[Radiance-general] material trans and glass?

[Guglielmetti, Robert]

On 12/10/09 11:23 AM, "Lars Grobe" <grobe at gmx.net> wrote:

> Especially I do not understand why using trans to be able to get daylight
> illuminance. It is not really made for this. Is there a special reason that
> you cannot use the glass modifier?

What do you mean by this, Lars? Trans is merely a material that can model
diffuse transmittance, glass cannot. Both materials are used for daylight
apertures. Maybe I don't understand your statement (always a possibility).
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