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.I \-f |
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option, above.) |
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.TP |
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+ |
.BI -n \ nproc |
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+ |
Execute in parallel on |
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+ |
.I nproc |
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+ |
local processes. |
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+ |
This option is incompatible with the |
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+ |
.I \-P |
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+ |
and |
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+ |
.I \-PP, |
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+ |
options. |
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+ |
Multiple processes also do not work properly with ray tree output |
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+ |
using any of the |
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+ |
.I \-o*t* |
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+ |
options. |
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+ |
There is no benefit from specifying more processes than there are |
| 247 |
+ |
cores available on the system or the |
| 248 |
+ |
.I \-x |
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+ |
setting, which forces a wait at each flush. |
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+ |
.TP |
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|
.BI -dj \ frac |
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|
Set the direct jittering to |
| 253 |
|
.I frac. |
| 543 |
|
.TP |
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|
.BI -lr \ N |
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|
Limit reflections to a maximum of |
| 546 |
< |
.I N. |
| 546 |
> |
.I N, |
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> |
if N is a positive integer. |
| 548 |
|
If |
| 549 |
|
.I N |
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|
is zero or negative, then Russian roulette is used for ray |
| 552 |
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.I -lw |
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setting (below) must be positive. |
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|
If N is a negative integer, then this sets the upper limit |
| 555 |
< |
of reflections past which Russian roulette will not be used. |
| 555 |
> |
of reflections past which Russian roulette will be used. |
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|
In scenes with dielectrics and total internal reflection, |
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a setting of 0 (no limit) may cause a stack overflow. |
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.TP |
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|
.PP |
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|
To compute an image with an unusual view mapping: |
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.IP "" .2i |
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< |
cnt 640 480 | rcalc \-e 'xr:640;yr:480' \-f unusual_view.cal | rtrace |
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> |
cnt 480 640 | rcalc \-e 'xr:640;yr:480' \-f unusual_view.cal | rtrace |
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\-x 640 \-y 480 \-fac scene.oct > unusual.hdr |
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.SH ENVIRONMENT |
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RAYPATH the directories to check for auxiliary files. |