Index_R

R

Radians, working with, 27

Radio buttons

controls and radio collection, 294, 295-296

on custom menus , 347

Randomizing

appearance of grass, 118-120, 128-130, 134-135

flapping ball animation, 226-228

random numbers and rand function, 113

Rational numbers, 9

Raytraced reflections, 232, 233, 247

Readability

of files, 416, 418, 435-437

of scripts, 76-77, 95

Reading files

basic process, 413

scene report, 414-417

skin data import/export, 434-448

Reflections, 232

Refresh command, 161

Regular polyhedrons, 86

Relational operators, 55-56

Release Candidate software, 134

Release software, 134

Removing duplicates in string arrays, 186-187

Rendered vs. viewport view, 262-263

Rendering

cubic reflection maps, 243-244

menu global variables , 351

smoothing tool, 251-267

speed, 145. See also Lighting and rendering

Rendertime smoothing

adding dynamic attributes, 257-259

connecting objects, 253

declaration of new procedure, 259

declaration of procedure, 255

definition and design, 252-254

finding and parsing selection list, 255-256

flowcharts, 252, 253, 254

Hypergraph connections, 259, 260

implementation, 255-265

nodes connected to defaultrenderglobals, 259-260

project overview, 251-252

Render Globals window, 254-255, 261

research and development, 254-255

script job, 253

script nodes, 263-265

script review, 265-267

smoothing nodes, 256-257

switching attribute values, 260-261

viewport view vs. rendered view, 262-263

Resizing

HUDs, 399-401

scripted panels in UI, 382-383

windows in UI, 304-305

Resolution and cubic reflection map, 242-243

Return statement, 63, 127

Return value, 49, 126-127, 391

Right triangles , 13-15

Row layout, 276-277