man/man1/rhcopy.1

.\" RCSid "$Id"
.TH RHCOPY 1 1/15/99 RADIANCE
.SH NAME
rhcopy - copy ray information into a holodeck
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rhcopy
.B dest_holo
[
.B \-u
][
.B \-d
]
.B "\-h src_holo .."
.br
or
.br
.B rhcopy
.B dest_holo
[
.B \-u
][
.B \-d
]
.B "\-p src_pic src_zbf .."
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Rhcopy
adds ray sample data to the existing holodeck
.I dest_holo.
In the first form, the ray samples are taken from one or more holodeck files
given after the
.I \-h
option.
In the second form, the ray samples are taken from one or more RADIANCE
picture files and their depth buffers, which must be paired on the
command line after the
.I \-p
option.
.PP
The
.I \-u
option turns on duplicate ray checking.
In some cases, the same ray may already exist in the destination holodeck,
and it would be redundant to add it.
By default,
.I rhcopy
does not check for duplicates, because it takes extra time, and in many
invocations is not necessary, as when copying into an empty holodeck.
.PP
The
.I \-d
option turns off depth checking.
Normally,
.I rhcopy
checks the OBSTRUCTIONS variable of the destination holodeck, and if it is
set to True, makes sure that all contributing rays start outside each
section.
If OBSTRUCTIONS is set to False, then
.I rhcopy
makes sure that any contributing rays end outside each section.
If OBSTRUCTIONS is not set, then this option has no effect.
(See the
.I rholo(1)
man page for a definition of the OBSTRUCTIONS variable.)\0
.PP
.I Rcopy
cannot be used to create a holodeck -- use
.I rholo
for this purpose.
For example, to create an empty holodeck, run
.I rholo
without either the
.I \-n
or
.I \-o
option.
Whatever variables are set by
.I rholo
when the new holodeck is created
are the ones that will have effect when later rendering or viewing.
Since the ray sample data may be taken from any source,
.I rholo
and
.I rhcopy
may be used together to change certain unalterable holodeck parameters,
such as the section grid geometry.
.SH EXAMPLE
To take data from an existing holodeck after changing the section grid:
.IP "" .2i
rholo new.hdk new.hif
.br
rhcopy new.hdk -h old.hdk
.PP
To add ray samples from two pictures to the new holodeck:
.IP "" .2i
rhcopy new.hdk -p view1.pic view1.zbf view2.pic view2.zbf
.SH NOTES
.I Rhcopy
attempts to place the beams in the holodeck in a good
order for quick access, but if the data comes from multiple sources,
the results may not be optimal.
For large holodecks, it is sometimes useful to run the
.I rhoptimize(1)
program once all runs of
.I rhcopy
are through.
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Ward Larson
.SH ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work was supported by Silicon Graphics, Inc.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
getinfo(1), pfilt(1), psign(1), rhinfo(1), rholo(1), rhoptimize(1), rpict(1)
Revision:	1.1
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1	greg	1.1	.\" RCSid "$Id"
2			.TH RHCOPY 1 1/15/99 RADIANCE
3			.SH NAME
4			rhcopy - copy ray information into a holodeck
5			.SH SYNOPSIS
6			.B rhcopy
7			.B dest_holo
8			[
9			.B \-u
10			][
11			.B \-d
12			]
13			.B "\-h src_holo .."
14			.br
15			or
16			.br
17			.B rhcopy
18			.B dest_holo
19			[
20			.B \-u
21			][
22			.B \-d
23			]
24			.B "\-p src_pic src_zbf .."
25			.SH DESCRIPTION
26			.I Rhcopy
27			adds ray sample data to the existing holodeck
28			.I dest_holo.
29			In the first form, the ray samples are taken from one or more holodeck files
30			given after the
31			.I \-h
32			option.
33			In the second form, the ray samples are taken from one or more RADIANCE
34			picture files and their depth buffers, which must be paired on the
35			command line after the
36			.I \-p
37			option.
38			.PP
39			The
40			.I \-u
41			option turns on duplicate ray checking.
42			In some cases, the same ray may already exist in the destination holodeck,
43			and it would be redundant to add it.
44			By default,
45			.I rhcopy
46			does not check for duplicates, because it takes extra time, and in many
47			invocations is not necessary, as when copying into an empty holodeck.
48			.PP
49			The
50			.I \-d
51			option turns off depth checking.
52			Normally,
53			.I rhcopy
54			checks the OBSTRUCTIONS variable of the destination holodeck, and if it is
55			set to True, makes sure that all contributing rays start outside each
56			section.
57			If OBSTRUCTIONS is set to False, then
58			.I rhcopy
59			makes sure that any contributing rays end outside each section.
60			If OBSTRUCTIONS is not set, then this option has no effect.
61			(See the
62			.I rholo(1)
63			man page for a definition of the OBSTRUCTIONS variable.)\0
64			.PP
65			.I Rcopy
66			cannot be used to create a holodeck -- use
67			.I rholo
68			for this purpose.
69			For example, to create an empty holodeck, run
70			.I rholo
71			without either the
72			.I \-n
73			or
74			.I \-o
75			option.
76			Whatever variables are set by
77			.I rholo
78			when the new holodeck is created
79			are the ones that will have effect when later rendering or viewing.
80			Since the ray sample data may be taken from any source,
81			.I rholo
82			and
83			.I rhcopy
84			may be used together to change certain unalterable holodeck parameters,
85			such as the section grid geometry.
86			.SH EXAMPLE
87			To take data from an existing holodeck after changing the section grid:
88			.IP "" .2i
89			rholo new.hdk new.hif
90			.br
91			rhcopy new.hdk -h old.hdk
92			.PP
93			To add ray samples from two pictures to the new holodeck:
94			.IP "" .2i
95			rhcopy new.hdk -p view1.pic view1.zbf view2.pic view2.zbf
96			.SH NOTES
97			.I Rhcopy
98			attempts to place the beams in the holodeck in a good
99			order for quick access, but if the data comes from multiple sources,
100			the results may not be optimal.
101			For large holodecks, it is sometimes useful to run the
102			.I rhoptimize(1)
103			program once all runs of
104			.I rhcopy
105			are through.
106			.SH AUTHOR
107			Greg Ward Larson
108			.SH ACKNOWLEDGMENT
109			This work was supported by Silicon Graphics, Inc.
110			.SH "SEE ALSO"
111			getinfo(1), pfilt(1), psign(1), rhinfo(1), rholo(1), rhoptimize(1), rpict(1)