man/man1/genBSDF.1

.\" RCSid $Id: genBSDF.1,v 1.7 2011/06/24 00:41:51 greg Exp $
.TH GENBSDF 1 9/3/2010 RADIANCE
.SH NAME
genBSDF - generate BSDF description from Radiance or MGF input
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B genBSDF
[
.B "\-c Nsamp"
][
.B "\-n Nproc"
][
.B "\-r 'rtcontrib opts...'"
][
.B "\-t{3|4} Nlog2"
][
.B "{+|-}forward"
][
.B "{+|-}backward"
][
.B "{+|-}mgf"
][
.B "{+|-}geom unit"
][
.B "\-dim Xmin Xmax Ymin Ymax Zmin Zmax"
]
[
.B "geom .."
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I GenBSDF
computes a bidirectional scattering distribution function from
a Radiance or MGF scene description given on the input.
The program assumes the input is in Radiance format unless the
.I \+mgf
option is specified.
The output conforms to the LBNL Window 6 XML standard for BSDF data,
and will include an MGF representation of the input geometry if the
.I \+geom
option is given, followed by one of "meter," "foot," "inch,"
"centimeter," or "millimeter," depending on the scene units.
The default is to include the provided geometry,
which is assumed to be in meters.
Geometry output can be supressed with the
.I \-geom
option, which must also be followed by one of the above length units.
.PP
Normally,
.I genBSDF
computes components needed by a backwards ray-tracing process,
.I \+backward.
If both forward and backward (front and back) distributions are needed, the
.I \+forward
option may be given.
To turn off backward components, use the
.I \-backward
option.
Computing both components takes about twice as long as one component.
.PP
The geometry must fit a rectangular profile, whose width is along the X-axis,
height is in the Y-axis, and depth is in the Z-axis.
The positive Z-axis points into the room, and the input geometry should
not extend into the room.
(I.e., it should not contain any positive Z values, since the putative 
emitting surface is assumed to lie at Z=0.)\0
The entire window system should be modeled, including sills and
edge geometry anticipated in the final installation, otherwise
accuracy will be impaired.
Similarly, materials in the description should be carefully measured.
.PP
Normally, the input geometry will be positioned according to its actual
bounding box, but this may be overridden with the
.I \-dim
option.
Use this in cases where the fenestration system is designed to fit a
smaller (or larger) opening or is offset somehow.
.PP
The variance in the results may be reduced by increasing the number of
samples per incident direction using the
.I \-c
option.
This value defaults to 10000 samples distributed over the incoming plane
for each of the 145 Klems hemisphere directions.
.PP
In some cases, the processing time may be reduced by the
.I \-n
option, which specifies the number of simultaneous
.I rtrace(1)
processes to run in
.I rtcontrib(1).
The
.I \-r
option may be used to specify a set of quoted arguments to be
included on the
.I rtcontrib
command line.
.PP
The
.I \-t4
mode computes a non-uniform BSDF represented as a rank 4 tensor tree,
suitable for use in the Radiance rendering tools.
The parameter given to this option is the log to the base 2 of the
sampling resolution in each dimension, and must be an integer.
The
.I \-c
setting should be adjusted so that an appropriate number of samples
lands in each region.
A
.I \-t4
parameter of 5 corresponds to 32x32 or 1024 output regions, so a
.I \-c
setting of 102400 would provide 100 samples per region on average.
Increasing the resolution to 6 corresponds to 64x64 or 4096
regions, so the
.I \-c
setting would need to be increased by a factor of 4 to provide
the same accuracy in each region.
.PP
The
.I \-t3
mode is similar to
.I \-t4
but computes a rank 3 tensor tree rather than rank 4.
This provides a much faster computation, but only works
in special circumstances.
Specifically, do NOT use this option if the system is not in fact isotropic.
I.e., only use
.I \-t3
when you are certain that the system has a high degree of radial symmetry.
Again, the parameter to this option sets the maximum resolution as
a power of 2 in each dimension, but in this case there is one less
dimension being sampled.
.SH EXAMPLE
To create a BSDF description including geometry from a set of venetian blinds:
.IP "" .2i
genblinds blind_white blind1 .07 3 1.5 30 40 | xform -rz -90 -rx 90 > blind1.rad
.br
genBSDF -r @rtc.opt blind_white.mat glazing.rad blind1.rad > blind1.xml
.PP
To create a non-uniform, anisotropic BSDF distribution with a maximum
resolution of 128x128 from the same description:
.IP "" .2i
genBSDF -r @rtc.opt -t4 7 -c 160000 blind_white.mat glazing.rad blind1.rad > blind12.xml
.SH NOTES
The variable resolution (tensor tree) BSDF representation is not supported
by all software and applicatons, and should be used with caution.
It provides practical, high-resolution data for use in the
Radiance rendering programs, but does not work in the matrix formulation
of the daylight coefficient method for example.
Also, third party tools generally expect or require a fixed number of sample
directions using the Klems directions or similar.
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Ward
.SH "SEE ALSO"
dctimestep(1), genklemsamp(1), genskyvec(1), mkillum(1),
pkgBSDF(1), rtcontrib(1), rtrace(1)
Revision:	1.8
Committed:	Tue Aug 23 14:02:41 2011 UTC (13 years, 8 months ago) by greg
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1	.\" RCSid $Id: genBSDF.1,v 1.7 2011/06/24 00:41:51 greg Exp $
2	.TH GENBSDF 1 9/3/2010 RADIANCE
3	.SH NAME
4	genBSDF - generate BSDF description from Radiance or MGF input
5	.SH SYNOPSIS
6	.B genBSDF
7	[
8	.B "\-c Nsamp"
9	][
10	.B "\-n Nproc"
11	][
12	.B "\-r 'rtcontrib opts...'"
