A comprehensive overview

• ies2rad (1) - convert IES luminaire data to RADIANCE description
• mgf2meta (1) - convert Materials and Geometry Format file to Metafile graphics
• mgf2rad (1) - convert Materials and Geometry Format file to RADIANCE description
• obj2rad (1) - convert Wavefront .obj file to RADIANCE description
• obj2mesh (1) - create a compiled RADIANCE mesh file from Wavefront .OBJ input
• tmesh2rad (1) - convert a triangular mesh to a RADIANCE scene description

• genblinds (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of venetian blinds
• genbox (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of a box
• genBSDF (1) -generate BSDF description from Radiance or MGF input
• genclock (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of a clock
• genprism (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of a prism
• genrev (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of surface of revolution
• gensky (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of the sky
• gensurf (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of a curved surface
• genworm (1) - generate a RADIANCE description of a functional worm
• pkgBSDF (1) - package BSDFs provided as XML for Radiance

• xform (1) - transform a RADIANCE scene description
• rcalc (1) - record calculator
• icalc (1) - interactive calculator
• cnt (1) - index counter
• macbethcal (1) - compute color compensation based on measured Macbeth chart
• lampcolor (1) - compute spectral radiance for diffuse emitter
• ev (1) - evaluate expressions
• neat (1) - neaten up output columns
• tabfunc (1) - convert table to functions for rcalc, etc.
• total (1) - sum up columns
• vwright (1) - normalize a RADIANCE view, shift it to the right
• replmarks (1) - replace triangular markers in a RADIANCE scene description
• rlam (1) - laminate records from multiple files
• pmblur (1) - generate views for camera motion blurring
• pmdblur (1) - generate views for combined camera motion and depth blurring
• pdfblur (1) - generate views for depth-of-field blurring
• vwrays (1) - compute rays for a given picture or view
• oconv (1) - create an octree from a RADIANCE scene description
• getbbox (1) - compute bounding box for RADIANCE scene
• mkillum (1) - compute illum sources for a RADIANCE scene
• compamb (1) - compute good ambient value for a rad input file
• raddepend (1) - find RADIANCE scene dependencies
• objview (1) - view RADIANCE object(s)
• lookamb (1) - examine ambient file values
• rhcopy - copy ray information into a holodeck
• rhoptimize - optimize beam locations in holodeck file

• rpict (1) - generate a RADIANCE picture
• rvu (1) - generate RADIANCE images interactively
• rtcontrib (1) - compute contribution coefficients in a RADIANCE scene
• rtrace (1) - trace rays in RADIANCE scene
• rpiece (1) - render pieces of a RADIANCE picture
• ranimate (1) - compute a RADIANCE animation
• ranimove (1) - render a RADIANCE animation with motion
• rholo (1) - generate/view a RADIANCE holodeck
• rhpict (1) - render a RADIANCE picture from a holodeck file

• rad (1) - render a RADIANCE scene
• trad (1) - graphical user interface to Radiance rad(1) program
• lampcolor (1) - compute spectral radiance for diffuse emitter
• dayfact (1) - compute illuminance and daylight factor on workplane
• glare (1) - perform glare and visual comfort calculations
• getinfo (1) - get header information from a RADIANCE file
• xshowtrace (1) - interactively show rays traced on RADIANCE image under X11

• ximage (1) - RADIANCE picture display for X window system
• x11meta (1) - output metafile graphics to X11

• genklemsamp (1) - generate ray samples over surfaces using Klems BSDF basis
• genskyvec (1) - compute patch radiance averages for a specific sky
• dctimestep (1) - compute annual simulation time-step via matrix multiplication

• pfilt (1) - filter a RADIANCE picture
• falsecolor (1) - make a false color RADIANCE picture
• histo (1) - compute 1-dimensional histogram of N data columns
• phisto (1) - compute a luminance histogram from one or more RADIANCE picture
• pcond (1) - condition a RADIANCE picture for output
• findglare (1) - locate glare sources in a RADIANCE scene
• glarendx (1) - calculate glare index
• xglaresrc (1) - dislpay glare sources under X11
• pcomb (1) - combine RADIANCE pictures.
• pcompos (1) - composite RADIANCE pictures.
• pexpand (1) - expand requested commands in metafile
• pextrem (1) - find minimum and maximum values in RADIANCE picture
• pflip (1) - flip a RADIANCE picture.
• pinterp (1) - interpolate/extrapolate view from pictures
• protate (1) - rotate a RADIANCE picture.
• psign (1) - produce a RADIANCE picture from text.
• psort (1) - sort primitives in metafile as requested
• pvalue (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from alternate formats
• dayfact (1) - compute illuminance and daylight factor on workplane
• normpat (1) - normalize RADIANCE pictures for use as patterns.

• rad2mgf (1) - convert RADIANCE scene description to Materials and Geometry Format
• ra_gif (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to Compuserve GIF
• ra_bmp (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from Windows BMP image
• ra_pict (1) - convert Radiance pictures to Macintosh PICT files
• ra_ppm (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from a Poskanzer Portable Pixmap
• ra_ps (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to a PostScript file
• ra_rgbe (1) - change run-length encoding of a RADIANCE picture
• ra_t16 (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from Targa 16 or 24-bit image file
• ra_t8 (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from Targa 8-bit image file
• ra_tiff (1) - convert RADIANCE picture to/from a TIFF color or greyscale image
• ra_xyze (1) - convert between RADIANCE RGBE and XYZE formats
• ran2tiff - expose and convert a RADIANCE animation to TIFF frames
• normtiff - tone-map and convert RADIANCE picture or SGILOG TIFF to RGB TIFF

• dgraph (1) - do a set of graphs to a dumb terminal
• gcomp (1) - do computations on a graph file.
• igraph (1) - interactive graphing program

• libmeta.a (3) - simplified interface to metafile(5)
• metafile (5) - graphics command interface, similar to plot(5)
• objline (1) - create metafile line drawings of RADIANCE object(s)
• plotin (1) - convert plot(5) to metafile(5) primitives
• psmeta (1) - convert metafile to PostScript
• bgraph (1) - do a set of batch graphs to a metafile
• cv (1) - convert between metafile formats
• meta2bmp (1) - convert metafile to Windows Bitmap (BMP) File
• meta2tga (1) - convert metafile to Targa image format
• x11meta (1) - output metafile graphics to X11