[Radiance-general] gendaymtx '-5' option not working

David Geisler-Moroder david.moroder at gmail.com
Wed Mar 15 10:06:41 PDT 2017


I think it should also work if you use other (lower) MFs, but you need to
take care that with less sun positions the benefits of an accurate direct
sun calculation get lost...


2017-03-15 16:59 GMT+01:00 Germán Molina Larrain <germolinal at gmail.com>:

> Oh! I thought the -5 was enough, did not know i had to add also -d. Thanks
> very much.
>
> Is it possible to use other MFs rather than 6? I know the higher the
> better... I am thinking on warnings for Groundhog
>
> Best
>
>
> El mié., 15 de mar. de 2017 12:56, David Geisler-Moroder <
> david.moroder at gmail.com> escribió:
>
>> Dear German,
>>
>> you need the "-5" option for the last step of the 5-Phase calculation,
>> i.e. the detailed sun description. For that you need to use it together
>> with the "-d" option and you need to take a higher sky subdivision with -m
>> 6.
>>
>> The command should look like:
>>
>> gendaymtx -5 0.533 -d -m 6 Santiago.wea
>>
>> Best,
>> David
>>
>> 2017-03-15 16:29 GMT+01:00 Germán Molina Larrain <germolinal at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am trying to generate a '-5' sky vector from a weather file that
>> contains just:
>>
>> place SANTIAGO_CHL
>> latitude -33.38
>> longitude 70.78
>> time_zone 60
>> site_elevation 476.0
>> weather_data_file_units 1
>> 1 1 9.5 756 189
>>
>> I am using the command:
>>
>> g*endaymtx -h -5 0.533 -m 1 Santiago.wea > test*
>>
>> but I am getting the exact same sky vector as without the '-5' option
>> (i.e. full sky). Any hints on this? I am trying to implement the 5 phases...
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Germán
>>
>>
>>
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