The Axon Idea Processor provides an environment that supports thinking - such as generating, organizing, and analyzing your ideas.

Impressive 3-D capability enables large amounts of information to be shown on one screen. Each file can have up to 500 levels. Shadows can be thrown onto the floor, ceiling or walls to emphasize depth.

Map your mind and get the Big Picture. Axon allows you to draw Mind Maps(tm) that exploits both your "left and right brain".

Concept Maps help you to learn, explore, and organize your thoughts. A Concept Map need not have a single main idea, unlike a Mind Map.

The Generator tool can help you create stories, coin names, compose melodies, create advertisement ideas, agendas for outdoor activities, etc. Ideas are generated based on a structure that you provide.

Using the Cluster tool, you can form trees and branches of various patterns such as circular/elliptical trees, top-down trees, left-right trees, etc.

A library of Templates help you get started quickly with modeling and analyzing complex systems. The Simulator tool enables you to build fully functional models, thus making your concepts come alive.

Here are some key features of "Axon Idea Processor":

Provide a range of Idea Processing tools:
· Analyzer - perform text and other analyses.
· Calculator - can evaluate mathematical expressions.
· Clusters - organize ideas into trees and branches.
· FreeWriter - a pre-writing tool.
· Sequencer - assist in sequencing your ideas.
· Simulator - make your concepts come alive.
· Slideshow - turn your work into a slideshow.
· Tabulator - convert diagrams into tables.
· Templates - ready-made files to help you get started.
and also idea prompting tools such as:
· Checklists - categorize lists for prompting.
· Generator - generate sentences, poems, inventions, etc.
· Questions - a list of generic questions.
· Random Pictures - prompting with pictures.
· Random Words - prompting with words or word pairs.
· Ticker - a continuous text prompting tool.
· Provide a flexible, multi-level, 3D workspace.
· Support hierarchical and network structures.
· Show/hide various levels of details.

Requirements:

· Pentium processor
· 512 MB or more RAM

Limitations:

· saving of files with 30 or less entities

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

New features:
· OpenGL is used for the 3-D View.
· A panoramic FPS (first person shooter) interface.
· Ability to rotate a view and look from various cardinal view points.
· Both 2D and 3D views are maintained and switcheable.
· A 3D Toolbox for navigation, object manipulation and timer control.
· A 3D Object can be moved, rotated and scaled independent of its 2D position.
· Links are shown in 3D and can be animated to show the flow direction.
· 2D Shapes can be displayed in 3D.
· A Timer is used to create animations.
· Oscillation enables depths to be easily observed.
· Display complex 3D (Picture) Objects using Wavefront(tm) files (.obj and .mtl).
· 3D Objects can be linked or embedded.
· 3D Objects can all rotate to "face me".
· A 3D background (Picture in Sphere) can project a picture on the inner side of a rotating sphere.
· Directional (i.e. diffused) light can be positioned at various locations, or made to rotate.
· Ambient light of various colors can be set.
· Fog effects can ...