Computing Resources in ESCI

Unix Software: Scientific: IRIS Exporer

Description

IRIS Explorer is a large, powerful data visualization package. It allows sophisticated 3D visual models to be built and displayed from virtually any type of data. Many of it's features are designed to help users with some programming experience and existing C/C++ or Fortran code into it's own module language. Most parts of the package are GUI-driven.

Location

/usr/site/explorer

Commands

explorer - the main program, the IRIS Explorer Map Editor.
cxmkmf - make makefiles for IRIS Explorer modules or types.
cxunshare - convert shared geometry files to 'regular Inventor format'.
cxupdate - update IRIS Explorer data/resource files.
dscribe - DataScribe, a tool for building IRIS Explorer data conversion modules.
makedepend - make compilation dependencies in makefiles.
mbuilder - help tranfrom C/C++ and Fortran functions into Explorer modules.

Documentation

IRIS Explorer Manual - a tutorial, reference, user stories and pictures, plus links to info on the IRIS Explorer homepage.

See Also

Numerical Algorithms Group - the parent software package for IRIS Explorer.


Questions? Comments? Please contact Mary Cochran.