[Radiance-general] Where does bgraph look for .plt files?

[Vaib]

Thank you Dr.Greg,

Still it remains same.

echo $MDIR
/usr/share/radiance/meta/

bgraph lux.plt | x11meta
include=line.plt
bgraph: lux.plt: File not found: line.plt


Vaib



On 15 April 2014 18:38, Greg Ward <gregoryjward at gmail.com> wrote:

> You probably need to set the $MDIR environment variable in your .bashrc
> (or other) startup script.  Some default directory location gets compiled
> in, but it must not agree with your particular installation location.  This
> variable is separate from the $RAYPATH setting, but similar.  It is the
> only other variable you need set in Radiance, as these plotting tools
> predate any of the others.
>
> Once you find where these files are located (try
> "/usr/share/radiance/meta" for starters), set your environment variable
> like so:
>
> export MDIR=/usr/share/radiance/meta/
>
> The trailing '/' is necessary in this case.
>
> Good luck!
> -Greg
>
> *From: *Vaib <vaibhavjain.co at gmail.com>
>
> *Subject: *[Radiance-general] Where does bgraph look for .plt files?
>
> *Date: *April 15, 2014 9:16:28 AM PDT
>
>
>  Hello everyone!
>
> I found a similar discussion on this link:
>
> http://www.radiance-online.org/pipermail/radiance-dev/2013-December/001383.html
>
> But still couldn't figure out. What could be the reason?
>
> *When I try bgraph command, I get an error that .plt file is not found.*
> bgraph lux.plt | x11meta
> include=line.plt
> bgraph: lux.plt: File not found: line.plt
>
> *Here is the lux.plt file:*
> include=line.plt
> title="Working Plane Illuminance"
> xlabel="Distance from Window"
> ylabel="Illuminance [lux]"
> Adata=lux.csv
> Acolor=2
>
> *line.plt file is present in:*
> /usr/share/radiance/meta
>
> *RAYPATH is set to:*
> echo $RAYPATH
> .:/usr/share/radiance:
>
> *When I copied the line.plt file to working directory, the error is:*
> include=line.plt
> bgraph: lux.plt: File not found: line.plt
>
> *When I gave absolute path of line.plt file in lux.plt file, the error is:*
> bgraph: Cannot open: /usr/share/radiance/meta/line.plt
>
> *Radiance version is:*
> RADIANCE 4R1+20120125-1+b1 (Debian package) 32bit
>
> So the question arises, Where does bgraph look for .plt files?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Vaib
>
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