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+discovered by Rob G.
+=================================
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+Version 5.1
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+Version 5.1 (Released 8/17/2017)
+Fixed issue with vchars.mta and symbols.mta not being installed in
+the appropriate metafile library location, with help from Rob G.
+Added ability to give quoted strings to output= directive in rfluxmtx.
-+
-+
+****** COMPATIBILITY CHANGE ********
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+Added ability to digest color (CIE-XYZ) input in pabopto2bsdf.
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+This change alters the .sir (interpolant) format, so these files
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+will need to be regenerated.  Use the new "#colorimetry: CIE-XYZ" tag
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+to enable on input.
-+
-+
+Rewrote bsdf2klems to support tristimulus color and call wrapBSDF.
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+Did the same for bsdf2ttree.  Function specifications still gray only.
-+
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+Reduced a problem where rvu or rholo would be slow to quit when
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+run with many processes on a large model or one with a large
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+ambient file (taking lots of memory).  We were waiting for
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+processes to quit one-by-one, which takes some time for each
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+process as it disentangles its shared memory.  We now
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+wait for all the processes together, so they can disentangle
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+in parallel.  It can still take up to a minute in some cases,
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+but not 10 minutes like it was taking before the fix.
-+
-+
+Enabled ambient cache value corral for all levels, not just final two.
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+This may reduce errors in certain pathological scenes.
-+
-+
+Added -in option to rcalc, rlam, and total to limit the number of
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+input records in hopes of circumventing Windows EOF issues on binary data.
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+Also added -on option to rcalc and total for logical symmetry.
-+
-+
+Increased modifier limit to 10,000 in rcontrib.
-+
-+
+Fixed issues with glrad and added zoom response to mouse wheel input.
-+
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+Added missing definition of "ashik2" material type to reference manual.
-+
-+
+Changed genBSDF to calculate device thickness assuming Zmax==0 so
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+pkgBSDF will generate correct proxy geometry.
-+
-+
+Created pabopto2xyz tool to combine different sensor measurements
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+into a single CIE-XYZ measurement file for color BSDF interpolation.
-+
-+
+Jan Wienold updated evalglare to version 1.30
-+
-+
+Roland Schregle added out-of-core photon mapping routines, which
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+may be compiled using the PMAP_OOC macro.
-+
-+
+Added -a option to getinfo for easy addition of header lines.
-+
-+
+Fixed issue with multiple records on picture output in rcontrib (and rfluxmtx).
-+
+Credit to Sarith Subramaniam for pointing out the problem.
-+
-+
+Made mkillum more tolerant of non-planar polygons in its sampling routines.
-+
-+
+Added "-recover" option to genBSDF to pick up where it left off.
-+
-+
+Fixed genBSDF issue that was created incorrect normalization of
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+Klems output.  Thanks to David G-M and Christian Knoflach for
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+discovering the error.  Also improved sampling of indirect irradiance
-+
+that showed some slight bias due to poor sample collision avoidance.
-+
-+
+Fixed long-standing issue with -aa 0 neglecting textures in calculating
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+surface shading.
-+
-+
+Fixed bug in ranimove introduced during photon map integration.
-+
-+
+Added check for steep sections of BSDF in pabopto2bsdf, creating narrower
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+peakes in those places and mitigating some normalization issues.
-+
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+Added view360stereo.cal by Mark Stock to handle 360-degree over/under
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+stereo views.
-+
-+
+Added MAX2SHADE macro to place limit on number of light sources
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+to precheck for obstructions.  (Currently set to 200.)  This
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+avoids excessive start-up times for scenes with many light sources.
-+
+Thanks to Axel Jacobs for pointing out the problem.
-+
-+
+Added -v option to obj2mesh to print out mesh statistics.
-+
-+
+Rewrote bsdf2rad from ground up and made it a standard part of build.
-+
-+
+Fixed bug in orientation of Reinhart/Tregenza sample generator in rfluxmtx.
-+
-+
+Added ability to perform shadow-testing through unproxied BSDFs with strong
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+through (direct-direct) component.
-+
-+
+Added {+|-}a options to genBSDF and bsdf2ttree for switching off reciprocity
-+
+averaging.
-+
-+
+Added bias to see through BTDFs with a strong "through" component
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+rather than scattering view rays.  This is in lieu of peak extraction,
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+which looked to be too difficult from an implementation standpoint.
-+
-+
+Added bsdfview tool analogous to objview but for BSDF files (XML and SIR),
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+which calls bsdf2rad then rad with a few useful default views.
-+
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+=========================
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+Version 5.2 (Release October 8, 2018)
-+
-+
+Created psketch program to apply non-photorealistic rendering to selected
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+objects, identified by modifier name(s).