13	][
14	.B "\-t{3\|4} Nlog2"
15	][
16	.B "{+\|-}forward"
17	][
18	.B "{+\|-}backward"
19	][
20	.B "{+\|-}mgf"
21	][
22	.B "{+\|-}geom unit"
23	][
24	.B "\-dim Xmin Xmax Ymin Ymax Zmin Zmax"
25	]
26	[
27	.B "geom .."
28	]
29	.SH DESCRIPTION
30	.I GenBSDF
31	computes a bidirectional scattering distribution function from
32	a Radiance or MGF scene description given on the input.
33	The program assumes the input is in Radiance format unless the
34	.I \+mgf
35	option is specified.
36	The output conforms to the LBNL Window 6 XML standard for BSDF data,
37	and will include an MGF representation of the input geometry if the
38	.I \+geom
39	option is given, followed by one of "meter," "foot," "inch,"
40	"centimeter," or "millimeter," depending on the scene units.
41	The default is to include the provided geometry,
42	which is assumed to be in meters.
43	Geometry output can be supressed with the
44	.I \-geom
45	option, which must also be followed by one of the above length units.
46	.PP
47	Normally,
48	.I genBSDF
49	computes components needed by a backwards ray-tracing process,
50	.I \+backward.
51	If both forward and backward (front and back) distributions are needed, the
52	.I \+forward
53	option may be given.
54	To turn off backward components, use the
55	.I \-backward
56	option.
57	Computing both components takes about twice as long as one component.
58	.PP
59	The geometry must fit a rectangular profile, whose width is along the X-axis,
60	height is in the Y-axis, and depth is in the Z-axis.
61	The positive Z-axis points into the room, and the input geometry should
62	not extend into the room.
63	(I.e., it should not contain any positive Z values, since the putative
64	emitting surface is assumed to lie at Z=0.)\0
65	The entire window system should be modeled, including sills and
66	edge geometry anticipated in the final installation, otherwise
67	accuracy will be impaired.
68	Similarly, materials in the description should be carefully measured.
69	.PP
70	Normally, the input geometry will be positioned according to its actual
71	bounding box, but this may be overridden with the
72	.I \-dim
73	option.
74	Use this in cases where the fenestration system is designed to fit a
75	smaller (or larger) opening or is offset somehow.
76	.PP
77	The variance in the results may be reduced by increasing the number of
78	samples per incident direction using the
79	.I \-c
80	option.
81	This value defaults to 10000 samples distributed over the incoming plane
82	for each of the 145 Klems hemisphere directions.
83	.PP
84	In some cases, the processing time may be reduced by the
85	.I \-n
86	option, which specifies the number of simultaneous
87	.I rtrace(1)
88	processes to run in
89	.I rtcontrib(1).
90	The
91	.I \-r
92	option may be used to specify a set of quoted arguments to be
93	included on the
94	.I rtcontrib
95	command line.
96	.PP
97	The
98	.I \-t4
99	mode computes a non-uniform BSDF represented as a rank 4 tensor tree,
100	suitable for use in the Radiance rendering tools.
101	The parameter given to this option is the log to the base 2 of the
102	sampling resolution in each dimension, and must be an integer.
103	The
104	.I \-c
105	setting should be adjusted so that an appropriate number of samples
106	lands in each region.
107	A
108	.I \-t4
109	parameter of 5 corresponds to 32x32 or 1024 output regions, so a
110	.I \-c
111	setting of 102400 would provide 100 samples per region on average.
112	Increasing the resolution to 6 corresponds to 64x64 or 4096
113	regions, so the
114	.I \-c
115	setting would need to be increased by a factor of 4 to provide
116	the same accuracy in each region.
117	.PP
118	The
119	.I \-t3
120	mode is similar to
121	.I \-t4
122	but computes a rank 3 tensor tree rather than rank 4.
123	This provides a much faster computation, but only works
124	in special circumstances.
125	Specifically, do NOT use this option if the system is not in fact isotropic.
126	I.e., only use
127	.I \-t3
128	when you are certain that the system has a high degree of radial symmetry.
129	Again, the parameter to this option sets the maximum resolution as
130	a power of 2 in each dimension, but in this case there is one less
131	dimension being sampled.
132	.SH EXAMPLE
133	To create a BSDF description including geometry from a set of venetian blinds:
134	.IP "" .2i
135	genblinds blind_white blind1 .07 3 1.5 30 40 \| xform -rz -90 -rx 90 > blind1.rad
136	.br
137	genBSDF -r @rtc.opt blind_white.mat glazing.rad blind1.rad > blind1.xml
138	.PP
139	To create a non-uniform, anisotropic BSDF distribution with a maximum
140	resolution of 128x128 from the same description:
141	.IP "" .2i
142	genBSDF -r @rtc.opt -t4 7 -c 160000 blind_white.mat glazing.rad blind1.rad > blind12.xml
143	.SH NOTES
144	The variable resolution (tensor tree) BSDF representation is not supported
145	by all software and applicatons, and should be used with caution.
146	It provides practical, high-resolution data for use in the
147	Radiance rendering programs, but does not work in the matrix formulation
148	of the daylight coefficient method for example.
149	Also, third party tools generally expect or require a fixed number of sample
150	directions using the Klems directions or similar.
151	.SH AUTHOR
152	Greg Ward
153	.SH "SEE ALSO"
154	dctimestep(1), genklemsamp(1), genskyvec(1), mkillum(1),
155	pkgBSDF(1), rtcontrib(1), rtrace(1)