[Radiance-general] Running Radiance on Windows

[Guglielmetti, Robert]

Thanks Guy! I was but a middle man, really, though. But yeah, there are installers for Radiance binaries for all the major platforms available at the NREL location Guy mentioned. There are also build targets for SunOS (Thank you James) and test routines for some of the core components of Radiance. I am hoping to get a HOWTO written up here soon on using the CMake build system that is now enmeshed in the Radiance source code tree (Thank you Greg), and on adding your own systems to the Radiance dashboard, which would provide valuable feedback on how nicely Radiance plays with various systems. NREL will also be posting updated installers shortly, so look for an announcement about that here.

- Rob
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From: Guy Vaessen [guy.vaessen at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 2:51 PM
To: radiance-general at radiance-online.org
Subject: [Radiance-general]  Running Radiance on Windows

Hi,

To run Radiance on Windows, Robert Guglielmetti, has developed a new package.
You can find it here: http://openstudio.nrel.gov/getting-started-developer/getting-started-radiance

The original announcement is here:
http://www.radiance-online.org/pipermail/radiance-general/2012-May/008534.html
This new package has rvu for Windows. Which is a big improvement.
I am sure Robert can explain a lot better/more than me. Good luck!

In Reply to:
>> I'm wondering how Windows users access Radiance. It's been a few years since I've used the software, and as I recall previously it was done through a CygWin interface. Right now we are building geometry in DesignBuilder which installs Radiance on >> the machine, but I'm wanting to edit my rad files, materials, and create new views that DesignBuilder doesn't allow.

>> What are people on Windows machines using? What problems have been encountered? Any upcoming releases that I should be aware of when choosing a software path? Including links to specific builds would also be much appreciated.

Best Guy