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StepTree: A 3D File System Visualizer

posted by Editor on Tuesday July 02, @03:42PM

Thomas Bladh writes "I am releasing the beta version of an experimental 3D file system visualizer for Windows (Win98/ME/2000/XP) that I have been working on for my master thesis project. StepTree visualizes the size of files, change to the file system (file creation and file modification) as well as file types (color mapping). The visualization is essentially a Tree-map/nested Venn diagram extended to 3 dimensions (similar to FSV and VisFS). Website: http://t-rod.rsn.bth.se/tiberius, Download: StepTree_091b.exe" Here is a screenshot.

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Treemap? (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 03, @05:45AM EST (#1)

How is this different from a treemap file viewer, like SequoiaView?

Re:Treemap? (Score:1)

by TIB on Wednesday July 03, @08:00AM EST (#2)
(User #271 Info) http://t-rod.rsn.bth.se/tiberius/

It should be easier to see structural relationships with StepTree as it exposes the internal structure of the tree. This is done by shrinking each successive level and thus creating gaps in the structure for you to see through. Rendering in 3D helps too. Try for example to find, with a glance, all the files located in the root of a drive. This should be much easier with StepTree than with SequoiaView. There are a number of other features as well such as the redistribution of size among siblings(equalization) which will allow you to see very small (relatively) or even empty files and directories.

I hope this answers your question.

/Thomas Bladh

I'm not a robot like you. I don't like having disks crammed into me... unless they're Oreos, and then only in the mouth. -- Fry