-+
-+
+Added '*' and '/' operations to rmtxop for element-wise multiplication and
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+division of same-sized matrices.
-+
-+
+Changed falsecolor so "-s" option is adjusted to match legend if one.
-+
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+Falsecolor legend changes and improvements by David G-M and Stephen W.
-+
-+
+Fixed bug in peak extraction code that generated
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+"Bad call to SDqueryTreProjSA" error, reported by Lars Grobe.
-+
-+
+Increased maximum luminance to 10^7 in pcond to fix issue noticed
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+by Axel Jacobs where veiling glare not added for the sun under
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+some conditions.
-+
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+Increased maximum number of open files in rcontrib to the system upper
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+limit of 2048 rather than the default 512 under Windows.
-+
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+Added top-level resources directory with files from Rob Guglielmetti.
-+
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+Improved accuracy for peaky BSDFs and small light sources.
-+
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+Fixed issue with pmapdump noted by Axel Jacobs.
-+
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+Improved accuracy of bsdf2ttree when converting scattering interpolation
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+representatons with strong peaks.
-+
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+Tweaked peak-extraction code to work more reliably.
-+
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+Georg Mischler updated SCons build system.
-+
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+Rob Guglielmetti and Alex Swindler updated CMake build system.
-+
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+Modified pcomb so the first view seen in the inputs is written into header.
-+
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+Wrote rtpict script to run rtrace in parallel mode and simulate rpict with
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+-n option.
-+
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+Added ability to move forwards/backwards specified distance in rvu "origin"
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+command.  Feature requested by John Mardaljevic, who essentially owns this
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+command, now.
-+
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+Reduced bias in ambient super-sampling method.
-+
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+Fixed bugs associated with zero transmission in chromatic tensor trees.
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+Thanks to Lars Grobe for pointing out issues.
-+
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+Added RAYPATH searching for -f options to genrev, gensurf, genworm,
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+bsdf2klems, bsdf2ttree, and pcomb.  This makes behavior consistent
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+with rcalc, calc, and rendering tools.
-+
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+Worked with Randolph Fritz to fix some issues with ies2rad and newer
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+IESNA63 standards.
-+
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+Resurrected original bsdf2rad test program, renaming it bsdf2rado. Still an
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+optional build in src/cv/.
-+
-+
+Fixed bug in rcontrib with virtual sources, where pretest was adding
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+to modifier accumulation buffers.  Reported by Mostapha.
-+
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+Added an "aBSDF" material type that explicitly checks for peak extraction.
-+
+Its arguments are the same as the original "BSDF" type, but without the
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+thickness parameter, as proxy geometry is not supported by this new type.
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+The old "BSDF" type no longer does peak extraction under any circumstances,
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+since this behavior is superfluous for proxied geometry.
-+
-+
+Added -r option to bsdf2rad (and bsdfview) to fix BSDF min and max range
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+for comparing BSDFs.
-+
-+
+Fixed issue with pfilt -m option and uneven image size changes pointed
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+out by Rob Shakespeare.
-+
-+
+Updates to evalglare and gendaylit from Jan Wienold, including new
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+colored sky option.
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+=========================
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+Version 5.3 (Released September 1, 2020)
-+
-+
+Created radcompare program to compare Radiance tool output to reference outputs
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+during unit-testing.
-+
-+
+Fixed issue reading very large files (> 2 GBytes) in rcollate.
-+
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+Made picking function in rvu ignore transparent and void surfaces.
-+
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+Added -orRxX options to rtrace to enable output of mirrored and unmirrored
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+contributions and distances to enable new types of reprojections.  This also
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+cleaned up and unified handling of effective ray lengths throughout code.
-+
-+
+Bug fixes from Jan Wienold for evalglare.
-+
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+Changed indexed (numbered) output from dctimestep to start from 0 rather
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+than 1, to make it more consistent with expected input naming.
-+
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+Increased default sampling in bsdf2klems (-n option) to 1024.
-+
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+Fixed an issue noticed by David G-M that was causing genBSDF to bias
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+isotropic tensor tree samples resulting in subsequent failure of
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+peak extraction with "aBSDF" type.
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-+
+Introduced max() and min() functions to .cal library.
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+Added random incident patch sampling to bsdf2klems to improve accuracy
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+with scattering interpolation representation input (e.g., from
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+pabopto2bsdf).  The other input types already sampled incident patch area.
-+
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+Added gendaymtx -A option to compute average sky over all the input
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+time steps.
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+Added ability to output color image from rtrace with any of -ovrx options.
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+Also fixed inconsistency of -oN output when ray casting versus full trace.
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+Before, it would flip normal to front side unless ray casting.  Now, -oN
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+always reports the unflipped normal.
