[plugin] Ruby Raytracer

Chris Fullmer

Sounds cool Adam, I've got a render cooking in the background as we speak!

Mike Lucey

Thanks Adam.

Chris, can you show the results and original and anything else we might learn from?

thomthom

God heavens! Ruby raytracer ... do you also race snails on your spare time?

Lost track of how long this took to render. :D

Marian

Does it need a lot of resources? It just hangs for me after I point out the output file, it just stays at line 0 out of 512.

thomthom

@marian said:

Does it need a lot of resources? It just hangs for me after I point out the output file, it just stays at line 0 out of 512.

Yes, it's a raytrace render - taking a long time. I set the resolution down to 256 and it still took a long time. The SketchUp UI stops updating as well - like when you do a large Sandbox operation.

Marian

I guess I won't have much use for it then

Aerilius

And it seems to render a "built-in" model, not actually my SketchUp model (that's probably why it is called a "micro raytracer"). When I change the numbers in G, the balls shift.

thomthom

There is a reason this is posted in the Developers section, not the Plugins section.

AdamB

Guys, guys

Its a 100 lines of Ruby that manages to do image file writing, blurry depth of field, a point light and multiple materials!
How on earth do you think it would be a full raytracer!

However, if you're interested in raytracing, its very simple and you can play around with it to learn about this area of graphics.

The G[] array contains a Bitmap of 32x10 stored as 10 integers.

In function T(), I test the primary ray against an infinite plane and if hit return position+surface normal+materialID (Line 36).
I run through each bit of the bitmap and where this is '1' bits, I trace a reflective Sphere returning a surface position+normal+materiaID. (Line 54)

The Scene function S(), traces the primary ray into the scene (Line 70) and colors the pixels depending on material m, and a single pointlight (Line 77). Try changing the position of the light.

The color for the infinite plane is chosen based on a mod function of position. Line 83 controls the scale of chequers.

The main function "raytrace" starts at line 93 and takes care of generating primary rays, and writing out an PPM image file.

Adam

thomthom

Thanks for the breakdown Adam.

tomasz

Thanks for the sample code and the explanation.
I wasn't aware that a Raytracer can be written in such a small piece of code!!

@adamb said:

Thea will be quaking in their boots.

Aerilius

I edited and reduced some lines. Hope nobody minds...
(it's just what I thought would work, I've not yet looked at other raytracing source codes)


module RubyRaytracer

class Geom;;Vector3d
  def sc(s)
    Geom;;Vector3d.new(x*s,y*s,z*s)
  end
  def sc!(s)
    self.x *= s
    self.y *= s
    self.z *= s
    self
  end
end

def self.v(x,y,z)
  Geom;;Vector3d.new(x,y,z)
end

# @lights; position, color, intensity, radius of light source
@lights = [ [[1000,1000,1000],[255,255,255],300,10], [[-20,23,15],[255,0,0],50,0], [[-5.5,8,15],[0,0,255],50,0] ]
@groundcolor = v(180,160,120)
@skycolor = v(180,200,255)
@skycolor2 = v(140,160,220)
@rez = 256
@samples = 8

def self.cast_ray(o, d)
  hit = @model.raytest([o,d],false)
  return (d.z<0)? @groundcolor.sc(1+0.5*d.z) ; @skycolor.sc(1-2*d.z)+@skycolor2.sc(2*d.z) if hit == nil || (f = hit[1].last).class != Sketchup;;Face
  p = hit[0]
  n = f.normal
  rd = (d - n.sc( 2*(d%n)/(n.length**2) )).normalize # reflected ray on face
  m = (d%n<0)? f.material ; (f.back_material||f.material)
  a = (m!=nil)? m.alpha ; 1 # opacity; I use this parameter for reflectivity
  lc = v(0,0,0) # light color
  @lights.each{|lt| # loop over all light sources
    l = Geom;;Point3d.new(lt[0].collect{|x| x+lt[3]*rand()}) # light position +/- light radius for smooth shadows
    ld = (p.vector_to(l)).normalize # vector to light source
    s = ( x=@model.raytest([p,ld]); x!=nil && x[0].on_line?([p,l]) )? 0.5 ; 1 # occlusion test for shadows
    i = lt[2]/(4*Math;;PI*ld.length)**2 # light intensity decreases with distance
    h = 0.25+0.75*[(1 - 2*Math.acos( n%ld )/Math;;PI),0].max # shading
    lc += v(*lt[1]).sc(i*s*h)
  }
  c = (m!=nil)? v( *((m.materialType>0)? m.texture.average_color ; m.color).to_a.slice(0,3) ) ; v(255,255,255) # color of face
  new_color = (lc - v(255,255,255) + c).sc(a)
  # new_color += self.cast_ray(p,d).sc(1-a) if a<1 # uncomment this for transparency
  new_color += self.cast_ray(p,rd).sc(1-a) if a<1 # reflectivity
  return new_color
end #def cast_ray

# credits to AdamB, http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=40989#p363271
def self.raytrace(filename=nil, width=@rez, samples=@samples)
  @model = Sketchup.active_model
  @lights[0] = [ @model.shadow_info["SunDirection"].sc(1000000).to_a, [255,255,255], 300, 100000] # SketchUp sun

  filename = UI.savepanel("Save Raytrace Image", "","output.ppm") unless filename
  File.open(filename, "wb") {|f|
    vw = Sketchup.active_model.active_view
    height = (width*vw.vpheight/vw.vpwidth).to_i
    f.printf("P6 #{width} #{height} 255\n")

    fov = vw.field_of_view.degrees
    e = vw.camera.eye
    o = v(e.x, e.y, e.z)
    t = vw.camera.target - e
    g = v(t.x, t.y, t.z).normalize
    
    a = (v(0,0,1).cross(g)).normalize.sc(fov / height)
    b = (g.cross(a)).normalize.sc(fov / height) 
    c = a.sc(-width*0.5)+b.sc(-height*0.5)+g
    
    for y1 in 0...height
      y = height - 1 - y1
      Sketchup.set_status_text "raytrace; line #{y1} of #{height}"
      for x1 in 0...width
        x = width - 1 - x1
        p = v(0,0,0)
        for r in 1..samples
          p += self.cast_ray(Geom;;Point3d.new(o.to_a), (a.sc(x+rand())+b.sc(y+rand())+c))
        end
        p = p.sc(1/samples.to_f)
        p = p.to_a.collect{|x| if x>255;255;elsif x<0;0;else;x.to_i;end}
        f.printf("%c%c%c", *p)
      end
    end
    Sketchup.set_status_text "Finished #{filename}"
  }
end

end #module RubyRaytracer

if( not file_loaded?(__FILE__) )
  menu=UI.menu("Plugins")
  menu.add_item("Raytrace the model!") { RubyRaytracer.raytrace }
  file_loaded(__FILE__)
end



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thomthom

It renders the SketchUp scene?

Aerilius

Well, instead of the hard-coded materials and G-Bitmap, it does a raytest() in the model and takes the material of the face that the ray hits (+ shading from normal etc). That is all, but when it's repeated for every pixel, the result is impressive.
Nevertheless, it's still slow

AdamB

Thats pretty cool. Its it it much slower?

Just FYI, I test LightUp raytests in a mode that gives realtime raytracing of your scene as you look around!

Adam

notareal

@unknownuser said:

Thanks for the sample code and the explanation.
I wasn't aware that a Raytracer can be written in such a small piece of code!!

Quite tiny indeed... there are others too, like
http://tog.acm.org/resources/GraphicsGems/gemsiv/minray/