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# Line 19 | Line 19 | genBSDF - generate BSDF description from Radiance or M
19   ][
20   .B "{+|-}C"
21   ][
22 + .B "{+|-}a"
23 + ][
24   .B "{+|-}forward"
25   ][
26   .B "{+|-}backward"
# Line 32 | Line 34 | genBSDF - generate BSDF description from Radiance or M
34   [
35   .B "geom .."
36   ]
37 + .br
38 + or
39 + .br
40 + .B genBSDF
41 + .B "\-recover tempdir"
42   .SH DESCRIPTION
43   .I GenBSDF
44   computes a bidirectional scattering distribution function from
# Line 71 | Line 78 | The default option
78   .I \-C
79   reduces all BSDF data to grayscale.
80   .PP
81 + The
82 + .I \-a
83 + option turns off reciprocity averaging for tensor tree output.
84 + Normally on (+a), this ensures that each tensor-tree hemisphere follows symmetry
85 + implied by Helmholtz reciprocity, and is designed to reduce ray sampling noise.
86 + However, for some systems, reciprocity averaging can actually make the output worse.
87 + .PP
88   The geometry must fit a rectangular profile, whose width is along the X-axis,
89   height is in the Y-axis, and depth is in the Z-axis.
90   The positive Z-axis points into the room, and the input geometry should
# Line 157 | Line 171 | when you are certain that the system has a high degree
171   Again, the parameter to this option sets the maximum resolution as
172   a power of 2 in each dimension, but in this case there is one less
173   dimension being sampled.
174 + .PP
175 + The
176 + .I \-recover
177 + option is available for continuing calculations that were killed by
178 + the system or the user.
179 + Unfortunately, genBSDF puts its temporary files in a directory
180 + that is often cleaned up after reboot, so this may not always work.
181   .SH EXAMPLE
182   To create a BSDF description including geometry from a set of venetian blinds:
183   .IP "" .2i
# Line 180 | Line 201 | directions using the Klems directions or similar.
201   Greg Ward
202   .SH "SEE ALSO"
203   dctimestep(1), gendaymtx(1), genklemsamp(1), genskyvec(1), mkillum(1),
204 < pkgBSDF(1), rcontrib(1), rfluxmtx(1), rmtxop(1), rtrace(1) wrapBSDF(1)
204 > pkgBSDF(1), rcontrib(1), rfluxmtx(1), rmtxcomb(1), rmtxop(1), rtrace(1) wrapBSDF(1)

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