Jackson State University
Visualization Laboratory
Software Resources

	Operating Systems Silicon Graphics, Inc. IRIX 6.5.22 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Fedora	Silicon Graphics, Inc. Microsoft Corporation Fedora Project
	Compilers C, C++, and Fortran MIPSpro Compilers 7.3 GNU Compilers Sun Java2 SDK v.1.4.1_06 for Irix Sun J2SE v1.4.2_06 SDK for Windows	MIPSpro Family Compilers Java for IRIX Java from Sun
	SGI Visualization Application Programming Interfaces (API) OpenGL with GLUT 3.6 OpenGL Multipipe SDK 3.0.1 Open Inventor 2.1.7 IRIS Performer 2.2 OpenGL Performer 3.0.2 Run-Time Environment	OpenGL OpenGL Multipipe SDK OpenGL Performer
	IRIS Showcase 3.4.3a Integrated drawing and presentation program	IRIS Showcase User's Guide
	VRCO CAVELib 3.1.1 Application Programmer's Interface (API) for developing applications for immersive displays	CAVELib Overview CAVELib Documentation CAVELib Support for PC Visualization Clusters(pdf)
	VRCO trackd 5.5 Daemon application that takes information from tracking and input devices and makes that information available for other applications to use	trackd Overview trackd Documentation
	VRCO vGeo 3.1 Virtual Global Explorer and Observatory (vGeo) Interactive data fusion and visual analysis tool	vGeo Overview vGeo Documentation
	VRCO VRScape 2.5 Model Viewing Collaborative Application	VRScape Overview VRScape Documentation
	VR Juggler 1.0.5 Open source virtual reality application development framework	VR Juggler
	MultiGen-Paradigm Creator 2.4.1 Toolset for 3D Modeling	MultiGen Creator
	MultiGen-Paradigm Vega 3.6.1 Software environment for creation and deployment of real-time visualization applications	MultiGen Vega
	NCAR Graphics Fortran and C based software package for Scientific Visualization from the National Center for Atmospheric Research(NCAR)	NCAR Graphics
	Cortona VRML Client 4.2 from ParallelGraphics Interactive Web3D viewer that works as a VRML plug-in for Internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, etc.) and office applications (Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Office, etc.)	ParallelGraphics
	CEI Ensight Gold v 7.4 (Temporarily unavailable) For analyzing, visualizing, and communicating high-end scientific and engineering datasets	CEI
	AVS/Express Visualization Edition v 5.0 Developer Edition v 5.0 Object-oriented development of scientific and technical data visualizations	Advanced Visual Systems
	Alias|wavefront Maya 4.0.2 (Temporarily unavailable) Maya Complete Maya Builder Maya Unlimited Maya Batch Renderer Animation, modeling, rendering, and visual effects tools	Alias|wavefront
	ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 To create, import, edit, query, map, analyze, and publish geographic information	ESRI
	AutoCAD LT 2000i Educational Edition 2D and 3D design and drafting platform	Autodesk
	Access Grid Toolkit v2.4 Multimedia display, presentation and interactions environments to support distributed meetings, collaborative work sessions, seminars, lectures, tutorials and training over multicast enabled networks	Access Grid Access Grid Overview(MPEG)
	Virtual Rooms Videoconferencing System (VRVS) Tool for videoconferencing and collaborative work over networks	VRVS
	The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) Software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization	VTK
	Tcl/Tk 8.4a4 Tool Command Language (Tcl) is a very simple scripting language. Tk is a graphical user interface toolkit for creating scripts that interact with users through windows.	Tcl/Tk
	ParaView 2.4.4 An open source parallel visualization application.	ParaView
	ImageMagick Collection of tools to read, write, and manipulate images in different formats	ImageMagick
	XV 3.10a Interactive image manipulation program for the X Window System	XV
	Artifice Design Workshop Lite Software Package for 3D modeling	Artifice, Inc.
	AC3D Version 3.0 for SGI For creating 3D models	AC3D, Inivis ltd.
	Network Visualization System for Computational Chemistry(NVSCC) Molecular Graphics program designed by JSU Computational Center for Molecular Structure and Interactions(CCMSI) for visualization of molecular systems	CCMSI
	DIVERSE (Device Independent Virtual Environments - Reconfigurable, Scalable, Extensible) DIVERSE is a cross-platform, open source, API for developing virtual reality applications. Diverse 2.3.2 is composed of two libraries: DTK (Diverse Toolkit) and DPF (Diverse interface to Performer).	DIVERSE
	Autodesk 3ds Max 6 Design visualization, visual effects, and game development tools	Autodesk 3ds Max Overview
	CATIA Version 5 Release 16 CATIA (Computer Aided Three dimensional Interactive Application) is a 3D Product Lifetime Management software suite developed by Dassault Systemes and marketed by IBM. CATIA supports multiple stages of product development ranging from conceptualization, through design and manufacturing, until analysis.	CATIA V5R16 Overview
	MM5 Version 3.7 MM5 is a limited-area, nonhydrostatic, terrain-following sigma-coordinate model designed to simulate or predict mesoscale atmospheric circulation.	MM5 Community Model
	WRF Version 2.1.2 and 2.2 The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model is a mesocale numerical weather prediction system designed to serve both operational forecasting and atmospheri c research needs.	Weather Research & Forecasting Model