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.B octree |
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.B rsensor |
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.B -h |
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.B -rd nrays |
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.B sensor_view |
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.B sensor_file .. |
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.B "." |
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.B "rsensor [ options ] \-defaults" |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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.I Rsensor |
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sending the computed sensor value to the standard output. |
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(The octree may be given as the output of a command enclosed in quotes |
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and preceded by a `!'.)\0 |
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In the second form, the default values |
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In the second form, a single period ('.') is given in place of an |
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octree, and the origin and directions of the specified |
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number of rays will be printed on the standard output. |
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If these rays are later traced and added together, the results |
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will sum to a signal proportional to the given sensor distribution. |
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In the third form, the default values |
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for the options (modified by those options present) |
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are printed with a brief explanation. |
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.PP |
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The fore clipping distance may be used as well, but other view |
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options will be ignored. |
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(See |
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.I rpict\.1 |
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.I rpict(1) |
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for details on how to specify a view.)\0 |
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The actual data contained in the sensor file corresponds to the |
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.I SPOT |
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tab-separated matrix specification, where the |
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column header has "degrees" in the leftmost column, followed |
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by evenly-spaced azimuthal angles. |
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Azimuth angles must start at 0 and proceed to at least 270 degrees. |
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No symmetry is applied to missing values. |
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Each row begins with the polar angle, and is followed by the |
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relative sensitivity values for each direction. |
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Polar angles must start from 0 and continue to the edge of |
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the sensor's view. |
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Polar angles above the last row listed are assumed to have |
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zero sensitivity. |
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A low-resolution example of a sensor file is given below: |
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.sp |
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.nf |
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.I \-rd |
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option controls the number of ray samples sent at random, and the |
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.I \-dn |
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option controls the number of rays sent to light sources per sensor. |
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option controls the number of rays sent to each light source per sensor. |
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.PP |
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The |
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.I \-h |
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option may be used to specify multiple calculation processes on |
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systems with more than one CPU. |
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For additional options, consult the |
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.I rtrace\.1 |
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.I rtrace(1) |
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man page. |
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The final |
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.I octree |
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To compute values for the same sensor with two different positions: |
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.IP "" .2i |
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rsensor -ab 2 -vf posA.vf mysens.dat -vf posB.vf mysens.dat scene.oct |
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.PP |
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To generate a set of rays corresponding to a given sensor and compute |
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the resulting signal with rtrace: |
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.IP "" .2i |
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rsensor -h -vf posC.vf mysens.dat . | rtrace -h scene.oct | total -m |
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.SH ENVIRONMENT |
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RAYPATH the directories to check for auxiliary files. |
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.SH AUTHOR |
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Greg Ward for Architectural Energy Corporation |
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.SH "SEE ALSO" |
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oconv(1), rpict(1), rtcontrib(1), rtrace(1) |
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oconv(1), rpict(1), rcontrib(1), rtrace(1) |