-+
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+Changed rlam behavior so -iaN reads N lines from a stream rather than N
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+characters.  This seems more useful, since -ibN is somewhat redundant with
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+the old behavior.
-+
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+Created rsplit program as compliment to rlam and to handle more complex
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+rtrace output into separate files or streams.
-+
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+Improved getinfo so that it can also hop over resolution string with -c
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+and header elide mode.  Use +d to include resolution string in output,
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+and -d to elide with - and -c options.
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+Made pvalue -u option mean "uncompressed" with -r.  Also, allow skipping
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+bytes on standard input.
-+
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+Created rcode_depth tool to convert to and from a 16-bit/pixel portable
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+depth image encoding that uses a mix of linear and reciprocal distance
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+with explicit representations of 0 and infinity.  Code for loading these
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+depth maps is in src/common/depthcodec.{h,c}.
-+
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+Created rcode_norm tool to convert to and from 32-bit/pixel portable
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+surface normal representation, matching the one in src/common/dircode.c.
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+Code for loading normal maps is in src/common/normcodec.{h,c}.
-+
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+Created rcode_ident tool to create indexed identifier files.
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+Code for loading these files is in src/common/idmap.{h,c}.
-+
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+Added -o* option to rtpict to produce layered images that handle most
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+output types from rtrace (colors, surface normals, distances, IDs).
-+
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+Created rcode2bmp script to create images from new rcode_* output maps.
-+
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+Improved efficiency of rmtxop in cases where matrix multiplication is
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+faster evaluated right-to-left, as when the final component is a
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+column vector.  Also added ability to apply trailing unary operators
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+(-t, and -s or -c) to resulting matrix.
-+
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+Added new depth, normal, and ID file types to radcompare.
-+
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+Added BigEndian= header line for automatic byte-swapping in rmtxop
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+and radcompare.
-+
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+Added new "turbo" palette to falsecolor (thanks to Taoning).
-+
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+Nathaniel Jones created the "dcglare" program for annual glare
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+simulations when the sun and sky are visible through the window.
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+Tutorial is posted at
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+"https://github.com/nljones/Accelerad/wiki/The-Imageless-Method-for-Spatial-and-Annual-Glare-Analysis".
-+
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+Added support for loading RGBE images into matrices in dctimestep.
-+
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+Added -y option to gensky and gendaylit to support more accurate Michalsky
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+solar position calculation.
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+Changed rsplit, so specifying a space as the separator parses words
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+between whitespace.
-+
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+Added ability of vwrays, pinterp, and pmblur2 to read encoded depth files.
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+Added -o RxCxR1xC1 facility to perform blocking in rcollate.
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+Made it so number of segments in genworm, genrev, and gensurf can be
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+given as expressions of previously defined variables, etc.
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+Added -D and -n option to gendaymtx to output sun description and skip
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+matrix output on request.  A -M option was also added to output solar
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+modifiers for rcontrib.  Support also added for leap days in WEA input.
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+Enhancements sponsored by Ladybug Tools.
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+Updated eplus_uvf to work with IDF version 9.x, checking version number.
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+Fix to glarendx issues with dgi calculation.
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+Made it so rmtxop and dctimestep undo any exposure applied to Radiance
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+pictures they may load.
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+Added robjutil utility to manipulate Wavefront .OBJ files.
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+Fixed a crash related to rtrace -om or -oM with mesh instances containing
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+materials.
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+Improved rtrace flushing function to handle any value for -x without
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+deadlock on controlling process.
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+Eliminated unnecessary start-up procedures for rtrace when only ray-casting
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+is needed (i.e., no tracing or value output).
-+
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+Improved isotropic sampling method in bsdf2ttree using "zipper" approach
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+applied in genBSDF.
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+Added limit to memory used by high-resolution tensor tree BSDFs for
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+cumulative cache during MC sampling (rendering).  Limit set to 250MBytes
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+per BSDF for standard architectures.
-+
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+Added -n and -s options to bsdf2ttree to provide some user control
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+over super-sampling.
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+Improved surface normal codec used by ambient file to store orthonormal
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+directions exactly.
-+
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+Improved peak extraction method, which was undervaluing transmission
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+in many cases.
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+New version of evalglare from Jan Wienold.
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+Added -u option to gendaymtx to elide data columns (time steps) when
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+the sun is not visible above the horizon.
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+=========================
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+Version 5.4
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+Added rcollate -c option to force operation to continue even if it
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+seems unnecessary.  Made tool more robust.
-+
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+Added -t option to rcontrib (and rfluxmtx) to report progress after the
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+given number of seconds.
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+Added "test" target to makeall to run unit tests.
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+Modified bsdf2ttree to allow different parameters per input SIR file.
