Overview

Golden Software announces the release of Voxler, the NEW way to visualize your 3D data. It imports data from a plethora of sources, and creates stunning graphics that let you creatively visualize the cryptic relationships in your data set. Explore the world of three-dimensional visualization with Voxler!  
Voxler takes your raw, complex data and models it in a rich, interactive, visual environment. With an easy-to-use user interface, you will quickly visualize, evaluate, investigate, and examine your data. Who should Use Voxler? 
Geoscientists with 3D data from drill holes, petrography, seismic studies, and remote sensing surveys.  
Environmental Professionals with 3D data from groundwater and soil contaminant studies.  
Meteorologists with 3D data from atmospheric studies.  
Oceanologists with 3D data from ocean surveys of water temperature, salinity, and contaminants.  
Biologists with 3D data from organism sampling.  
Bio-technicians visualizing Confocal microscopy data.  
Medical Professionals with 3D data from MRI, CT, and ultrasound scans.  
Engineers with 3D data showing parameters distributed throughout the volume of an object.  
Engineers dealing with the visualization of computational fluid dynamics.  
Research and Development Groups performing numerical simulations.  
Geo-Statisticians needing to illustrate reservoir characterizations.  
Seismologists requiring velocity modeling.  
Anyone who wishes to see the distribution of 3D data.  
Isosurface
A Voxler isosurface extends the concept of the contour line (a line of constant data value in two dimensions) to display a surface of constant data value in three dimensions. Combine multiple Isosurfaces color-coded by data value to show discrete values through a 3D grid. 

Rendered Volume
A rendered volume assigns a color and transparency value to every element in the 3D grid. Add a ClipPlane to display a slice through the volume at any angle. 

Contours
Contours display lines of constant data value along a plane. For a 3D grid, the plane can be oriented at any angle. 

Height Field
A height field displays data values as colors for a 2D grid, a 2D orthogonal slice of a uniform 3D grid, or along a 2D curvilinear lattice. The data magnitude is also depicted by the amount of displacement above or below the slice. The displacement is perpendicular to the plane or curvilinear lattice and is adjusted by the scale factor.  
Stream Lines
Stream lines are used to display the path of particles through a velocity field, the distribution of velocities of a medium in 3D space. Different colors indicate the magnitude of the velocities. 

Vector Plot 

A vector plot displays lines or arrows indicating the direction and magnitude indicated by the components of a 3D grid or point data set. The magnitude of the vectors is shown by length and color. 

Scatter Plot
A  scatter plot displays symbols at the XYZ location specified in the data file. If the data file has a value at each data point, specify different colors for different data values. 
Clip Plane
Add a clip plane to any graphic to remove the portion on one side of the clip plane. Add multiple clip planes at different angles to display the area of interest without obstruction. 
Annotation and Text 

Use annotation and text to add textual information to a plot. Annotation is used to display textual information positioned at the specified screen coordinates. Text is used to display textual information anchored at data XYZ coordinates. 
Bounding Box
The bounding box is a part of a plot that shows the limits of the XYZ data ranges. It is a good way to show the ranges when the settings produce a graphic that does not cover the entire range, as for some isosurfaces. It also provides a good reference system to orient the graphic output. 

More Computation Options 

Voxler provides a number of computational options including filters for eliminating duplicate data points, removing data points based on the X, Y, Z, or data values, calculating normal, distance-weighted, Gaussian averaging, data metrics, and image processing. Other computational modules calculate gradient, grid math with up to three 3D grid files, merge up to five 3D grid files, resample, subset, and transform operations. 

Adding Light to a Scene 

Lighting options include ambient light, camera headlight, directional, point, and spot lights with settings for color, intensity and direction. Use the graphical Dragger tool to aim and position directional, point, and spot lights. 

Printing 

Voxler features an improved print dialog with a print preview that is especially helpful when printing graphics that cover several pages. Don抰 guess at how many pages a large plot will need! View the page requirements in the dialog preview. Print everything, or just the current view. Control image quality, add antialiasing to smooth a print out, and print the background color as needed. 

User Interface 

Voxler implements a modern user interface with dockable and floating windows and toolbars. The Network window graphically displays the connections between data and output, and Properties window lists the settings specified for each module. 

Network Window 

The Voxler Network window graphically displays the modules (input data, computational, graphic output, info) and their connections. 揕ED?lights display green, yellow, or red to indicate the status of the module. Click on a module to select it and to display its settings in the Properties window. 

Properties Window 

The Properties window lists the settings for the selected module with edit boxes, sliders, and buttons for changing the settings. 

Module Library 

The Module Library shows a list of available modules and commands in an accessible format. The window is docked by default, and drag the title bar to float the window. 

Reposition Toolbars and Windows 

Toolbars and windows are docked to the Voxler application window by default, or drag the title bar to a new location to float the windows in any position. System Requirements 

Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and higher.  
256 MB minimum RAM. More memory is suggested for large data sets.  
100 MB of hard disk space.  
Video card with 1024x768x16-bit color minimum resolution.