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Table of
Contents
This page contains links to
World Wide Web sites of interest to Radiance users. The
information is divided into the following categories:
General
Intrest
Interest groups and
Websites about RADIANCE.
Studies/
Reference
These studies and reference
papers provide additional RADIANCE information.
- NIST
Conference Room Comparison
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Real and Synthetic Image Comparison and Validation generated at
the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). (US)
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NRC-IRC
Lighting Quality in Design
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The National Research Council (NRC) Institute for Research in
Construction (IRC) investigated the effects of lighting quality
on office task performance. (Canada)
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Radiance
Reference Manual in French
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Provided by Jean-Louis Maltret of Gamsau's Ecoled'Architecture
de Marseille. (France)
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Simon
Crone's Radiance Home Page
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Contains Radiance function files, selected scanned materials, a
Radiance gallery, inline images, and several thesis papers.
Curtin University of Technology, Perth (Australia)
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Business
These companies use
Radiance software to provide services to their clients.
- Artifex
Home Page
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Artifex is a research and design studio exploring applications
in 3d visualization, animation, and World Wide Web
Communications. (Bloomington, IN)
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Artifice, Inc.
makers of DesignWorkshop.
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DesignWorkshop is a Macintosh and Windows modeling
application which exports
to Radiance and is closely linked to a version of
Radiance which runs under MachTen
on the Apple PowerMac. This site also features a gallery
of images.
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Fraunhofer
ISE Radiance Page
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Radiance raytracing software is used at Fraunhofer Institute for
Solar Energy Systems (ISE) mainly for daylighting calculations.
(Germany)
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Rayfront
by Georg Mischler
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Rayfront is a full graphical user interface to Radiance for
daylighting and electrical lighting designers, supporting
Windows, Linux, Irix, and Solaris. It can be run as an AutoCAD
or IntelliCAD application, or as a stand alone program that
imports DXF geometry data. (Germany)
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3D
Lighting by ALware
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The planning tool 3D Lighting is designed for the early design
phase of buildings. It integrates the software 3Dsolar with
Rayfront and Radiance. 3Dsolar offers fast input and easy
modification of 3D geometries, as well as optimized export to
Rayfront. Simulation results can be analysed and documented in
side-to-side comparison of variations. Supported platforms are
Windows and Linux (Germany).
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NASA
Graphics Research and Analysis Facility (GRAF)
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The Flight Crew Support Division at the NASA Johnson Space
Center uses Radiance to prepare for complex maneuvers
with the space shuttle. Go to the "Lighting Analysis"
page for some stunning comparisons between actual photographs
and simulated images.
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Robert
Kay's Radiance page with Macintosh advice
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Robert has posted some rendered images of objects on the web. He
has had success using Radiance on PowerPCs, and shows that
Radiance can do more than just architectural renderings.
(Bergdesign, TX)
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VisArc
Architectural Visualization
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This company provides a range of image-based products to
facilitate the communication of architectural intention in the
design process. (Charlestown, MA)
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Open Entry
Technical Light Design
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OpenEntry offers physically correct simulation of light,
technical light design and visualization of 3D models. Their
goal is to be able to perform physically correct lighting
simulation of any 3D model and to evaluate the results.
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Educational
Radiance has been put to
the test by university students and departments worldwide.
- Implementation
of Radiance picture i/o routines
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Information about the RGBE file format from Bruce Walter.
(Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
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Low
Energy Architecture Research Unit
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The Low Energy Architecture Research Unit (LEARN) was created in
1987 to bridge the gap between architecture and research in low
energy design. Research focuses on the efficient use of energy
and its conservation in building design. (University of North
London)
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LEARNIX,
also from the Low Energy Architecture Research Unit...
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LEARNIX is flavor of KNOPPIX which is flavor of GNU/LINUX with
RADIANCE and ESP-r for building simulations included. LEARNIX
enables users to run RADIANCE and ESP-r on their machines
without having to install UNIX or LINUX.
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Martin
Centre, University of Cambridge, Department of Architecture
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Daylight simulation, comparison of software, and visualisation
techniques including animation and QTVR. Examples of projects
modeled with Desktop Radiance. (Click on the link called
Lighting
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The Energy
Systems Research Unit (ESRU) at the University of Strathclyde
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Authors of whole building simulation software ESP, and ESP-r,
the Radiance-based addition for lighting simulation.
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Materials
and Geometry file format (MGF)
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MGF is a least common denominator language for describing scenes
and objects.
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Radiance
at the Design Integration Laboratory
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Radiance images, student and research projects, support
and reference materials, and a tutorial at the Architecture
Department of the University of Oregon.
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Radiance
Studies and Validation by John Mardaljevic
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John's projects for the Institute of Energy and Sustainable
Development validate the use of radiance software for real sky
conditions (De Montfort University, UK).
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Theatre
Computer Visualization Center
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The mission of the lab is to research and develop computer based
collaborative and design tools which will enhance live
performance and the Theatre Arts. (Indiana University).
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International
Radiance has had wide
spread applications both theoretically and geographically.
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Freelance
Some people have the
strangest hobbies...
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