Access to outgoing radiance at polyhedra level

Hi Olivier,

The simplest method is to use rtrace. You can separate your polygons by name with:

  vwrays [resolution & view options] | rtrace -h -osv scene.oct | sort > surfaces.txt

You should get a selection of radiance values for each surface based on the selected view. If you want orthonormal values for _every_ polygon, not just those visible from one perspective, more sophisticated methods are needed. You would have to read in the scene file and generate a custom view for each polygon. It can be done, but it might require some scripting/programming to accomplish it.

-Greg

P.S. If you want irradiance/illuminance values rather than radiance/luminance, use the rtrace -i option.

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From: Olivier Penacchio <[email protected]>
Date: November 12, 2013 5:36:30 AM PST

Hi Everyone,

I am using Radiance to render objects using realistic lighting conditions.

The objects I use are represented as triangulated polyhedra. Currently I'm accessing
the radiance outgoing from the objects in a scene using rendered images (rpict and then pfilt)
of the scene (with no information anymore on each single triangle).

I am wondering whether it is possible to have access to the
radiance outgoing from each triangle directly (as a list of values, one for each triangle
for example)?

I'm running minGW radiance in windows (with a Matlab wrapper), but could
switch to Linux if required.

Best wishes,
Olivier---

Dr Olivier Penacchio---
School of Psychology & Neuroscience
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South Street
St Andrews
Fife
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Scotland, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1334 462099
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