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+Fixed issues with very large matrix files (> 2GB) in dctimestep, rmtxop,
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+and rcollate.
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+Added -rf and -rb options to rmtxop to load front or back reflectance
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+matrix data from XML file rather than transmission.  (Lars Grobe suggested.)
-+
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+Improved behavior for coincident surfaces with different materials.
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+Rather than returning one surface or the other based on floating-point
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+vagaries, opaque materials are now preferred over transparent ones.
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+If the materials are both transparent or both opaque, then whichever
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+surface appeared later in the scene description will be selected.
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+This came of a request for consistent behavior with legal CAD output
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+from Peter Apian-Bennewitz.
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+Added explicit tests for on-edge intersections with polygons.  This should
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+eliminate stray rays and tiny light leaks that often appear even in
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+well-constructed geometry.
-+
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+Added "-s up" option to pabopto2bsdf to allow for 180 degree symmetry,
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+meaning that data repeats after 180 degree rotation (as distinguished
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+from "-s bilateral" whose data is mirrored about a vertical plane).
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+Thanks to Helen Rose Wilson for the suggestion and informing me that
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+such a thing exists.
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+Removed upper limit on number of modifiers in rcontrib.
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+Put cap on maximum ambient gradient to avoid over-extrapolation of
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+poorly computed irradiance cache values.
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+Added robjutil +T option to triangulate all faces in .OBJ description.
-+
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+Altered BSDF library to have both front and back diffuse transmittance
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+values, which can be different.  This was necessary to avoid issues
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+caused by measurement and modeling discrepancies.
-+
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+Added pabopto2bsdf -g option to cull near-grazing scattering to avoid
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+issues with noise and negative values.
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+Increased default dynamic range from 32 to 100 in pcond and normtiff.
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+Added -o and -n options to genbox to create .OBJ output and segment
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+edges and corners for transparent materials.  Also added -s option
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+to control smoothing for .OBJ and Radiance with segmented rounding.
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+Made it so robjutil with the +r option for Radiance output now
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+produces normal smoothing unless normals are removed with -n.
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+Added exposure preservation to pcompos when possible (i.e., when
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+there is only one input or inputs agree on exposure).
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+Added -DSHARP_RGB compile-time option to use sharp RGB color space
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+rather than historic default.  This can make for more accurate color
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+calculations, but requires that materials be recalibrated.  The
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+PRIMARIES= line is also produced on output from rpict or rvu with
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+the correct set of primaries based on how the system was compiled.
-+
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+Added automatic flushing to the output of total, except when the -r
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+(running subtotals) option is used.
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+Improved behavior of little-used -aw option, so that it avoids sea-level
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+rise caused by adding its own estimate back into the ambient level remainder.
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+It ended up being simple enough to derate the final average by the factor
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+corresponding to average surface absorpition, thus removing the average
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+from the final bounce estimate.
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+Introduced ies2rad upgrades by Randolph Fritz.  Randolph says it
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+fixes the following problems:
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+. Generates correct Radiance geometry for spheres in 1995, 2002,
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+        and 2019 IES files.
-+
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+. Generates correct Radiance geometry for vertical cylinders that
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+        are taller than they are wide.
-+
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+. Ignores the file source ("File Generation Type") field in the
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+version of the file, which would otherwise be incorrectly used
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+        as an output multiplier.
-+
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+    It also offers the following enhancements:
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+. Shape information is included in the .rad file comments.
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+. 1995, 2002, and 2019-version luminous opening geometry is
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+        accounted for.
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+. The 2002 and 2019 IES file versions are recognized and
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+        processed appropriately.
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+. I have made an attempt to do something intelligent with less
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+        common "luminous opening" shapes in the 1995, 2002, and 2019 versions
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+        of the standard, though I have not implemented any support for new
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+        geometry; approximations are substituted and warning messages issued.
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+        Unfortunately, this code is not tested, since I don't have any IES
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+        files that use these shapes.
-+
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+Added support for depth-of-field blurring in vwrays using -pd option.
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+Also, made -c count work with vwrays -i, producing multiple samples
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+per indicated pixel position.  At the same time, support for the -pd
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+option was added to rtpict, which calls on vwrays for its samples.
-+
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+Fixed issue with BSDFs that didn't obey reciprocity, where direct
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+sampling wasn't following exactly with indirect sampling.  This was
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+discovered and reported by Jon Sargent.
-+
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+Created checkBSDF tool to test XML BSDF reciprocity and perform similar
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+sanity checks.
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+Added -O option to pvalue and pextrem to report watts/sr/m^2 even if
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+picture is XYZE.

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Revision 1.401 by greg, Fri Feb 4 20:11:49 2022 UTC