IFrIT comes with the User and Reference guides (they are located in the docs subdirectory of the main distribution).

• User and Reference Guides, 1-sided, with interactive links (for on-screen viewing).
• User and Reference Guides, 2-sided, no links (for printing on a 2-sided printer).

User Guide explains in detail how to prepare files that IFrIT can read. This information is also available online. I also link here codes for writing IFrIT-readable files in C, Fortran, and IDL.

The VTK and GADGET extensions also serve as a tutorial on how to write IFrIT extensions if you want to teach IFrIT to read your favorite data format.

If you would like to check first what IFrIT is capable of, here are two examples of data files that you can use as a demo:

• Uniform Scalars data file demo_mesh_0001.bin (Load the mesh file; then click on top level tab Surface and then on Paint; select Var 2 radio button; switch to Main tab on the second tab level; uncheck Decimate check box and check Show; enjoy the view!).
• Basic Particles data file demo_part_0001.txt

IFrIT includes a powerful build-in support for making rather sophisticated animations using widgets (check View:Animations page of the main book widget). If you need to go beyond widgets, Animator Script is a simple script languare than can be used to master the full capabilties of IFrIT in your animation. Here are a few examples - but, please, read the part of the User Guide that describes scripts first.

• Example 1: mimicing widgets
• Example 2: move camera along an arbitrary path
• Example 3: embedding Control Script to get access to ANY internal setting
• Example 4: demonstaring programming capabilities of IFrIT scripts