CEI Releases Visualization Market's First Rapid, Accurate Transparency Rendering for Distributed Computing.APEX, N.C. -- Computational Engineering Computational engineering is a relatively new discipline of engineering. It is typically offered as a masters or doctorate program at several institutions. This is not to be confused with computer engineering (related to building computers). International (CEI CEI Competitive Enterprise Institute CEI Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (Italian bishop conference) CEI Central European Initiative CEI Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano (Italian Electrotechnical Committee) ) announced today an industry first with the latest release of EnSight DR, an extreme visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all tool that now allows users of distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. to accurately and rapidly render complex transparent objects. The new distributed rendering technology breaks through significant computing barriers, making for fast and cost-effective transparent renderings that were once impractical in a distributed-computing environment. Scientists and engineers working with large and complex datasets can now take advantage of the new technology to visualize multiple transparent layers on any object. "We are proud to be the first to bring users a fast and effective way to render multiple transparent layers in a distributed-computing environment," said Randall Frank, a senior developer at CEI and the creator of the new technology. "The novel fixed-overhead algorithm behind this technology means that in practical terms, the speed and quality of rendering is essentially the same no matter how large or complex the dataset. This is a real boon for users of distributed rendering in numerous industries and disciplines." The new transparency capabilities now standard in EnSight DR 8.2.3 produce highly accurate alpha-blended transparencies, which were previously unattainable for users of distributed computing. This significant breakthrough sets a new visualization standard and makes obsolete so-called "screen-door" transparencies, a widely used, yet highly limited, workaround (jargon, programming) workaround - A temporary kluge used to bypass, mask or otherwise avoid a bug or misfeature in some system. Customers often find themselves living with workarounds for long periods of time rather than getting a bug fix. technique for rendering transparent surfaces in a distributed-computing environment. CEI introduced EnSight DR in 2005 to give users of the extreme visualization package the ability to process visualizations in parallel across networked computers, and across multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. . CEI's flexible architecture allows users to mix platforms within a single visualization session, within a workgroup, or across an entire corporate network. CEI's licensing model is platform-independent. Users of any major platform within an existing CEI customer site can simply install EnSight DR and contact the network administrator to obtain the license key to use the software. EnSight DR 8.2.3, with full transparency capabilities, is now available as a no-cost update to all users with an existing EnSight DR license. Those who do not currently hold a license but would like to learn more about EnSight can visit www.ensight.com/ensight-dr.html or call 919-363-0883 for more information. About CEI CEI (www.ensight.com) offers a complete suite of engineering and scientific visualization scientific visualization Process of graphically displaying real or simulated scientific data. It is a vital procedure in the creative realization of scientific ideas, particularly in computer science. tools, from meshing to plotting to animation, on all major operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . The company's products can be run on everything from laptops to workstations, clusters and supercomputers, with animations displayed in stereo and in immersive VR. CEI has corporate headquarters in Apex, N.C., and authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: distributors around the world. |
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