3D Topicscape is very interesting tool, a memory aid and ideas organizer, but in place of the usual 2D sheet, it works in 3D. This sparks creativity and innovation by providing a tool to capture ideas - as they flow - in an unlimited 3D mindmapping landscape.
This is the information organizer for mindmappers. Visual thinkers now have a new way of managing projects, computer files and web pages. Concept mapping and mindmapping are powerful tools in business.
But a major challenge for business users of mindmaps or concept maps comes when the practical limits of a flat sheet are reached. This happens on any large project, yet that is the time when you most need the ability to scan the information landscape.
3D Topicscape overcomes this by allowing unlimited levels of hierarchy. It provides zooming, and flight through the information landscape. And if you use mindmapping software to organize and store files, you will appreciate Topicscape's ability to store multiple files at any node (topic).
Users can find their information using the instant word search, but the right keyword or phrase doesn't always come to mind. Then, Topicscape's powerful concept searching comes into play: By flying and zooming in the 3D landscape, and digging down (or up) to different levels, success is much more likely. And a topic is allowed to appear in more than one place.
Each will be just another instance of the same topic - change one and they all change. Topicscape is a valuable addition to the toolbox of project managers, researchers, legal professionals, consultants, medical professionals and anyone struggling with information overload.
Here are some key features of "3D Topicscape Pro":
· 3D interface giving flight with seven degrees of freedom
· Topics may have many children and many parents ('cloned' topics supported without copying)
· Occurrences may appear in many places and all refer to a single file ('cloned' occurrences)
· Built-in demonstrations of 3D flying and basic Topicscape operations
· Fast zoom to quickly inspect any part of the landscape. Easily zoom back, or stay.
· Back up along past flight-path and go back to past Current Topics
· Reverse that - go forward again
· Extensive implementation of drag and drop for supported file types on the same PC
· Dragging in folders to make group of topics with the same structure
· File-types that can be stored in Topicscape, viewed and exported: All, including short-cuts
· Files introduced may be moved to Topicscape, copied to it or just linked to where they are
· Paste special functions (OLE) with wrapper file made automatically
· Can make live links to Outlook 2000 - 2007 items with drag and drop
· Can make live links to MyInfo items with copy and paste
· Exchange of Topicscape files (.3DT) between SE and PE or PE Lite (note 2)
· Topicscape Box included (note 3) (note 3)
· MaxMHT (note 4) included (advanced MHT-making capability that far exceeds that of IE)
· MHT-making capability that is often better than Internet Explorer -
· Fileless occurrences for quick notes
· Preview pane in Topic Center for occurrences
· Loose Associations (tunnels)
· Definable Association types (for preparing 3D concept maps) (note 5)
· A Topicscape can be an occurrence in a Topicscape, or a Windows shortcut
· Shortcut or occurrence can open another Topicscape at a specific topic
· Skins 14+ 1 only
· Customize your own Topicscape skins
· Three ways of showing topic organization with colors: individual; by level; or by group.
· Set colors for each component of the color scheme individually
· Choose the texture and color of the field
· Topics may be flagged with user choice of format and color
· Cycling color-glow behind Current Topic
· Topicscape Islands for detached topics (topics not associated with the main body)
· Topicscape Orphans (for defunct topics and files, to be kept for historical reasons)
· Properties' of Topicscapes and of occurrences can be inspected
· Noisewords (stopwords) list
· Noisewords ("Stop words") list fully maintainable by user
· ’Scape search
· Sorting the Hit List (results of a search) Full Some
· Topic Center Search
· Autopilot flight from results in the Hit list to a hit in the 'Scape
· Out Tray for quick exporting and various types of delete
· Supports marking of topics and occurrences as Favorites, and listing them in a menu
· Favorites menu shows recent Topics made current and Occurrences opened.
· 'Create' items from the Edit menu.
· Level of Detail controls applicable to topic names
· Sorting topics in the ’Scape
· Check for stray files (this is a menu item in Pro, full Data Repair required in Lite)
· List all missing occurrences files
· 'Past activity' items stored in the History List (User-definable, up to 300 in Pro) 35
· 'Remove from History list' function.
· Limited and Expert modes available
· Export a Topicscape structure to a text file indented for reading
· Export a Topicscape structure to a text file for editing and re-importing
· Export a Topicscape structure to HTML
· Import from OPML and OML files (XML outliner formats)
· Import functions using XML or folders to make a new Topicscape
· Group deletes (topic and all its descendants unless shared with another topic)
· Precision deletes (a single topic in a structure)
· Support for cross-network Topicscapes or files
Requirements:
· 1GHz
· 512 MB RAM
· 3D Graphics (OpenGL1.2 with extensions)
· 1024x768 min.resolution
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Many users have written that they want to be able to arrange topics so that the cones or rectangles in the information landscape are sequenced according to their choice, rather than being in alphabetical order ... or date ... or any of the other sequences provided in past versions. Enough of excuses, we've made it happen at last. Please note that this is about changing sequence, not the relationships between topics.
· And many users have said that they want a more fine-grained control over the detail shown: Whether children and grandchildren of a topic are shown or not. Topicscape has always supported three levels of detail, but the level selected applies to everything visible. Now you can control the level of detail shown, topic by topic.
· This version also prepares some tables for future versions by adding slots for task and project management information into the database. After the conversion, your Topicscape files will still be compatible with versions 2.0 to 2.6.
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