OpenViz-Fact Sheet

Platform independent: OpenViz for COM, .Net: Windows 2000, XP • OpenViz for Java: Any machine with a Java Virtual Machine, including PCs, Macs, Unix and Linux workstations.

Data format/model/size adaptable: Powerful data interface allows data access from SQL and OLAP databases, XML documents, spreadsheets, map files, real-time data feeds and other data sources • Built-in support for large datasets • Extract result sets obtained through interactive filtering for use by other applications • Data already generated or refined in memory by applications can be directly accessed.

Highly interactive: Direct manipulation of data using full-featured scroll bars, filter planes and other techniques • Dynamically threshold, crop, filter and downsize data • Animation to see data over time • Link charts to identify correlations • Drill down through multidimensional data sets • Pan, zoom or rotate • "Tilt" interactor constrains rotations to specified angles.

Deployment flexible: Client-side plug-in architecture enables fully interactive, lightweight Microsoft controls, Java applets and SVG (scalalbe vector graphics) • One-click installation • Server-side thin client architecture for generation of images for inclusion on Web pages • Licensable for internal and resale deployment.

Highly customizable: Control every aspect of a data visualization scene. Quickly modify pre-built charts • Manipulate text, currencies, legends, tooltips, brushing • Discrete and color map legends, annotation • Sophisticated and flexible axis systems.

Analytics: Binning (data reduction), sorting, aggregation, crop, filter, threshold • Powerful DataMath technique allows data to be operated on, in place, with nearly any mathematical equation • Custom data analysis techniques easily accommodated in the OpenViz architecture.

Graphics power: OpenGL-based renderer takes advantage of graphics accelerators.
• 100% Java software renderer delivers OpenViz graphics to any platform. • Output in JPG, PNG, SVG and other formats.

Visual quality: High-quality print renderer/hard-copy facility allows users to produce journal or poster-quality graphics • Smoothing through antialiasing and other advanced techniques • Full control over lighting (multiple light sources, ambient, directional, point)
• Control over material properties (ambient, diffuse, specular, roughness) • Transparency to see through data • Gradient textures for backgrounds • High-quality graphics, charts and logos can be placed on scene walls and backgrounds • Full control over camera (perspective & orthographic).

Developer friendly: OpenViz COM/.NET version can be used with any development environment that supports Visual Basic, Visual C++ 6/7, VB.NET, and C#. • OpenViz Java version can be used with any development environment that support Java, including Oracle J Developer, Eclipse, and JBuilder • A rich set of component resources with fine grain control allows precise matching to user requirements and corporate product identity • Identical architecture is available in both COM and JavaBean standards • Independent 2D and 3D layers can be overlaid in a scene • OpenViz provides the ultimate flexibility to structure your visual presentation; nearly any scene imaginable can be constructed • Advanced Data Flow/Event Model ensures top performance by eliminating unnecessary screen redraws • Rich attribute system allows granular control over visual details • Sophisticated axis subsystem is extremely powerful in its ability to handle date and time representations of data • Support for numeric, string, date, time and logarithmic axes • Corporate professionals are now able to analyze business data encompassing large periods of time with the ability to remove irrelevant data such as holidays or weekends, or focus on specific periods of time or hours within a day • Easy-to-create 2D and 3D graphics and visualization applications • Debugging aids.

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