man/man1/rsensor.1

.\" RCSid "$Id: rsensor.1,v 1.4 2010/09/26 15:41:46 greg Exp $"
.TH RSENSOR 1 4/11/2008 RADIANCE
.SH NAME
rsensor - compute sensor signal from a RADIANCE scene
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rsensor
[
.B -n nprocs
][
.B -h
][
.B render options
]
[
.B $EVAR
]
[
.B @file
]
{
[
.B -rd nrays
][
.B -dn nsrc
][
.B sensor_view
]
.B sensor_file ..
}
.B octree
.br
.B rsensor
[
.B -h
]
{
[
.B -rd nrays
][
.B sensor_view
]
.B sensor_file ..
}
.B "."
.br
.B "rsensor [ options ] \-defaults"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Rsensor
traces rays outward from one or more specified illumination
sensors into the RADIANCE scene given by
.I octree,
sending the computed sensor value to the standard output.
(The octree may be given as the output of a command enclosed in quotes
and preceded by a `!'.)\0
In the second form, a single period ('.') is given in place of an
octree, and the origin and directions of the specified
number of rays will be printed on the standard output.
If these rays are later traced and added together, the results
will sum to a signal proportional to the given sensor distribution.
In the third form, the default values
for the options (modified by those options present)
are printed with a brief explanation.
.PP
Options may be given on the command line and/or read from the
environment and/or read from a file.
A command argument beginning with a dollar sign ('$') is immediately
replaced by the contents of the given environment variable.
A command argument beginning with an at sign ('@') is immediately
replaced by the contents of the given file.
.PP
The sensor files themselves will be searched for in the path
locations specified by the
.I RAYPATH
environment variable, similar to other types of Radiance
auxiliary files.
If the sensor file path begins with '/', '.' or '~', no search
will take place.
Before each sensor file, a separate view may be specified.
In this case, the view origin and direction will correspond to
the position and orientation of the sensor, and the view up
vector will determine the zero azimuthal direction of the sensor.
The fore clipping distance may be used as well, but other view
options will be ignored.
(See
.I rpict(1)
for details on how to specify a view.)\0
The actual data contained in the sensor file corresponds to the
.I SPOT
tab-separated matrix specification, where the
column header has "degrees" in the leftmost column, followed
by evenly-spaced azimuthal angles.
Each row begins with the polar angle, and is followed by the
relative sensitivity values for each direction.
A low-resolution example of a sensor file is given below:
.sp
.nf
        degrees 0       90      180     270
        0       .02     .04     .02     .04
        45      .01     .02     .01     .02
        90      .001    .002    .001    .002
.fi
.sp
As well as different views, the number of samples may be changed between
sensors, where the
.I \-rd
option controls the number of ray samples sent at random, and the
.I \-dn
option controls the number of rays sent to each light source per sensor.
.PP
The
.I \-h
option toggles header output, which defaults to "on."
The
.I \-n
option may be used to specify multiple calculation processes on
systems with more than one CPU.
For additional options, consult the
.I rtrace(1)
man page.
The final
.I octree
argument must be given, as the octree cannot be read from the
standard input.
.SH EXAMPLES
To compute values for the same sensor with two different positions:
.IP "" .2i
rsensor -ab 2 -vf posA.vf mysens.dat -vf posB.vf mysens.dat scene.oct
.PP
To generate a set of rays corresponding to a given sensor and compute
the resulting signal with rtrace:
.IP "" .2i
rsensor -h -vf posC.vf mysens.dat . | rtrace -h scene.oct | total -m
.SH ENVIRONMENT
RAYPATH         the directories to check for auxiliary files.
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Ward for Architectural Energy Corporation
.SH "SEE ALSO"
oconv(1), rpict(1), rcontrib(1), rtrace(1)
Revision:	1.5
Committed:	Thu Jun 14 22:42:21 2012 UTC (12 years, 10 months ago) by greg
Branch:	MAIN
CVS Tags:	rad4R2P2, rad4R2, rad4R2P1
Changes since 1.4:	+2 -2 lines
Log Message:	Reworked rtcontrib into rcontrib program
#	Content
1	.\" RCSid "$Id: rsensor.1,v 1.4 2010/09/26 15:41:46 greg Exp $"
2	.TH RSENSOR 1 4/11/2008 RADIANCE
3	.SH NAME
4	rsensor - compute sensor signal from a RADIANCE scene
5	.SH SYNOPSIS
6	.B rsensor
7	[
8	.B -n nprocs
9	][
10	.B -h
11	][
12	.B render options
13	]
14	[
15	.B $EVAR
16	]
17	[
18	.B @file
19	]
20	{
21	[
22	.B -rd nrays
23	][
24	.B -dn nsrc
25	][
26	.B sensor_view
27	]
28	.B sensor_file ..
