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Revision 1.380 by greg, Fri Jan 15 23:16:06 2021 UTC vs.
Revision 1.396 by greg, Thu Nov 18 19:38:20 2021 UTC

# Line 2395 | Line 2395 | 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, and rcollate.
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.

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