fresnel¶

Overview

`Device`	Hardware device to use for ray tracing.
`pathtrace`	Path trace a scene.
`preview`	Preview a scene.
`Scene`	Content of the scene to ray trace.

Details

The fresnel ray tracing package.

class fresnel.Device(mode='auto', n=None)¶

Hardware device to use for ray tracing.

Parameters

mode (str) – Specify execution mode: Valid values are auto, gpu, and cpu.
n (int) – Specify the number of cpu threads / GPUs this device will use. None will use all available threads / devices.

Device defines hardware device to use for ray tracing. Scene and Tracer instances must be attached to a Device. You may attach any number of scenes and tracers to a single Device.

See also

Tutorials:

When mode is auto, the default, Device will select GPU rendering if available and fall back on CPU rendering if not. Set mode to gpu or cpu to force a specific mode.

Important

By default (n==None), this device will use all available GPUs or CPU cores. Set n to the number of GPUs or CPU cores this device should use. When selecting n GPUs, the device selects the first n in the available_gpus list.

Tip

Use only a single Device to reduce memory consumption.

The static member available_modes lists which modes are available. For a mode to be available, the corresponding module must be enabled at compile time. Additionally, there must be at least one GPU present for the gpu mode to be available.

>>> fresnel.Device.available_modes
['gpu', 'cpu', 'auto']

available_gpus = []¶

Available GPUS.

Type: list[str]

available_modes = []¶

Available execution modes.

Type: list[str]

property mode¶

The active mode.

Type: str

class fresnel.Scene(device=None, camera=None, lights=None)¶

Content of the scene to ray trace.

Parameters

device (Device) – Device to use when rendering the scene.

camera (camera.Camera) –

Camera to view the scene. When None, defaults to:

camera.Orthographic(position=(0, 0, 100),
                    look_at=(0, 0, 0),
                    up=(0, 1, 0),
                    height=100)

lights (list[Light]) – Lights to light the scene. When None, defaults to: light.rembrandt()

Scene defines the contents of the scene to be traced, including any number of Geometry objects, the Camera, the background_color, background_alpha, and lights.

Every Scene must be associated with a Device. For convenience, Scene creates a default Device when device is None.