We'd like to thank all of you who stopped by our booth at SIGGRAPH 2002 and congratulate the winner of our "Pliable People" contest, Brian Warrington, who is now the proud owner of an MP3 Player. Check out our Funny Faces Gallery.

"A 20% labour reduction translates into an extreme competitive advantage in both project turn around times and price offerings. Simply put, the productivity gains achieved as a result of using PDT in our software are tremendous."

For more information, read the case study or press release on www.idelix.com.

On September 30th, IDELIX Software Inc. will release the latest version of the Software Development Kit for their patented innovation in information visualization, Pliable Display Technology. New product features in SDK Version 2.1 include:

• PDT 3D & Occlusion Reduction - Occlusion is the obstruction of the viewer's line of sight to inner objects in a 3D model by opaque outer objects. PDT 3D is IDELIX's technology for occlusion reduction providing detail-in-context viewing of 3D information. It is a new, patents-pending application of Pliable Display Technology that acts as a powerful tool for providing non-occluded views in a 3D setting with minimal adjustment of the original structure. PDT 3D provides an alternative to cutting planes, transparency, or information filtering.
  Check out the prototype for PDT 3D and send us your feedback.

• New Mac OS X Port - PDT is a platform independent technology and our dev team is continually working to ensure that ports are available for all major operating systems.

For detailed information about Pliable Display Technology (PDT) visit the white paper and technical description found at www.idelix.com.

Meet IDELIX's CTW (Chief Tail Wagger), Barley.

You found Waldo, now it's time to find Barley using PDT. Each month we'll post a new "Where's Barley" image with IDELIX's favorite canine waiting to be found.

Coming soon... New demos for Mac users and a new PDT 3D demo. Look for these demos September 30, 2002 or view our current demos at www.idelix.com/pdtdemos.shtml.

This month we are going to explore the functionality available in our PDT 3D Prototype demo. If you are like us and never read instructions this one is going to challenge you. Take a minute to read the following tips and then have some fun with the latest in PDT.

Since this is a prototype, your comments are extremely important to us. Good, bad, or inquisitive, we really want to hear from you. Please take a few seconds to email us and tell us your thoughts on PDT 3D.

STEP 1: ACCESS THE DIRECTIONAL CONTROLS
Hold down the control key to make the Directional Control Toolbar appear at the bottom of the image.

STEP 2: ALTER YOUR VIEW OF THE MODEL

1. Hold down the Control Key ("Ctrl") on your keyboard
2. Position the cursor over the desired control ("Pan", "Rotate", or "Zoom")
3. Press and hold the left mouse button and move your mouse to obtain the desired movement of the model around the area of interest (Target)

Pan - Standard panning functionality

Rotate - Rotate the cube and see your target from any angle

Zoom - Standard zooming functionality

STEP 3: SELECTING A NEW AREA OF INTEREST (or TARGET)
Choose a New Target by aligning your cursor over the cube of interest, and press the center mouse button. This will highlight the cube red.

STEP 4: MANIPULATING THE PDT LENS
Manipulate the Lens using the lens' translucent MDLC control handles and slider. The depth of view (lens depth), magnification in the focal region, and size can be interactively manipulated using the sliding bar controls. The position of the lens can be moved by clicking and dragging.

Change the Depth of Target Plane by using the sliders along the right side and bottom of the lens.

Adjust the Size of the Lens' focal region and base by clicking and dragging the respective handles to re-size.

Cube Display The outer layer of cubes occlude our vision of the inner elements of the matrix.		Cube Display & PDT PDT displaces the outer layers of cubes to reveal a target hidden within the matrix. Contextual information is preserved.

This month's Soapbox topic is PDT 3D. Opportunity awaits this new technology and we'd love to hear your insights, opinions, past experiences, and product scenarios telling us the future you'd like to see for PDT 3D.

Pliable Display Technology for the GIS, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Industries

Each month we will feature the achievements of IDELIX team members and give credit where credit is due.

September 9-12
Seybold San Francisco, San Francisco, California
IDELIX Marketing Manager Stacy Gorkoff will be representing IDELIX at this event.

September 12
Ventures West Business and Technology Reception
Vancouver, Canada

September 20
Pacific Northwest Venture Capital Forum
Vancouver, Canada
IDELIX President and CEO, Bijan Sanii will be representing IDELIX at this event.

November 18 & 19th
Vanguard Conference
San Diego
IDELIX Founder and CTO, Dr. David Baar will be speaking at this year's event.

Would you like to meet us? Find out more about PDT? Find out more about these events? Email tchester@idelix.com to set up an appointment at any of these events.