[Radiance-general] Re: Radiance-general digest, Vol 1 #191 - 5 msgs

[Greg Ward]

> From: Markku Norvasuo <m_norva2@welho.com>
>
> A propos, is there any way to convert calculated illums to other types 
> of
> sources (light, glow)? The original source could then be precomputed 
> only
> once. I have sometimes missed this option, for example when having 
> dozens
> of small identical window openings in a room.

If you use mkillum to generate the distribution of a section of a 
window and wish to apply the computed material to other identically 
situated panes, simply reuse the material name it produces, which you 
may set with the m=string option.  It was designed to work this way.

-Greg