Greetings simulationists (and apologies for the cross postings),
NREL has completed a project aimed at making Radiance more accessible to
building simulationists, regardless of what platform they are using. This
will benefit users of the OpenStudio SDK and applications, as well as
anyone interested in using the powerful raytracing software but reluctant
to learn how to compile code.
Working with Greg Ward and Kitware, we have modified the Radiance source
tree to allow us to build Radiance easily for Windows, Mac, and Linux. We
Offer installers of the latest (HEAD) release, and we will update these
every
two weeks. These installers also include a GUI version of rvu (that also
runs on Windows!). Instructions for downloading and installing these
packages
can be found at the following page:
openstudio.nrel.gov/getting-started-developer/getting-started-radiance
We hope these prove useful for many in the Radiance and general building
simulation communities.
We will add instructions for using the CMake build system on your own
systems soon.
Happy raytracing!
- Rob
Rob Guglielmetti IESNA, LEED AP
Commercial Buildings Research Group
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
15013 Denver West Parkway MS:RSF202
Golden, CO 80401
303.275.4319
robert.guglielmetti@nrel.gov
On 01/05/12, 17:23:43, "Guglielmetti," Robert
<Robert.Guglielmetti@nrel.gov> wrote regarding [Radiance-general] Cross
Platform Radiance Installers Now Available:
NREL has completed a project aimed at making Radiance more accessible to
building simulationists, regardless of what platform they are using. This
will benefit users of the OpenStudio SDK and applications, as well as
anyone interested in using the powerful raytracing software but reluctant
to learn how to compile code.
Working with Greg Ward and Kitware, we have modified the Radiance source
tree to allow us to build Radiance easily for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
...but harder for Solaris. cmake building fails when making Version.c:
...
[ 62%] Generating /src/rt/Version.c
CMake Error: Error processing file:/src/rt/create_version.cmake
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
cd /work/build/radiance/32/rt && /opt/XXXX/bin/cmake
-DVERSION_OUT_FILE="/src/rt/Version.c"
-DVERSION_IN_FILE="/src/rt/VERSION" -DVERSION_GOLD="/src/rt/Version.c" -P
/src/rt/create_version.cmake
dmake: Fatal error: Command failed for target `/src/rt/Version.c'
Current working directory /work/build/radiance/32
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
dmake -f rt/CMakeFiles/radiance.dir/build.make
rt/CMakeFiles/radiance.dir/depend
dmake: Fatal error: Command failed for target
`rt/CMakeFiles/radiance.dir/all'
Current working directory /work/build/radiance/32
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
cd /work/build/radiance/32 && dmake -f CMakeFiles/Makefile2 rt/all
dmake: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all'
It looks like it's lost "radiance_SOURCE_DIR".
James.
Hi Pally and Marija,
Sorry about the debug build. I have created a release Windows package this morning; I just need the website admin to post it and I'll let y'all know when it's up. Following that announcement, we should definitely move all discussion about this project to the dev list.
Rob Guglielmetti IESNA, LEED AP
Commercial Buildings Research Group
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
15013 Denver West Parkway MS:RSF202
Golden, CO 80401
303.275.4319
robert.guglielmetti@nrel.gov
···
On 5/3/12 3:30 AM, "Pally Sandher" <pally.sandher@iesve.com<mailto:pally.sandher@iesve.com>> wrote:
The 4.2.a release appears to contain debug binaries which will only work on a system with Visual Studio 2008 installed (has a dependency on MSVCR90D.DLL which is the debug version of the VC++ 9.0 runtimes). I checked both the zip archive & the NSIS installer. I can’t even run them myself as I have VS 2010 not VS 2008.
You’ll either need to build from source or wait for a release build to be made available.
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From: Marija Velickovic [mailto:maricanis@gmail.com]
Sent: 03 May 2012 08:58
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Cross Platform Radiance Installers Now Available
Hi Rob,
Very nice to have current Radiance version on Windows.
I've installed binary setup file in Windows and set PATH and RAYPATH environment variables as suggested on web page.
I have few other Radiance installations in Windows (inside Daysim for example), so I've experimented with PATH and RAYPATH variable, and put path to new Radiance installation as first in both variables and I get next message when I try to run any program:
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.
I also tried to remove all paths related to other Radiance installations from PATH and RAYPATH varialbes, but still getting the same error message.
Any ideas how to solve this?
Thanks in advance,
Marija
OK, an updated Windows installer with release binaries is now available on the site. Sorry for the goof.
We appreciate all the help with testing and reporting issues! Form here on out, let's move discussion of issues with these NREL offerings or CMake build issues to the –dev list.
Rob Guglielmetti IESNA, LEED AP
Commercial Buildings Research Group
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
15013 Denver West Parkway MS:RSF202
Golden, CO 80401
303.275.4319
robert.guglielmetti@nrel.gov
···
On 5/3/12 1:53 AM, "Marija Velickovic" <maricanis@gmail.com<mailto:maricanis@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Rob,
Very nice to have current Radiance version on Windows.
I've installed binary setup file in Windows and set PATH and RAYPATH environment variables as suggested on web page.
I have few other Radiance installations in Windows (inside Daysim for example), so I've experimented with PATH and RAYPATH variable, and put path to new Radiance installation as first in both variables and I get next message when I try to run any program:
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.
I also tried to remove all paths related to other Radiance installations from PATH and RAYPATH varialbes, but still getting the same error message.
Any ideas how to solve this?
Thanks in advance,
Marija