NESC9829 CROSSPLOT-3.

CROSSPLOT-3/CON-3D, 3-D and Stereoscopic Computer-Aided Design Graphics

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: CROSSPLOT-3.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
CROSSPLOT-3/CON-3D	NESC9829/02	Tested	03-JAN-1986

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NESC9829/02	CDC 7600	CDC 7600

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

CROSSPLOT3 is a general three- dimensional point plotting program which generates scatterplots of a data matrix from any user-specified viewpoint. Images can be rotated for a movie-like effect enhancing stereo perception. A number of features can be invoked by the user including: color, class distinction, flickering, sectioning, projections to grid surfaces, and drawing a plane. Plots may be viewed in real time as they are generated.
CON3D generates three-dimensional surfaces plus contours on a lower plane from either data on a rectangular grid or an analytical function z=f(x,y). The user may choose any wiewing perspective. Plots may be generated in color with many refinements under user control.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION:

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM:

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Because of their strong dependency on non- standard software and hardware features of the original computer, NEA-DB implemented neither CROSSPLOT-3 nor CON-3D.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM:

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NESC9829/02	03-JAN-1986	Screened

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10. REFERENCES

- S.L. Grotch,
  Three-Dimensional and Stereoscopic Graphics for Scientific Data
  Display and Analysis,
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 3, No. 8, pp. 31-43,    Novembre 1983.

NESC9829/02, included references:

- S.L. Grotch:
  Stereo Graphics for Data Display.
  UCRL-87468  (March 26, 1982; Preprint)
- S.L. Grotch:
  Experimental Design and Data Analysis.
  UCRL-88465  (December 7, 1982; Preprint)
- Additional material for CROSSPLOT3, CON3D
  Note 85-42 (December 23, 1984)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NESC9829/02	FORTRAN-IV

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED:

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

Both CROSSPLOT3 and COND3 may be run interactively or with the control data contained in a disk file. Both programs require the proprietary ISSCO graphics software system, DISSPLA, and make calls to routines in the LLNL computing environment TV80LIB graphics library and ORDERLIB system library. In addition, CROSSPLOT3D requires the LLNL UX80LIB graphics library, and CON3D uses the CONTLABS contouring package originally developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. DISSPLA, TV80LIB, ORDERLIB, and UX80LIB software is not included. Users will have to substitute suitable alternatives for their computing environment to utilize these programs.

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

     S.L. Grotch
     Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
     P.O. Box 808
     Livermore, California 94550

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NESC9829/02

File name	File description	Records
NESC9829_02.003	INFORMATION FILE	48
NESC9829_02.004	CROSSPLOT-3 SOURCE PROGRAM	2688
NESC9829_02.005	CON-3D SOURCE PROGRAM	3869
NESC9829_02.006	CONTLABS SOURCE PROGRAM USED BY CON-3D	2551

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17. CATEGORIES

N. Subsidiary Calculations

Keywords: computer graphics, computer-aided design, data analysis, display devices, interactive computing, three-dimensional.