| 1 | greg | 1.1 | .\" RCSid "$Id" | 
| 2 |  |  | .TH GENWORM 1 11/15/93 RADIANCE | 
| 3 |  |  | .SH NAME | 
| 4 |  |  | genworm - generate a RADIANCE description of a functional worm | 
| 5 |  |  | .SH SYNOPSIS | 
| 6 |  |  | .B "genworm mat name 'x(t)' 'y(t)' 'z(t)' 'r(t)' nseg" | 
| 7 |  |  | [ | 
| 8 |  |  | .B "\-e expr" | 
| 9 |  |  | ][ | 
| 10 |  |  | .B "\-f file" | 
| 11 |  |  | ] | 
| 12 |  |  | .SH DESCRIPTION | 
| 13 |  |  | .I Genworm | 
| 14 |  |  | produces a RADIANCE scene description of a | 
| 15 |  |  | worm defined by the parametric equations | 
| 16 |  |  | .I x(t), | 
| 17 |  |  | .I y(t), | 
| 18 |  |  | .I z(t), | 
| 19 |  |  | and | 
| 20 |  |  | .I r(t) | 
| 21 |  |  | (the radius). | 
| 22 |  |  | .I T | 
| 23 |  |  | will vary from 0 to 1 in steps of | 
| 24 |  |  | .I 1/nseg. | 
| 25 |  |  | The surface will be composed of | 
| 26 |  |  | .I nseg | 
| 27 |  |  | cones or cylinders and | 
| 28 |  |  | .I nseg+1 | 
| 29 |  |  | spheres. | 
| 30 |  |  | The expressions are of the same type used in RADIANCE | 
| 31 |  |  | function files. | 
| 32 |  |  | Auxiliary expressions and/or files may be specified | 
| 33 |  |  | in any number of | 
| 34 |  |  | .I \-e | 
| 35 |  |  | and | 
| 36 |  |  | .I \-f | 
| 37 |  |  | options. | 
| 38 |  |  | .SH EXAMPLE | 
| 39 |  |  | To generate a banana: | 
| 40 |  |  | .IP "" .2i | 
| 41 |  |  | genworm yellow banana '0' '5*sin(t)' '5*cos(t)' '.4-(.5-t)*(.5-t)' 20 | 
| 42 |  |  | .SH AUTHOR | 
| 43 |  |  | Greg Ward | 
| 44 |  |  | .SH BUGS | 
| 45 |  |  | Since the worm is constructed of intersecting surfaces, only | 
| 46 |  |  | opaque materials should be used with this object. | 
| 47 |  |  | Also, a worm cannot double back inside itself without making a mess. | 
| 48 |  |  | .SH "SEE ALSO" | 
| 49 |  |  | calc(1), genbox(1), genrev(1), gensurf(1), rpict(1), rview(1), xform(1) |