A comprehensive overview
See also the whatis database.
Converters to Radiance
- bsdf2rad (1) - create a RADIANCE visualization of a BSDF representation
- ies2rad (1) - convert IES luminaire data to RADIANCE description
- mgf2meta (1) - convert Materials and Geometry Format file to Metafile graphics
- mgf2rad (1) - convert Materials and Geometry Format file to RADIANCE description
- obj2rad (1) - convert Wavefront .obj file to RADIANCE description
- obj2mesh (1) - create a compiled RADIANCE mesh file from Wavefront .OBJ input
- robjutil (1) - operate on Wavefront .OBJ file
- tmesh2rad (1) - convert a triangular mesh to a RADIANCE scene description
Radiance geometry generators
- genblinds (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of venetian blinds
- genbox (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of a box
- genBSDF (1) -generate BSDF description from Radiance or MGF input
- genclock (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of a clock
- gendaylit (1) - generates a RADIANCE description of the daylight sources using Perez models for direct and diffuse components
- gendaymtx (1) - generate an annual Perez sky matrix from a weather tape
- genprism (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of a prism
- genrev (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of surface of revolution
- gensky (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of the sky
- gensurf (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of a curved surface
- genworm (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of a functional worm
- pkgBSDF (1) - package BSDFs provided as XML for Radiance
Scene preparation / processing
- xform (1) - transform a RADIANCE scene description
- rcalc (1) - record calculator
- icalc (1) - interactive calculator
- cnt (1) - index counter
- macbethcal (1) - compute color compensation based on measured Macbeth chart
- rcollate (1) - resize or re-order matrix data
- lampcolor (1) - compute spectral radiance for diffuse emitter
- ev (1) - evaluate expressions
- neat (1) - neaten up output columns
- tabfunc (1) - convert table to functions for rcalc, etc.
- total (1) - sum up columns
- vwright (1) - normalize a RADIANCE view, shift it to the right
- replmarks (1) - replace triangular markers in a RADIANCE scene description
- rlam (1) - laminate records from multiple files
- rsplit (1) - splits standard input into multiple output files or streams
- pmblur (1) - generate views for camera motion blurring
- pmdblur (1) - generate views for combined camera motion and depth blurring
- pdfblur (1) - generate views for depth-of-field blurring
- vwrays (1) - compute rays for a given picture or view
- oconv (1) - create an octree from a RADIANCE scene description
- getbbox (1) - compute bounding box for RADIANCE scene
- mkillum (1) - compute illum sources for a RADIANCE scene
- compamb (1) - compute good ambient value for a rad input file
- raddepend (1) - find RADIANCE scene dependencies
- objview (1) - view RADIANCE object(s)
- lookamb (1) - examine ambient file values
- pmapdump (1) - generate RADIANCE scene description or point list representing
photon positions and (optionally) flux
- rhcopy - copy ray information into a holodeck
- rhoptimize - optimize beam locations in holodeck file
Rendering
- mkpmap (1) - generate RADIANCE photon map
- rpict (1) - generate a RADIANCE picture
- rvu (1) - generate RADIANCE images interactively
- rcontrib (1) - compute contribution coefficients in a RADIANCE scene
- rtpict (1) - generate a RADIANCE picture or layered image using rtrace
- rtrace (1) - trace rays in RADIANCE scene
- rpiece (1) - render pieces of a RADIANCE picture
- ranimate (1) - compute a RADIANCE animation
- ranimove (1) - render a RADIANCE animation with motion
- rholo (1) - generate/view a RADIANCE holodeck
- rhpict (1) - render a RADIANCE picture from a holodeck file
User interface
- rad (1) - render a RADIANCE scene
- trad (1) - graphical user interface to Radiance rad(1) program
- lampcolor (1) - compute spectral radiance for diffuse emitter
