[Radiance-general] partly covered source

[giulio antonutto]

Jan,
maybe you can fix it with -dj and oversampling?
G

On 24 Jul 2012, at 00:03, Jan Wienold wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I just encountered a strange different behavior between rtrace and rpict:
> If the sun ( using "source") is  covered in large parts (in that case more than half) I can still "see" the uncovered parts in the image (=>this is what I expect). In case I calculate at the same point and in the same direction the illuminance with rtrace -I, I get zero contribution.  Is just the center of the source description tested in that case? Any solution for this for rtrace?
> I just look for the sun, no sky description and use only direct calculation (-ab 0) .
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jan
> 
> 
> 
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