[Radiance-general] desktop vs compile?

[Jack de Valpine]

Hi Chris,

The Desktop Radiance version of Radiance does not contain some of the 
new features of the current release of Radiance. However DR does have a 
gui of sorts whereas Radiance is really a toolset of applications that 
are typically utilized via the command line on unix/linux/osx type 
operating systems. There are a few other frontends including Rayfront 
(www.schorsch.com).

Depending on what you are going to end up doing with Radiance it can be 
very worthwhile to learn how to use the command line version on 
unix/linux/osx as the os.

You will also need a modeling application such as Autocad, Rhino or some 
other application that can output the correct geometry format (.obj 
format files for example).

Hope this helps as a starting point.

-Jack

Chris Jessee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are there any advantages or disadvantages to running Desktop Radiance 
> as opposed to a compiling it on OSX (or other OS)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Jessee
>
>
>
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