| author | Radek Brich <radek.brich@devl.cz> |
| Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:12:32 +0200 | |
| branch | pyrit |
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Pyrit Ray Tracer |
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File Organization |
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/bin -- output directory for binary objects |
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/ccdemos -- ray tracer demos in C++ |
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/demos -- ray tracer demos in Python |
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/include -- header files |
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/models -- common models for use by demos |
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/src -- ray tracing library source code |
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/tests -- test programs for classes |
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Classes organization throughout header files is explained in DEVNOTES. |
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Building |
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Type 'scons all' to build everything and 'scons -h' for list of targets. |
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Requirements: |
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SCons |
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pthreads (see bellow) |
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Python 2.4 or newer for Python module and demos |
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PIL (Python Imaging Library) for Python demos |
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SDL for interactive C++ demos |
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libpng and zlib for rendering to PNG file from C++ demos |
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Pthreads |
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Threads can be used to render rows of picture paralelly. Arbitrary number |
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of threads can be used, even numbers like 17 are acceptable. |
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To completely disable this feature just remove "-DPTHREADS -pthreads" |
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from flags in makefile. |
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For Windows + Mingw32, get pthreads library here: |
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http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/ |
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License |
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This software is published under terms of MIT license. |
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See COPYING for full text of license. |
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Website |
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Latest version can be obtained at http://wiki.fiction.cz/Pyrit |