rpict command for photon mapping

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

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Katsuya

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Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

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From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.
Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!
Regards,
Katsuya

···

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 8:36 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya

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Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,
-Greg

···

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.
Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya

Hi Greg,

I even don't get "0% done".
Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.
1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?
I tried rpict -t 60 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn't get "0% done".
2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?
I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn't get "0% done".

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Katsuya

···

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.
Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya
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Yes, there must be something wrong with the rpict command on your system. Try running "rpict -version" and "rpict -defaults" with no other options.

If those don't return, then rpict is completely broken on your system. Perhaps it is a 64/32-bit mode issue. I have no idea.

Best,
-Greg

···

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 30, 2016 6:17:12 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I even don’t get “0% done”.
Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.
1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?
I tried rpict –t 60 –ab 1 –vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.
2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?
I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.
Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya
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Hi Greg,

I could get return from following command you advise me.
rpict -version
RADIANCE 5.0 Official Release 2015/09/18 by G. Ward
rpict -defaults
-vtv # view type perspective
-vp 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # view point
-vd 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 # view direction
-vu 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 # view up
-vh 45.000000 # view horizontal size
-vv 45.000000 # view vertical size
-vo 0.000000 # view fore clipping plane
-va 0.000000 # view aft clipping plane
-vs 0.000000 # view shift
-vl 0.000000 # view lift
-x 512 # x resolution
-y 512 # y resolution
-pa 1.000000 # pixel aspect ratio
-pj 0.670000 # pixel jitter
-pm 0.000000 # pixel motion
-pd 0.000000 # pixel depth-of-field
-ps 4 # pixel sample
-pt 0.050000 # pixel threshold
-t 0 # time between reports
-w+ # warning messages on
-i- # irradiance calculation off
-u- # correlated quasi-Monte Carlo sampling
-bv+ # back face visibility on
-dt 0.050000 # direct threshold
-dc 0.500000 # direct certainty
-dj 0.000000 # direct jitter
-ds 0.250000 # direct sampling
-dr 1 # direct relays
-dp 512 # direct pretest density
-dv+ # direct visibility on
-ss 1.000000 # specular sampling
-st 0.150000 # specular threshold
-av 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # ambient value
-aw 0 # ambient value weight
-ab 0 # ambient bounces
-aa 0.200000 # ambient accuracy
-ar 64 # ambient resolution
-ad 512 # ambient divisions
-as 128 # ambient super-samples
-me 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 # mist extinction coefficient
-ma 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # mist scattering albedo
-mg 0.000000 # mist scattering eccentricity
-ms 0.000000 # mist sampling distance
-lr 7 # limit reflection
-lw 1.00e-003 # limit weight
-am 0.0 # max photon search radius

Could you come up any other idea why I cannot run rpict command?

Thank you.
Katsuya

···

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:00 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Yes, there must be something wrong with the rpict command on your system. Try running "rpict -version" and "rpict -defaults" with no other options.

If those don't return, then rpict is completely broken on your system. Perhaps it is a 64/32-bit mode issue. I have no idea.

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 30, 2016 6:17:12 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I even don't get "0% done".
Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.
1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?
I tried rpict -t 60 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn't get "0% done".
2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?
I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn't get "0% done".

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.
Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya

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OK, since you verified that rpict can at least run, but you are seeing no initialization message with -t 60 and no photon map or ambient file, this seems to imply that rpict is getting stuck trying to read the octree. I have not seen this problem before. Usually, if there is a problem with the octree, it will report an error an exit. How was the octree generated? Did you try re-generating it and running rpict again?

