[Radiance-general] Cross Platform Radiance Installers Now Available

[Randolph M. Fritz]

This is great news!

Thanks so much!

Randolph

On 2012-05-01 16:23:43 +0000, Guglielmetti, Robert said:

> Greetings simulationists (and apologies for the cross postings),
> 
> NREL has completed a project aimed at making Radiance more accessible to
> building simulationists, regardless of what platform they are using. This
> will benefit users of the OpenStudio SDK and applications, as well as
> anyone interested in using the powerful raytracing software but reluctant
> to learn how to compile code.
> 
> Working with Greg Ward and Kitware, we have modified the Radiance source
> tree to allow us to build Radiance easily for Windows, Mac, and Linux. We
> Offer installers of the latest (HEAD) release, and we will update these
> every
> two weeks. These installers also include a GUI version of rvu (that also
> runs on Windows!). Instructions for downloading and installing these
> packages
> can be found at the following page:
> 
> openstudio.nrel.gov/getting-started-developer/getting-started-radiance
> 
> 
> We hope these prove useful for many in the Radiance and general building
> simulation communities.
> 
> We will add instructions for using the CMake build system on your own
> systems soon.
> 
> Happy raytracing!
> 
> - Rob
> 
> 
> Rob Guglielmetti  IESNA, LEED AP
> Commercial Buildings Research Group
> National Renewable Energy Laboratory
> 15013 Denver West Parkway MS:RSF202
> Golden, CO 80401
> 303.275.4319
> robert.guglielmetti at nrel.gov


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Randolph M. Fritz