RayTracer Class Reference

Abstract ray tracing engine, with the following concrete implementations: WhittedRayTracer, StochasticRayTracer. More...

#include <RayTracer.h>

Inheritance diagram for RayTracer:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

Constructors

RayTracer (RenderOutput *output=NULL, Camera *camera=NULL, Scene *scene=NULL)

virtual ~RayTracer ()

Main usage interface

virtual void sample (PointSample &outSample)

Renders a single point sample (incident radiance evaluation) at the point specified on the film plane.

Protected Member Functions

virtual void _evaluate (const Ray &ray, SpectralSampleSet &outRadiance, PropertyMap &data)=0

Evaluates the radiance propogating in the opposite direction of the given ray using some type of illumination model.

Detailed Description

Abstract ray tracing engine, with the following concrete implementations: WhittedRayTracer, StochasticRayTracer.

Author:: Travis Fischer (fisch0920@gmail.com)
Matthew Jacobs (jacobs.mh@gmail.com)

Date:: Fall 2008

Definition at line 19 of file RayTracer.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RayTracer::RayTracer	(	RenderOutput *	output = `NULL`,
		Camera *	camera = `NULL`,
		Scene *	scene = `NULL`
	)			`[inline]`

Definition at line 24 of file RayTracer.h.

virtual RayTracer::~RayTracer ( ) [inline, virtual]

Definition at line 30 of file RayTracer.h.

Member Function Documentation

void RayTracer::sample ( PointSample & outSample ) [virtual]

Renders a single point sample (incident radiance evaluation) at the point specified on the film plane.

Implements PointSampleRenderer.

Definition at line 18 of file RayTracer.cpp.

virtual void RayTracer::_evaluate	(	const Ray &	ray,
		SpectralSampleSet &	outRadiance,
		PropertyMap &	data
	)			`[protected, pure virtual]`

Evaluates the radiance propogating in the opposite direction of the given ray using some type of illumination model.

Returns:: the spectral radiance emitted from the first surface intersected along the given ray in the opposite direction from the ray in the out param 'outRadiance'

Implemented in PathTracer, RayCaster, and WhittedRayTracer.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:


Public Member Functions
Constructors
	RayTracer (RenderOutput output=NULL, Camera camera=NULL, Scene *scene=NULL)
virtual	~RayTracer ()
Main usage interface
virtual void	sample (PointSample &outSample)
	Renders a single point sample (incident radiance evaluation) at the point specified on the film plane.
Protected Member Functions
virtual void	_evaluate (const Ray &ray, SpectralSampleSet &outRadiance, PropertyMap &data)=0
	Evaluates the radiance propogating in the opposite direction of the given ray using some type of illumination model.