title: Visualization of sphere packs using a dataflow toolkit.
abstract: We describe the construction of a simple application for the visualization of sphere packs, with applications to molecular graphics. Our development environment is IRIS Explorer, one of the new generation of so-called dataflow toolkits. We emphasize particularly the way in which working in such an environment facilitates the design and construction process, paying special attention to tools which aid the importing of data into the application, the design of the user interface, and the extension or modification of existing tools. Some examples of the use of the application in the field of molecular modeling are presented.
authors.affiliation: Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd., Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walton
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003626:Data Display; D008958:Models, Molecular; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D013816:Thermodynamics