[vtkusers] VolView 1.2 Beta Available

Wed Oct 4 01:09:17 EDT 2000

Hello,

Here is the email that I promised to send when we made VolView 1.2 beta 
available for download. We have versions for Windows, Sun, SGI, and Linux. 
As always, we appreciate feedback.

Lisa

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Kitware, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of VolView 1.2 Beta 
for Windows 95/98/NT/2000, Sun Solaris 2.7, Silicon Graphics Irix 6.4, and 
i386 Linux platforms.

VolView (http://www.kitware.com/volview.htm) is an intuitive, interactive 
system for volume visualization that allows researchers and clinicians to 
quickly explore complex 3D medical and scientific data.

The download site for this release is:

http://www.kitware.com/vvdownload.htm

At this site you will find a self-extracting archive file for Windows, or a 
tar file for Sun, Silicon Graphics, or Linux. The tar files are available 
as gnu zipped files (*.gz) on all Unix platforms, and compressed files 
(*.Z) on Sun and Silicon Graphics platforms.

If you are running on Windows and have installed a recent version of 
VolView, you can select the "Check For Updates" option under the VolView 
menu under the Windows Start menu in order to download and install the 
latest release.

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Partial List of VolView 1.2 Enhancements

Enhancements since VolView 1.1:
- Lightbox view with 2x2, 3x2, and 3x3 layout
- 3D cursor linked across Image and Volume Windows.
- Color selection for annotation.
- Corner annotation in four corners.
- Dynamic text in corner annotation for window, level, and slice number.
- Multi-resolution support for the VolumePro board with large volumes.
- Improved rendering performance.
- Configurable mouse operations for the Image Windows.
- Independent/linked editing of color and opacity transfer functions.
- Better control over gradient magnitude transfer function.
- Interpolate colors in RGB or HSV space.
- New data formats: Analyze, basic DICOM, stack of tiff / pnm / bitmap images.
- Automatic DICOM annotation.
- Background color.
- Standard camera views.
- Script provided for isosurface generation.
- Script provided to writer AVI animation files (Windows platform only).
- Balloon help throughout the User Interface.

Enhancements since VolView 1.2 pre-beta:
- Level-of-detail control - control speed vs. quality.
- Two levels-of-detail for the VolumePro for large volumes.
- Volume information reported on UI (spacing, origin, etc.)

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Windows 95/98/NT/2000:

Run VV12b2.exe to install VolView 1.2 Beta. You should then be able to run 
VolView off of the Start menu. Recommended configuration: Pentium-class 
processor with at least 128 MB of RAM, and a 32 MB video card such as the 
Oxygen VX1, Riva TNT Ultra, or the Erazor X. If you have a VolumePro board 
(http://www.rtviz.com/), it will be automatically detected and used. 
Version 1.2 or 2.0 of vli / VolumePro driver may be used, but version 2.02 
is recommended.

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Sun Solaris 2.7:

Download VV12b2Solaris7.tar.Z or VV12b2Solaris7.tar.gz and execute the 
following commands

uncompress VV12b2Solaris7.tar.Z

-or-

gunzip VV12b2Solaris7.tar.gz

tar xvf VV12b2Solaris7.tar

Within the created VV12b2Solaris7 directory you can run ./VolView. If a 
VolumePro board is available (http://www.rtviz.com/), it will be detected 
and used. Version 1.2 of the vli software / driver must be installed.

If you would like to run VolView from another location you must either copy 
the KWVolumeProFactory.so file into /usr/lib, or add the installed 
directory to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. The required 
configuration of the Sun is an Ultra 10 or better running Solaris 2.7, with 
a Creator 3D video board.

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Silicon Graphics Irix 6.4:

Download VV12b2Irix64.tar.Z or VV12b2Irix64.tar.gz and execute the 
following commands

uncompress VV12b2Irix64.tar.Z

-or-

gunzip VV12b2Irix64.tar.gz

tar xvf VV12b2Irix64.tar

Within the created VV12b2Irix64 directory you can run ./VolView, or you can 
create an alias for VolView or include it in your path. Silicon Graphics 
Irix 6.4 or later, R5000 or better, hardware texture support are required.

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i386 Linux:

Download VV12b2Linux.tar.gz and execute the following commands

gunzip VV12b2Linux.tar.gz

tar xvf VV12b2Linux.tar

Within the created VV12b2Linux directory you can run ./VolView, or you can 
create an alias for VolView or include it in your path. A recent version of 
Linux (July 2000) or later, an accelerated OpenGL card and working drivers 
are required.

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Known Issues:
- This version of VolView 1.2 Beta does not contain updated on-line help. 
The balloon help is up-to-date.

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Due to distribution size considerations, only two small data files are 
included in the distribution: headqtr.vtk (64x64x92) and headhalf.vtk 
(128x128x92). This pre-release version is fully functional, with a 30-day 
time limit. There are no disabled features, and you can load your own data.

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Please send email to kitware at kitware.com with any problems you encounter or 
questions you may have. We appreciate all feedback - including bug reports, 
feature requests, style complaints, etc.

Sincerely,
Lisa S. Avila
Kitware, Inc.
1-518-371-3971
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