Cheers,
-Greg

···

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 30, 2016 8:45:22 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I could get return from following command you advise me.
rpict –version
RADIANCE 5.0 Official Release 2015/09/18 by G. Ward
rpict –defaults
-vtv # view type perspective
-vp 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # view point
-vd 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 # view direction
-vu 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 # view up
-vh 45.000000 # view horizontal size
-vv 45.000000 # view vertical size
-vo 0.000000 # view fore clipping plane
-va 0.000000 # view aft clipping plane
-vs 0.000000 # view shift
-vl 0.000000 # view lift
-x 512 # x resolution
-y 512 # y resolution
-pa 1.000000 # pixel aspect ratio
-pj 0.670000 # pixel jitter
-pm 0.000000 # pixel motion
-pd 0.000000 # pixel depth-of-field
-ps 4 # pixel sample
-pt 0.050000 # pixel threshold
-t 0 # time between reports
-w+ # warning messages on
-i- # irradiance calculation off
-u- # correlated quasi-Monte Carlo sampling
-bv+ # back face visibility on
-dt 0.050000 # direct threshold
-dc 0.500000 # direct certainty
-dj 0.000000 # direct jitter
-ds 0.250000 # direct sampling
-dr 1 # direct relays
-dp 512 # direct pretest density
-dv+ # direct visibility on
-ss 1.000000 # specular sampling
-st 0.150000 # specular threshold
-av 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # ambient value
-aw 0 # ambient value weight
-ab 0 # ambient bounces
-aa 0.200000 # ambient accuracy
-ar 64 # ambient resolution
-ad 512 # ambient divisions
-as 128 # ambient super-samples
-me 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 # mist extinction coefficient
-ma 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # mist scattering albedo
-mg 0.000000 # mist scattering eccentricity
-ms 0.000000 # mist sampling distance
-lr 7 # limit reflection
-lw 1.00e-003 # limit weight
-am 0.0 # max photon search radius

Could you come up any other idea why I cannot run rpict command?

Thank you.
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:00 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Yes, there must be something wrong with the rpict command on your system. Try running "rpict -version" and "rpict -defaults" with no other options.

If those don't return, then rpict is completely broken on your system. Perhaps it is a 64/32-bit mode issue. I have no idea.

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 30, 2016 6:17:12 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I even don’t get “0% done”.
Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.
1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?
I tried rpict –t 60 –ab 1 –vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.
2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?
I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.
Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya
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Rpict rvu objview all hang if there is an incomplete xform command... no file reference at the end.
Might be irrelevant in this situation, but sometimes the less obvious is what causes headaches.

Rob

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On Oct 31, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Greg Ward <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

OK, since you verified that rpict can at least run, but you are seeing no initialization message with -t 60 and no photon map or ambient file, this seems to imply that rpict is getting stuck trying to read the octree. I have not seen this problem before. Usually, if there is a problem with the octree, it will report an error an exit. How was the octree generated? Did you try re-generating it and running rpict again?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 30, 2016 8:45:22 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I could get return from following command you advise me.
rpict –version
RADIANCE 5.0 Official Release 2015/09/18 by G. Ward
rpict –defaults
-vtv # view type perspective
-vp 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # view point
-vd 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 # view direction
-vu 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 # view up
-vh 45.000000 # view horizontal size
-vv 45.000000 # view vertical size
-vo 0.000000 # view fore clipping plane
-va 0.000000 # view aft clipping plane
-vs 0.000000 # view shift
-vl 0.000000 # view lift
-x 512 # x resolution
-y 512 # y resolution
-pa 1.000000 # pixel aspect ratio
-pj 0.670000 # pixel jitter
-pm 0.000000 # pixel motion
-pd 0.000000 # pixel depth-of-field
-ps 4 # pixel sample
-pt 0.050000 # pixel threshold
-t 0 # time between reports
-w+ # warning messages on
-i- # irradiance calculation off
-u- # correlated quasi-Monte Carlo sampling
-bv+ # back face visibility on
-dt 0.050000 # direct threshold
-dc 0.500000 # direct certainty
-dj 0.000000 # direct jitter
-ds 0.250000 # direct sampling
-dr 1 # direct relays
-dp 512 # direct pretest density
-dv+ # direct visibility on
-ss 1.000000 # specular sampling
-st 0.150000 # specular threshold
-av 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # ambient value
-aw 0 # ambient value weight
-ab 0 # ambient bounces
-aa 0.200000 # ambient accuracy
-ar 64 # ambient resolution
-ad 512 # ambient divisions
-as 128 # ambient super-samples
-me 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 # mist extinction coefficient
-ma 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # mist scattering albedo
-mg 0.000000 # mist scattering eccentricity
-ms 0.000000 # mist sampling distance
-lr 7 # limit reflection
-lw 1.00e-003 # limit weight
-am 0.0 # max photon search radius

Could you come up any other idea why I cannot run rpict command?

Thank you.
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:00 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Yes, there must be something wrong with the rpict command on your system. Try running "rpict -version" and "rpict -defaults" with no other options.

If those don't return, then rpict is completely broken on your system. Perhaps it is a 64/32-bit mode issue. I have no idea.

