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Daniel at 21:10, 7 July 2011
2011-07-07T21:10:16Z
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Description of the BIN file format'''<br />
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(See the BinFilter class as an example of C++ code for reading/writing BIN files)<br />
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== Header & data ==<br />
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{| cellpadding="10" style="text-align:center; border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #000" <br />
!style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Description<br />
!style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Type<br />
!style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Size (bits)<br />
!style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Expected value<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Number of clouds<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| unsigned integer<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 32<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| generally <100<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| ... for each cloud ...<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Number of points<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| unsigned integer<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 32<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| up to 4.294.967.296 :)<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Flags<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| unsigned char<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 8<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| See description below<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| ... if cloud name flag is ON ...<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Cloud name<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| unsigned char [array]<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| ?<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| cloud name stops at the first byte equal to 0 <br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| ... for each point ...<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| X<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| float<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 32<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Y<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| float<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 32<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Z<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| float<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 32<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| ... if color flag is ON ...<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Red<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| unsigned char<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 8<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 0-255<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Green<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| unsigned char<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 8<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 0-255<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Blue<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| unsigned char<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 8<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 0-255<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| ... if normal flag is ON ...<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Nx<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| float<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 32<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| [-1.0;1.0]<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Ny<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| float<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 32<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| [-1.0;1.0]<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Nz<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| float<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 32<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| [-1.0;1.0]<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| ... if scalar field flag is ON ...<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Scalar value<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| double<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 64<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"|<br />
|}<br />
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== Flags ==<br />
<br />
{| cellpadding="10" style="text-align:center; border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #000" <br />
|-<br />
!style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Bit<br />
!style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Decimal value<br />
!style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Description<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 1<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 1<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| always ON<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 2<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 2<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| colors<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 3<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 4<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| normals<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 4<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 8<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| scalar field<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 5<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 16<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| cloud name<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 6<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 32<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Ignored<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 7<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 64<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Ignored<br />
|-<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 8<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| 128<br />
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px"| Ignored<br />
|}</div>
Daniel