[Radiance-general] Infrared scene simulation

[Greg Ward]

You could mix a glow with a reflective material, and others have done  
so.  I don't hold out much hope of useful results at or about room  
temperature, though.  There are just too many things other than  
radiative transfer going on, as you note.

-Greg

> From: "Christopher Rush" <Christopher.Rush at arup.com>
> Date: May 29, 2009 10:10:39 AM PDT
>
> Could you use a mix material of glow and reflective materials to
> simulate radiation of other surfaces?
>
> It would still be ignoring convection and conduction though.
>
> -Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> The main problem with Radiance as an IR engine is that it doesn't
> consider the ambient temperature and radiation of all surfaces -- only
> light sources and reflections thereof.