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Partiview (PC-VirDir)

Peter Teuben, Stuart Levy

15 February 2005

partiview is a program that enables you to visualize and animate particle data. partiview runs on relatively simple desktops and laptops, but is mostly compatible with its big brother VirDir. This document helps you installing and running the development version of partiview.

1. Installation

1.1 MESA/OpenGL
1.2 FLTK
1.3 partiview
1.4 CVS
1.5 Compiling under Windows

2. Directory structure

3. Running the program

3.1 Example 1: Hipparcos Bright Star Catalogue 3-D viewing
3.2 Top Row
3.3 Group row (optional)
3.4 Time Animation rows (Optional)
3.5 Camera (path) Animation row
3.6 Logfile window
3.7 Command window
3.8 Viewing window
3.9 Example 2: a (starlab) animation
3.10 Example 3: stereo viewing
3.11 Example 4: subsetting

4. Commands

4.1 Control Commands
4.2 I/O Control Commands
4.3 Object Group Control Commands
4.4 View Control commands
4.5 Particle Display Control Commands
4.6 Particle subsetting & statistics
4.7 Boxes
4.8 Data commands
4.9 Kira/Starlab
4.10 Textures
4.11 Coordinates and Coordinate Transformations
4.12 Colormap Files

5. Viewing Window Keyboard Shortcuts

6. Partiview and NEMO

7. Tips

8. Bugs, Features and Limitations

8.1 Limitations w.r.t. VirDir:
8.2 Some notes for newcomers to VirDir

9. Glossary

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