Re: [opendx-users] position of maximum

2005-05-31 Thread Chris Pelkie
It's a simple vector (box center) so you could send it to Format(Max: %f) then to Caption, or you could send it to Construct(origin) then to AutoGlyph to put a ball at that point. On May 30, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Marzia De Lucia wrote: Hello, I have a 3d scalar field and I would like to get the

RE: [opendx-users] Usage model for OpenDX

2005-05-31 Thread Andrew J. Dolgert
Hi Matt, You can set variables in a running copy of DX using DXLink, but you are correct that you send them as text. There are helper routines in one of the libraries that let you write a loadable module and external program which talk with each other over sockets. These routines are commented

RE: [opendx-users] Usage model for OpenDX

2005-05-31 Thread Michael Zeleznik
Drew correctly points out the difficulty of using the VPE and data flow environment for robust or commercial products. However, all of the DX functionality IS available through the library routines, either directly in an explicit routine, or through the valuable DXCallModule() function, which

RE: [opendx-users] Usage model for OpenDX

2005-05-31 Thread Michael Zeleznik
I wrote: ... all of the DX functionality IS available through the library routines... That is, except for the VPE, data flow, and interactors. But the idea is that you don't need or want the data flow when doing this, since you then have much better control over everything. And in general, one