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 30, 2016 6:17:12 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I even don’t get “0% done”.
Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.
1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?
I tried rpict –t 60 –ab 1 –vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.
2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?
I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.
Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya

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Hi all,

Indeed intriguing. But how did Katsuya get mkpmap to generate a photon map in the first place? It uses the standard octree parsing routines.

--Roland

···

"Shakespeare, Robert A." <[email protected]> wrote:

Rpict rvu objview all hang if there is an incomplete xform command... no file reference at the end.

Might be irrelevant in this situation, but sometimes the less obvious is what causes headaches.

Rob

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 31, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Greg Ward <[email protected]> wrote:

OK, since you verified that rpict can at least run, but you are seeing no initialization message with -t 60 and no photon map or ambient file, this seems to imply that rpict is getting stuck trying to read the octree. I have not seen this problem before. Usually, if there is a problem with the octree, it will report an error an exit. How was the octree generated? Did you try re-generating it and running rpict again?

Cheers,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 30, 2016 8:45:22 PM PDT

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Hi Greg,

I could get return from following command you advise me.

rpict –version

RADIANCE 5.0 Official Release 2015/09/18 by G. Ward

rpict –defaults

-vtv # view type perspective

-vp 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # view point

-vd 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 # view direction

-vu 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 # view up

-vh 45.000000 # view horizontal size

-vv 45.000000 # view vertical size

-vo 0.000000 # view fore clipping plane

-va 0.000000 # view aft clipping plane

-vs 0.000000 # view shift

-vl 0.000000 # view lift

-x 512 # x resolution

-y 512 # y resolution

-pa 1.000000 # pixel aspect ratio

-pj 0.670000 # pixel jitter

-pm 0.000000 # pixel motion

-pd 0.000000 # pixel depth-of-field

-ps 4 # pixel sample

-pt 0.050000 # pixel threshold

-t 0 # time between reports

-w+ # warning messages on

-i- # irradiance calculation off

-u- # correlated quasi-Monte Carlo sampling

-bv+ # back face visibility on

-dt 0.050000 # direct threshold

-dc 0.500000 # direct certainty

-dj 0.000000 # direct jitter

-ds 0.250000 # direct sampling

-dr 1 # direct relays

-dp 512 # direct pretest density

-dv+ # direct visibility on

-ss 1.000000 # specular sampling

-st 0.150000 # specular threshold

-av 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # ambient value

-aw 0 # ambient value weight

-ab 0 # ambient bounces

-aa 0.200000 # ambient accuracy

-ar 64 # ambient resolution

-ad 512 # ambient divisions

-as 128 # ambient super-samples

-me 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 # mist extinction coefficient

-ma 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # mist scattering albedo

-mg 0.000000 # mist scattering eccentricity

-ms 0.000000 # mist sampling distance

-lr 7 # limit reflection

-lw 1.00e-003 # limit weight

-am 0.0 # max photon search radius

Could you come up any other idea why I cannot run rpict command?

Thank you.

Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:00 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Yes, there must be something wrong with the rpict command on your system. Try running "rpict -version" and "rpict -defaults" with no other options.

If those don't return, then rpict is completely broken on your system. Perhaps it is a 64/32-bit mode issue. I have no idea.

Best,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 30, 2016 6:17:12 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I even don’t get “0% done”.

Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.

1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?

I tried rpict –t 60 –ab 1 –vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.

Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.

rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.

rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!

Regards,

Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.

Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.

But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.

Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.

Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya

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Hi Greg,

I have tried regenerating octree and run rpict again as following command.
oconv -f materials.mat Balcony.rad glass.rad inside.rad Volume.rad lightshelf.rad sky_M6D10T13.rad >model.oct
mkpmap -apg global.pmap 50000 -t 60 model.oct
I could run successfully until mkpmap and got global.pmap. But when I tried to run rpict as following, I get test.txt file just repeating following command.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >> test.txt

Are there any way to confirm whether calculated photon map file( in this case global.pmap) is correct or not?

Regards,
Katsuya

···

From: Roland Schregle [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 4:35 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi all,

Indeed intriguing. But how did Katsuya get mkpmap to generate a photon map in the first place? It uses the standard octree parsing routines.

--Roland

"Shakespeare, Robert A." <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Rpict rvu objview all hang if there is an incomplete xform command... no file reference at the end.
Might be irrelevant in this situation, but sometimes the less obvious is what causes headaches.

