[Radiance-general] genBSDF problem

[Greg Ward]

Hi Ariane,

You shouldn't be using the "-t3" or "-t4" option of genBSDF for the three-phase method.  Without these options, you should not get the unsupported error.

Best,
-Greg

> From: Ariane Johanson <sasumal2 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Radiance-general] genBSDF problem
> Date: July 27, 2014 10:58:10 AM PDT
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I recently started to experiment with Radiance and now I am experimenting on 
> the three phase method. I started with something very very simple to see how 
> it works and maybe compare the results with other simulation methods, before I 
> try to do something complicated.
> 
> I created a simple rectangular room that is lighted through another 
> rectangular box on top of the roof. This box I want to use to make a BSDF. It 
> is just a rectangular kind of pipe, with two of its surface (the one on top 
> and bottom) translucent, from which the light will enter the room.
> 
> I created the Daylight matrix for the upper part of this shape. Then I created 
> the rad files for the box's geometry and materials that are really simple.
> 
> However when I try to generate the BSDF, the genBSDF stops working. I tried to 
> use a different genBSDF (I found one of different size from WINDOWS software). 
> This one runs but at the end I get the message "Generation of Tensor Tree 
> BSDFs is not supported on windows". Anyone has any idea why I get these 
> errors? I am really new in this and maybe I miss something really obvious. 
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> 
> Ariane