite orbit and constellation visualization program.
The Orrery
by Stuart Levy, The Geometry Center
A Geomview module that simulates the Solar System.
Maniview
by Charlie Gunn, The Geometry Center
A Geomview module for studying the geometry and topology of 3-manifolds.
StageTools
A Geomview module that creates mathematical objects and scripts demonstrations.
Surface Evolver
by Ken Brakke, The Geometry Center/Susquehanna
Differential geometry software: models surfaces shaped by constraints. Uses Geomview for output.
Qhull
by Brad Barber, The Geometry Center
Robust convex hull computation. Uses Geomview for output.
CGAL: Computational Geometry Algorithms Library
CGAL is a very polished library of geometric algorithms.
Bidirectional communication support for Geomview
is built in to CGAL.
CATHI System
by Andreas Butz, University of Saarbrücken
Animation script generator, output in Geomview or Renderman format.
OOGL models
: many large and complex things.
QMG: mesh generation software
by Steve Vavasis, Cornell
Can use Geomview for output.
See bottom of
example page>
Polymake
from the Technical University of Berlin
Tool for the algorithmic treatment of polytopes and polyhedra. Can use Geomview for output.
TetraView
, an external module by Mauricio Palma Lizana, University of Chile.
See
screenshot
.
Tessel
by Victor Luana, Universidad de Oviedo
Creates crystal and molecular models, parametric surfaces and several forms of sphere tesselations. Can use Geomview (or POV-ray or VRML) for output.
Picture gallery includes a few Geomview cameos.
UMass GANG Geomview modules
Geomview modules
by
James Lawrence
.
Wulffman: An Interactive Crystal Shape Constructor
by Andy Roosen et al, NIST
A program for interactively examining the Wulff shapes of crystals with specified symmetries, uses Geomview for output.
Measure: A Polytope Analysis Tool
by Andy Roosen, NIST
A program for interactively examining the geometrical properties of polyhedra that are being viewed with Geomview. A user can determine the area of facets, the length of edges, the coordinates of a vertex (or point), and the distance between points.
Antiprism
by Adrian Rossiter
A program for modelling polygons. Output uses the OFF format and
Antiprism modules for Geomview
are available.
DSTool
from Cornell
Numerical simulation of dynamical systems, uses Geomview for output in three or higher dimensions.
Nifty projects/pictures involving Geomview
N-body Simulation of "The Antennae"
by Chris Power and John Hibbard (NRAO) and Josh Barnes (IfA)
Colliding galaxies simulations in Geomview.
Sim2OOGL
converts Tipsy, ZENO, or P files (galaxy formats, I presume?) to OOGL.
Experimental Differential Geometry: Uniformization and Quantum field theory (The Thurston Project)
, by Steve Braham, University of New Brunswick
Also,
VIN protocol
for starting Geomview (and many other things) through the web
Geomview-based MCFast methodology writeup
by Torre Wenaus, LLNL
MCFast appears to be some kind of detector for high energy physics
See also
review
of Geomview feature set
MCFast Picture Gallery
Mathematical Graphics
from Peter Alfeld, University of Utah
Rudin's Example of an Unshellable Triangulation
Spherical Bernstein-Bézier Interpolants
SBB data files (.gv format)
Interactive 3D Diagrams - WebOOGL and Geomview
by William L. Burke, UCSC
Spacetime Origami
includes
OOGL diagram
Main page has examples of input from Mathematica and control of Geomview from tcl.
Simulation of Craniofacial Growth
, Master's Thesis by Kevin Michael Coughlan, UBC
Description of Geomview external modules Landmark Picker and Krayold
Figures made from Geomview scattered through whole document.
Boy's Surface
by Amy Hawthorne and Jenny Posson-Brown , Smith College
Many external modules, pictures, OOGL files. A little overboard on the animated gifs.
More
external modules
for Boy's surface.
Yet more external modules at the
Create Geomview Files
page.
A 3D Experiment
by Ron Gunn, Nichols Research
Sample Geomview Graphics files
by Dr. Gabor Toth, Rutgers Camden
Background
about use of Geomview in mathematics curriculum.
Some kind of molecular picture made with Geomview?
from Buffalo
Color Cube Demo
from Washington University
A brief description of methodology, including perl scripts and a
picture
.
Knot Energies in 3-Space
by Dennis Roseman, University of Iowa
Dennis has been a heavy Geomview users for years, but only some of his efforts are currently available on the web.
Unreal
by Amenta, Duvall, Tim Rowley, The Geometry Center
Module for nonphotorealistic rendering
Planet Multicast
by Munzner (Stanford), Hoffman (Ipsilon), Claffy (NLANR/CAIDA), and Fenner (Xerox PARC)
Geographic visualization of the MBone. Uses Geomview and adaption of WebOOGL code to show the multicast backbone of the Internet as arcs on a globe.
WebPaint
by Yoshiaki Araki, Keio University
part of the cryptic
Geometry Sender
site
DX2Web
by David Wu and Felix Lung, Cornell CS490
IBM DX (Data Explorer) to WebOOGL converter module
Klein bottles by Drew Perttula, Berkeley
Surface representation
with many images, moviemaking methodology explained.
Assembleable gridline version
, includes
nice OOGL file
FEView
by Yao Zheng
external module for Finite Element visualization.
Paul Bourke, Swinburne Astronomy, has created a huge amount of great stuff:
Mesh Animator
"Dangerous Data"
3D Spline curves
,
Spline Surface
,
3D Bezier Surface
: derivations, images, code which outputs OOGL
Klein Bottle
very nice explanations, images, example code
Regular Polytopes (Platonic solids) in 4D
definitions, images, OFF files
Conformal Mappings in the Complex Plane
gallery of images made with a Geomview module
Modelling the Surface of the Human Cortex
Full methodology description, images
Modelling the Surface of the Human Cortex from MRI volumetric data
Full description of implicit surface methodology/algorithm, images
Solution Space of a Stability Equation
extensive explanation, pictures
"CubeRender"
Geomview does environment maps...
Image Gallery
, some of them made with Geomvieiw
The Klein Bottle in Four-Space
by Tom Banchoff (Brown) and Davide Cervone (The Geometry Center)
Images and animations made with FrontStage.
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