Rob

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 31, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Greg Ward <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
OK, since you verified that rpict can at least run, but you are seeing no initialization message with -t 60 and no photon map or ambient file, this seems to imply that rpict is getting stuck trying to read the octree. I have not seen this problem before. Usually, if there is a problem with the octree, it will report an error an exit. How was the octree generated? Did you try re-generating it and running rpict again?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 30, 2016 8:45:22 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I could get return from following command you advise me.
rpict –version
RADIANCE 5.0 Official Release 2015/09/18 by G. Ward
rpict –defaults
-vtv # view type perspective
-vp 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # view point
-vd 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 # view direction
-vu 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 # view up
-vh 45.000000 # view horizontal size
-vv 45.000000 # view vertical size
-vo 0.000000 # view fore clipping plane
-va 0.000000 # view aft clipping plane
-vs 0.000000 # view shift
-vl 0.000000 # view lift
-x 512 # x resolution
-y 512 # y resolution
-pa 1.000000 # pixel aspect ratio
-pj 0.670000 # pixel jitter
-pm 0.000000 # pixel motion
-pd 0.000000 # pixel depth-of-field
-ps 4 # pixel sample
-pt 0.050000 # pixel threshold
-t 0 # time between reports
-w+ # warning messages on
-i- # irradiance calculation off
-u- # correlated quasi-Monte Carlo sampling
-bv+ # back face visibility on
-dt 0.050000 # direct threshold
-dc 0.500000 # direct certainty
-dj 0.000000 # direct jitter
-ds 0.250000 # direct sampling
-dr 1 # direct relays
-dp 512 # direct pretest density
-dv+ # direct visibility on
-ss 1.000000 # specular sampling
-st 0.150000 # specular threshold
-av 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # ambient value
-aw 0 # ambient value weight
-ab 0 # ambient bounces
-aa 0.200000 # ambient accuracy
-ar 64 # ambient resolution
-ad 512 # ambient divisions
-as 128 # ambient super-samples
-me 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 # mist extinction coefficient
-ma 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # mist scattering albedo
-mg 0.000000 # mist scattering eccentricity
-ms 0.000000 # mist sampling distance
-lr 7 # limit reflection
-lw 1.00e-003 # limit weight
-am 0.0 # max photon search radius

Could you come up any other idea why I cannot run rpict command?

Thank you.
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:00 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Yes, there must be something wrong with the rpict command on your system. Try running "rpict -version" and "rpict -defaults" with no other options.

If those don't return, then rpict is completely broken on your system. Perhaps it is a 64/32-bit mode issue. I have no idea.

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 30, 2016 6:17:12 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I even don’t get “0% done”.
Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.
1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?
I tried rpict –t 60 –ab 1 –vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.
2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?
I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.
Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya

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Hi Katsuya,

I am still not sure exactly what you are doing when you get this error. What is the test.txt file, if not one you created using the rpict command? Why are you outputting an image to a ".txt" file? What actually command are you running on the command-line? Or, if it is some other program/script running rpict, can you share that script with us? The circumstances of this error are very important if you want others' help debugging it.

Cheers,
-Greg

···

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 31, 2016 8:23:55 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I have tried regenerating octree and run rpict again as following command.
oconv -f materials.mat Balcony.rad glass.rad inside.rad Volume.rad lightshelf.rad sky_M6D10T13.rad >model.oct
mkpmap -apg global.pmap 50000 -t 60 model.oct
I could run successfully until mkpmap and got global.pmap. But when I tried to run rpict as following, I get test.txt file just repeating following command.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >> test.txt

Are there any way to confirm whether calculated photon map file( in this case global.pmap) is correct or not?

Regards,
Katsuya

From: Roland Schregle [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 4:35 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi all,

Indeed intriguing. But how did Katsuya get mkpmap to generate a photon map in the first place? It uses the standard octree parsing routines.

--Roland

"Shakespeare, Robert A." <[email protected]> wrote:
Rpict rvu objview all hang if there is an incomplete xform command... no file reference at the end.
Might be irrelevant in this situation, but sometimes the less obvious is what causes headaches.

