DownLoad and Installation

 

System Requirements:

The EPL 3-D viewer software has been tested on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Red Hat Linux 9 and Mac OSX (10.4). To run this software, your graphics card must support OpenGL. (Most recently-made graphics cards have OpenGL support.) To display the sections, your graphics card must support texture mapping. The model may appear flickery on certain relatively old graphics cards.

 

 

Installation:

Windows (XP):

• Download and uncompress the setup package.
• Double click on the setup.exe file and follow the instructions on the wizard to install .
• The program will automatically run after the installation.
• Please refer to Users Guide for how to use this software.
  
  3-Dviewer of the Human Temporal Bone model (Win ~40MB)
  3-Dviewer of the Visible Ear Model (Win ~40MB)
  3-Dviewer of the Incudostapedial Joint Complex Model with Audio Guide(Win ~60MB)

MacOS X (10.4):

• Download the zipped package. The package will be automatically uncompressed by the system.
• Go into the uncompressed the folder and double click "3DViewer_TB" or "3DViewer_VE" to run the program.
• Please refer to Users Guide for how to use this software.
  
  3-Dviewer of the Human Temporal Bone model (Mac ~25MB)
  3-Dviewer of the Visible Ear Model (Mac ~35MB)

Note: The new Mac version of the 3-D viewer doesn't work on MacOS 10.3 and below.

 

Installation of the older version:

Windows:

• Download and uncompress the zipped package .
• To run the software, double click the executable (.exe) file.
• When the program gets started, the teaching model will be loaded automatically.
• Please refer to Users Guide for how to use this software.
  
  3-Dviewer of the Human Temporal Bone model (Win ~20MB)
  3-Dviewer of the Round Window Model (Win ~36MB)
  3-Dviewer of the Visible Ear Model (Win ~48MB)

MacOS X (10.3):

• Download the zipped package. The package will be automatically uncompressed by the system.
• Double click "Install.pkg". You may need to input the administrator's password. The software package will be installed at "Applications/3Dviewer".
• To run the software, double click "3Dviewer".
• When the program gets started, the teaching model will be loaded automatically.
• Please refer to Users Guide for how to use this software.
  
  3-Dviewer of the Human Temporal Bone model (Mac ~20MB)
  3-Dviewer of the Round Window Model (Mac ~36MB)
  3-Dviewer of the Visible Ear Model (Mac ~48MB)

Linux:

• To run this software on Linux, you must install MesaGL.
• Download and unzip the compressed package.
• Go to the directory where you put the files and type "./3Dviewer" in the terminal.
• When the program gets started, the teaching model will be loaded automatically.
• Please refer to Users Guide for how to use this software.
  
  3-Dviewer of the Human Temporal Bone model (Linux ~20MB)
  3-Dviewer of the Round Window Model (Linux ~36MB, could be slow in performance)
  3-Dviewer of the Visible Ear Model (Linux ~48MB, could be slow in performance)

Quick Guide to 3-D Surface Viewer

 

 Download EPL 3DViewer Only:

Windows:

• Download and uncompress the setup package.
• Double click on the setup.exe file and follow the instructions on the wizard to install.
• The program will automatically run after the installation.
  
  EPL 3DViewer
  Users Guide to EPL 3DViewer
  EPL 3DViewer Demo Movie
  Example Files:
  Armadillo.vtk, Armadillo.vtk.color, monster.stl, monster.stl.color, dolphins.wrl