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AVS/Express at NERSC
Availability Up-to-date information on which versions of AVS/Express are running on which NERSC platforms is available at: NERSC Visualization Software Applications. Note that on Seaborg, version 6.3 is the default and 'terminal' version; AVS Inc. will not be providing any product updates for AIX in the future. -->
Table of Contents
- Description
- Express is a Rapid Application Development environment for visualizing complex data and for building applications with interactive visualization and graphics functions. It runs on Unix/Linux and Windows platforms.
- Features
- The best place for up-to-date information is AVS's web site.
- Accessing Express
- Express is available on NERSC platforms via the modules facility.
- Documentation
- Links to local online documentation.
- Additional Resources
- Links to the Express distribution site, IAVSC, Tutorials, FAQs, HowTo Make MPEGs, User Forums, USENET groups, and more.
- Examples
- Sample Screen Shots
Description
- Express' primary use is in the visualization of complex scientific data through its rapid application development interface and its ability to extend it's functionality through it's C, C++, and Fortran interfaces.
- Express is a licensed product available for use NERSC platforms.
Accessing Express
- On NERSC platforms, type the following to load and run the default version:
module load avs-express express
To load and run an older version of Express, e.g., Express 7.0:module load avs-express/7.0 express
- Express has a rich set of examples. To try them out after starting up Express. Select examples from the "Libraries" pulldown, click on any one of them and drag it down onto the workspace below.
- For help, right click on any module and select help.
- A great deal of source code, sample datasets and application code for Express is supplied in various directories under $XP_ROOT. Application code may be loaded into Express and viewed in the network editor as a network diagram or viewed in a text editor.
Documentation
HTML Documentation
- Express 7.1 local online html documentation
- Express 7.0 local online html documentation
- Express 6.3 local online html documentation
- Express 6.2 local online html documentation
- Express 6.1 local online html documentation
Emacs Modes For Express (unsupported downloads)
Tutorials for Downloads (use shift left-mouse to download files)
Additional Resources
- AVS Inc. home page
- AVS/Express FAQ
- Online moderated vendor forum for AVS products including Express. Requires sign on, open to all users.
- International AVS Center (IAVSC)
- Hierarchical (adaptive) mesh kit available from the IAVSC
- Visual Technology Services Ltd. Click on the Products link and then on "AVS Add-on Modules".
- Google search: comp.graphics.apps.avs USENET group (uncensored)
- Making MPEG Movies using Express: MPEG Generation with AVS/Express 5.1 - 6.x-7.x
- Interesting web site by a former AVS employee (Mario Valle) with several interesting links
- Visualization Group's description of graphics/visualization software support at NERSC
- List of NERSC platforms and version numbers for visualization applications and for graphics applications (primarily NCAR)
Examples
- HDF4 Reader (2004) is a reader for HDF4 files
- ReadImages Reader (2004) is a reader for a sequence of images
Sample Screen Shots
Examples of visualizations for which AVS/Express has been used are available on the NERSC Analytics Visualization page under Case Studies, or on the Visualization Group's Vignettes page (2005 and later).
Click on the image to see the AVS/Express network.
