| 2237 | 
  | 
colored sky option. | 
| 2238 | 
  | 
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| 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. | 
| 2314 | 
  | 
Added new depth, normal, and ID file types to radcompare. | 
| 2315 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2316 | 
  | 
Added BigEndian= header line for automatic byte-swapping in rmtxop | 
| 2317 | 
< | 
and radcompare.  Doesn't work quite as automatically as it should | 
| 2318 | 
< | 
for pvalue -r, currently. | 
| 2317 | 
> | 
and radcompare. | 
| 2318 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2319 | 
  | 
Added new "turbo" palette to falsecolor (thanks to Taoning). | 
| 2320 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2328 | 
  | 
Added -y option to gensky and gendaylit to support more accurate Michalsky | 
| 2329 | 
  | 
solar position calculation. | 
| 2330 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2331 | 
< | 
Changed rsplit so specifying a space as the separator parses words | 
| 2331 | 
> | 
Changed rsplit, so specifying a space as the separator parses words | 
| 2332 | 
  | 
between whitespace. | 
| 2333 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2334 | 
  | 
Added ability of vwrays, pinterp, and pmblur2 to read encoded depth files. | 
| 2339 | 
  | 
given as expressions of previously defined variables, etc. | 
| 2340 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2341 | 
  | 
Added -D and -n option to gendaymtx to output sun description and skip | 
| 2342 | 
< | 
matrix output on request. | 
| 2342 | 
> | 
matrix output on request.  A -M option was also added to output solar | 
| 2343 | 
> | 
modifiers for rcontrib.  Support also added for leap days in WEA input. | 
| 2344 | 
> | 
Enhancements sponsored by Ladybug Tools. | 
| 2345 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2346 | 
  | 
Updated eplus_uvf to work with IDF version 9.x, checking version number. | 
| 2347 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2350 | 
  | 
Made it so rmtxop and dctimestep undo any exposure applied to Radiance | 
| 2351 | 
  | 
pictures they may load. | 
| 2352 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2353 | 
< | 
Added objutil utility to manipulate Wavefront .OBJ files. | 
| 2353 | 
> | 
Added robjutil utility to manipulate Wavefront .OBJ files. | 
| 2354 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2355 | 
  | 
Fixed a crash related to rtrace -om or -oM with mesh instances containing | 
| 2356 | 
  | 
materials. | 
| 2360 | 
  | 
 | 
| 2361 | 
  | 
Eliminated unnecessary start-up procedures for rtrace when only ray-casting | 
| 2362 | 
  | 
is needed (i.e., no tracing or value output). | 
| 2363 | 
+ | 
 | 
| 2364 | 
+ | 
Improved isotropic sampling method in bsdf2ttree using "zipper" approach | 
| 2365 | 
+ | 
applied in genBSDF. | 
| 2366 | 
+ | 
 | 
| 2367 | 
+ | 
Added limit to memory used by high-resolution tensor tree BSDFs for | 
| 2368 | 
+ | 
cumulative cache during MC sampling (rendering).  Limit set to 250MBytes | 
| 2369 | 
+ | 
per BSDF for standard architectures. | 
| 2370 | 
+ | 
 | 
| 2371 | 
+ | 
Added -n and -s options to bsdf2ttree to provide some user control | 
| 2372 | 
+ | 
over super-sampling. | 
| 2373 | 
+ | 
 | 
| 2374 | 
+ | 
Improved surface normal codec used by ambient file to store orthonormal | 
| 2375 | 
+ | 
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 | 
+ | 
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| 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. |