commit e8c6c02c26cce0c04e4dce4589ef852be8c39929
parent 4352738d4f457753a313c15e126b1d1cd4086c1c
Author: Vincent Forest <vincent.forest@meso-star.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 16:50:23 +0200
Minor update of the atmosphere and combustion man pages
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/htrdr-atmosphere.1.in b/htrdr-atmosphere.1.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-.Dd September 27, 2023
+.Dd October 4, 2023
.Dt HTRDR-ATMOSPHERE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ Default is @HTRDR_ARGS_DEFAULT_RECTANGLE_TGT@.
Upward vector that the top of the sensor is pointing towards.
Default is @HTRDR_ARGS_DEFAULT_RECTANGLE_UP@.
.It Cm sz= Ns Ar width , Ns Ar height
-Sensor size.
+Sensor size in meters.
Default is @HTRDR_ARGS_DEFAULT_RECTANGLE_SZ@.
.El
.It Fl s Ar spectral_opt Ns Op : Ns Ar spectral_opt ...
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ Default is @HTRDR_ATMOSPHERE_ARGS_DEFAULT_OPTICAL_THICKNESS_THRESHOLD@.
This option is ignored if a cache is used
.Pq option Fl O .
.It Fl t
-Indication of the number of threads to be used.
+Advice on the number of threads to use.
By default,
.Nm
uses many threads as processor cores.
diff --git a/htrdr-combustion.1.in b/htrdr-combustion.1.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-.Dd September 29, 2023
+.Dd October 4, 2023
.Dt HTRDR-COMBUSTION 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ are then interpolated for the position of interest.
Which then makes possible to compute the absorption and scattering
cross-sections of soot aggregates, as well as their scattering function.
.Pp
-The Monte-Carlo algorithm that accounts for the visible intensity is inspired
+The Monte Carlo algorithm that accounts for the visible intensity is inspired
from the algorithm used for solar radiation in
.Xr htrdr-atmosphere 1 .
It was adapted to partially illuminated scenes in order to solve
@@ -268,12 +268,11 @@ Tetrahedra of the combustion medium saved in
.Xr smsh 5
format.
.It Fl N
-Pre-calculate tetrahedron normals.
-This option should speed up the calculation since normals are calculated
-once per tetrahedron rather than being re-evaluated each time a
-tetrahedron is interrogated at a given position.
-On the other hand, the storage required by these normals increases the
-memory footprint.
+This speeds up runtime performance by calculating normals once and for
+all rather than re-evaluating them every time a tetrahedron is queried
+at a given position.
+In return, the memory space used to store normals increases the memory
+footprint.
.It Fl O Pa cache
File where acceleration structure is stored/loaded.
If the
@@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ Optical thickness used as threshold criterion for building the acceleration
structure.
Default is @HTRDR_COMBUSTION_ARGS_DEFAULT_OPTICAL_THICKNESS_THRESHOLD@.
.It Fl t
-Indication of the number of threads to be used.
+Advice on the number of threads to use.
By default,
.Nm
uses many threads as processor cores.
