Benefits

• Data is not held hostage in a proprietary file format
• Display lists, for both static and transient geometry, including multi-pipe SMP mode, up to 5x faster for some scenes (as compared with EnLiten, EnLiten is always in immediate mode)
• File size and executable size .csf files use HDF5, a general-purpose library and file format for storing scientific data, under the hood, which includes compression.
• Able to use F4 to toggle spin mode
• Capable of distributed rendering
• Able to read multiple data formats
• Python scripting and GUI extensibility
• High-quality (sorted) transparency
• Ability to stream data compared with EnLiten, which loads the entire data set.

Ability to edit the following attributes:
•    Color-by variable (i.e., Reveal file can contain multiple variables and the user can choose which to view)
•    Shade type (flat, smooth) for polygons and lines
•    Shaded/hidden toggle for parts and global setting
•    Point scale (screen-space or geometric-space)
•    Point type
•    Vector arrow type
•    Vector arrow scaling

Limitations

•    Does not include all annotation types
•    Cannot color-by vector component
•    Does not implement displacement (must be done server-side)
•    Does not animation plots vs. time
•    Pathlines do not sync with transient data
•    Does not include node/element label