Status of Graphics, Viz, and Event Displays

Jeff KallenbachJan 29,2003

Overview

Visualization toolkits Graphics Infrastructure Support HEPVis MB Event Display Viz room

Visualization Toolkits

Graphics toolkits Open Inventor (MB, D0, BTeV, LSC Demo)

License management Custom builds from TGS 3DMastersuite Status – kits for IRIX/RH71/RH73, KCC/GCC*

Open Open Inventor (SGI oss - CDF, G4) Coin (Free – LHC, CMS)

Status Would like to convert all to free by 10/03,

incl me

Graphics Infrastructure

Infrastructure Mesa - GL api for Linux (roughly) Motif Qt HEPVis Status – ongoing, stable, good mesa

with RH7.3

HEPVis

Library of physics graphics shapes and nodes (inventor subclasses)

About 50 classes (JCK, J. Boudreau, G. Barrand, G. Alverson, L. Taylor)

Linux, IRIX, Sun, Win, compilers Bindings for Xm, Qt, oiv, open oiv, Coin In use at MB, CDF, D0, LHC, CMS, LSC Status – upcoming release (2/28), then

interaction with users for LHC deployment

HEPVis Contents

MiniBooNE Event Display

In the field about 9 months Now part of MB framework, licenses for

all the MB desktops Mostly linux, an IRIX version in vis room C++ - TGS OIV, 3DMS, Mesa, HEPVis, Xm Dedicated MB person (G. Mills) Status - will meet with MB this week to

prioritize TODO list

MB ED TODO

Configuration file Track finder Read ROOT files (instead of fc) – G Mills Various plots (from SNO ED) Write event Bug fix (found at SC2002) Color maps Various bells & whistles Convert to Coin (9/30/03)

MiniBooNE Event Display

Visualization Room

3D Shows for various groups Maintain HW and SW Organize tours Manual demos In process of replacing Onyx with PC PC migration should allow movies Status – PC migration (2/13+)

MiniBooNE On WH15

Artifact at SC2002 - will move to 15

Model of detector fragment 7’ tall curved panel 2 PMT’s, 2 photos Two computer screens mounted

“Virtual tour” (html in MSIE) ED (Linux), w/ animated hits

Status – back burner – some snags