29	}
30	.B octree
31	.br
32	.B rsensor
33	[
34	.B -h
35	]
36	{
37	[
38	.B -rd nrays
39	][
40	.B sensor_view
41	]
42	.B sensor_file ..
43	}
44	.B "."
45	.br
46	.B "rsensor [ options ] \-defaults"
47	.SH DESCRIPTION
48	.I Rsensor
49	traces rays outward from one or more specified illumination
50	sensors into the RADIANCE scene given by
51	.I octree,
52	sending the computed sensor value to the standard output.
53	(The octree may be given as the output of a command enclosed in quotes
54	and preceded by a `!'.)\0
55	In the second form, a single period ('.') is given in place of an
56	octree, and the origin and directions of the specified
57	number of rays will be printed on the standard output.
58	If these rays are later traced and added together, the results
59	will sum to a signal proportional to the given sensor distribution.
60	In the third form, the default values
61	for the options (modified by those options present)
62	are printed with a brief explanation.
63	.PP
64	Options may be given on the command line and/or read from the
65	environment and/or read from a file.
66	A command argument beginning with a dollar sign ('$') is immediately
67	replaced by the contents of the given environment variable.
68	A command argument beginning with an at sign ('@') is immediately
69	replaced by the contents of the given file.
70	.PP
71	The sensor files themselves will be searched for in the path
72	locations specified by the
73	.I RAYPATH
74	environment variable, similar to other types of Radiance
75	auxiliary files.
76	If the sensor file path begins with '/', '.' or '~', no search
77	will take place.
78	Before each sensor file, a separate view may be specified.
79	In this case, the view origin and direction will correspond to
80	the position and orientation of the sensor, and the view up
81	vector will determine the zero azimuthal direction of the sensor.
82	The fore clipping distance may be used as well, but other view
83	options will be ignored.
84	(See
85	.I rpict(1)
86	for details on how to specify a view.)\0
87	The actual data contained in the sensor file corresponds to the
88	.I SPOT
89	tab-separated matrix specification, where the
90	column header has "degrees" in the leftmost column, followed
91	by evenly-spaced azimuthal angles.
92	Each row begins with the polar angle, and is followed by the
93	relative sensitivity values for each direction.
94	A low-resolution example of a sensor file is given below:
95	.sp
96	.nf
97	degrees 0 90 180 270
98	0 .02 .04 .02 .04
99	45 .01 .02 .01 .02
100	90 .001 .002 .001 .002
101	.fi
102	.sp
103	As well as different views, the number of samples may be changed between
104	sensors, where the
105	.I \-rd
106	option controls the number of ray samples sent at random, and the
107	.I \-dn
108	option controls the number of rays sent to each light source per sensor.
109	.PP
110	The
111	.I \-h
112	option toggles header output, which defaults to "on."
113	The
114	.I \-n
115	option may be used to specify multiple calculation processes on
116	systems with more than one CPU.
117	For additional options, consult the
118	.I rtrace(1)
119	man page.
120	The final
121	.I octree
122	argument must be given, as the octree cannot be read from the
123	standard input.
124	.SH EXAMPLES
125	To compute values for the same sensor with two different positions:
126	.IP "" .2i
127	rsensor -ab 2 -vf posA.vf mysens.dat -vf posB.vf mysens.dat scene.oct
128	.PP
129	To generate a set of rays corresponding to a given sensor and compute
130	the resulting signal with rtrace:
131	.IP "" .2i
132	rsensor -h -vf posC.vf mysens.dat . \| rtrace -h scene.oct \| total -m
133	.SH ENVIRONMENT
134	RAYPATH the directories to check for auxiliary files.
135	.SH AUTHOR
136	Greg Ward for Architectural Energy Corporation
137	.SH "SEE ALSO"
138	oconv(1), rpict(1), rcontrib(1), rtrace(1)