- cheap in terms of software costs
- minimal hardware support to run on each researcher's desktop
- the option to switch between interactive
and post-calculation viewing
- ease of initial use
- efficiency at drawing large numbers of
atoms and bonds
-
animation of the progress of a simulation
- preparation of output in
different formats
- possibility of slicing and annotating samples
- highlighting of specific areas or configurations
- a choice of atom, spin, pore etc as the object visualized
- no need to recompile for parameter changes
- zooming into more detail as needed
- possibility of drawing atoms of variable quality (dot, sphere, etc)
- true
three-dimensional visualization with shading and automatic perspective
- possibility of drawing bonds of variable length and
thickness to aid three dimensional spatial comphrehension
In addition we believe strongly in
(legally) free software and open source code-sharing as well as
systems that are platform-independent and LINUX compatible.
(Yes, AViz has passed the graduate student ``expert'' graduation test,
and as will now be described is the end result of many contributions
by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the Technion
Computational Physics group.)
