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Amtec Engineering brings out Tecplot version 9.0
30 March, 2002
Amtec Engineering brings out Tecplot version 9.0
Of the many significant new capabilities in Tecplot 9, three stand out as the most obvious:
- 3D rendering is at least an order of magnitude faster.
- New 3D interactive tools make exploring and analyzing large data sets quick and easy.
- Plots are rendered with strong, vibrant colors and optional translucent surfaces.
Other improvements include a true color model, integrated 3D view controls, user defined curve fits, and raster image export. Algorithms for probing, point extraction, and interpolation were also optimized.
New features in Tecplot 9.0:
Enhanced with OpenGL
OpenGL has been
implemented in Tecplot 9.0 allowing Tecplot to take advantage of the
exceedingly fast graphics cards in today's computers.
Fast 3-D Rendering
OpenGL and other
algorithm enhancements in Tecplot 9.0 make 3-D rendering substantially
faster and more accurate than Version 8.0. 3-D rotations, zooms, and
translations can now be performed with fully rendered images.
Vivid Colors
Color contour flooding and
light-source shading on 3-D surfaces are now rendered in true color
allowing you to make your plots and animations look stunning.
3-D Slicing Tools
Load your 3-D volume
data sets into Tecplot 9.0, select the new Slicing Tool from the
Sidebar, and Slice away. Flooded contours, mesh lines, vectors, and/or
scatter symbols are immediately displayed on your slices. Sweep a slice
through the volume to explore your data. Slice in several places at
once. You do not have to extract a slice into a zone to display it.
3-D Isosurface Tool
Explore a 3-D data set
by interactively increasing and decreasing the isosurface value. Show
one or more at the same time. Just like the new Slice Tool, you no
longer have to extract isosurfaces into zones to display them.
3-D Streamtraces
Streamtraces are now
easier to place in 3-D volumes by optionally placing streamtrace seeds
on slices or isosurfaces within the volume. Like the Slice and
Isosurface Tools, streamtraces in Tecplot 9.0 are rendered immediately
after you have placed a streamtrace seed. Also, selecting and deleting
existing streamtraces is now much easier.
Layout
Information to recreate slices,
isosurfaces, and streamtraces is saved in the Layout File. Tecplot 9.0
can recreate these objects without having to save them in your data
file.
Translucency
With Tecplot 9.0 you can make
slices, isosurfaces, stream ribbons/rods, and other zonal surfaces
translucent. Translucency allows you to add more information into your
plots.
Integrated 3-D View Control
Rotate, zoom,
and translate are accessible from the mouse buttons. No longer spend
time switching tools. Roller-ball rotation tool integrates the "twist"
tool with the traditional roller-ball motion. Zoom and translate are
also available via mouse buttons when using other Sidebar tools such as
Probe and Translate.
Raster Image Export
Produce vibrant 24-bit
true-color bit images and optionally reduce them to 256-color model for
compactness. You can specify the image resolution independently of the
video screen resolution, when outputting the file.
User-defined Curve Fits
The Add-on
Developer's Kit (ADK) has been enhanced to allow the easy creation of
Tecplot Add-ons that extend Tecplot's curve fit capability. Within
hours users can create customized curve fits using their special
proprietary algorithms. Also included is an Amtec supplied Add-on that
provides interactive definition of general curves.
Order Tecplot 9.0 from our website.