Avizo

[Avizo] "is a 3D analysis software for scientific and industrial data. Wherever three-dimensional imaging data sets need to be processed, in materials science, geosciences or engineering applications, Avizo offers abundant state-of-the-art image data processing, exploration and analysis features within an intuitive workflow and easy-to-use graphical user interface."

Type of Data

Avizo is designed for analysing and manipulating 3D data sets. It is therefore no surprise that the data sets used by respondents were exclusively tomographic datasets.

Size of Data Set

Data sets were typically 20GB, with one respondent having much smaller data sets and one significantly larger (100GB).

Advantages

The only advantage stated was that Avizo can generate publication quality images.

Quality of Documentation/Tutorials

Documentation is OK, but additional tutorials (on YouTube) would be useful.

Range of Data Formats

The range of data formats accepted is acceptible.

Level of Support Available

Two users suggested the support ;eve; was good, two said not.

Performance

Performance is probably dictated by the volume of data that is processed. A High end workstation is required.

Limitations

More limitations were listed for this package than any other:

• graphics card crashes
• Avizo crashes all the time
• Minimal documentation
• Can be too complicated to use

Comments

A further limitation was given in the comments:

• it is commercial and expensively so