A Glyph Toolbox for Immersive Scientific Visualization

Published

October 1, 2002

Author(s)

H W. Bullen, J S. Chang, A V. Harn, Steven G. Satterfield, Peter M. Ketcham, J E. Devaney

Abstract

We describe a set of software, the Glyph ToolBox (GTB), for creating three dimensional (3D) glyphs. This software defines a single, general format for describing glyphs; it includes color and opacity parameters as well as location information.GTB is written with the UNIX philosophy of small reusable programs that are text based for portability and efficiency. Version 1.0 of GTB currently contains simple figures, manipulation functions, extrusion functions, meta-figure functions, as well asadditional functions such as text creators.We describe four applications of the glyph toolbox: a visualization of the Monk's problem, a relationship highlighter, a smiley emoticon, and a display algorithm for concave surfaces.We separate the creation of the glyphs from their display. We provide a filter that can translate the GTB format to Inventor format or VRML 1.0. However, any system can incorporate the GTB format into their environment, making the creation and use of glyphs uniform across viewers.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 6924

Report Number

6924

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.6924

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Keywords

3 dimensions, glyphs, immersive visualization

Citation

Bullen, H. , Chang, J. , Harn, A. , Satterfield, S. , Ketcham, P. and Devaney, J. (2002), A Glyph Toolbox for Immersive Scientific Visualization, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.6924, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50677 (Accessed April 25, 2024)