[Radiance-general] optics2glazed and glaze script

Mon Dec 18 09:28:14 PST 2017

Correction:
CARDINAL 66_0.76 _glass >> CARDINAL*-*66-0.76_glass
CARDINAL 66_0.76 _front >> CARDINAL-66*-*0.76_front
CARDINAL 66_0.76 _back >> CARDINAL-66*-*0.76_back

*Charudatta Joshi*

*If it is worth doing, it is worth doing well.*

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 10:53 PM, Charudatta Joshi <cjoshi.energy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Raghu,
>
> Re: #1 of your queries: It has to do with the underscores and spaces in
> your rad file that comes from Optics. You need to remove " " and "_", or
> replace them with another character in the following three strings. Note
> that the last "_" before glass / front / back remains.
>
> Changes:
> CARDINAL 66_0.76 _glass >> CARDINAL-66_0.76_glass
> CARDINAL 66_0.76 _front >> CARDINAL-66_0.76_front
> CARDINAL 66_0.76 _back >> CARDINAL-66_0.76_back
>
> Probably good (or required?) to do this also for your file name
> (CARDINAL_66_0.76.rad >> CARDINAL-66-0.76.rad).
>
> With that, you get:
>
> CJUNIX at SJ-PC:/mnt/c/Users/SJ/Downloads/Raghuram$ ./optics2glazedb
> CARDINAL-66-0.76.rad SageGlass-8905.rad SageGlass-8906.rad
> SageGlass-8908.rad SageGlass-8909.rad > LLglasses.db
> CJUNIX at SJ-PC:/mnt/c/Users/SJ/Downloads/Raghuram$ more LLglasses.db
> Surface Tr      Tg      Tb      Rcr     Rcg     Rcb     Rgr     Rgg
> Rgb     Part
> CARDINAL-66-0.76   0.789   0.845   0.767    0.071    0.091    0.116
> 0.06    0.077    0.113 0
> SageGlass-8905   0.666    0.69   0.502    0.086     0.08    0.058
> 0.119     0.12    0.144 0
> SageGlass-8906   0.154   0.216   0.187    0.028    0.012    0.013
> 0.087    0.105    0.126 0
> SageGlass-8908   0.034   0.074   0.085    0.025    0.006    0.009
> 0.085    0.105    0.125 0
> SageGlass-8909   0.004   0.013   0.019     0.03    0.007    0.014
> 0.099    0.117    0.135 0
> CJUNIX at SJ-PC:/mnt/c/Users/SJ/Downloads/Raghuram$
>
>
> Hope that helps.
> Thanks,
> CJ
>
> *Charudatta Joshi*
>
> *If it is worth doing, it is worth doing well.*
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 6:43 PM, raghuram kalyanam <
> kalyanam at rhrk.uni-kl.de> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I want to create glazing systems for different states of EC glass (NFRC
> ID’s 8905,8906,8908,8909) with a coated glass
> <https://seafile.rlp.net/f/ea7af9935f614121aaa5/?dl=1>(
> CARDINAL_66_0.76.rad). I used optics2glazedb and glaze script to combine
> them. I have few questions about using them.
>
>
>    1. I tried to add all the glasses to LLGlasses.db using below command,
>    but this doesn't add "CARDINAL_66_0.76.rad” to the db. I had to add it
>    manually, but why wouldn’t it add to the db?
>
>
> ./optics2glazedb  Clear-Float-Glass-8.rad CARDINAL_66_0.76.rad
> SageGlass-8905.rad SageGlass-8906.rad SageGlass-8908.rad SageGlass-8909.rad
> > LLGlasses.db
>
> 2. After creating LLGlasses.db i executed the Glaze script and created
> glazing systems like below, only changing s2 with EC glass states and
> keeping other surfaces constant. The 'Normal hemispherical transmittance’ calculated
> this way (0.553) is different from Tvis( 0.453) calculated using Window
> <https://seafile.rlp.net/f/eb88794094874c8c9843/?dl=1>, for the same
> combination of glasses (the case of 8905 and CARDINAL_66_0.76.rad, shown
> below). The only thing extra in Window is air gap (mix of Argon and air).
>
>
> Window normal faces interior
>
>   | |    | |
>   | |    | |
>   | |    | |
>   | |    | |-->
>   | |    | |
>   | |    | |
>   | |    | |
>  s1 s2  s3 s4
>
> Supported surface types are:
>    1 - Clear-Float-Glass-8
>    2 - Cardinal
>    3 - SageGlass-8905
>    4 - SageGlass-8906
>    5 - SageGlass-8908
>    6 - SageGlass-8909
>
> What is the type of s1? 1
> What is the type of s2? 3
> What is the type of s3? 2
> What is the type of s4? 1
>
> ############################################
> # Glazing produced by Radiance glaze script
> # $Revision$
> # Loaded: LLGlasses.db
> # Mon Dec 18 10:47:37 CET 2017
> # Material surface normal points to interior
> # Number of panes in system: 2
> # Exterior surface s1 type: Clear-Float-Glass-8
> # Inner surface s2 type: SageGlass-8905
> # Inner surface s3 type: Cardinal
> # Interior surface s4 type: Clear-Float-Glass-8
> # Exterior normal hemispherical reflectance: 0.160661531
> # Interior normal hemispherical reflectance: 0.129405804
> # Normal hemispherical transmittance: 0.553981928
> #
> void BRTDfunc glaze2_unnamed
> 10
> if(Rdot,cr(fr(0.060),ft(0.789),fr(0.086)),cr(fr(0.119),ft(0.
> 666),fr(0.071)))
> if(Rdot,cr(fr(0.077),ft(0.845),fr(0.08)),cr(fr(0.12),ft(0.69),fr(0.091)))
> if(Rdot,cr(fr(0.113),ft(0.767),fr(0.058)),cr(fr(0.144),ft(0.
> 502),fr(0.116)))
> ft(0.789)*ft(0.666)
> ft(0.845)*ft(0.69)
> ft(0.767)*ft(0.502)
> 0 0 0
> glaze2.cal
> 0
> 9
> 0 0 0
> 0 0 0
> 0 0 0
>
>
> I would like to know why they are different and which is the correct
> visible transmittance for the glazing. I have included all the files here
> <https://seafile.rlp.net/d/3b63eb865e8f49169d68/>.
>
> 3. Why does optics2glazedb needs first argument a clear glass? I
> generated a db with Clear-Float-Glass-8 initially (see the Supported
> surface types above) and then another db after removing it (see
> below). It still generated db, but when using Glaze script, I see  a 1 - clear
> glass is generated in Supported surface types automatically. In both
> cases (above and below) i get same Normal hemispherical transmittance. Is
> it ok to use any clear glass here?
>
>    1 - clear glass
>    2 - Cardinal
>    3 - SageGlass-8905
>    4 - SageGlass-8906
>    5 - SageGlass-8908
>    6 - SageGlass-8909
>
> It would be great if any one could explain this .
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Best Regards,
> Raghu
>
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