Daysim/Radiance glass material

radiance-daysim
1

Hello!

I am doing simulations using Daysim and SketchUp. I have this glass material:

void glass GenericDoubleGlazing72
0
0
3 0.784590 0.784590 0.784590

but at the .rad file in Daysim it appears as:

void trans GenericD 0 0 7 0.8848 0.8848 0.8848 0.0000 0.0000 0.4760 1.0000

I am aware of the RGB/monochrome conversion but the type of radiance material is changing too ( "glass" to "trans" ). Is that correct? Does that mean that the results the way as they are refer to a translucent material instead of a glass ?

Besides that, if I want to customize a material file I would have to directly run the radfiles2daysim instead of importing the material using the GUI?

I would appreciate any directions on that subject.

2

Hello!

I am doing simulations using Daysim and SketchUp. I have this glass
material:

*void glass GenericDoubleGlazing72*

*0*

*0*

*3 0.784590 0.784590 0.784590*

but in the .rad file at Daysim it appears as:

*void trans GenericD 0 0 7 0.8848 0.8848 0.8848 0.0000 0.0000 0.4760 1.0000*

I am aware of the RGB/monochrome conversion but the type of radiance
material is changing too (*"glass" *to* "trans"*). Is that correct? Does
that mean that the results the way as they are refer to a *translucent
material instead of a glass*?

Besides that, if I want to customize a material file I would have to
directly run the radfiles2daysim instead of importing the material using
the GUI?

I would appreciate any directions on that subject.

3

Dear Kamila,

The radfile2daysim converter should neither change the name of a modified material nor change glass to trans. Is it possible that some of the input files got mixed up? I am unfamiliar with the directory structures used by the SketchUP/Daysim plug-ins.

Best,

Christoph

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From: Kamila Mendonça [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 1:46 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Radiance-daysim] Daysim/Radiance glass material

Hello!

I am doing simulations using Daysim and SketchUp. I have this glass material:

void glass GenericDoubleGlazing72
0
0
3 0.784590 0.784590 0.784590

but at the .rad file in Daysim it appears as:

void trans GenericD 0 0 7 0.8848 0.8848 0.8848 0.0000 0.0000 0.4760 1.0000

I am aware of the RGB/monochrome conversion but the type of radiance material is changing too ("glass" to "trans"). Is that correct? Does that mean that the results the way as they are refer to a translucent material instead of a glass?

Besides that, if I want to customize a material file I would have to directly run the radfiles2daysim instead of importing the material using the GUI?

I would appreciate any directions on that subject.