Network Downloads
At the beginning of 2005, ITS changed the way we are charged for internet traffic, this latest model makes traffic to "OnNet" sites zero cost, while "OffNet" sites are charged heavily. You can lookup which sites are OnNet/OffNet here, but the basic distinction is Internet2 connect sites nationally and internationally are OnNet (including most .edu, .edu.*, ac.* etc) , while most commercial sites are OffNet.How to ... in VisLab and UQ
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UQ mail to
your favorite mail account: make sure you understand the disclaimer
before proceeding.
• Bacula (Internal only)
• Bacula (Internal only)
Online Tutorials and Manuals
| Chemistry
- Biochemistry - Material Science Software Application |
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| Chimera |
direct link to UCSF |
| Gromacs (v3.2) |
The official manual (pdf file) |
| Macromodel Manuals Version
* |
The official Macromodel
manual(local only) |
| MD Movie |
By J. Greenberg |
| MD Movie Help files |
By D. Mitchell - Sydney
VisLab (1998) |
| Rasmol Documentation |
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| SciAn (v) |
by Eric Pepke and Jim
Lyons from Florida State
University (pdf files) |
| VMD User's Guide (v1.8.2) |
By J. Gullingsrud, D.
Norris, J. Stone |
| VMD Programmer's Guide (v1.6) |
By J. Gullingsrud, D.
Norris, J. Stone |
| Mathematics
Software Applications |
|
| A guide to Mathematica
(v2.03) |
By L. Poladian -
University of Sydney |
| Chris's guide to
Mathematica |
by C. Ormerod - Sydney VisLab (1999) |
| Matlab
Online Documentation |
direct link to Mathworks |
| Mathworks Online Support |
direct link to Mathworks |
| Welcome to Matlab 5 |
by John Grant - Sydney
VisLab part-timer |
| Matlab 5 |
from Mathworks (pdf files) |
| Scilab (v3.0) |
from INRIA |
| Scientific
Visualisation |
|
| AVS5 Online Documentation |
The official manual from
AVS (pdf format - local only) |
| Equivalence between AVS 5, Viz/Express and DX Modules | for people juggling
between these three applications. By W. Wang - Sydney VisLab |
| Collaborative AVS5 Manual |
by G. Johnson - UCSD and
C. Natoli, Sydney VisLab |
| Training material for AVS
5 and AVS/Express |
From IAC |
| AVS Express tutorial | From NCSC |
| AVS/Express Visualization Edition | An Introductory Course For
Medical Users (from the Manchester Vis Centre) |
| DX Quickstart Guide |
IBM manual (pdf file) |
| DX User's Guide |
IBM manual (pdf file) |
| DX User's Reference |
IBM manual (pdf file) |
| DX Programmer's Guide |
IBM manual (pdf file) |
| Distance Education Course on OpenDX | Developed by the Cornell
Theory Center (CTC) for business and industry, federal agencies, and
academia. |
| Fledermaus | (local only) |
| IMOD | |
| Vis5d Tutorial |
by Paolo Antonelli |
| VoxelView |
Getting your dataset into
VoxelView |
| 2D
Graphics |
|
| Gimp (v2.2) |
by the Gimp Documentation
Team |
| Gimp (v1.01) |
by Karin & Olof S Kylander (pdf file) |
| Gimp: Color
Section (v1.01) |
by Karin & Olof S
Kylander (pdf file) |
| gnuplot (v3.5) |
an interactive plotting
program by Thomas Williams &
Colin Kelley |
| gnuplot (v3.5) |
by Andy Liaw & Dick
Crawford (Postscript file) |
| Operating tips for gnuplot |
By Stuart Prescott (a 1998
SC3 student) |
| mica: Image File Formats Conversion | By J. Horne - Sydney VisLab |
| XV (v. 3.10a) | By John Bradley |
| 3D
Graphics |
|
| Houdini - 3D Elevation Maps |
create a 3D Elevation
(topographic) map of Australia in houdini by B. Simons - Sydney VisLab. |
| Houdini - spot the
difference |
tutorial in using houdini
to spot the difference between two images. Postscript version here Fun
and Simple - should take about 20mins. Note: this tutorial uses an image that is only available on the local VisLab network. |
| Houdini tips and tutorials |
by Odforce |
| Vex Language Reference |
By Side Effects Software |
| Happy Rendering with VEX |
by Keita Maeda |
| Forward Kinematics |
3.0 tutorial will teach
you the basics of construction in the Bone State. |
| ShadeTree Online
Documentation |
Shadetree is used to
create Shaders for the RenderMan, BMRT, and Vex computer graphics
renderers. |
| IMOD |
Build a 3D Model from 2D
image slices. |
| Jade |
Just Another Decimator -
reduces the number of polygons in a 3D Model. Takes in OpenInventor
format 3D models. Interactive GUI tool. |
| Metro |
An interative tool which
compares the decimation of 3D Models, from the people who wrote Jade. |
| Programming
Languages |
|
| A Mug's guide to Fortran |
by P. Robinson (The
University of Sydney) |
| Common Fortran Errors | by P. Robinson (The University of Sydney) |
| Chris's guide to Fortran90 | by C. Ormerod - Sydney VisLab (1999) |
| Introduction to Java3D |
by D. Nadeau |
| Introduction to Perl 5 | by J. Moreland |
| PGPLOT |
By T.J Pearson |
| A Mug's guide to PGPLOT, the Fortran subroutine | By CY Teo (The University of Sydney) |
| Python (v2.4) |
From python.org |
| SMP parallel programming |
An Introduction to
programming in a Symmetric Multi-processor environment, by Dr. R.
Standish |
| UNIX
|
|
| UNIX Light |
minimum UNIX you need to
know by N. Bordes |
| UNIX Survival Kit |
'or how to survive with 10
commands' by N. Bordes |
| A Mug's guide to UNIX |
from the School of physics at the University of Sydney |
| vi Light |
or how to use vi (a fast
and powerful text editor) |
| Mastering the vi editor |
A more detailed tutorial
on vi, from the College of Engineering at the University of Hawaii,
Manoa. |
| A Mug's guide to Unix mail |
from the School of physics
at the University of Sydney |
| Web
- Internet |
|
| WISYWIG html |
'write your own web home
pages from scratch' by N. Bordes |
| SIGGRAPH 96 Introduction
to VRML 2 |
by J. Moreland and D.
Nadeau - UCSD |
| Introduction to VRML 97 |
by J. Moreland and D. Nadeau - UCSD |
| Publishing |
|
| LATEX2 for Authors |
From the Latex project team |
| Using LATEX in the School
of Physics (v2.09) |
By Glenn Geers, The
University of Sydney |
| Discontinued
- Unlicensed - Plain Old Applications |
|
| CosmoWorlds |
by SiliconGraphics |
| Serious about Cerius? |
A friendly guide to
Cerius, the grandfather of Cerius2 by N. Bordes (1996) |
| A short primer on how to use MidasPlus | direct link to UCSF |
| Prisms |
A quick guide to get you
started with Prisms. Nb: these days we use Houdini instead. |
| Semper (v1.0) |
Image processing software (NB: semper is not supported in VisLab anymore) |