Rob

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 31, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Greg Ward <[email protected]> wrote:

OK, since you verified that rpict can at least run, but you are seeing no initialization message with -t 60 and no photon map or ambient file, this seems to imply that rpict is getting stuck trying to read the octree. I have not seen this problem before. Usually, if there is a problem with the octree, it will report an error an exit. How was the octree generated? Did you try re-generating it and running rpict again?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 30, 2016 8:45:22 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I could get return from following command you advise me.
rpict –version
RADIANCE 5.0 Official Release 2015/09/18 by G. Ward
rpict –defaults
-vtv # view type perspective
-vp 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # view point
-vd 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 # view direction
-vu 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 # view up
-vh 45.000000 # view horizontal size
-vv 45.000000 # view vertical size
-vo 0.000000 # view fore clipping plane
-va 0.000000 # view aft clipping plane
-vs 0.000000 # view shift
-vl 0.000000 # view lift
-x 512 # x resolution
-y 512 # y resolution
-pa 1.000000 # pixel aspect ratio
-pj 0.670000 # pixel jitter
-pm 0.000000 # pixel motion
-pd 0.000000 # pixel depth-of-field
-ps 4 # pixel sample
-pt 0.050000 # pixel threshold
-t 0 # time between reports
-w+ # warning messages on
-i- # irradiance calculation off
-u- # correlated quasi-Monte Carlo sampling
-bv+ # back face visibility on
-dt 0.050000 # direct threshold
-dc 0.500000 # direct certainty
-dj 0.000000 # direct jitter
-ds 0.250000 # direct sampling
-dr 1 # direct relays
-dp 512 # direct pretest density
-dv+ # direct visibility on
-ss 1.000000 # specular sampling
-st 0.150000 # specular threshold
-av 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # ambient value
-aw 0 # ambient value weight
-ab 0 # ambient bounces
-aa 0.200000 # ambient accuracy
-ar 64 # ambient resolution
-ad 512 # ambient divisions
-as 128 # ambient super-samples
-me 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 # mist extinction coefficient
-ma 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # mist scattering albedo
-mg 0.000000 # mist scattering eccentricity
-ms 0.000000 # mist sampling distance
-lr 7 # limit reflection
-lw 1.00e-003 # limit weight
-am 0.0 # max photon search radius

Could you come up any other idea why I cannot run rpict command?

Thank you.
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:00 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Yes, there must be something wrong with the rpict command on your system. Try running "rpict -version" and "rpict -defaults" with no other options.

If those don't return, then rpict is completely broken on your system. Perhaps it is a 64/32-bit mode issue. I have no idea.

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 30, 2016 6:17:12 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I even don’t get “0% done”.
Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.
1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?
I tried rpict –t 60 –ab 1 –vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.
2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?
I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.
Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>
Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya
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Hi Katsuya,

Check the output of getinfo on the photon map. Check the extent (bounding box) to see the photons are where you expect them to be in your scene. Also check the flux in Watts for an absurdly low or high value.

--Roland

···

Katsuya Obara <[email protected]> wrote:

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Hi Greg,

I have tried regenerating octree and run rpict again as following command.

oconv -f materials.mat Balcony.rad glass.rad inside.rad Volume.rad lightshelf.rad sky_M6D10T13.rad >model.oct

mkpmap -apg global.pmap 50000 -t 60 model.oct

I could run successfully until mkpmap and got global.pmap. But when I tried to run rpict as following, I get test.txt file just repeating following command.

rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >> test.txt

Are there any way to confirm whether calculated photon map file( in this case global.pmap) is correct or not?

Regards,

Katsuya

From: Roland Schregle [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 4:35 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi all,

Indeed intriguing. But how did Katsuya get mkpmap to generate a photon map in the first place? It uses the standard octree parsing routines.

--Roland

"Shakespeare, Robert A." <[email protected]> wrote:

Rpict rvu objview all hang if there is an incomplete xform command... no file reference at the end.

Might be irrelevant in this situation, but sometimes the less obvious is what causes headaches.

Rob

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 31, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Greg Ward <[email protected]> wrote:

OK, since you verified that rpict can at least run, but you are seeing no initialization message with -t 60 and no photon map or ambient file, this seems to imply that rpict is getting stuck trying to read the octree. I have not seen this problem before. Usually, if there is a problem with the octree, it will report an error an exit. How was the octree generated? Did you try re-generating it and running rpict again?

