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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 "\-t{3|4} Nlog2"
15   ][
# Line 19 | Line 19 | genBSDF - generate BSDF description from Radiance or M
19   ][
20   .B "{+|-}mgf"
21   ][
22 < .B "{+|-}geom
22 > .B "{+|-}geom unit"
23   ][
24   .B "\-dim Xmin Xmax Ymin Ymax Zmin Zmax"
25   ]
# Line 36 | Line 36 | 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.
40 < (This is the default, and may be switched off using
41 < .I \-geom.)\0
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
# Line 74 | Line 78 | The variance in the results may be reduced by increasi
78   samples per incident direction using the
79   .I \-c
80   option.
81 < This value defaults to 1000 samples distributed over the incoming plane
81 > This value defaults to 2000 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
84 > On multi-core machines, processing time may be reduced by the
85   .I \-n
86   option, which specifies the number of simultaneous
83 .I rtrace(1)
87   processes to run in
88 < .I rtcontrib(1).
88 > .I rcontrib(1).
89   The
90   .I \-r
91   option may be used to specify a set of quoted arguments to be
92   included on the
93 < .I rtcontrib
93 > .I rcontrib
94   command line.
95   .PP
96   The
# Line 104 | Line 107 | A
107   .I \-t4
108   parameter of 5 corresponds to 32x32 or 1024 output regions, so a
109   .I \-c
110 < setting of 102400 would provide 100 samples per region on average.
110 > setting of 10240 would provide 10 samples per region on average.
111   Increasing the resolution to 6 corresponds to 64x64 or 4096
112   regions, so the
113   .I \-c
# Line 147 | Line 150 | directions using the Klems directions or similar.
150   .SH AUTHOR
151   Greg Ward
152   .SH "SEE ALSO"
153 < dctimestep(1), genklemsamp(1), genskyvec(1), mkillum(1), rtcontrib(1), rtrace(1)
153 > dctimestep(1), genklemsamp(1), genskyvec(1), mkillum(1),
154 > pkgBSDF(1), rcontrib(1), rtrace(1)

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