I have just updated the Windows Installer (using InstallAnywhere) for
VisAD-Jython. You may download a copy from:
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~tomw/visadtutor/jyvis.exe
Just run this file and follow the "Windows-style" installation of VisAD,
Java2, Java3D, Jython, and a few helpful batch files.
This release contains JRE version 1.3.1_03 for Windows, the visad.jar
file from 5/2/2002, and the current jython.jar file.
A significant addition has been made to the Jython 'subs.py' module to
make it easier to work with VisAD Shapes. The "small examples" page
from the Jython-VisAD tutorial contains a couple of examples, but here's
a preview....it makes 3 shapes and moves them around for a minute or
so...
from visad.python.JPythonMethods import *
from subs import *
import time
maps=makeMaps(getRealType("x"),"x", getRealType("y"),"y")
maps[0].setRange(-1., 1.)
maps[1].setRange(-1., 1.)
disp = makeDisplay(maps)
inx3 = addShape(textShape("hello", size=.2))
moveShape(inx3, (1,1))
inx = addShape("cross")
moveShape(inx, (.5,.5))
inx2=addShape("solid_square", color="green")
moveShape(inx2, (-1, -1))
showDisplay(disp)
for i in xrange(100):
x2 = -1. + i/50.
x = .5 - i/50.
x3 = 1. - i/70.
moveShape(inx2, (x2,x2))
moveShape(inx, (x,.5))
moveShape(inx3, (x3,x3))
time.sleep(.4)
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Tom Whittaker
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Space Science and Eng. Center
ph: 608.262.2759