Cheers,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 30, 2016 8:45:22 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I could get return from following command you advise me.

rpict –version

RADIANCE 5.0 Official Release 2015/09/18 by G. Ward

rpict –defaults

-vtv # view type perspective

-vp 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # view point

-vd 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 # view direction

-vu 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 # view up

-vh 45.000000 # view horizontal size

-vv 45.000000 # view vertical size

-vo 0.000000 # view fore clipping plane

-va 0.000000 # view aft clipping plane

-vs 0.000000 # view shift

-vl 0.000000 # view lift

-x 512 # x resolution

-y 512 # y resolution

-pa 1.000000 # pixel aspect ratio

-pj 0.670000 # pixel jitter

-pm 0.000000 # pixel motion

-pd 0.000000 # pixel depth-of-field

-ps 4 # pixel sample

-pt 0.050000 # pixel threshold

-t 0 # time between reports

-w+ # warning messages on

-i- # irradiance calculation off

-u- # correlated quasi-Monte Carlo sampling

-bv+ # back face visibility on

-dt 0.050000 # direct threshold

-dc 0.500000 # direct certainty

-dj 0.000000 # direct jitter

-ds 0.250000 # direct sampling

-dr 1 # direct relays

-dp 512 # direct pretest density

-dv+ # direct visibility on

-ss 1.000000 # specular sampling

-st 0.150000 # specular threshold

-av 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # ambient value

-aw 0 # ambient value weight

-ab 0 # ambient bounces

-aa 0.200000 # ambient accuracy

-ar 64 # ambient resolution

-ad 512 # ambient divisions

-as 128 # ambient super-samples

-me 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 # mist extinction coefficient

-ma 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # mist scattering albedo

-mg 0.000000 # mist scattering eccentricity

-ms 0.000000 # mist sampling distance

-lr 7 # limit reflection

-lw 1.00e-003 # limit weight

-am 0.0 # max photon search radius

Could you come up any other idea why I cannot run rpict command?

Thank you.

Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:00 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Yes, there must be something wrong with the rpict command on your system. Try running "rpict -version" and "rpict -defaults" with no other options.

If those don't return, then rpict is completely broken on your system. Perhaps it is a 64/32-bit mode issue. I have no idea.

Best,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 30, 2016 6:17:12 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I even don’t get “0% done”.

Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.

1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?

I tried rpict –t 60 –ab 1 –vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.

Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.

rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.

rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!

Regards,

Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.

Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.

But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.

Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.

Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya

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Hi Roland,

Thank you for your advice.
I tried getinfo and got following result.
global.pmap:
        #?RADIANCE
        mkpmap -apg global.pmap 50000 -t 60 model.oct
        43666 photons @ (1.55e+000, 1.38e+000, 1.17e+000) avg watts
        Extent [2356.115, -840.531, 5.277] [2429.861, -780.744, 120.050]
        FORMAT=Radiance_Global_Photon_Map
        VERSION=160

But I am not sure whether this value is reasonable or not. Can you give me any thought on this value?

Regards,
Katsuya

···

From: Roland Schregle [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 5:02 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Radiance-general] Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

Check the output of getinfo on the photon map. Check the extent (bounding box) to see the photons are where you expect them to be in your scene. Also check the flux in Watts for an absurdly low or high value.

--Roland

Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Greg,

I have tried regenerating octree and run rpict again as following command.
oconv -f materials.mat Balcony.rad glass.rad inside.rad Volume.rad lightshelf.rad sky_M6D10T13.rad >model.oct
mkpmap -apg global.pmap 50000 -t 60 model.oct
I could run successfully until mkpmap and got global.pmap. But when I tried to run rpict as following, I get test.txt file just repeating following command.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >> test.txt

Are there any way to confirm whether calculated photon map file( in this case global.pmap) is correct or not?

Regards,
Katsuya

From: Roland Schregle [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 4:35 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi all,

Indeed intriguing. But how did Katsuya get mkpmap to generate a photon map in the first place? It uses the standard octree parsing routines.

--Roland

"Shakespeare, Robert A." <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Rpict rvu objview all hang if there is an incomplete xform command... no file reference at the end.
Might be irrelevant in this situation, but sometimes the less obvious is what causes headaches.

