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.NH |
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MGF Translators |
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.LP |
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Initially, there are four translators for MGF data, but only |
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one of these is distributed with the MGF parser itself, |
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.I mgfilt. |
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Initially, there are five translators for MGF data, but only |
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two of these are distributed with the MGF parser itself, |
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.I mgfilt |
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and |
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.I mgf2inv. |
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Two of the other translators, |
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.I mgf2rad |
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and |
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nestor.epfl.ch, or by WWW from |
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"http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/HOME.html" |
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.FE |
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A third translator, |
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The fifth translator, |
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.I mgf2meta, |
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converts to a 2-dimensional line plot, and is also |
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distributed with Radiance. |
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In future releases of MGF, this utility will also be handy for |
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taking new entities and producing older versions of MGF for |
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translators that have not yet been updated properly. |
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.LP |
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Mgf2inv converts from MGF to Inventor or VRML format. |
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Some information is lost, because these formats do not support |
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physical light sources or materials. |
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.ds LH Translators |
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.ds RH MGFILT |
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.bp |
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.SH |
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SEE ALSO |
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.LP |
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i, mgf2rad, rad2mgf |
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i, mgf2inv, mgf2rad, rad2mgf |
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.ds RH MGF2INV |
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.bp |
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.SH |
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> |
NAME |
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> |
.LP |
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mgf2inv - convert from MGF to Inventor or VRML format |
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.SH |
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SYNOPSIS |
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.LP |
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.B mgf2inv |
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[ |
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.B "-1|-2|-vrml" |
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] |
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[ |
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.B input .. |
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] |
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.SH |
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DESCRIPTION |
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> |
.LP |
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> |
.I Mgf2inv |
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takes one or more MGF input files and converts it to |
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Inventor or VRML format. |
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If the |
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> |
.I \-1 |
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option is used, then Inventor 1.0 ASCII output is produced. |
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If the |
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.I \-2 |
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option is used, then Inventor 2.0 ASCII output is produced. |
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(This is the default.)\0 |
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If the |
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> |
.I \-vrml |
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option is used, then VRML 1.0 ASCII output is produced. |
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> |
.LP |
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> |
This converter does not work properly for light sources, since |
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the output formats do not support IES-type luminaires with recorded |
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> |
distributions. |
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Also, some material information may be lost because Inventor lacks |
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a physically valid reflectance model. |
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.SH |
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EXAMPLES |
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> |
.LP |
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> |
To take an MGF file and convert it to VRML format: |
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> |
.IP |
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> |
mgf2inv -vrml myscene.mgf > myscene.iv |
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> |
.SH |
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> |
SEE ALSO |
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> |
.LP |
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> |
mgf2rad, mgfilt, rad2mgf |
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.ds RH MGF2RAD |
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.bp |
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.SH |