- dayfact (1) - compute illuminance and daylight factor on workplane
- glare (1) - perform glare and visual comfort calculations
- getinfo (1) - get header information from a RADIANCE file
- xshowtrace (1) - interactively show rays traced on RADIANCE image under X11
Viewing output
Daylight Coefficients for Annual Simulation
- dctimestep (1) - compute annual simulation time-step via matrix multiplication
- genklemsamp (1) - generate ray samples over surfaces using Klems BSDF basis
- genskyvec (1) - compute patch radiance averages for a specific sky
- rcollate (1) - resize or re-order matrix data
- rfluxmtx (1) - compute flux transfer matrix(es) for RADIANCE scene
- rmtxop (1) - concatenate, add, multiply, divide, transpose, scale, and convert matrices
Analyze and Convolve
- pfilt (1) - filter a RADIANCE picture
- dayfact (1) - compute illuminance and daylight factor on workplane
- falsecolor (1) - make a false color RADIANCE picture
- histo (1) - compute 1-dimensional histogram of N data columns
- phisto (1) - compute a luminance histogram from one or more RADIANCE picture
- pcond (1) - condition a RADIANCE picture for output
- findglare (1) - locate glare sources in a RADIANCE scene
- glarendx (1) - calculate glare index
- pcomb (1) - combine RADIANCE pictures.
- pcompos (1) - composite RADIANCE pictures.
- pexpand (1) - expand requested commands in metafile
- pextrem (1) - find minimum and maximum values in RADIANCE picture
- pflip (1) - flip a RADIANCE picture.
- pinterp (1) - interpolate/extrapolate view from pictures
- protate (1) - rotate a RADIANCE picture.
- psign (1) - produce a RADIANCE picture from text.
- psketch (1) - apply non-photorealistic rendering to select objects in picture
- psort (1) - sort primitives in metafile as requested
- pvalue (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from alternate formats
- normpat (1) - normalize RADIANCE pictures for use as patterns.
- rcrop (1) - crop RADIANCE matrix or picture
- xglaresrc (1) - dislpay glare sources under X11
Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Functions
- genBSDF (1) -generate BSDF description from Radiance or MGF input
- pkgBSDF (1) - package BSDFs provided as XML for Radiance
- bsdf2klems (1) - generate XML Klems matrix description of a BSDF
- bsdf2rad (1) - create a RADIANCE visualization of a BSDF representation
- bsdf2ttree (1) - generate XML tensor tree description of a BSDF
- bsdfview (1) - view a BSDF representation
- pabopto2bsdf (1) - convert BSDF measurements to a scattering interpolant representation
- pabopto2xyz (1) - convert a collection of single-channel BSDF measurements to CIE-XYZ colorimetry
- wrapBSDF (1) - put XML wrapper around WINDOW6 BSDF data
Converters from Radiance
- rad2mgf (1) - convert RADIANCE scene description to Materials and Geometry Format
- ra_gif (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to Compuserve GIF
- ra_bmp (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from Windows BMP image
- ra_pict (1) - convert Radiance pictures to Macintosh PICT files
- ra_ppm (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from a Poskanzer Portable Pixmap
- ra_ps (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to a PostScript file
- ra_rgbe (1) - change run-length encoding of a RADIANCE picture
- ra_t16 (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from Targa 16 or 24-bit image file
- ra_t8 (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from Targa 8-bit image file
- ra_tiff (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from a TIFF color or greyscale image
- ra_xyze (1) - convert between RADIANCE RGBE and XYZE formats
- rcode_depth (1) - encode/decode 16-bit depth map
- rcode_ident (1) - store identifiers in an indexed map and retrieve from same
- rcode_norm (1) - encode/decode 32-bit surface normal map
- rcode2bmp (1) - convert identifier, depth, and normal maps to BMP images
- ran2tiff - expose and convert a RADIANCE animation to TIFF frames
- normtiff - tone-map and convert RADIANCE picture or SGILOG TIFF to RGB TIFF
Other output
Metafile tools
Markup created August 08, 1997, patrick@arch.ethz.ch.