Rob

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 31, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Greg Ward <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
OK, since you verified that rpict can at least run, but you are seeing no initialization message with -t 60 and no photon map or ambient file, this seems to imply that rpict is getting stuck trying to read the octree. I have not seen this problem before. Usually, if there is a problem with the octree, it will report an error an exit. How was the octree generated? Did you try re-generating it and running rpict again?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 30, 2016 8:45:22 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I could get return from following command you advise me.
rpict –version
RADIANCE 5.0 Official Release 2015/09/18 by G. Ward
rpict –defaults
-vtv # view type perspective
-vp 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # view point
-vd 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 # view direction
-vu 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 # view up
-vh 45.000000 # view horizontal size
-vv 45.000000 # view vertical size
-vo 0.000000 # view fore clipping plane
-va 0.000000 # view aft clipping plane
-vs 0.000000 # view shift
-vl 0.000000 # view lift
-x 512 # x resolution
-y 512 # y resolution
-pa 1.000000 # pixel aspect ratio
-pj 0.670000 # pixel jitter
-pm 0.000000 # pixel motion
-pd 0.000000 # pixel depth-of-field
-ps 4 # pixel sample
-pt 0.050000 # pixel threshold
-t 0 # time between reports
-w+ # warning messages on
-i- # irradiance calculation off
-u- # correlated quasi-Monte Carlo sampling
-bv+ # back face visibility on
-dt 0.050000 # direct threshold
-dc 0.500000 # direct certainty
-dj 0.000000 # direct jitter
-ds 0.250000 # direct sampling
-dr 1 # direct relays
-dp 512 # direct pretest density
-dv+ # direct visibility on
-ss 1.000000 # specular sampling
-st 0.150000 # specular threshold
-av 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # ambient value
-aw 0 # ambient value weight
-ab 0 # ambient bounces
-aa 0.200000 # ambient accuracy
-ar 64 # ambient resolution
-ad 512 # ambient divisions
-as 128 # ambient super-samples
-me 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 # mist extinction coefficient
-ma 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # mist scattering albedo
-mg 0.000000 # mist scattering eccentricity
-ms 0.000000 # mist sampling distance
-lr 7 # limit reflection
-lw 1.00e-003 # limit weight
-am 0.0 # max photon search radius

Could you come up any other idea why I cannot run rpict command?

Thank you.
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:00 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Yes, there must be something wrong with the rpict command on your system. Try running "rpict -version" and "rpict -defaults" with no other options.

If those don't return, then rpict is completely broken on your system. Perhaps it is a 64/32-bit mode issue. I have no idea.

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 30, 2016 6:17:12 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I even don’t get “0% done”.
Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.
1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?
I tried rpict –t 60 –ab 1 –vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.
2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?
I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.
Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.
rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!
Regards,
Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,
-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.
Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.
But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.
Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.
Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya

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Hi Katsuya,

Without knowing your input, it seems reasonable. The photon seems a bit high for a realistic scene maybe.

--Roland/Propofol

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Hi Roland,

Thank you for your advice.

I tried getinfo and got following result.

global.pmap:

    \#?RADIANCE

    mkpmap \-apg global\.pmap 50000 \-t 60 model\.oct

    43666 photons @ \(1\.55e\+000, 1\.38e\+000, 1\.17e\+000\) avg watts

    Extent \[2356\.115, \-840\.531, 5\.277\] \[2429\.861, \-780\.744, 120\.050\]

    FORMAT=Radiance\_Global\_Photon\_Map

    VERSION=160

But I am not sure whether this value is reasonable or not. Can you give me any thought on this value?

Regards,

Katsuya

From: Roland Schregle [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 5:02 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Radiance-general] Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

Check the output of getinfo on the photon map. Check the extent (bounding box) to see the photons are where you expect them to be in your scene. Also check the flux in Watts for an absurdly low or high value.

--Roland

Katsuya Obara <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Greg,

I have tried regenerating octree and run rpict again as following command.

oconv -f materials.mat Balcony.rad glass.rad inside.rad Volume.rad lightshelf.rad sky_M6D10T13.rad >model.oct

mkpmap -apg global.pmap 50000 -t 60 model.oct

I could run successfully until mkpmap and got global.pmap. But when I tried to run rpict as following, I get test.txt file just repeating following command.

rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >> test.txt

Are there any way to confirm whether calculated photon map file( in this case global.pmap) is correct or not?

Regards,

Katsuya

From: Roland Schregle [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 4:35 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi all,

Indeed intriguing. But how did Katsuya get mkpmap to generate a photon map in the first place? It uses the standard octree parsing routines.

--Roland

"Shakespeare, Robert A." <[email protected]> wrote:

Rpict rvu objview all hang if there is an incomplete xform command... no file reference at the end.

Might be irrelevant in this situation, but sometimes the less obvious is what causes headaches.

Rob

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 31, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Greg Ward <[email protected]> wrote:

OK, since you verified that rpict can at least run, but you are seeing no initialization message with -t 60 and no photon map or ambient file, this seems to imply that rpict is getting stuck trying to read the octree. I have not seen this problem before. Usually, if there is a problem with the octree, it will report an error an exit. How was the octree generated? Did you try re-generating it and running rpict again?

