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# Line 2237 | Line 2237 | Updates to evalglare and gendaylit from Jan Wienold, i
2237   colored sky option.
2238  
2239   =========================
2240 < Version 5.3
2240 > Version 5.3 (Released September 1, 2020)
2241  
2242   Created radcompare program to compare Radiance tool output to reference outputs
2243   during unit-testing.
# Line 2376 | Line 2376 | directions exactly.
2376  
2377   Improved peak extraction method, which was undervaluing transmission
2378   in many cases.
2379 +
2380 + New version of evalglare from Jan Wienold.
2381 +
2382 + Added -u option to gendaymtx to elide data columns (time steps) when
2383 + the sun is not visible above the horizon.
2384 +
2385 + =========================
2386 + Version 5.4
2387 +
2388 + Added rcollate -c option to force operation to continue even if it
2389 + seems unnecessary.  Made tool more robust.
2390 +
2391 + Added -t option to rcontrib (and rfluxmtx) to report progress after the
2392 + given number of seconds.
2393 +
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).

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