Platforms

• OpenViz for COM: Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000
• OpenViz for Java: Any machine with a Java Virtual Machine, including PCs, Macs, Unix and Linux workstations

• Powerful and flexible 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 results sets obtained through interactive filtering for use by other applications
• Data already generated or refined in memory by applications can be directly accessed

Deployment

• Client-side plug-in architecture enables fully interactive, lightweight ActiveX controls and Java applets. 1-click installation.
• Server-side thin client architecture for generation of images for inclusion on web pages
• Licensable for internal and resale deployment

Graphics Power

• OpenGL-based renderer takes advantage of Graphics Accelerators
• 100% Java software renderer delivers OpenViz graphics to any platform
• Platform and rendering library independence

Visualization Techniques

• Ready-to-customize standard charting techniques such bar chart, area chart, line chart, pie chart, ribbon plot, scatter plot, surface plot
• Advanced charting techniques such as radar chart, parallel coordinates, stock chart and spatial/map display
• Discrete and color map legends, annotation
• Sophisticated and flexible axis systems
  

Data Analysis Techniques

• 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

Interactivity

• Direct manipulation within an interactive OpenViz scene using full-featured scroll bars, filter planes and other interactors
• 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

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)

Development

• Easy to add interactive 2D and 3D graphics and visualization to both existing and new applications
• OpenViz COM version can be used with any development environment that supports ActiveX/COM, including Visual Basic, Visual C++ and Delphi.
• OpenViz Java version can be used with any development environment that supports Javabeans, including Symantec Visual Cafe, Visual J++ and Oracle J Developer
• 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 "Scene Tree" provides the ultimate flexibility to structure your visual presentation. Nearly any scene imaginable can be constructed.
• Advanced Data Flow/Event Model assures top performance by eliminating unnecessary screen redraws
• Rich attribute system allows granular control over visual details
• Easy-to-create 2D and 3D graphics and visualization applications
• Debugging aids

Axis System

• 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 over 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.

Training & Support

• Online HTML documentation with full search features
• Extensive code examples and demonstration applications
• Full reference documentation
• Getting Started guide for quick up-to-speed
• "Quick Start" onsite training packages available

Custom Services

• Complete application development capability provided by AVS Professional Services Group
• Extensive experience in multi-platform data visualization