Hi everyone, i am trying out the Radiance tutorial. However, i am stuck at the portion of creating the window area. I have followed the step of creating the room with !genbox gray_paint room 3 2 1.75 -i and then adding the following dimensions into the room.rad.
gray_paint polygon room.5137
0
0
30
3 2 1.75
3 2 0
3 0 0
3 0 1.75
3 .625 1.75
3 .625 .625
3 1.375 .625
3 1.375 1.375
3 .625 1.375
3 .625 1.75
However, the room i created still does not seem to have the window cut out. Am i missing a step here?
could you send the rad file, please
Hi Axel this is the file which i worked with.
this is the material for my light source:
void light bright
0
0
3 100 100 100
this is the material for my test ball:
void plastic red_plastic
0
0
5 .7 .05 .05 .05 .05
here is the light source:
bright sphere fixture
0
0
4 2 1 1.5 .125
solid crystal:
void dielectric crystal
0
0
5 .5 .5 .5 1.5 0
dark brown:
void plastic brown
0
0
5 .2 .1 .1 0 0
light gray:
void plastic white
0
0
5 .7 .7 .7 0 0
here is the ball:
crystal sphere ball
0
0
4 .7 1.125 .625 .125
the wall material:
void plastic gray_paint
0
0
5 .5 .5 .5 0 0
a box-shaped room:
!genbox gray_paint room 3 2 1.75 -i
a shiny blue box:
void plastic blue_plastic
0
0
5 .1 .1 .6 .05 .1
!genbox blue_plastic box .5 .5 .5
| xform -rz 15 -t .5 .75 0
a chrome rod to suspend
the light from the ceiling:
void metal chrome
0
0
5 .8 .8 .8 .9 0
chrome cylinder fixture_support
0
0
7
2 1 1.5
2 1 1.75
.05
genbox gray_paint room 3 2 1.75 -i
gray_paint polygon room.1540
0
0
12
0 2 1.75
0 2 0
3 2 0
3 2 1.75
gray_paint polygon room.4620
0
0
12
3 2 0
3 0 0
3 0 1.75
3 2 1.75
gray_paint polygon room.2310
0
0
12
3 0 1.75
0 0 1.75
0 2 1.75
3 2 1.75
gray_paint polygon room.3267
0
0
12
0 0 1.75
3 0 1.75
3 0 0
0 0 0
gray_paint polygon room.5137
0
0
30
3 2 1.75
3 2 0
3 0 0
3 0 1.75
3 .625 1.75
3 .625 .625
3 1.375 .625
3 1.375 1.375
3 .625 1.375
3 .625 1.75
gray_paint polygon room.6457
0
0
12
3 0 0
3 2 0
0 2 0
0 0 0
a) comment out this line:
!genbox gray_paint room 3 2 1.75 -i
it creates a second box, so you don’t actually see the polygons you’re trying to edit
b) your polygons room.4620 and room.5137 both have all x-coords set to 3.
it seems to are trying to edit room.5137, but can’t see the results because any hole you put in it will be filled by room.4620
c) also, because of this, the room is actually open to the west. Try setting the x-coords of room.5137 to 0.
Thanks Axel it works perfectly now 