Talk:JT (visualization format)

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I was told by a guy that worked with EAI that JT originally stood for 'jupiter tessellation' before being renamed DirectModel - that may be useful to add in history if we can get some verification. I did some searching and get hits on Jupiter Tesselation and Jupiter Tessellation such as this one: http://www.mbtmag.com/current_issues/2006/jan/integInfra4.asp --146.122.71.143 22:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jupiter

Yes, JT was originally developped by HP as the "DirectModel" format, as you can read here:

 http://www.vis.uni-stuttgart.de/img/sommer/seminar/Ausarbeitung-Jupiter.pdf

Even if I'm not fluent in German, I can see that "JT" was certainly an abreviation for Jupiter...

CADWatcher 08:55, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origins of "JT"

Actually, JT/DirectModel was a joint application development project between HP's graphics team in Fort Collins, CO and EAI's development team in Ames, Iowa. JT as also a bit of an inside joke in that EAI's Director of Technology at the time was Jeff Trom.

Here is another interesting doc on this subject: http://www.gris.uni-tuebingen.de/people/staff/bartz/proj/large/paper/pvg2001.pdf

Brad Halls 15:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC)