Altair EEvision™

User Documentation

Altair EEvision™ is a Web Application to graphically visualize net list data as stored in “EDB” files. Those EDB files are expected to be created by the customer using the EDB Creator API or converted from Excel, KBL or EDML. EEvision includes JavaScript software that runs in any modern Web Browser and server-side software that runs on the web server. The interactive net list visualization provided by EEvision is based on Altair Engineering's visualization technology, also available as Nlview® software component.

Document Index

The EEvision Version History

The Change Log

The EEvision Installation

The Installation as CGI-servelets (with hints for Apache, Jetty, Tomcat)
The Installation as Standalone Executable
The Installation as Docker Container

The EEvision Startup and Usage

The Quick Start Guide
The Startup by URL with parameters
The Settings (user preferences)
The Plugins to extend the GUI

Create the EDB Data Model - Howto

The EDB Creator API (in C, Tcl, Java, Python, dotnet/C#)
The KBL Converter
The EDML Converter
The Excel Converter
The Attributes
The Semantic Validator

EEvision Customization and Integration

The Integration into Customer Environments
The GUI API (JavaScript)

Supported Server Platforms

Server Platform		Standalone Executable	License check			Package (↧↧)
Server Platform	tested	Standalone Executable	Altair -AL	Flex -FL	trust	Package (↧↧)
win64						.zip
win32						.zip
linux.x86_64	Apache					.tgz
linux.x86						.tgz
linux.armv7	Apache					.tgz
linux.aarch64						.tgz

Supported Browser

Vendor	Browser Name	Limitation	Tested with	by
Google	Chrome Chrome @smartphone		Chrome 112 on Windows 10 Chrome 112 on Android 12	S R
Google	Chromium		Chromium 112 on Ubuntu/Linux Chromium 80 headless on Debian	L B
Mozilla	Firefox	(5)	Firefox 112 on Ubuntu/Linux Firefox 112 on Kubuntu/Linux Firefox 112 on Windows 10	L C S
Opera Software	Opera Opera @smartphone		Opera 92 on Windows 10 Opera 74 on Android 11	S L
Apple	Safari Safari @iPad	(1), (2)	Safari 16.4 on Mac OS-X Safari 16.4 on iPad iOS	H G
Microsoft	Edge		Edge 112 on Windows 10	S
Microsoft	Microsoft	Legacy Edge		Edge 18 on Cross Browser Testing	S
Mozilla	Firefox		Firefox 60 on Cross Browser Testing	S

Safari (1): Apple's Safari browser by default disables Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) which can be used by EEvision for an alternative way of license checking, based on https://io.concept.de. To enable CORS, you must first enable the developer menu from Preferences/Advanced, and then select “Disable Cross-Origin Restrictions” from the develop menu.
Safari (2): With our Cache-Control “must-revalidate”, Apple's Safari browser does not cache the big WASM file and therefore may be slower on reload.
FF86 (5): Firefox has a caching bug in its "go to History state" function. However the back button always works (and caching does usually not apply on larger Apps).

different ways to create en EDB

The How to create an EDB

The picture on the right side shows various ways to collect the connectivity data and store it into an EDB file. This is (a) the CreatorAPI for the supported computer languages (as listed in the edbcreate header) and (b) the converter tools: kbl2edb, excel2edb and edml2edb.

The EDB can store multiple languages and can store the so-called 150% data model (including components and connectivity for different variations, controlled by modules). If so, EEvision should be started with URL parameters that control the filtering of that additional information.

Copyright Notes, Third Party Software

All product names, logos and brands are property of their respective owners. EEvision™ is a trademark of Altair Engineering Inc. Nlview® is a registered trademark of Altair Engineering Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The EEvision software includes software parts from Third Parties. Please find the respective copyright notes in the “Third Parties License Notes”.