[Radiance-general] Defining glazing properties

[Guglielmetti, Robert]

Cool, thanks for this summary, Reinier!

On 3/7/16, 2:52 AM, "Reinier Zeldenrust"
<reinier.zeldenrust at atelierten.com> wrote:

>Hi Chris, Rob,
>
>There is actually a way to extract BSDFs XMLs from Window, but it
>requires a bit of a roundabout way.
>
>To extract the BSDF XML file from window:
>
>1. Create the window system. Do initial calculation (F9).
>
>2. Enable Radiance calculations (under preferences).
>
>3. Run radiance calculations. This will not work for all materials, some
>don't have the right information to generate XMLs. If there is an issue
>saying Radiance is not installed, follow this solution:
>https://windows.lbl.gov/software/window/7/w7_faq.html#RadianceINI
>
>4. Go to this location C:\Users\Public\LBNL\WINDOW7.3\BSDFs  (might be
>slightly different if you use a different version) to retrieve the XML
>BSDF file. 
>
>5. Use in Radiance as a BSDF file.
>
>Hope this is helpful.
>
>Reinier Zeldenrust
>Senior Environmental Designer / Head of Advanced Building Physics
>Atelier Ten
>Environmental Design Consultants + Building Services Engineers