Advanced Visualizer Viewset Description

Advanced Visualizer Viewset (AWadvs-03)

Advanced Visualizer from Alias/Wavefront is an integrated workstation-based 3D animation system that offers a comprehensive set of tools for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, image composition, and video output.

The Advanced Visualizer provides:

Geometric, analysis, and motion data importation from a wide range of CAD, dynamics and structural systems.
Automatic object simplification and switching tools for working with ultra-large production data sets.
Motion for an unlimited number of objects, cameras, and lights with Wavefront SmartCurve editing techique.
Interactive test rendering and high-quality, free-form surface rendering
Software rotoscoping for matching computer animation with live action background footage.
Realistic imaging effects, including soft shadows, reflection, refraction, textures, and displacememt maps, using Wavefront's fast hybrid scanline/raytracing renderer.
Interactive image layering and output to video with Wavefront's new Recording Composer.
Powerful scripting and customization tools, open file formats, and user-defined interfaces.

All operations within Advanced Visualizer are performed in immediate mode with double buffered windows. There are four basic modes of operation within Advanced Visualizer:

55% material shading (textured, z-buffered, backface-culled, 2 local lights)

95% perspective, 80% trilinear mipmapped, modulated (41.8%)
95% perspective, 20% nearest, modulated (10.45%)
5% ortho, 80% trilinear mipmapped, modulated (2.2%)
5% ortho, 20% nearest, modulated (.55%)

30% wireframe (no z-buffering, no lighting)

95% perspective (28.5%)
5% ortho (1.5%)

10% smooth shading (z-buffered, backface-culled, 2 local lights)

95% perspective (9.5%)
5% ortho (.5%)

5% flat shading (z-buffered, backface-culled, 2 local lights)

95% perspective (4.75%)
5% ortho (.25%)

These are the 10 tests specified by the viewset that represent the most common operations performed by Advanced Visualizer:

Test Weight Advanced Visualizer functionality represented

1 41.8% Material shading of polygonal animation model with highest interactive image fidelity and perspective projection.

2 28.5% Wireframe rendering of polygonal animation model with perspective projection.

3 10.45% Material shading of polygonal animation model with lowest interactive image fidelity and perspective projection.

4 9.5% Smooth shading of polygonal animation model with perspective projection.

5 4.75% Flat shading of polygonal animation model with perspective projection.

6 2.2% Material shading of polygonal animation model with highest interactive image fidelity and orthogonal projection.

7 1.5% Wireframe rendering of polygonal animation model with orthogonal projection.

8 .55% Material shading of polygonal animation model with lowest interactive image fidelity and orthogonal projection.

9 .5% Smooth shading of polygonal animation model with orthogonal projection.

10 .25% Flat shading of polygonal animation model with orthogonal projection.

Test # Weight (%) Testing Parameters (Also see default parameters)

1
41.8%
-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -bf -tx advs1.mtv -magf LINEAR -minf LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR -te MODULATE -xws 720 -yws 720

2
28.5%
-pg DYN -rm LINE -cp FRAME -xws 720 -yws 720

3
10.45%
-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -bf -tx advs2.mtv -te MODULATE -xws 720 -yws 720

4
9.5%
-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -bf -xws 720 -yws 720

5
4.75%
-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -f -nll 2 -bf -xws 720 -yws 720

6
2.2%
-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -or -bf -tx advs1.mtv -magf LINEAR -minf LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR -te MODULATE -xws 720 -yws 720

7
1.5%
-pg DYN -rm LINE -cp FRAME -or -xws 720 -yws 720

8
.55%
-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -or -bf -tx advs2.mtv -te MODULATE -xws 720 -yws 720

9
.5%
-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -or -bf -xws 720 -yws 720

10
.25%
-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -f -nll 2 -or -bf -xws 720 -yws 720

Test	Weight	Advanced Visualizer functionality represented
1	41.8%	Material shading of polygonal animation model with highest interactive image fidelity and perspective projection.
2	28.5%	Wireframe rendering of polygonal animation model with perspective projection.
3	10.45%	Material shading of polygonal animation model with lowest interactive image fidelity and perspective projection.
4	9.5%	Smooth shading of polygonal animation model with perspective projection.
5	4.75%	Flat shading of polygonal animation model with perspective projection.
6	2.2%	Material shading of polygonal animation model with highest interactive image fidelity and orthogonal projection.
7	1.5%	Wireframe rendering of polygonal animation model with orthogonal projection.
8	.55%	Material shading of polygonal animation model with lowest interactive image fidelity and orthogonal projection.
9	.5%	Smooth shading of polygonal animation model with orthogonal projection.
10	.25%	Flat shading of polygonal animation model with orthogonal projection.

Test #	Weight (%)	Testing Parameters (Also see default parameters)
1	41.8%	-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -bf -tx advs1.mtv -magf LINEAR -minf LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR -te MODULATE -xws 720 -yws 720
2	28.5%	-pg DYN -rm LINE -cp FRAME -xws 720 -yws 720
3	10.45%	-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -bf -tx advs2.mtv -te MODULATE -xws 720 -yws 720
4	9.5%	-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -bf -xws 720 -yws 720
5	4.75%	-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -f -nll 2 -bf -xws 720 -yws 720
6	2.2%	-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -or -bf -tx advs1.mtv -magf LINEAR -minf LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR -te MODULATE -xws 720 -yws 720
7	1.5%	-pg DYN -rm LINE -cp FRAME -or -xws 720 -yws 720
8	.55%	-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -or -bf -tx advs2.mtv -te MODULATE -xws 720 -yws 720
9	.5%	-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -nll 2 -or -bf -xws 720 -yws 720
10	.25%	-pg DYN -rm POLYGON -cp FRAME -zb -f -nll 2 -or -bf -xws 720 -yws 720