Calculate DGI with Radiance through Ecotect

I hope this is the correct list for users of Radiance through Ecotect.

I am trying to calculate DGI for a specific camera view - position.
I calculate the luminance using Radiance through Ecotect. Then the
generated pic file I copy it in the command prompt starting file. There I
copy the following command that is the ulim
that is: fl2cd(v)=3.426*v;cd2fl(v)=0.292*v;ulim(La)=fl2cd(10^(5.731+(log10(cd2fl(La))+5)*(0.3376+(log10(cd2fl(La))+5)*0.0189)-6));

Then I Type the following in the command prompt for my file that is called
(ex2)

findglare -p ex2_c1.pic -t 100000|glarendx -h -t vert_ill|rcalc -f
ulim.cal -e '$1=ulim($2/PI)'

Then I get the following message:
findglare: picture read error
'$1=ulim($2/PI)'
^ illegal variable name

Do you have any idea why this is happening?

Thank you in advance

MAria

Hi Maria,

you can also use evalglare to evaluate glare within (fish-eye) images.
Besides DGI, it calculates also the Daylight Glare Probability DGP, which might be a more reliable glare evaluation method than the DGI.

If you have non-fish-eye images only, it is from my point of view very difficult to get a reliable glare evaluation since you miss parts of the field of view.

You can download evalglare here - a short description is within the zip file:

http://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/radiance

Jan

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On 11/13/2012 05:00 PM, Maria Mandalaki wrote:

Thanks Raphael!
But I am not ready for that!

Maria

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Maria Mandalaki <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Thanks Alstan, I will check it!
    But I hope to find an easier way to just run findglare!

    Regards,
    Maria

    On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:27 PM, J. Alstan Jakubiec > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

        Hi Maria,

        Unfortunately obtaining Windows binaries for Radiance is a bit
        of a circuitous path. The NREL OpenStudio team maintains a
        nice collection however which can be downloaded below,
        https://openstudio.nrel.gov/getting-started-developer/getting-started-radiance

        Best,
        Alstan

        On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:02:39 -0500, Maria Mandalaki > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

            That should be exactly the problem! Thank you a lot Raphael!
            Yes I use radiance on windows.
            Where can I find the Desktop Radiance 4.1? There is only
            the 2.0 beta
            version on the web site.
            Can I simply update my version (2.0 Beta version)?

            Maria

            On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Compagnon Raphaël < > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                Hi

                Apparently your are using RADIANCE on a Windows
                system. I have just found
                this sentence in the latest Radiance release note
                (version 4.1)
                http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/refer/Notes/ReleaseNotes.html#Version%204.1

                Fixed bug in findglare for reading picture files under
                Windows.

                I think the bug you are experiencing is exacly this
                one! Then you should
                update your Radiance software with the latest
                release... or start using
                Radiance on a Linux system.

                Hope this will help you.

                Raphaël

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One other comment -
If you doing this in DOS on windows then you probably need to use double
quotes in the rcalc command like this:
... | rcalc -f ulim.cal -e "$1=ulim($2/PI)"

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On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Maria Mandalaki <[email protected]> wrote:

I hope this is the correct list for users of Radiance through Ecotect.

I am trying to calculate DGI for a specific camera view - position.
I calculate the luminance using Radiance through Ecotect. Then the
generated pic file I copy it in the command prompt starting file. There I
copy the following command that is the ulim
that is: fl2cd(v)=3.426*v;cd2fl(v)=0.292*v;ulim(La)=fl2cd(10^(5.731+(log10(cd2fl(La))+5)*(0.3376+(log10(cd2fl(La))+5)*0.0189)-6));

Then I Type the following in the command prompt for my file that is called
(ex2)

findglare -p ex2_c1.pic -t 100000|glarendx -h -t vert_ill|rcalc -f ulim.cal -e '$1=ulim($2/PI)'

Then I get the following message:

findglare: picture read error
'$1=ulim($2/PI)'
^ illegal variable name

Do you have any idea why this is happening?

Thank you in advance

MAria

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Thanks to all,
I will try this as well!

MM

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On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Andrew McNeil <[email protected]> wrote:

One other comment -
If you doing this in DOS on windows then you probably need to use double
quotes in the rcalc command like this:
... | rcalc -f ulim.cal -e "$1=ulim($2/PI)"

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Maria Mandalaki <[email protected]>wrote:

I hope this is the correct list for users of Radiance through Ecotect.

I am trying to calculate DGI for a specific camera view - position.
I calculate the luminance using Radiance through Ecotect. Then the
generated pic file I copy it in the command prompt starting file. There I
copy the following command that is the ulim
that is: fl2cd(v)=3.426*v;cd2fl(v)=0.292*v;ulim(La)=fl2cd(10^(5.731+(log10(cd2fl(La))+5)*(0.3376+(log10(cd2fl(La))+5)*0.0189)-6));

Then I Type the following in the command prompt for my file that is
called (ex2)

findglare -p ex2_c1.pic -t 100000|glarendx -h -t vert_ill|rcalc -f ulim.cal -e '$1=ulim($2/PI)'

Then I get the following message:

findglare: picture read error
'$1=ulim($2/PI)'
^ illegal variable name

Do you have any idea why this is happening?

Thank you in advance

MAria

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