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Revision 1.399 by greg, Tue Dec 7 23:49:50 2021 UTC

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2394   Added "test" target to makeall to run unit tests.
2395  
2396   Modified bsdf2ttree to allow different parameters per input SIR file.
2397 +
2398 + Fixed issues with very large matrix files (> 2GB) in dctimestep, rmtxop,
2399 + and rcollate.
2400 +
2401 + Added -rf and -rb options to rmtxop to load front or back reflectance
2402 + matrix data from XML file rather than transmission.  (Lars Grobe suggested.)
2403 +
2404 + Improved behavior for coincident surfaces with different materials.
2405 + Rather than returning one surface or the other based on floating-point
2406 + vagaries, opaque materials are now preferred over transparent ones.
2407 + If the materials are both transparent or both opaque, then whichever
2408 + surface appeared later in the scene description will be selected.
2409 + This came of a request for consistent behavior with legal CAD output
2410 + from Peter Apian-Bennewitz.
2411 +
2412 + Added explicit tests for on-edge intersections with polygons.  This should
2413 + eliminate stray rays and tiny light leaks that often appear even in
2414 + well-constructed geometry.
2415 +
2416 + Added "-s up" option to pabopto2bsdf to allow for 180 degree symmetry,
2417 + meaning that data repeats after 180 degree rotation (as distinguished
2418 + from "-s bilateral" whose data is mirrored about a vertical plane).
2419 + Thanks to Helen Rose Wilson for the suggestion and informing me that
2420 + such a thing exists.
2421 +
2422 + Removed upper limit on number of modifiers in rcontrib.
2423 +
2424 + Put cap on maximum ambient gradient to avoid over-extrapolation of
2425 + poorly computed irradiance cache values.
2426 +
2427 + Added robjutil +T option to triangulate all faces in .OBJ description.
2428 +
2429 + Altered BSDF library to have both front and back diffuse transmittance
2430 + values, which can be different.  This was necessary to avoid issues
2431 + caused by measurement and modeling discrepancies.
2432 +
2433 + Added pabopto2bsdf -g option to cull near-grazing scattering to avoid
2434 + issues with noise and negative values.
2435 +
2436 + Increased default dynamic range from 32 to 100 in pcond and normtiff.
2437 +
2438 + Added -o and -n options to genbox to create .OBJ output and segment
2439 + edges and corners for transparent materials.  Also added -s option
2440 + to control smoothing for .OBJ and Radiance with segmented rounding.
2441 +
2442 + Made it so robjutil with the +r option for Radiance output now
2443 + produces normal smoothing unless normals are removed with -n.
2444 +
2445 + Added exposure preservation to pcompos when possible (i.e., when
2446 + there is only one input or inputs agree on exposure).
2447 +
2448 + Added -DSHARP_RGB compile-time option to use sharp RGB color space
2449 + rather than historic default.  This can make for more accurate color
2450 + calculations, but requires that materials be recalibrated.  The
2451 + PRIMARIES= line is also produced on output from rpict or rvu with
2452 + the correct set of primaries based on how the system was compiled.
2453 +
2454 + Added automatic flushing to the output of total, except when the -r
2455 + (running subtotals) option is used.
2456 +
2457 + Improved behavior of little-used -aw option, so that it avoids sea-level
2458 + rise caused by adding its own estimate back into the ambient level remainder.
2459 + It ended up being simple enough to derate the final average by the factor
2460 + corresponding to average surface absorpition, thus removing the average
2461 + from the final bounce estimate.
2462 +
2463 + Introduced ies2rad upgrades by Randolph Fritz.  Randolph says it
2464 + fixes the following problems:
2465 +
2466 +        1. Generates correct Radiance geometry for spheres in 1995, 2002,
2467 +        and 2019 IES files.
2468 +
2469 +        2. Generates correct Radiance geometry for vertical cylinders that
2470 +        are taller than they are wide.
2471 +
2472 +        3. Ignores the file source ("File Generation Type") field in the
2473 +        2019 version of the file, which would otherwise be incorrectly used
2474 +        as an output multiplier.
2475 +
2476 +    It also offers the following enhancements:
2477 +
2478 +        1. Shape information is included in the .rad file comments.
2479 +
2480 +        2. 1995, 2002, and 2019-version luminous opening geometry is
2481 +        accounted for.
2482 +
2483 +        3. The 2002 and 2019 IES file versions are recognized and
2484 +        processed appropriately.
2485 +
2486 +        4. I have made an attempt to do something intelligent with less
2487 +        common "luminous opening" shapes in the 1995, 2002, and 2019 versions
2488 +        of the standard, though I have not implemented any support for new
2489 +        geometry; approximations are substituted and warning messages issued.
2490 +        Unfortunately, this code is not tested, since I don't have any IES
2491 +        files that use these shapes.
2492 +
2493 + Added support for depth-of-field blurring in vwrays using -pd option.
2494 + Also, made -c count work with vwrays -i, producing multiple samples
2495 + per indicated pixel position.  At the same time, support for the -pd
2496 + option was added to rtpict, which calls on vwrays for its samples.
2497 +
2498 + Fixed issue with BSDFs that didn't obey reciprocity, where direct
2499 + sampling wasn't following exactly with indirect sampling.  This was
2500 + discovered and reported by Jon Sargent.

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