Finite element visualization in the cave virtual reality environment
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb, IL (United States)
Through the use of the post-processing software, Virtual Reality visualization (VRviz), and the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE), finite element representations can be viewed as they would be in real life. VRviz is a program written in ANSI C to translate the mathematical results generated by finite element analysis programs into a virtual representation. This virtual representation is projected into the CAVE environment and the results are animated. The animation is fully controllable. A user is able to translate the image, rotate about any axis and scale the image at any time. The user is also able to freeze the animation at any time step and control the image update rate. This allows the user to navigate around, or even inside, the image in order to effectively analyze possible failure points and redesign as necessary. Through the use of the CAVE and the real life image that is being produced by VRviz, engineers are able to save considerable time, money, and effort in the design process.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 211551
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/RE/CP-89271; CONF-9603134-1; ON: DE96007054
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1996 ASME design engineering show and conference, Chicago, IL (United States), 18-21 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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