Re: PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube

Posted by Frank Wimberly-2 on
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I'm not Marcus but in finite element analysis the discretization of a 2 dimensional region is always done with triangles. It's much more flexible than rectangular grids, to oversimplify.

Frank

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On Wed, May 13, 2020, 7:13 PM <[hidden email]> wrote:

Marcus,

 

Can you explain why the basic unit is a triangle?

 

Any Peircean would LOVE it.

 

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From: Friam <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube

 

Check out that WaPost article for the state-of-the-art.   (The new Unreal Engine.)

 

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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube

 

I vaguely remember plot 3d. No one renders today the way it did. Cray was less than a PC with a decent graphics card.

 

Ed

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On May 13, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Frank Wimberly <[hidden email]> wrote:

 

Let me revise that a little bit.  There was a visualization of the rider's view of a roller coaster ride that ran on a Cray supercomputer.  The purpose was to demonstrate the capability and speed of a Lisp-based 3D renderer called Plot-3D or P3D or something similar.  Do you know what I'm talking about, Ed?

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On Wed, May 13, 2020, 5:31 PM <[hidden email]> wrote:

Thanks, Frank. 

 

NIck

 

Nicholas Thompson

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Clark University

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From: Friam <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 3:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube

 

You should take it seriously but I'm biased.  I don't think PSC let's its supercomputers be used for eye candy.  They didn't when I worked there and they were accountable to NSF.

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On Wed, May 13, 2020, 3:26 PM <[hidden email]> wrote:

Dear Phellow Phriammers,

Is this eyecandy, or should I take it seriously?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gQutQQiuAI&feature=youtu.be

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