Three phase radiance script rfluxmtx switches

Sandi_Sirikhanchai · December 7, 2017, 6:21am

Hello,

I have a question regarding the creation of a view matrix to do a three phase daylight simulation.

I have a line in the batch file which is:

rfluxmtx –I+ -ab 12 -ad 50000 -lw 2e-5 -y 6 - < data\workplane.pts scene\objects\window.rad scene\materials\material_detailed.rad scene\objects\radmodel.rad > results\south.vmx

This is copied from the online radiance tutorial found here: https://andymcneil.gitbooks.io/three-phase-method-tutorial/content/31_view_matrix.html

When I run the batch file there is an error that says:
rfluxmtx: cannot load ‘-ab’

If I delete -ab from the line and re-run the batch file another error occurs which is:
rfluxmtx: cannot load ‘-ad’

So somethings occurring with the switches.

I’m using the latest version of radiance on a windows 10 computer.

I have discussed this with other people and we don’t know why it isn’t working and we would appreciate any insight.

Thank you in advance,
Sandi Sirikhanchai

Greg_Ward · December 8, 2017, 6:39pm

Hi Sandi,

Looks like you have the "pipe" symbol ('|') rather than a capital "i" in your "-I+" option. This is the advantage of cut-and-past, or at least using a font that differentiates these things...

-Greg

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From: Sandi Sirikhanchai <sandi.sirikhanchai@hotmail.co.nz>
Date: December 6, 2017 10:21:55 PM PST

Hello,

I have a question regarding the creation of a view matrix to do a three phase daylight simulation.

I have a line in the batch file which is:

rfluxmtx –I+ -ab 12 -ad 50000 -lw 2e-5 -y 6 - < data\workplane.pts scene\objects\window.rad scene\materials\material_detailed.rad scene\objects\radmodel.rad > results\south.vmx

This is copied from the online radiance tutorial found here: https://andymcneil.gitbooks.io/three-phase-method-tutorial/content/31_view_matrix.html

When I run the batch file there is an error that says:
rfluxmtx: cannot load ‘-ab’

If I delete -ab from the line and re-run the batch file another error occurs which is:
rfluxmtx: cannot load ‘-ad’

So somethings occurring with the switches.

I’m using the latest version of radiance on a windows 10 computer.

I have discussed this with other people and we don’t know why it isn’t working and we would appreciate any insight.

Thank you in advance,
Sandi Sirikhanchai

Guglielmetti_Robert · December 8, 2017, 6:48pm

I was going to say it also looked like the hyphen before the capital i was an em dash and not a hyphen...

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On 12/8/17, 11:43 AM, "Greg Ward" <gregoryjward@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hi Sandi,

    Looks like you have the "pipe" symbol ('|') rather than a capital "i" in your "-I+" option. This is the advantage of cut-and-past, or at least using a font that differentiates these things...

    -Greg

    From:
    Sandi Sirikhanchai <sandi.sirikhanchai@hotmail.co.nz>
    Date:
    December 6, 2017 10:21:55 PM PST

    Hello,

    I have a question regarding the creation of a view matrix to do a three phase daylight simulation.

    I have a line in the batch file which is:

    rfluxmtx –I+ -ab 12 -ad 50000 -lw 2e-5 -y 6 - < data\workplane.pts scene\objects\window.rad scene\materials\material_detailed.rad scene\objects\radmodel.rad > results\south.vmx

    This is copied from the online radiance tutorial found here:

    https://andymcneil.gitbooks.io/three-phase-method-tutorial/content/31_view_matrix.html <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fandymcneil.gitbooks.io%2Fthree-phase-method-tutorial%2Fcontent%2F31_view_matrix.html&data=02|01|robert.guglielmetti%40nrel.gov|81a1ef8bf19b440bfd7008d53e6b95e3|a0f29d7e28cd4f5484427885aee7c080|0|0|636483554164173570&sdata=Y61%2BiTXsfw%2BTiK3nAPOwBFf0QDB%2BWXDylJaXUeoWBIQ%3D&reserved=0>

    When I run the batch file there is an error that says:
    rfluxmtx: cannot load ‘-ab’

    If I delete -ab from the line and re-run the batch file another error occurs which is:
    rfluxmtx: cannot load ‘-ad’

    So somethings occurring with the switches.

    I’m using the latest version of radiance on a windows 10 computer.

    I have discussed this with other people and we don’t know why it isn’t working and we would appreciate any insight.

    Thank you in advance,
    Sandi Sirikhanchai

Sandi_Sirikhanchai · December 12, 2017, 1:14am

Hi Robert and Greg,

Thank you for your help. It was the dash that was the issue.

Kind regards,

Sandi

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