.\" RCSid $Id: bsdf2klems.1,v 1.1 2013/04/25 00:43:20 greg Exp $
.TH BSDF2KLEMS 1 4/24/2013 RADIANCE
.SH NAME
bsdf2klems - generate XML Klems matrix description of a BSDF
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B bsdf2klems
[
.B "\-n spp"
][
.B "\-h|\-q"
]
[
.B "bsdf.sir .."
]
.br
or
.br
.B bsdf2klems
[
.B "\-n spp"
][
.B "\-h|\-q"
]
.B bsdf_in.xml
.br
or
.br
.B bsdf2klems
[
.B "\-n spp"
][
.B "\-h|\-q"
][
.B "{+|-}forward"
][
.B "{+|-}backward"
][
.B "\-e expr
][
.B "\-f file
]
.B bsdf_func
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Bsdf2klems
produces a Klems matrix representation of a
bidirectional scattering distribution function (BSDF)
based on an intermediate representation (in the first form),
an input XML representation (in the second form),
or a functional description (in the third form).
A complete XML description is written to the standard output,
which is normally redirected to a file.
.PP
The Klems matrix representation divides the input and output
hemisphere into a default 145 patches.
The
.I \-h
option may be used to reduce this number to 73 patches per hemisphere.
The
.I \-q
option may be used to reduce this number to 41 patches.
Neither option is recommended unless the distribution is known to
be approximately diffuse.
.PP
Normally, multiple samples are taken from random points on each input
and output patch to improve accuracy.
The number of samples to take for each input-output patch pair may
be controlled using the
.I \-n
option, which defaults to 256.
.PP
The first invocation form takes a intermediate scattering representation
as produced by
.I pabopto2bsdf(1)
or similar, and produces a Klems representation with as many
components as there are independent input distributions.
Each intermediate scattering file contains one of
the four components, and if the first component
is isotropic, all components must be isotropic.
A similar rule holds for anisotropic inputs.
Only the center of each incident patches is sampled, due to
the time required to interpolate incident positions.
.PP
In the second invocation form, an input XML representation
is resampled to produce the desired Klems matrix representation.
This is primarily used to convert a tensor tree representation
into a matrix for annual daylighting simulations.
Any components in the input are reproduced on output, and inline
geometric descriptions are passed unchanged.
.PP
In the third invocation form,
.I bsdf2klems
takes a functional specification of a BSDF.
The named function must accept 6 parameters corresponding to the
normalized incident and exiting vectors, respectively.
By convention, these vectors point away from the surface, and a positive
Z-component corresponds to the front side.
The Y-component corresponds to the "up" orientation of the surface,
as specified in the eventual scene description that references the XML
output.
.PP
The function is defined by one or more
.I \-e
and
.I \-f
options, and should obey both Helmholtz reciprocity and
integrate to less than 1 over each projected incident hemisphere
for energy conservation.
.PP
Similar to the
.I genBSDF(1)
command,
the
.I \+backward
option (default) specifies that rays arriving from the front side of
the surface will be tested for reflection and transmission.
If both forward and backward (front and back) distributions are needed, the
.I \+forward
option may be given.
To turn off the backward components, use the
.I \-backward
option.
Computing both incident hemispheres takes about twice as long as one, but
is recommended when rays will be impinging from either side.
.SH EXAMPLE
To take two components of an intermediate BSDF representation and create
a full Klems matrix representation:
.IP "" .2i
bsdf2klems transmitted.sir reflected.sir > combined.xml
.PP
To reduce a tensor tree representation into a half-Klems matrix representation:
.IP "" .2i
bsdf2klems -h ttree.xml > klems_half.xml
.PP
To create a low-res BSDF corresponding to a one-sided,
isotropic Phong distribution:
.IP "" .2i
bsdf2klems -e 'phong(ix,iy,iz,ox,oy,oz) = if(iz, .1+((iz+oz)/sqrt((ix+ox)^2+(iy+oy)^2+(iz+oz)^2))^50, 0)' phong > phong.xml
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Ward
.SH "SEE ALSO"
bsdf2ttree(1), dctimestep(1), icalc(1), gendaymtx(1), genklemsamp(1),
genskyvec(1), mkillum(1), genBSDF(1), pkgBSDF(1), rcontrib(1), rtrace(1)