--- ray/doc/man/man1/rsensor.1 2008/12/13 00:44:05 1.3 +++ ray/doc/man/man1/rsensor.1 2010/09/26 15:41:46 1.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" RCSid "$Id: rsensor.1,v 1.3 2008/12/13 00:44:05 greg Exp $" +.\" RCSid "$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 @@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ rsensor - compute sensor signal from a RADIANCE scene } .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 @@ -38,7 +52,12 @@ sensors into the RADIANCE scene given by 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, the default values +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 @@ -106,6 +125,11 @@ standard input. 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