Is an MVE the Right Environment for Your Visualization Application? Kent Lee,Jun Ni, Tom Holverson, Eric Van Wyk,Judith R. Brown Advanced Research Computing Services, Weeg Computing Center The University of Iowa Data visualization sofi.,ware provides essential capabilities for gaining insight and understanding, for collaborations with colleagues,and for presenting this information to others. The Modular Visualization Environment (MVE) software featured in this issue provides tools for production work, where only the data changes between runs. It also allows the user to experiment with a set of data, by adding new modules to the visualization and seeing if the results look better or provide new information. The Advanced Research Computing Services (ARCS) provides a campus-wide resource for researchers at The University of Iowa. Because of the broad variety of application areas and types of research da~, a Variety of hardware and software tools are necessary. The HVE is the visualization tool of choice for some, but not all, applications. The following examples from University of Iowa researchers illustrate the need for: ¢ A MVE like AVS or Data Explorer. ¢ A Deslctop menu-driven package like Spyglass. ¢ A 3D modeling package like Alias Studio. Figure I shows an image from
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