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From: lawrance@ncsa.uiuc.edu (David Lawrance)
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Subject: Re: XDataSlice and sparse data
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Date: 20 May 91 14:08:47 GMT
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In article <1991May17.201453.15628@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> 
williams@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Gus Williams) writes:
> Does XDataSlice require a "square" data set?  That is do the
> X, Y, and Z dimensions of the array of data need to be the
> same? and does it now or in the future support variable spacing
> of the data grid?  I know the vset extensions to HDF support these
> items but do any of the visualization tools available from NCSA support
> them?

1) Data dimensions can be different.
2) Data does not have to be regularly gridded.
3) PolyView supports the newer vset extensions.

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