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# Line 7 | Line 7 | bsdfview - view a BSDF representation
7   [
8   .B "\-q {Hi|Med|Lo}"
9   ][
10 + .B \-t
11 + |
12   rad options
13 + ][
14 + .B "\-r min max"
15   ]
16   input ..
17   .br
18   .SH DESCRIPTION
19   .I Bsdfview
20   renders a BSDF description interactively.
21 < This program is a script that creates a rad input file (RIF)
18 < then calls
21 > This is a script that creates a
22   .I rad(1)
23 < to make an octree by calling
24 < .I bsdf2rad(1)
25 < and view the scene interactively.
23 > input file (RIF),
24 > which builds an octree via
25 > .I bsdf2rad(1),
26 > then renders the scene interactively or calls the
27 > .I trad(1)
28 > graphical user interface if the
29 > .I \-t
30 > option is given.
31   .PP
32   The input is either a single XML file, such as might be produced by
33   .I genBSDF(1),
34   .I bsdf2klems(1),
35   or
36   .I bsdf2ttree(1),
37 < or one to four scattering interpolation representation (SIR) files, as
37 > or up to four scattering interpolation representation (SIR) files, as
38   might be produced by
39   pabopto2bsdf(1).
40   .PP
41 < A rad input file will be produced, whose name matches the root of
41 > A
42 > .I rad
43 > input file will be produced, whose name matches the root of
44   the first input file but with any leading path removed (i.e., in
45   the current directory).
46   This RIF may be reused for subsequent viewing and rendering via
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83   Additionally, all the standard views that
84   .I rvu
85   defines will be available (e.g., "xZ", "zl", etc.).
86 + .PP
87 + Since a
88 + .I rad
89 + input file is created by the script, it may be used
90 + in subsequent runs as long as the temporary files remain.
91 + These are typically kept until the next reboot of the operating
92 + system, so re-running
93 + .I bsdfview
94 + with the same arguments will not require re-running
95 + .I bsdf2rad
96 + or
97 + .I oconv.
98 + Thus, start-up will be much quicker, unless the temporary files have
99 + been removed.
100 + In this case, the script may exit with an error indicating that the
101 + .I rad
102 + input file needs to be removed.
103 + .PP
104 + This input file may also be re-used directly from the command line using
105 + .I rad
106 + or
107 + .I trad(1).
108 + This may be useful for generating RADIANCE pictures corresponding
109 + to the above standard views.
110 + If no interactive run is desired, start
111 + .I bsdfview
112 + with the
113 + .I "-v 0"
114 + option.
115 + .PP
116 + If an optional plotting range is given with the
117 + .I \-r
118 + option, this will override automatic settings from the BSDF input.
119 + This may be useful for comparing different BSDF sources.
120   .SH AUTHOR
121   Greg Ward
122   .SH "SEE ALSO"
123   bsdf2klems(1), bsdf2rad(1), bsdf2ttree(1), genBSDF(1),
124 < objview(1), oconv(1), pabopto2bsdf(1), rad(1), rvu(1)
124 > objview(1), oconv(1), pabopto2bsdf(1), pabopto2xyz(1), rad(1), rvu(1), trad(1)

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