[Radiance-general] Oconv and IES photometrics

[Rob Guglielmetti]

dbs176 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to create a library of packaged luminaire geometry and 
> photometric (.IES) data that I can drop into my scenes. However, it 
> seems as though the photometric data will only last through one oconv 
> command. It's the same behavior if the octree is frozen or not, and 
> all of the files remain in the same directory. The geometry itself 
> works just fine. Should I just stick to xform-ing RAD files (I was 
> under the impression that OCT instances saved memory) or is there 
> something I'm overlooking?

Hi Dave,

This thread will prove enlightening:
http://www.radiance-online.org/pipermail/radiance-general/2003-August/000946.html

Basically, no, you cannot instance light sources. 
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Rob Guglielmetti
www.rumblestrip.org