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.I Pabopto2bsdf |
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takes two or more pab-opto |
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.I Mountain |
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files, each corresponding |
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to a different incident beam angle, and produces a |
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Scattering Interpolant Representation (SIR) |
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files, each nominally containing |
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different incident beam angles or sampling patterns, |
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and produces a Scattering Interpolant Representation (SIR) |
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on the standard output for further processing. |
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The binary SIR contains a Radial Basis Function fitting |
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each incident BSDF data file |
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and a "transport plan" between neighboring RBF |
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and a "transport plan" matrix for each pair of neighboring RBF |
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directions in a spherical Delaunay mesh. |
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.PP |
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The SIR provides a complete 4-dimensional |
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.I \-t |
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option reverses the assumed sample orientation front-to-back, |
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and is discussed below under the "#intheta" header entry. |
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.PP |
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Multi-processing may be used to accelerate the program |
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on systems that support it via the |
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.I \-n |
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.TP |
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.BR #sample_name |
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A double-quoted string containing the name associated with this sample. |
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If input files contain different sample names, the one read |
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will be the sample name passed to the SIR output. |
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If input files contain different sample names, the final sample name read |
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will be the one passed to the SIR output. |
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.TP |
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.BR #format: |
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The data format, typically one of "theta phi DSF" or "theta phi BSDF". |
