Supplementary material to Evans A R, Harper I S and Sanson G D. Confocal imaging, visualization and 3-D surface measurement of small mammalian teeth. Journal of Microscopy 2001; 204: 93-172.
Instructions for Viewing Supplementary Figures in Evans et al. (2001)
Computer specifications:
The files have been tested using various setups for both PC and Macintosh.
Recommended for PC:
Pentium 100 MHz or greater.
Windows 95 or later.
32MB RAM (64MB or greater recommended).
20 MB of disk space.
Recommended for Macintosh:
PowerPC computer. WorldView does not support 680x0.
MacOS version 7.5 or later.
16 MB RAM installed (32MB or greater recommended).
20 MB of disk space.
File descriptions:
.gif Animated gif image. Can be viewed in web browsers such as 'Netscape Navigator' and 'Internet Explorer', or using stand-alone imaging software such as 'ACDSee' (but not 'Wang Imaging' or 'Kodak Imaging for Windows' as many versions of these programs do not display gif animations).
ACDSee 3.1 and ACDSee for Mac are available at:
Figures of this type: FigS1.gif
.avi Video file. Can be viewed on most computers using the video or media software (such as 'Media Player for Windows'). This video file type is recommended for PCs.
Media Player is available at:
Figures of this type: FigS3.avi
.mov Video file. Can be viewed using 'QuickTime' for Mac or Windows. This video file type is recommended for Macs.
QuickTime is available at:
Figures of this type: FigS3.mov
.wrl Virtual Reality Modelling Language files. Can be viewed using a VRML browser, many of which are plug-ins to web browsers such as 'Netscape Navigator' and 'Internet Explorer'.
For PC:
'CosmoPlayer' (plug-in for 'Netscape' and 'Internet Explorer'). If either of these web browsers is already installed on the computer, then the plug-in can be installed by double-clicking on 'CosmoPlayerInstall.exe' and following the prompts.
CosmoPlayer is available at:
Netscape is available at:
For Mac:
'WorldView 2.0' (plug-in for 'Netscape') - Recommended for use with Mac. WorldView is no longer under development from InterVista, but can be downloaded from various internet sites.
WorldView is available at:
e.g. London, UK:
San Diego, CA, USA:
Melbourne, Australia:
'MacLookat v0.9.5' - alternative stand-alone VRML viewer for Mac.
MacLookat is available at:
MacLookat requires OpenGL available at:
Figures of this type: FigS2.wrl, FigS4.wrl
Once the software for a given file type is loaded on the computer, the files can be viewed by double-clicking on the file name in Explorer/Finder or opened from within the programme itself.
The video files are presented in two different formats (Fig. S3 is in both .avi and .mov formats), so software for only one of them is required.
Additional Information on Viewing .wrl Files
Once both a web browser (e.g. Netscape) and a VRML browser plug-in (e.g. CosmoPlayer or WorldView) are installed, the file can be opened by double-clicking on the file name in Explorer/Finder, or can be opened using the File / Open Page menu option in Netscape. Each file is made with several preset views of the teeth. In CosmoPlayer, the current view is displayed at the bottom left of the screen. To switch between these views, clicking on the small bar below the current view (such as 'Lingual View' or 'Occlusal View') will bring up a list of viewpoints to select from. WorldView does not display the current view, but the views can be cycled through by pressing the left and right arrows either side of 'Views'. The object can be viewed from any orientation or distance using the rotate, pan and zoom functions by clicking and dragging anywhere on the object.
Further instructions on navigation using CosmoPlayer are given in the demonstration 'Chomp' which comes with CosmoPlayer.
Full specifications of VRML 97 are given at the Web3D Consortium,
Alistair Evans, Ian Harper and Gordon Sanson, Department of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia. Email:
