Dicer

Slicer/Dicer is a volumetric visual data analysis package that allows users to create 3D color images in seconds. It can display isosurfaces, cut through data with oblique slices, and scale, annotate and label the display of data. Slicer for Windows also has contains translucency and lighting options.

Platforms: Macintosh (256 color display, 4MB RAM, FPU), PC (Windows, 8MB RAM), Unix (256 color display, 16MB RAM).
Cost: $695 (Mac), $495 (PC).
Email: info@fortner.com
Phone: 703-478-0181
Fax: 703-689-9593

Contact:

	Fortner Research
	100 Carpenter Drive
	Sterling, VA 20164

Comments:
- James Sneyd: I've used Spyglass for many years, and found it to be excellent. Especially when combined with the HDF format libraries. Animation is excellent, and Mac-Unix coordination is seamless. It's not nearly as powerful as some visualisation systems (Explorer, AVS, Wavefront) but is a LOT cheaper and I have never needed anything more expensive. I use it mostly for numerical solutions of PDEs in two and three dimensions. One problem is the absence of Dicer for Unix.
- Scott Likens: We no longer create or support the line of Visual Data Analysis tools. (Slicer/Dicer, Plot, and Transform). While successful, we now concentrate solely on web technology. Last year we sold the software to Fortner Research, which is headed up by one of the founders of Spyglass. It's in good hands, and fully supported.