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Table of Contents
1. Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1. How to use the Documentation ..................................................................................................... 5
1.2. What is LucidDrive? ...................................................................................................................... 5
1.3. Road Scenes ................................................................................................................................ 5
1.4. Beam Pattern Analysis ................................................................................................................. 6
1.5. Advanced Front Lighting Systems (AFS) ........................................................................................ 6
1.6. Texture Based Graphics ............................................................................................................... 6
1.7. The LucidDrive Coordinates Systems ............................................................................................ 6
2. Getting Started with LucidDrive .............................................................................................................. 9
2.1. The Setup of LucidDrive ............................................................................................................... 9
2.1.1. Installation ........................................................................................................................ 9
2.1.2. License File Handling ....................................................................................................... 10
2.2. Tool Bar Symbols ....................................................................................................................... 11
2.3. Geo View and Message View ...................................................................................................... 12
3. The Menu Items in LucidDrive ............................................................................................................... 13
3.1. Configurations ............................................................................................................................ 13
3.1.1. Load Config File ............................................................................................................... 14
3.1.2. Save Config File ............................................................................................................... 14
3.1.3. Predefined Config Files .................................................................................................... 14
3.2. Roads ........................................................................................................................................ 16
3.3. Headlamps ................................................................................................................................. 17
3.3.1. Main Dialog ..................................................................................................................... 17
3.3.2. Headlamp Advanced Options and Parameters ................................................................. 19
3.4. Lamp Switch .............................................................................................................................. 20
3.5. Visual Properties ....................................................................................................................... 20
3.6. Driving ...................................................................................................................................... 23
3.7. Scripts/Plug-ins (Vehicle Dynamics, AFS, Aux Plug-ins, Trigger Points) ...................................... 24
3.8. Video ......................................................................................................................................... 24
3.9. Cameras .................................................................................................................................... 25
3.10. Scene ....................................................................................................................................... 27
3.11. Settings .................................................................................................................................... 29
3.12. Miscellaneous Menu Commands .............................................................................................. 30
4. Multiple Cars ........................................................................................................................................ 31
4.1. Other Settings ............................................................................................................................ 31
5. Scripts, AFS and Vehicle Dynamics Plug-ins .......................................................................................... 33
5.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 33
5.2. LucidDrive Conventions ............................................................................................................. 33
5.3. Plug-in Classification and Pipeline ............................................................................................. 33
5.4. Plug-in Architecture ................................................................................................................... 35
5.5. Signal-Slot Mechanism .............................................................................................................. 36
6. Plug-in Script Interface ......................................................................................................................... 39
6.1. Lamp functions .......................................................................................................................... 39
6.2. Vehicle functions ....................................................................................................................... 41
7. Plug-ins provided in LucidDrive ............................................................................................................. 45
7.1. AFS Scripts ................................................................................................................................. 45
7.2. Auxiliary Scripts ......................................................................................................................... 47
8. Physics on Geometry, BRDF, Monitor Luminance, etc. ........................................................................... 49
8.1. Geometry ................................................................................................................................... 49
8.2. BRDF ......................................................................................................................................... 50
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