INT Launches New Java 2D and 3D Graphics Toolkits 
J/Carnac and J/View3D For Data Visualization Debut at Java One

San Francisco, CA and Houston, TX (June 15, 1999) Interactive Network Technologies, Inc. (INT), the leading developer of high performance Java based graphics toolkits announced today the release of J/View3D 1.0, a data visualization toolkit based on Java 3D . In addition, INT stated that their Beta 1 version of J/Carnac, a Java 2D graphics toolkit, will be available on July 8, 1999. The products will be demonstrated at the Java One Conference, booth #917. The toolkits are designed to simplify and speed up the process of building complex 2D and 3D scientific data display applications in Java by providing a set of high-level classes. INT has made both products available for free at http://j-extreme.int.com, INT’s new dedicated Java graphics site. 

Graphics Dedication 
For nearly a decade, INT has been developing graphics toolkits—amenable to any computing environment—that can be integrated or stand alone. INT began experimenting with Java more than three and one half years ago and then formalized its Java development in 1997, first building Java interfaces for its C++ products. As the language evolved, INT began making complete Java conversions to their graphics toolkits. Observing the growing demand for Java products, INT realized there were no off-the-shelf Java graphics toolkits that provide 2D or 3D data display.

"INT seized the opportunity to fill a gap in the marketplace by developing toolkits such as J/Carnac and J/View3D," said Graeme Wallace, technical director, INT. "Using Java 2D and Java 3D has sped up our time to market and made it possible to pass rapid development opportunities on to our customers. As a result, we've had programmers write graphics applications for radar imaging, scientific graphs, mapping, oil & gas exploration and we expect to see many more applications before the end of the year." 

J/Carnac—2D Extensibility
J/Carnac™ provides a simple-to-learn, extensible architecture that allows a programmer to rapidly develop graphical applications. J/Carnac utilizes SUN's Java 2D™ API to provide a cross-platform rendering system, but offers the programmer much more by including high level classes to handle shape organization, view management and interactive geometry manipulation.

J/Carnac's built-in view management system is incredibly simple to use. Based upon the SWING architecture, J/Carnac provides components to simplify the construction and control of the GUI components. A comprehensive axis and grid subsystem automatically provides meaningful annotation for plotting, and charting applications. Custom layout managers enable the programmer to very quickly produce professional quality displays that automatically scroll, zoom and resize. J/Carnac provides features such as shapes, attributes, scenes, and selection, all of which are implemented on top of an architecture designed to be user extensible. Programmers can easily add in new graphics symbols, new shape storage mechanisms, or new view layout capabilities.

J/View3D—3D Simplicity
J/View3D is an easy-to-use Java 3D toolkit that provides the ability to visualize, manipulate, annotate and edit a set of 3D objects—but programmers do not need any Java 3D experience to use it. With J/View3D, programmers can facilitate and speed up the visualization of 3D scientific data. J/View3D retains all the benefits of Java 3D: cross-platform functionality, low level flexibility and support for Internet-based 3D applets. J/View3D adds more, including higher level APIs, the ability to create most common 3D shapes, extended picking and selection behaviors.

The J/View3D toolkit consists of three basic components: a viewing model, a modeling system and a set of control modules. The viewing model is a container in which all graphics objects are placed and rendered. Graphic objects are created using the modeling system and can have individual or shared graphical attributes, including points, lines, polygons, meshes, surfaces, volumes, text, markers, and other supplementary objects such as lights, axes, fonts, and annotations. Control modules enable the manipulation of graphical objects, including rotation, translation, zooming, selection and interactive editing.

INT TechSource Consulting 
INT TechSource , INT’s consulting team, offers companies a full solutions package that includes application design and development, technical support, product training, platform training, mentoring, consulting and full project execution. 

About INT
Based in Houston, Texas, INT is the leading Java developer and supplier of high performance graphics tools for the geoscience industry. INT’s easy-to-use data visualization software products—J/Carnac and J/View3D—enable programmers and vendors to enhance the performance and functionality of their graphics applications while reducing development times and maintenance costs. Additional Java graphics information can be obtained through http://www.int.com. INT services include INT TechSource, a consulting team that handles design, programming, education, training and operations assessment for any size project. INT customers include most of the international oil companies, as well as many Fortune 500 companies and large software vendors. INT sells its products directly from the US and Europe. For more information on INT, call toll-free (US) 1-877-4CARNAC, or visit www.int.com.

Java, Java 2D, Java 3D, and Swing are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. J/Carnac, J/View3D, j-extreme and INT TechSource are trademarks of Interactive Network Technologies, INC.