vtkRIBExporter - export a scene into RenderMan RIB format.
Super Class: vtkExporter
Description:
vtkRIBExporter is a concrete subclass of vtkExporter that writes a Renderman .RIB files. The input specifies a vtkRenderWindow. All visible actors and lights will be included in the rib file. The following file naming conventions apply: rib file - FilePrefix.rib image file created by RenderMan - FilePrefix.tif texture files - TexturePrefix_0xADDR_MTIME.tif This object does NOT generate an image file. The user must run either RenderMan or a RenderMan emulator like Blue Moon Ray Tracer (BMRT). vtk properties are convert to Renderman shaders as follows: Normal property, no texture map - plastic.sl Normal property with texture map - txtplastic.sl These two shaders must be compiled by the rendering package being used. vtkRIBExporter also supports custom shaders. The shaders are written using the Renderman Shading Language. See "The Renderman Companion", ISBN 0-201-50868, 1989 for details on writing shaders. vtkRIBProperty specifies the declarations and parameter settings for custom shaders. Tcl Example: generate a rib file for the current rendering. vtkRIBExporter myRIB myRIB SetInput $renWin myRIB SetFIlePrefix mine myRIB Write This will create a file mine.rib. After running this file through a Renderman renderer a file mine.tif will contain the rendered image.
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Detailed Method Descriptions:
| void SetFilePrefix (char *) |
| char *GetFilePrefix () |
| void SetTexturePrefix (char *) |
| char *GetTexturePrefix () |
| void SetBackground (int ) |
| int GetBackground () |
| void BackgroundOn () |
| void BackgroundOff () |