[Radiance-general] GenCumulativeSky compiled for Mac?

[Ji Zhang]

Hi, Rob, thank you very much! I'll ask a friend who knows C++
programming/compilation to try it out. Will digest Christoph's book chapter
as well.

- Cheers, Ji.


On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Guglielmetti, Robert <
Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov> wrote:

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> Hi Ji,
>
> Thanks for the link, I grabbed the source and right in the readme was a
> suggested compiler command:
>
> "g++ -D_XOPEN_SOURCE *.cpp -lm -o gencumulativesky"
>
> The above command worked a treat on my dilapidated Mac Pro (still running
> 10.6). The command expects a specifically-formatted weather file which I do
> not have on hand, so I couldn't test it aside from calling the command with
> no input and getting the help, but that did work. The only thing to
> remember is to set the permissions to make it executable on your system
> (e.g. "chmod 775 gencumulativesky").
>
> P.S.
> Christoph also mentions gencumulativesky in his (excellent) daylighting
> chapter in this fairly awesome book:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Building-Performance-Simulation-Design-Operation/dp/0415474140
>
>
> Rob Guglielmetti
> National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
> Commercial Buildings Research Group
> 15013 Denver West Parkway MS:RSF202
> Golden, CO 80401
> 303.275.4319
> robert.guglielmetti at nrel.gov
>
>
>
> On 12/12/12 10:35 AM, "Ji Zhang" <hope.zh at gmail.com<mailto:
> hope.zh at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi, Rob, many thanks for your reply!
>
> The source code of GenCumulativeSky can be found at: (including a short
> guide prepared by Darren)
>
> https://documents.epfl.ch/groups/u/ur/urbansimulation/www/GenCumSky/GenCumSky.zip
>
> ... the download link is mentioned in one of the chapters in the book
> edited by Darren:
> Robinson, Darren (Ed.). (2011). Computer modelling for sustainable urban
> design : physical principles, methods and applications. London ;
> Washington, DC: Earthscan.
>
> It seems Prof Christoph Reinhart in MIT has revised the program and added
> some new options, and the updated version is included in the latest DIVA
> installation package, see the discussion at:
> http://diva4rhino.com/forum/topics/gencumulativesky-exe-problem
>
> Would appreciate if you can share the detailed procedures of the
> compilation (for a C/C++ programming rookie)!
>
> Thanks!
> - Ji
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Guglielmetti, Robert <
> Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov<mailto:Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov>> wrote:
> You don't even need to use the Xcode IDE, you can call the compiler (g++)
> directly if there's a makefile. If you point me to the source code, I can
> give it a whirl.
>
> Rob Guglielmetti
> National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
> Commercial Buildings Research Group
> 15013 Denver West Parkway MS:RSF202
> Golden, CO 80401
> 303.275.4319<tel:303.275.4319>
> robert.guglielmetti at nrel.gov<mailto:robert.guglielmetti at nrel.gov>
>
>
>
> On 12/12/12 7:52 AM, "Ji Zhang" <hope.zh at gmail.com<mailto:
> hope.zh at gmail.com><mailto:hope.zh at gmail.com<mailto:hope.zh at gmail.com>>>
> wrote:
>
> May I ask if anybody compiled the GenCumulativeSky program created by
> Darren Robinson for Mac OS?
>
> Darren mentioned that the source code of GenCumulativeSky is written in
> C++. I assume we can use Xcode to compile it as an executable program for
> the Mac system. But I don't know how to do it ...
>
> Currently, I have to run GenCumulativeSky in Win7 to generate the sky.cal
> and SunFile.rad file based on the epw file for a given city and use the 2
> files in Mac system with other Radiance program. It's just a little bit
> inconvenient...
>
> Advices are greatly appreciated!
>
> - Ji
>
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