DEVNOTES
author Radek Brich <radek.brich@devl.cz>
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:31:08 +0200
branchpyrit
changeset 90 f6a72eb99631
parent 64 5785cca4cdb9
child 94 4c8abb8977dc
permissions -rw-r--r--
rename Python module from 'raytracer' to 'pyrit' improve Python binding: - new objects: Container, Octree, KdTree, Shape, Pixmap, Sampler, DefaultSampler - all shapes are now subclasses of Shape - clean, remove redundant Getattr's - Raytracer render method now just wraps C++ method without doing any additional work adjust all demos for changes in Python binding, remove PIL dependency add demo_PIL.py as a example of pyrit + PIL usage render_nff.py now either loads file given as a argument or reads input from stdin otherwise fix bug in pixmap float to char conversion

Classes
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vector.h -- vector of three scalars, also used for colour
matrix.h -- matrix class, currently not used
quaternion.h -- quaternion class for camera rotation

container.h  -- container for shapes, base class for octree and kd-tree
octree.h -- Octree space subdivision structure for acceleration of ray-shape intersection search
kdtree.h  -- KdTree space subdivision structure

scene.h -- scene objects: Ray, Light, Camera and shapes
raytracer.h -- ray tracer class
common.h -- Float definition (float/double) and some helper functions


Container Usage
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(Container|Octree|KdTree) top;
scene.setTop(top)  // top object in hierarchy
top.optimize()     // build optimization structure

Rework camera
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Sampler - generate points in screen plane
Camera - transform point from sampler to a ray