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NAME

       genblinds - generate a RADIANCE description of venetian blinds

SYNOPSIS

       genblinds mat name depth width height nslats angle [ -r|+r rcurv ]

DESCRIPTION

       Genblinds  produces  a  RADIANCE scene description of a set of venetian
       blinds.  The depth of the blinds (X dimension) is given first, followed
       by  the width (Y dimension), followed by the height (Z dimension).  The
       number of slats to place evenly within this height is given as  nslats.
       The  angle  of  the  blind,  where  zero  is perfectly horizontal and a
       positive angle tilts the positive X edge upwards, is given in  degrees.
       The  blinds  are  initially  situated  so that the corner of the bottom
       blind is height/nslats/2 above the XY plane, and  all  coordinates  are
       positive.   Each  new  slat  is placed height/nslats above the previous
       one, until the top slat is at height - height/nslats/2  .   The  blinds
       may  of  course  be  moved  from  this starting point with the xform(1)
       command.

       If curved blinds are desired, a radius of curvature may be  given  with
       the +/-r option.  If given as +r, The curvature is upward (which is the
       usual configuration).  If the option is given as -r, then the curvature
       is downward.  The radius indicates how far from each slat its effective
       cylindrical center resides.  Each slat will  be  broken  into  as  many
       polygons  as  is necessary to keep the delta changes in angle less than
       10 degrees.  (Note that this may result in a  rather  large  number  of
       polygons.)

EXAMPLE

       To produce a curved set of blinds with 25 slats at 15 degrees:

         genblinds white blind 1 46 88 25 15 -r 1 > blinds.rad

AUTHOR

       Jean-Louis Scartezzini and Greg Ward

SEE ALSO

       genrbox(1),   genrev(1),   gensurf(1),  genworm(1),  rpict(1),  rvu(1),
       xform(1)