[Bldg-sim] Radiance for ECOTECT

[Guglielmetti, Robert]

You can get rid of the need to add the .pl extension by "associating" .pl with the ActivePerl installation. The ActiveState installer offers that as an option when you install it, but here's a reference that shows you how to do it after the fact:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2073279_associate-extensions-windows-files.html

Happy falsecoloring. =8-)

P.S. We have a revised Radiance installation doc which should be up on the website soon…

Rob Guglielmetti
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Commercial Buildings Research Group
15013 Denver West Parkway MS:RSF202
Golden, CO 80401
303.275.4319
robert.guglielmetti at nrel.gov



On 10/19/12 11:27 AM, "Alex Krickx" <akrickx at integralgroup.com<mailto:akrickx at integralgroup.com>> wrote:

I had this same issue today. I found this PDF which helped: https://openstudio.nrel.gov/files/Radiance_Installation_Instructions_0_9_0.pdf
I clicked the link for ActivePerl (http://www.activestate.com/activeperl), Downloaded/Installed it and was good to go.

The only tricky step was that I needed to type "falsecolor.pl<http://falsecolor.pl>" not "falsecolor" into the command editor.

And just for reference the error I got before was:
"'falsecolor' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Alex Krickx


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On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Guglielmetti, Robert <Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov<mailto:Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov>> wrote:
Hi Vaibhav,

That's because falsecolor is actually a Perl script, so it appears as "falsecolor.pl<http://falsecolor.pl>" in your radiance/bin folder, and rview was renamed "rvu.exe" a number of years ago due to a common naming conflict with an alias to vi on unix systems. The objview script has also been reimplemented in Ruby so Windows users can enjoy that utility as well.

Of course this means that to use falsecolor.pl<http://falsecolor.pl>, you need Perl installed on your system, and to use objview.rb, you need Ruby (recommend version 1.8.7) installed. Not sure if the bldg-sim list accepts attachments, so I'll send you our latest Radiance install instructions in a separate email.

Happy raytracing!

- Rob

Rob Guglielmetti
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Commercial Buildings Research Group
15013 Denver West Parkway MS:RSF202
Golden, CO 80401
303.275.4319
robert.guglielmetti at nrel.gov<mailto:robert.guglielmetti at nrel.gov>



On 10/19/12 7:35 AM, "Vaibhav Jain" <vaibhav.energyarchitect at gmail.com<mailto:vaibhav.energyarchitect at gmail.com><mailto:vaibhav.energyarchitect at gmail.com<mailto:vaibhav.energyarchitect at gmail.com>>> wrote:

Hi Robert,

Thank you for the last discussion.

After installing the Radiance Windows (32bit) from NREL's website, I find that there are no executable files for falsecolor.exe and rview.exe in the bin folder. Do you know why? Has there been any change in the new version? Thank you!

Best regards,
Vaibhav Jain
www.vaibhavjain.co<http://www.vaibhavjain.co><http://www.vaibhavjain.co/>




On 3 August 2012 18:48, Guglielmetti, Robert <Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov<mailto:Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov><mailto:Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov<mailto:Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov>>> wrote:
You can download installers for Radiance for Windows, MacOS, and Linux from NREL's OpenStudio website:

https://openstudio.nrel.gov/getting-started-developer/getting-started-radiance

We will be updating them regularly as new features are added, as well.

Happy rendering!

- Rob Guglielmetti
NREL
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Subject: [Bldg-sim] Radiance for ECOTECT

Hi,
Where can I find full installation of Radiance to work with Ecotect Analysis?

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