Adaptable 3-D clip-art adorns documents

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Viewpoint Digital has bundled Nichimen Graphics' Nendo volume-modeling software with its own LiveArt 3D rendering software to create a package for designing sophisticated custom-looking graphic elements for documents quickly and simply. Nendo is the 3D equivalent of a 2D drawing program, and as such it requires some time to learn. Its tutorials are effective, but becoming proficient with the program takes time. LiveArt comes with 300 3D models, although the review copy had only 50, including aircraft, furniture and flowers. The models are processed through one of 36 algorithms ranging from straight, illuminated 3D rendering to stylized watercolor, chalk and surreal effects. The results can be inserted into documents as standard images or as objects that can be edited with OLE technology. The bundle costs $99.95 for online download (50 models) and $129.95 for CD-ROM (300 models).

Computer-aided design, Graphics software, Clip art, Viewpoint Digital Inc., Nichimen Graphics Inc., LiveArt 3D (Clip art), Nendo (CAD software)

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The DSP Workshop -- a compelling CASE

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The MathWorks' $5,900 DSP Workshop CASE software includes version 3.0 of the DSP Blockset for Simulink that combines with Simulink to create a graphical tool for simulating signal processing systems using a 'software through pictures' methodology. The system models generated look like engineering schematics but are in fact fully functional system simulations. Software functions underneath the functional blocks operate on the specified input and generate output according to the appropriate algorithm. Simulink and the DSP Blockset are included in the DSP Workshop along with Matlab and the Signal Processing Toolbox. Among the spectral estimation algorithms provided are Burg, Covariance, Modified Covariance, Magnitude FFT, Short-Time FFT and Yule-Walker. The DSP Workshop is most useful to Matlab users, but others will find the package easy to learn and well documented.

Applications software, Mathematical software, Computer-aided software engineering, Computer aided software engineering, CASE software, MathWorks Inc., DSP Workshop (CAD software)

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