CCB Shape Program Portable Geometry Tools

Shape Tools Program mission: Provide the CCB community with portable tools that support the modelling, analysis and display of interesting geometric shapes

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ShapeTools Applications - the general purpose ShapeTools applications

ShapeTools Libraries - the ShapeTools application support libraries

Software that uses ShapeTools - Collections of libraries and applications which use the ShapeTools.

Data analysis protocols - Neuro-Imaging research protocols implemented with ShapeTools applications

File Formats - file formats read by ShapeTools applications and libraries

• Some commonly used File Format definitions.
• A list of the File Formats supported by the ShapeToolsLibrary.
• A Guide to selecting a surface file format
• Writing Ucf Files using C.

Interfaces

mShape - An interface to ShapeTools from within Matlab. Allows Matlab users to read and write shape file data.

rShape - An interface to ShapeTools from within the R statistics package. Allows R users to read and write ucf file data.

ShapeTools Bulletin

• Current Bulletin
• Archive of Bulletins

Active Projects - a list of currently active development efforts.

Future Projects - a list of projects planned for the future

Research Projects that are supported by ShapeTools

Miscellany

Morphometric Atlasing Statistical Toolkit (MAST)

A Guide to creating a Loni Software Download package.

System Requirements

Most ShapeTools libraries and applications require Java 1.6. If you have difficulties installing Java, please see InstallingJava^?

Some may also require that Java3D be installed. If you have difficulties installing Java3D, please see InstallingJava3D.

Source Code

The Java language source code for any of our completed applications or libraries is available via the LONI Software Download Web Site. Other source code is at times available on request. If you use our tools, or our source code, please acknowledge us in your software and publications. Send source code requests to Dr. Roger Woods.