THE SOLUTION
The data from simulation software called SPRAMIX® are stored on a database system written by Dr. Clive Best specifically for storing 2D and 3D vector data. It is based on ISAM- indexed sequential access files. HYDRA accesses this database via mouse-driven menus and icons.

Animations of data plots in time and space can be produced using an automatic time-step and slice-step mode allowing several images to be stored on a file to be played back later in an animation mode. These animations can be incorporated into MPEG files and put onto videotape for recording the simulation and presentation of the results. Print data are copied to a file or output to a printer. The user can also save files for use by document-publishing software such as FrameMaker®.

The focus of the HYDRA product is ease of use and flexibility. This has been achieved using the application-building features within PV-WAVE that can create menus and icons for each operation so that end users simply use the mouse to select the data and graphing options to create the view that they require. The visual analysis of the enormous amounts of data involved in 3D simulations of the sea flow is thereby simplified.

HYDRA is written in the PV-WAVE command language, which is a fourth-generation programming language (4GL) that provides powerful graphics application development tools. The user interface of HYDRA is based on a set of mouse-driven menus from which the user selects a particular option by clicking the left-hand button. Graphical display is performed in any of up to six windows, which can be moved and sized by the user. A key feature of this product is the flexibility provided by the large number of options available in the utility menus, allowing full control of the graphs produced. As in any well-produced program, there is a full HELP facility with help text available on every command within HYDRA.

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