NAME

       getbbox - compute bounding box for RADIANCE scene

SYNOPSIS

       getbbox [ -w ][ -h ] [ input ..  ]

DESCRIPTION

       Getbbox reads each scene description input and computes the minimum axis-aligned parallelopiped that will
       enclose  all  of the objects.  Each input can be either a file name, or a command (enclosed in quotes and
       preceded by a `!').  If no arguments are given, the standard input is read.  A hyphen ('-') can  also  be
       used to indicate the standard input.

       The  -w  option  suppresses warnings.  The -h option suppresses the header line "xmin xmax ymin ymax zmin
       zmax".

EXAMPLE

       To compute the bounding box for the object ``thingy'':

         getbbox thingy

       To preview ``scene'':

         preview -v FOUR -b `getbbox -h scene` scene

NOTES

       Since expanding a scene can require considerable overhead, it is better to use the bounding cube produced
       by oconv(1) and read by getinfo(1) if an octree  exists  for  the  scene.   However,  there  are  certain
       circumstances,  such  as foreign object placement, that require knowing the bounding box rather than just
       the bounding cube.

AUTHOR

       Greg Ward

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

       Work on this program was sponsored by the LESO group at EPFL in Switzerland.

SEE ALSO

       getinfo(1), oconv(1), xform(1)

RADIANCE                                            11/15/93                                          GETBBOX(1)