1. Overview of the SCIRun/BioPSE Software Systems
Hold on to your hats…

2. Outline Installation Documentation Structure and Layout
Dataflow Concepts
Network Design and Conventions
Modules
Network Files and Persistent State
I/O, Bridging, and Thirdparty
Viewer Interaction

3. Installation Download from SCI Software website Install Thirdparty
(let’s go!)
Stable (even) vs Development (odd) releases
SCIRun / Packages / Datasets / Docs
Install Thirdparty
configure
gmake

4. Documentation: The Central Source

5. Documentation: User Support
On-line Documentation
Tutorial
User’s Manual
FAQ Lists
Printed Documentation
User’s Manuals
Mailing List 182 registered)
Direct Contact
and Bugzilla
Phone

6. Documentation: Tutorial

7. Dataflow Dataflow Vocabulary Send and Get GuiVars Scheduler Module
Dataport
Datapipe UI
Send and Get
GuiVars
Scheduler
Dependencies
loops: send_intermediate

8. Network Design

9. Module: Algorithm + UI Algorithm User Interface Module: wrapper
Function
Reusability
User Interface
Buttons, tabs, slides, text entry, …
Hidden state
Module: wrapper
Infrastructure: setup, shutdown
Execute
1) Why am I being told to execute
2) Get data from ports
3) Update UI variables
4) Invoke algorithm
5) Send data out ports

10. Net Files and State Net File
Create modules
Create datapipes
Set UI values
Environment variables to create general purpose nets
SCIRUN_DATA
SCIRUN_DATASET
Human editable… but be careful!
Datasets can also be written out and read in… more on that tomorrow

11. I/O, Bridging, and Thirdparty
Read/Write modules for SCIRun format
“convert” programs for importing / exporting external data formats
Packages = projects
Internal
External: bridging
Store external libraries in Thirdparty
Independent of SCIRun standards
Externally maintained

12. Viewer Module OpenGL Scene graph Widgets See the User’s Guide
for details…