render_preview: Render Preview

In rayrender: Build and Raytrace 3D Scenes

Render Preview

Description

Takes the scene description and renders an image, either to the device or to a filename.

Usage

render_preview(..., light_direction = c(0, -1, 0), exponent = 6)

Arguments

...	All arguments that would be passed to 'render_scene()'.
light_direction	Default 'c(0,-1,0)'. Vector specifying the orientation for the global light using for phong shading.
exponent	Default '6'. Phong exponent.

Value

Raytraced plot to current device, or an image saved to a file.

Examples

if(run_documentation()) {
generate_ground(material=diffuse(color="darkgreen")) %>% 
  add_object(sphere(material=diffuse(checkercolor="red"))) %>% 
  render_preview()
  }
if(run_documentation()) {
#Change the light direction
generate_ground(material=diffuse(color="darkgreen")) %>% 
  add_object(sphere(material=diffuse(checkercolor="red"))) %>% 
  render_preview(light_direction = c(-1,-1,0))
}
if(run_documentation()) {
#Change the Phong exponent
generate_ground(material=diffuse(color="darkgreen")) %>% 
  add_object(sphere(material=diffuse(checkercolor="red"))) %>% 
  render_preview(light_direction = c(-1,-1,0), exponent=100)
}

rayrender documentation built on April 4, 2025, 1:13 a.m.