[Radiance-general] Help with converting using optics2glazedb

[Aditya Potipireddi]

Greg and CJ,

Thank you for the quick response and help with converting the optics file.

-Aditya


Greg, Yes, I wanted to post in the new discussion foru,

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 3:37 PM, Charudatta Joshi <cjoshi.energy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Adi,
>
> With the following IGU build:
> s1  clr
> s2  ippl
> s3  clr
> s4  clr
>
> I get this:
>
> ############################################
> # Glazing produced by Radiance glaze script
> # $Revision: 2.8 $
> # Loaded: adi.db
> # Thu May 31 03:47:49 DST 2018
> # Material surface normal points to interior
> # Number of panes in system: 2
> # Exterior surface s1 type: CLR-6
> # Inner surface s2 type: ippl-4727-10617-8
> # Inner surface s3 type: CLR-6
> # Interior surface s4 type: CLR-6
> # Exterior normal hemispherical reflectance: 0.243891868
> # Interior normal hemispherical reflectance: 0.13975068
> # Normal hemispherical transmittance: 0.450539062
> #
> void BRTDfunc glaze2_unnamed
> 10
> if(Rdot,cr(fr(0.074),ft(0.862),fr(0.027)),cr(fr(0.184),ft(0.
> 469),fr(0.074)))
> if(Rdot,cr(fr(0.077),ft(0.89),fr(0.098)),cr(fr(0.231),ft(0.
> 529),fr(0.077)))
> if(Rdot,cr(fr(0.079),ft(0.886),fr(0.133)),cr(fr(0.315),ft(0.
> 491),fr(0.078)))
> ft(0.862)*ft(0.469)
> ft(0.89)*ft(0.529)
> ft(0.886)*ft(0.491)
>         0 0 0
>         glaze2.cal
> 0
> 9
>         0 0 0
>         0 0 0
>         0 0 0
> ############################################
>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> *Charudatta Joshi*
>
> *If it is worth doing, it is worth doing well.*
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 3:36 AM, Greg Ward <gregoryjward at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Aditya,
>>
>> There is a Perl version of the script, called "optics2rad.pl".  I don't
>> think it gets installed by default, but you can find it in the ray/src/cv
>> directory and install it yourself.
>>
>> There are a few problems with your file.  Mainly, neither version of
>> optics2rad can handle underscores in the material name.  I had to change
>> those out for '.' or remove them.  Here are the outputs I get:
>>
>> # Output generated by /usr/local/ray/optics2rad from
>> /Users/gward/Desktop/CLR_6.rad
>> #
>> # FileName= CLR_6.AFG
>> # Product Name= Float Glass
>> # NFRC ID= 890
>> # Manufacturer Name= AGC Glass Co. N.A.
>> # Glazing Type= Monolithic
>> # Coated Side= Neither
>> # Transmittance= 0.883
>> # Front Reflectance= 0.076
>> # Back Reflectance= 0.076
>> # Thickness(mm)= 5.715
>> # Appearance= Clear
>> #
>>
>> void glass    CLR6
>> 0
>> 0
>> 3  0.938   0.97  0.965
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> # Output generated by optics2rad from /Users/gward/Desktop/ippl_4727
>> _10617_8.rad
>> #
>> # FileName= ippl_4727_10617_8.ipe
>> # Product Name= ipasol platin 47/27 8 mm
>> # NFRC ID= 7171
>> # Manufacturer Name= INTERPANE GLAS INDUSTRIE AG
>> # Glazing Type= Coated
>> # Coated Side= Back
>> # Transmittance= 0.510
>> # Front Reflectance= 0.224
>> # Back Reflectance= 0.081
>> # Thickness(mm)= 7.850
>> # Appearance= clear
>> #
>> void BRTDfunc ippl4727.10617.8
>> 10 rR_bronze rG_bronze rB_bronze
>> 0.469*tR_bronze   0.529*tG_bronze   0.491*tB_bronze
>> 0 0 0 window.cal
>> 0
>> 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
>> 0.184       0.231    0.315
>> 0.027       0.098    0.133
>>
>> ---------
>>
>> FInally, we are moving Q&A over to the Radiance Discourse server <
>> discourse.radiance-online.org/top>, which is unfortunately out of
>> commission today....
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Greg
>>
>> *From: *Aditya Potipireddi <aditect at gmail.com>
>>
>> *Date: *May 30, 2018 2:39:59 PM PDT
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Looking for help in converting optics output of a glass assembly to
>> single glaze definition (BRTDfunc) using “Optics2glazedb” function. I
>> currently don’t have mac or Linux machine to run the function.  Please
>> see attached the rad files of the glazing assembly exported out of optics.
>>
>> The "ippl_4727_10617_8.rad" is the exterior glass(s1) , and the
>> "CLR_6.rad" is the inner glass (s2)
>>
>> Thank you for time and help! in advance.
>>
>> -Aditya
>>
>>
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