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# Line 9 | Line 9 | genBSDF - generate BSDF description from Radiance or M
9   ][
10   .B "\-n Nproc"
11   ][
12 < .B "\-r 'rtcontrib opts...'"
12 > .B "\-r 'rcontrib opts...'"
13   ][
14 + .B "\-W"
15 + ][
16 + .B "\-s 'x=string;y=string'"
17 + ][
18   .B "\-t{3|4} Nlog2"
19   ][
20   .B "{+|-}forward"
# Line 54 | Line 58 | option may be given.
58   To turn off backward components, use the
59   .I \-backward
60   option.
61 < Computing both components takes about twice as long as one component.
61 > Computing both components takes about twice as long as one component, but
62 > is recommended when rays will be impinging from either side.
63   .PP
64   The geometry must fit a rectangular profile, whose width is along the X-axis,
65   height is in the Y-axis, and depth is in the Z-axis.
# Line 81 | Line 86 | option.
86   This value defaults to 2000 samples distributed over the incoming plane
87   for each of the 145 Klems hemisphere directions.
88   .PP
89 < In some cases, the processing time may be reduced by the
89 > On multi-core machines, processing time may be reduced by the
90   .I \-n
91   option, which specifies the number of simultaneous
87 .I rtrace(1)
92   processes to run in
93 < .I rtcontrib(1).
93 > .I rcontrib(1).
94   The
95   .I \-r
96   option may be used to specify a set of quoted arguments to be
97   included on the
98 < .I rtcontrib
98 > .I rcontrib
99   command line.
100   .PP
101   The
102 + .I \-W
103 + option is passed to
104 + .I wrapBSDF(1)
105 + to prepare the XML file for WINDOW6.
106 + Any
107 + .I \-s
108 + parameters are passed to the
109 + .I \-f
110 + option of
111 + .I wrapBSDF,
112 + controlling XML fields such as
113 + the Manufacturer (e.g., -s m=MF) and device Name (e.g, -s n=NM).
114 + .PP
115 + The
116   .I \-t4
117   mode computes a non-uniform BSDF represented as a rank 4 tensor tree,
118   suitable for use in the Radiance rendering tools.
# Line 151 | Line 169 | directions using the Klems directions or similar.
169   .SH AUTHOR
170   Greg Ward
171   .SH "SEE ALSO"
172 < dctimestep(1), genklemsamp(1), genskyvec(1), mkillum(1),
173 < pkgBSDF(1), rtcontrib(1), rtrace(1)
172 > dctimestep(1), gendaymtx(1), genklemsamp(1), genskyvec(1), mkillum(1),
173 > pkgBSDF(1), rcontrib(1), rfluxmtx(1), rmtxop(1), rtrace(1) wrapBSDF(1)

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