The Tachyon Ray Tracer

AUTHOR:

• John E. Stone

class sage.interfaces.tachyon.TachyonRT

The Tachyon Ray Tracer

tachyon_rt(model, outfile=’sage.png’, verbose=1, block=True, extra_opts=’‘)

INPUT:

• model - a string that describes a 3d model in the Tachyon modeling format. Type tachyon_rt.help() for a description of this format.
• outfile - (default: ‘sage.png’) output filename; the extension of the filename determines the type. Supported types include:
  • tga - 24-bit (uncompressed)
  • bmp - 24-bit Windows BMP (uncompressed)
  • ppm - 24-bit PPM (uncompressed)
  • rgb - 24-bit SGI RGB (uncompressed)
  • png - 24-bit PNG (compressed, lossless)
• verbose - integer; (default: 1)
  • 0 - silent
  • 1 - some output
  • 2 - very verbose output
• block - bool (default: True); if False, run the rendering command in the background.
• extra_opts - passed directly to tachyon command line. Use tachyon_rt.usage() to see some of the possibilities.

OUTPUT:

• Some text may be displayed onscreen.
• The file outfile is created.

EXAMPLES:

AUTHORS:

• John E. Stone

help()

usage()