--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2020/06/04 15:15:07 1.372 +++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes 2021/09/02 16:11:24 1.394 @@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ Updates to evalglare and gendaylit from Jan Wienold, i colored sky option. ========================= -Version 5.3 +Version 5.3 (Released September 1, 2020) Created radcompare program to compare Radiance tool output to reference outputs during unit-testing. @@ -2376,3 +2376,71 @@ directions exactly. Improved peak extraction method, which was undervaluing transmission in many cases. + +New version of evalglare from Jan Wienold. + +Added -u option to gendaymtx to elide data columns (time steps) when +the sun is not visible above the horizon. + +========================= +Version 5.4 + +Added rcollate -c option to force operation to continue even if it +seems unnecessary. Made tool more robust. + +Added -t option to rcontrib (and rfluxmtx) to report progress after the +given number of seconds. + +Added "test" target to makeall to run unit tests. + +Modified bsdf2ttree to allow different parameters per input SIR file. + +Fixed issues with very large matrix files (> 2GB) in dctimestep, rmtxop, +and rcollate. + +Added -rf and -rb options to rmtxop to load front or back reflectance +matrix data from XML file rather than transmission. (Lars Grobe suggested.) + +Improved behavior for coincident surfaces with different materials. +Rather than returning one surface or the other based on floating-point +vagaries, opaque materials are now preferred over transparent ones. +If the materials are both transparent or both opaque, then whichever +surface appeared later in the scene description will be selected. +This came of a request for consistent behavior with legal CAD output +from Peter Apian-Bennewitz. + +Added explicit tests for on-edge intersections with polygons. This should +eliminate stray rays and tiny light leaks that often appear even in +well-constructed geometry. + +Added "-s up" option to pabopto2bsdf to allow for 180 degree symmetry, +meaning that data repeats after 180 degree rotation (as distinguished +from "-s bilateral" whose data is mirrored about a vertical plane). +Thanks to Helen Rose Wilson for the suggestion and informing me that +such a thing exists. + +Removed upper limit on number of modifiers in rcontrib. + +Put cap on maximum ambient gradient to avoid over-extrapolation of +poorly computed irradiance cache values. + +Added robjutil +T option to triangulate all faces in .OBJ description. + +Altered BSDF library to have both front and back diffuse transmittance +values, which can be different. This was necessary to avoid issues +caused by measurement and modeling discrepancies. + +Added pabopto2bsdf -g option to cull near-grazing scattering to avoid +issues with noise and negative values. + +Increased default dynamic range from 32 to 100 in pcond and normtiff. + +Added -o and -n options to genbox to create .OBJ output and segment +edges and corners for transparent materials. Also added -s option +to control smoothing for .OBJ and Radiance with segmented rounding. + +Made it so robjutil with the +r option for Radiance output now +produces normal smoothing unless normals are removed with -n. + +Added exposure preservation to pcompos when possible (i.e., when +there is only one input or inputs agree on exposure).