<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Hello CIG Users,</span></font></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">This e-mail announces the release of new, free, software for visualizing and interactively exploring large 3D gridded data sets. This software is developed and maintained by KeckCAVES (at UC Davis) as the result of collaboration between geoscientists and computer scientists interested in 3D visualization and virtual reality. This software runs on Linux, Unix and MAC-OSX systems. For various reasons, it does not yet run on Windows systems.</span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">3DVisualizer is software designed for interactive exploration of any type of 3D gridded data sets including, but not limited to, geodynamics simulation results, seismic tomography, 3D serial-sectioning, and fluid dynamics simulations. 3DVisualizer is a proof-of-concept research application. While it isn't as polished as a commercial package, we have found it quite useful and hope you will too.</font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><br></span></font></div></span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The software, system requirements, and more information are available from: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://www.keckcaves.org/software/VISUALIZERCG/index.html">http://www.keckcaves.org/software/VISUALIZERCG/index.html</a></span></font></font></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The development of this software and its advantages for geoscientists are discussed in: </span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><i>Billen, M. I., O. Kreylos, B. Hamann, M. Jadamec, L. H. Kellogg, O. Staadt, D. Y. Sumner,</i><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><i> </i></span></font></span></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A Geoscience Perspective on Immersive 3D Visualization, Computers & Geoscience, v. 34, p. 1056-1072,</i></span></font><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2007.11.009, 2008.</i></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><i><br></i></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The main advantages/differences of 3DVisualizer compared to other 3D visualization software are:</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1) Designed for efficient, fully-interactive exploration of 3D gridded data sets, rather than making final "pretty pictures".</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2) Handles very large data sets well (maintains real-time interaction without "hiding data" or "artificial refreshing scenes" <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>during manipulation of viewpoints.</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3) It has several predefined input formats for cartesian or spherical geometry (including CitcomS, CitcomT, a modified <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>version of CitcomCU, VTK (structured grid), structured-grid ascii column) and can be modified to read other formats by <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>anyone versed in C++ programming (help for this can be provided).</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4) An extra benefit of this software is that it provides similar functionality in any "virtual reality environment" including on </span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>a normal desktop/laptop, GeoWall, or in a CAVE (4-wall virtual reality environment). </span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">When trying this out for the first time, once installed, read the introduction section of the manual and then go straight to the tutorial. </span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">If any questions or problems come up at any stage of the installation, importing your data, or exploring your data, please</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">e-mail <i><a href="mailto:visualizer-software@keckcaves.org">visualizer-software@keckcaves.org</a></i>. We'd also very much appreciate any feedback you have (what data sets you've looked at, did you find it useful, what could be improved).</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;">Sincerely,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;">Magali Billen</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Trebuchet MS'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 16px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Associate Professor</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">U.C. Davis, Geology Department</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">KeckCAVES</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">(530) 754-5696</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="mailto:billen@geology.ucdavis.edu">billen@geology.ucdavis.edu</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">----------------------------------------------</span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></font></div></span></div></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></font></div></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></font> </div><br></div></body></html>