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The default value is one, meaning a full record will be produced for |
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each input ray. |
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For values greater than 1, contributions will be averaged together |
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For values greater than one, contributions will be averaged together |
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to sum RGB values together, but is much more efficient. |
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a parallel source such as the sun to a diffuse surface, for example. |
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Note that output flushing via zero-direction rays is disabled |
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for accumulated evaluations. |
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Note that output flushing via zero-direction rays is disabled with |
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.I \-c |
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set to zero. |
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.PP |
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The output of |
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.I rcontrib |
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or |
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.I \-e |
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option. |
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Since bin numbers start from 0, the bin count is always equal to |
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the last bin plus 1. |
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Set the this value to 0 if the bin count is unknown (the default). |
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Since bin numbers start from zero, the bin count is always equal to |
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the last bin plus one. |
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The most recent |
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.I \-b, |
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.I \-bn |
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.I \-y |
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if the |
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.I \-c |
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is 0, when they control the resolution string |
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is zero, when they control the resolution string |
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produced in the corresponding output. |
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.PP |
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If a |
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option. |
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The computed bin value will be |
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rounded to the nearest whole number. |
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(Negative bin values will be silently ignored.)\0 |
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For a single bin, you may specify |
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.I "\-b 0", |
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which is the default. |
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This mechanism allows the user to define precise regions or directions |
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they wish to accumulate, such as the Tregenza sky discretization, |
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which would be otherwise impossible to specify |
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described in the |
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.I rcalc(1) |
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man page. |
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Unlike |
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Like |
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.I rcalc, |
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.I rcontrib |
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will search the RADIANCE library directories for each file given in a |
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.PP |
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.IP "" .2i |
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rcontrib \-I+ \-b tbin \-o sky.dat \-m skyglow \-b 0 \-o ground.dat \-m groundglow |
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@render.opt \-f tregenza.cal scene.oct < test.dat |
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rcontrib \-I+ \-f tregenza.cal \-b tbin \-bn Ntbins \-o sky.dat \-m skyglow |
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\-b 0 \-o ground.dat \-m groundglow @render.opt scene.oct < test.dat |
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.SH ENVIRONMENT |
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RAYPATH path to search for \-f and \-M files |
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.SH AUTHOR |
