Radiance Manual Pages
The following are the manual pages of the Radiance command line tools
as included with Rayfront, both in HTML and PDF format.
Note that not all of those programs may be present for all platforms.
Some programs are from external sources and not part of the original
Radiance distribution. Rayfront makes internal use of a number of
the programs from this list, and obviates a few others. The full
set of binaries and their manpages is included for convenience and
for the better understanding of the underlying simulation system.
Using any of them may or may not make sense in the context of this package.
- arch2rad -
(pdf)
- convert Architrion text file to Radiance description
- bgraph -
(pdf)
- do a set of batch graphs to a metafile
- calc -
(pdf)
- do a set of batch graphs to a metafile
- cnt -
(pdf)
- index counter
- compamb -
(pdf)
- compute good ambient value for a rad input file
- cv -
(pdf)
- convert between metafile formats
- dayfact -
(pdf)
- compute illuminance and daylight factor on workplane
- dgraph -
(pdf)
- do a set of graphs to a dumb terminal
- ev -
(pdf)
- evaluate expressions
- falsecolor -
(pdf)
- make a false color Radiance picture
- findglare -
(pdf)
- locate glare sources in a Radiance scene
- gcomp -
(pdf)
- do computations on a graph file.
- genblinds -
(pdf)
- generate a Radiance description of venetian blinds
- genbox -
(pdf)
- generate a Radiance description of a box
- genclock -
(pdf)
- generate a Radiance description of a clock
- genprism -
(pdf)
- generate a Radiance description of a prism
- genpyr -
(pdf)
- Generate a Radiance description of a square based pyramid
- genrev -
(pdf)
- generate a Radiance description of surface of revolution
- genshell -
(pdf)
- Generate a Radiance description of a membrane
- gensky -
(pdf)
- generate a Radiance description of the sky
- gensurf -
(pdf)
- generate a Radiance description of a curved surface
- genwedge -
(pdf)
- Generate a Radiance description of a wedge
- genworm -
(pdf)
- generate a Radiance description of a functional worm
- getbbox -
(pdf)
- compute bounding box for Radiance scene
- getinfo -
(pdf)
- get header information from a Radiance file
- glare -
(pdf)
- perform glare and visual comfort calculations
- glarendx -
(pdf)
- calculate glare index
- glrad -
(pdf)
- render a Radiance scene using OpenGL
- histo -
(pdf)
- compute 1-dimensional histogram of N data columns
- ies2rad -
(pdf)
- convert IES luminaire data to Radiance description
- igraph -
(pdf)
- interactive graphing program
- imagew -
(pdf)
- output metafile to Apple Imagewriter
- impress -
(pdf)
- convert metafile to imPress language for imagen
- lam -
(pdf)
- laminate lines of multiple files
- lampcolor -
(pdf)
- compute spectral radiance for diffuse emitter
- lookamb -
(pdf)
- examine ambient file values
- macbethcal -
(pdf)
- compute color compensation based on measured Macbeth chart
- meta -
(pdf)
- simplified interface to metafile(5)
- meta2tga -
(pdf)
- convert metafile to Targa image format
- metafile -
(pdf)
- graphics command interface, similar to plot(5)
- mgf2meta -
(pdf)
- convert Materials and Geometry Format file to Metafile graphics
- mgf2rad -
(pdf)
- convert Materials and Geometry Format file to Radiance description
- mkillum -
(pdf)
- compute illum sources for a Radiance scene
- mx80 -
(pdf)
- output metafile to Epson mx-80
- neat -
(pdf)
- neaten up output columns
- normpat -
(pdf)
- normalize Radiance pictures for use as patterns.
- normtiff -
(pdf)
- tone-map and convert Radiance picture or SGILOG TIFF to RGB TIFF
- obj2rad -
(pdf)
- convert Wavefront .obj file to Radiance description
- objline -
(pdf)
- create metafile line drawings of Radiance object(s)
- objview -
(pdf)
- view Radiance object(s)
- oconv -
(pdf)
- create an octree from a Radiance scene description
- pcomb -
(pdf)
- combine Radiance pictures.
- pcompos -
(pdf)
- composite Radiance pictures.
- pcond -
(pdf)
- condition a Radiance picture for output
- pdfblur -
(pdf)
- generate views for depth-of-field blurring
- pexpand -
(pdf)
- expand requested commands in metafile
- pextrem -
(pdf)
- find minimum and maximum values in Radiance picture
- pfilt -
(pdf)
- filter a Radiance picture
- pflip -
(pdf)
- flip a Radiance picture.
- phisto -
(pdf)
- compute a luminance histogram from one or more Radiance pictures
- pinterp -
(pdf)
- interpolate/extrapolate view from pictures
- plotin -
(pdf)
- convert plot(5) to metafile(5) primitives
- pmblur -
(pdf)
- generate views for camera motion blurring
- protate -
(pdf)
- rotate a Radiance picture.
- psign -
(pdf)
- produce a Radiance picture from text.
- psmeta -
(pdf)
- convert metafile to PostScript
- psort -
(pdf)
- sort primitives in metafile as requested
- pvalue -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance picture to/from alternate formats
- ra_bn -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance picture to/from Barneyscan image
- ra_gif -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance picture to Compuserve GIF
- ra_pict -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance pictures to Macintosh PICT files
- ra_ppm -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance picture to/from a Poskanzer Portable
- ra_pr -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance picture to/from pixrect rasterfile
- ra_pr24 -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance picture to/from 24-bit rasterfile
- ra_ps -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance picture to a PostScript file
- ra_rgbe -
(pdf)
- convert between different Radiance picture types
- ra_t16 -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance picture to/from Targa 16 or 24-bit image file
- ra_t8 -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance picture to/from Targa 8-bit image file
- ra_tiff -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance picture to/from a TIFF color or greyscale image
- ra_xyze -
(pdf)
- convert between Radiance RGBE and XYZE formats
- rad -
(pdf)
- render a Radiance scene
- rad2mgf -
(pdf)
- convert Radiance scene description to Materials and Geometry Format
- raddepend -
(pdf)
- find Radiance scene dependencies
- ranimate -
(pdf)
- compute a Radiance animation
- rcalc -
(pdf)
- record calculator
- replmarks -
(pdf)
- replace triangular markers in a Radiance scene description
- rpict -
(pdf)
- generate a Radiance picture
- rpiece -
(pdf)
- render pieces of a Radiance picture
- rtrace -
(pdf)
- trace rays in Radiance scene
- rview -
(pdf)
- generate Radiance images interactively
- t4014 -
(pdf)
- output metafile to Tektronix t4014 graphics terminal
- tabfunc -
(pdf)
- convert table to functions for rcalc, etc.
- thf2rad -
(pdf)
- convert GDS things file to Radiance description
- tmesh2rad -
(pdf)
- convert a triangular mesh to a Radiance scene description
- total -
(pdf)
- sum up columns
- trad -
(pdf)
- graphical user interface to Radiance rad(1) program
- ttyimage -
(pdf)
- Radiance driver for dumb ASCII terminal
- vgaimage -
(pdf)
- Radiance picture display program for VGA
- vwrays -
(pdf)
- compute rays for a given picture or view
- vwright -
(pdf)
- normalize a Radiance view, shift it to the right
- x11meta -
(pdf)
- output metafile graphics to X11
- xform -
(pdf)
- transform a Radiance scene description
- xglaresrc -
(pdf)
- dislpay glare sources under X11
- ximage -
(pdf)
- Radiance driver for X window system
- xshowtrace -
(pdf)
- interactively show rays traced on Radiance image under X11
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