Cheers,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 30, 2016 8:45:22 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I could get return from following command you advise me.

rpict –version

RADIANCE 5.0 Official Release 2015/09/18 by G. Ward

rpict –defaults

-vtv # view type perspective

-vp 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # view point

-vd 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 # view direction

-vu 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 # view up

-vh 45.000000 # view horizontal size

-vv 45.000000 # view vertical size

-vo 0.000000 # view fore clipping plane

-va 0.000000 # view aft clipping plane

-vs 0.000000 # view shift

-vl 0.000000 # view lift

-x 512 # x resolution

-y 512 # y resolution

-pa 1.000000 # pixel aspect ratio

-pj 0.670000 # pixel jitter

-pm 0.000000 # pixel motion

-pd 0.000000 # pixel depth-of-field

-ps 4 # pixel sample

-pt 0.050000 # pixel threshold

-t 0 # time between reports

-w+ # warning messages on

-i- # irradiance calculation off

-u- # correlated quasi-Monte Carlo sampling

-bv+ # back face visibility on

-dt 0.050000 # direct threshold

-dc 0.500000 # direct certainty

-dj 0.000000 # direct jitter

-ds 0.250000 # direct sampling

-dr 1 # direct relays

-dp 512 # direct pretest density

-dv+ # direct visibility on

-ss 1.000000 # specular sampling

-st 0.150000 # specular threshold

-av 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # ambient value

-aw 0 # ambient value weight

-ab 0 # ambient bounces

-aa 0.200000 # ambient accuracy

-ar 64 # ambient resolution

-ad 512 # ambient divisions

-as 128 # ambient super-samples

-me 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 0.00e+000 # mist extinction coefficient

-ma 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 # mist scattering albedo

-mg 0.000000 # mist scattering eccentricity

-ms 0.000000 # mist sampling distance

-lr 7 # limit reflection

-lw 1.00e-003 # limit weight

-am 0.0 # max photon search radius

Could you come up any other idea why I cannot run rpict command?

Thank you.

Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:00 AM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Yes, there must be something wrong with the rpict command on your system. Try running "rpict -version" and "rpict -defaults" with no other options.

If those don't return, then rpict is completely broken on your system. Perhaps it is a 64/32-bit mode issue. I have no idea.

Best,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 30, 2016 6:17:12 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

I even don’t get “0% done”.

Followings are the result when I tested your suggestion.

1.What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps?

I tried rpict –t 60 –ab 1 –vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Even in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

2. What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

I tried rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ab -1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result. Also in this case, I couldn’t get “0% done”.

Does this mean that I have problem in rpict command not in photon maps?

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:32 PM
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] rpict command for photon mapping

Hi Katsuya,

With the -t 60 option, you should at least get a "0% done" message after initialization. Is that message even showing up? You might not see reports every 60 seconds if the scanline writes take longer than that, but you should at least get the initialization output. If you are not seeing that, then something else must be wrong with your command, or the photon map(s) are not loading correctly. I don't know how to verify this, other than regenerating the maps and trying again.

What happens when you run the same command without the photon maps? What happens when you run with the photon maps and -ab -1?

Does anyone else have experience/suggestions to offer?

Cheers,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 27, 2016 6:26:41 PM PDT

Hi Greg,

Thank you for your reply.

Below is the command I tried to run for rpict.

rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct

Following your advice, I changed the command to add output redirection as below.

rpict -t 60 -ap global.pmap 50 -ap caustic 200 -ab 1 -vf view.vf model.oct >test.result

It seems that I could run command but it does not report any progress. Are there any specific format I should specify for output file?

Thank you!

Regards,

Katsuya

From: Greg Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Radiance general discussion

Can you offer any details about what process is starting all the (unsuccessful?) rpict commands? It seems that there is no output redirection, so this is not even a command you would normally run. What is running it for you?

Best,

-Greg

From: Katsuya Obara <[email protected]>

Date: October 27, 2016 1:29:58 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am trying to create rendering image using photon map.

Following the photon map extension user manual, I could run mkpmap command.

But when I try to run rpict command, it seems that they keep trying to run the command and failing as following image.

Can anyone advise me what is causing this problem and how to solve it.

Thank you very much for your help!

Katsuya

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