[Radiance-general] Antimatter and windows

[Zack Rogers]

I think I figured it out.  If I use a box for the wall instead of just a
plane, the antimatter box seems to work correctly from all sides.  Here
are pictures of my working wall, with glass now placed in the opening:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcMF73k-1deIZGdkNmhja3BfMTAxYzIydGd2aD
c&hl=en
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcMF73k-1deIZGdkNmhja3BfOTlnNDRmcThnYw
&hl=en

And here is the file that generated it:

void plastic grey_0.25
0
0
5            0.25          0.25          0.25
                0             0

void plastic grey_0.60
0
0
5             0.6           0.6           0.6
                0             0

void antimatter opening
1 grey_0.60
0
0

void	glass	glass_050	
0			
0			
3	0.5	0.5	0.5

!genbox grey_0.60 wall 30 .8 10 | xform -t 0 -.4 0

#grey_0.60 polygon Space.10_Wall.38
#0
#0
#12
#	0.00	0.00	10.00
#	0.00	0.00	0.00
#	30.00	0.00	0.00
#	30.00	0.00	10.00

!genbox opening hole 10 1 6 | xform -t 10 -.5 2

glass_050 polygon window
0
0
12	10	0	2
	10	0	8
	20	0	8
	20	0	2

grey_0.25 polygon ground
0
0
12	-100	-100	-0.5
	100	-100	-0.5
	100	100	-0.5
	-100	100	-0.5

!gensky 3 20 10.5 -a 42.8326 -o 106.329 -m 105.0 +s | xform -rz 0.0

skyfunc glow skyglow
0
0
4 0.9 0.9 1.0 0

skyglow source sky
0
0
4 0.0 0.0 1.0 180

skyfunc glow groundglow
0
0
4 1.0 0.8 0.5 0

groundglow source ground
0
0
4 0.0 0.0 -1.0 180

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  ZACK ROGERS, P.E., LEED AP, IESNA 
 
INTEGRATED DESIGN ASSOCIATES, INC
437 Main Street
Longmont, CO 80501
tel: 303.848.8299, fax: 303.848.8290 
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