[Radiance-general] glaze script limitation

[Achim.geissler]

Dear Lars

one tool that may possibly be a bit more open is WIS. In any case, off and
on there is an error message from a "solver". However, I have no idea if the
code would be accessible. WIS originated from a european project and so the
code may be available to people affiliated to european research institutes.

Best
Achim



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 Hi all!
 
 > The trouble is one of combinatorics.  Unless we incorporate a
 > database containing all the possible front and back coating
 > combinations, or a model like Optics has for computing the combined
 > effect, we can't produce the correct output.  What we really need is
 > a more general glazing modeler that can account for every possible
 > configuration and produces a reliable Radiance material.  Maybe
 > Window6 will provide this at some point, but we aren't there, yet.
 
 A related question... is anyone aware of tools compareable to Optics and 
 Window that follow a more open approach of software? I have to boot into 
 a Windows installation (and Windows does not easily boot in virtual 
 machines any more since Vista) each time I want to start one of these 
 tools, which even require administrator rights to install on a Windows 
 machine. Unfortunately it looks as no attempt had been made at all 
 during development to separate the database, calculation and 
 GUI/controller code, so I do not expect these tools to become more open 
 or platform independent. So did you ever come accross any development in 
 these fields?
 
 Cheers, Lars.
 
 
  
 
  
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