Showing Proof Animations in Web Browsers_Final

Proof AnimationTM is a widely accepted 2D Animator. Layout and trace files are a quasi standard interfaces for simulators to Proof Animation. But Proof Animation is proprietary software. It uses DirectX and runs under Windows (older versions under DOS) only. Also, Proof AnimationTM must be installed on a system to view animations that have been created with it. This requires at least a few basic skills to operate Proofs user interface. The simulation engineer and the users of the simulation are usually not in the same location. The communication between both will mostly be done using the Internet. Also the results of the simulation, visualized in a Proof animation, will often be submitted using the Internet and it would be convenient to show the animations directly within the Web browser. Unfortunately, there are no good solutions until today, although showing simulation results as animation in a Web-browser could be important for Web-based simulation and for simulation service providing using the Web.