5/11/2015

COMPARING

ENSIGHT DESKTOPAND

ENSIGHT STANDARD

Only reads Converge results Reads all types of data

Features of

EnSight DesktopEnSight Desktop for Converge EnSight Desktop

Features of

EnSight StandardEnSight Standard for Converge EnSight Standard

Features of

EnSight HPCEnSight HPC

Features of

EnSight VREnSight VR

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ENSIGHT VERSIONS

Desktop

One viewport

One case

No texture mapping

Simple animations

Interactive only

Stand-alone mode only

1 CPU thread

Standard

Up to 16 viewports

Up to 32 cases

Texture mapping

Keyframe animations

Interactive and scripting

Remote client-server

Up to 8 CPU threads

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FEATURE COMPARISON

Desktop Standard

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VIEWPORTS

Up to 16 viewports

• Focus on specific parts

• View multiple variables simultaneously

• Show a different case in each viewport

One viewport

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MULTIPLE CASES

Up to 32 cases

• Directly compare multiple runs

• Calculate and view differences

• Mode for automatic comparison

One case

Desktop Standard

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TEXTURE MAPPING

Texture mapping

• Apply bitmaps to part surfaces

• Use for decals, materials, logos

• Project onto parts or use UV mapping

No texture mapping

Desktop Standard

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KEYFRAME ANIMATIONS

Keyframe animations

• Change the view (rotate, pan, zoom)

• Fly-through animation

• Transitions such as transparency change

• Use with group transform or frames to

move parts in arbitrary ways

Simple animation methods

• Animation of transient data

• Animated streamlines and pathlines

• Flipbook animation of moving clip

planes and changing isosurface values

Desktop Standard

Interactive use only

Save work and reload it on the

same data

Interactive and batch modes

Save work and apply it to

similar cases (context fi les)

Automatically generate

scripts in EnSight command

language and python

Assign scripts to keyboard

macros

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SCRIPTING

Desktop Standard

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REMOTE CLIENT-SERVER

Desktop

Standard

Stand-alone mode only

EnSight Client EnSight Server

Run EnSight client and

EnSight server on

different computers• Server loads the data

• Client handles the GUI

and graphics

• Efficient data transfer

uses little bandwidth

TCP/IP connection

Single computer

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PERFORMANCE – MULTIPLE CPUS

Up to

8 CPU threads

Speeds up tasks

such as creating

new parts and

variables

1 CPU thread

Desktop

Standard

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