Perhaps this link can help:
http://ghostbusters.en.softonic.com/
It's supposed to work on Windows, but maybe it will work for luminaires, too.
Cheers,
-Greg
Sent from my iPad
On Feb 14, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Axel Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Pally,
>
> I just ran your model on a LINUX box. Here is some extra info and
> additional steps that were required:
>
> $ getinfo image5.oct
> image5.oct:
> #?RADIANCE
> oconv -f Monday.map Monday.rad
> FORMAT=Radiance_octree
>
> $ getinfo image5.pic
> image5.pic:
> #?RADIANCE
> oconv -f Monday.map Monday.rad
> OCTREE=image5.oct
> rpict -w -t 5 -vtv -vp 6.300 8.100 1.800 -vd -2.800 -3.600 0.000 -vu
> 0 0 1 -vh 80.000 -vv 60.000 -x 1600 -y 1600 -ps 5 -pt 0.075 -pj 1.0
> -dj 0.600 -ds 0.200 -dt 0.025 -dc 0.950 -dr 3 -dp 256 -st 0.300 -ab 2
> -aa 0.100 -ar 256 -ad 512 -as 256 -lr 8 -lw 0.002 -av 0.000 0.000
> 0.000 -e Radiance.log -af temp.amb
> SOFTWARE= RADIANCE 4.2a built by Integrated Environmental Solutions
> Limited. (September 2012)
> VIEW= -vtv -vp 6.3 8.1 1.8 -vd -2.8 -3.6 0 -vu 0 0 1 -vh 80 -vv 60
> -vo 0 -va 0 -vs 0 -vl 0
> CAPDATE= 2012:11:02 12:18:35
> GMT= 2012:11:02 12:18:35
> FORMAT=32-bit_rle_rgbe
> pfilt -m 0.25 -x /2 -y /2
> EXPOSURE=3.934435e+000
>
> $ gvim Monday.rad (paths)
> $ gvim Monday.rdv (prepend 'rvu')
> $ cat Monday.rdp
> -ps 5 -pt 0.075 -pj 1.0 -dj 0.600 -ds 0.200 -dt 0.025 -dc 0.950 -dr 3
> -dp 256 -st 0.300 -ab 2 -aa 0.100 -ar 256 -ad 512 -as 256 -lr 8 -lw
> 0.002 -av 0.000 0.000 0.000 -e Radiance.log
>
> $ oconv Monday.map Monday.rad > Monday.oct
>
> Test a) - With opts file Monday.rdp
> $ rpict -vf Monday.rdv @Monday.rdp Monday.oct > axel.hdr
> Test b) - With opts from image5.pic
> $ rpict -w -t 5 -vtv -vp 6.300 8.100 1.800 -vd -2.800 -3.600 0.000 -vu
> 0 0 1 -vh 80.000 -vv 60.000 -ps 5 -pt 0.075 -pj 1.0 -dj 0.600 -ds
> 0.200 -dt 0.025 -dc 0.950 -dr 3 -dp 256 -st 0.300 -ab 2 -aa 0.100 -ar
> 256 -ad 512 -as 256 -lr 8 -lw 0.002 -av 0.000 0.000 0.000 Monday.oct >
> image5_axel.hdr
>
> Both images (image5_axel.hdr and axel.hdr) don't show the ghost
> luminaires that you have in image5.pic. No idea what's going on.
>
> I also inspected your model in Rhino3d. The surfaces that IESVE
> generated can be a bit weird, especially when you don't enable 'inner
> volumes'. In your case, the walls at least are good, with no co-planar
> surfaces.
>
> Cheers
>
> Axel
>
> On 14 February 2013 11:10, Pally Sandher <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Greg I'm using the snapshot from
>> http://public.kitware.com/gitweb?p=radiance.git;a=tree which doesn't appear
>> to have been changed since the 15th of September.
>> http://radiance-online.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/?pathrev=MAIN doesn't appear
>> to have tarball generation enabled.
>>
>> Palbinder Sandher
>> Software Platform Engineer
>> T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500
>> F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501
>> http://www.iesve.com
>>
>> **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>**
>> Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No.
>> SC151456
>> Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow
>> G20 0SP
>> Email Disclaimer
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gregory J. Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: 13 February 2013 19:14
>> To: code development
>> Subject: Re: [Radiance-dev] The curious case of the Ghost Luminaire
>>
>> I can't really tell what's going on because I can't reproduce your strange
>> image with the ghost luminaire. The ghost doesn't even match the appearance
>> of the luminaires you've defined, so it makes no sense to me.
>>
>> You should retry with the latest HEAD version to see if it's still happening
>> for you. If it is, then we have an issue I can investigate further.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Greg
>>
>>> From: Pally Sandher <[email protected]>
>>> Date: February 13, 2013 7:40:44 AM PST
>>>
>>> Greg I'd completely forgotten about this issue & was reminded by a
>>> colleague recently as he was seeing this issue intermittently.
>>> He's provided me an archive which I've uploaded to
>>> http://upload.iesve.com/downloads/radiance_issues/ghost_luminaire2.zip
>>> It should contain - Monday.rad, Monday_mod.rad Luminaire Files -
>>> DULCET1203WW.* Parameter file - Monday.rdp (with -dt = 0.025 and -dc =
>>> 0.95) View file - Monday.rdv Octree file - image5.oct Pic file - image5.pic
>>> (with ghost luminaire)
>>>
>>> We're running on Windows 7 x64. The radiance code I used to build from
>>> source is a few months old (mid-September IIRC) as I haven't had time to
>>> re-download & re-run Cmake etc. if there's been any updates since then.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Palbinder Sandher
>>> Software Platform Engineer
>>> T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500
>>> F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501
>>> http://www.iesve.com
>>>
>>> **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>**
>>> Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No.
>>> SC151456
>>> Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow
>>> G20 0SP
>>> Email Disclaimer
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Gregory J. Ward [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: 01 November 2012 16:33
>>> To: code development
>>> Subject: Re: [Radiance-dev] The curious case of the Ghost Luminaire
>>>
>>> Hi Pally,
>>>
>>> I don't know who or what is setting your rendering parameters, but they are
>>> not something I would recommend. The "rad" program is a good way to get
>>> sane rendering options if you don't like the defaults. Setting -dt .25 -dc
>>> .35 is causing the strange contours around your light sources as well as
>>> numerous other inaccuracies. You are telling Radiance that you are fine
>>> with 25% error in the direct calculation, meaning everything else is worse.
>>>
>>> The ghosts you are seeing are due most likely to a glazing surface that
>>> extends over your wall surface(s). I can't tell you for sure because the
>>> zip file you uploaded doesn't contain a complete model -- there are many
>>> referenced files that are missing.
>>
>>>
>>> What system are you using to assemble all this?
>>>
>>> -Greg
>>>
>>>> From: Pally Sandher <[email protected]>
>>>> Date: November 1, 2012 9:15:20 AM PDT
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> We've noticed some strange "ghost" luminaires in Radiance 4.2 (nothing to
>>>> do with Halloween yesterday).
>>>> I've uploaded a file with a sample .pic file and the files used to
>>>> generate it at
>>>> http://upload.iesve.com/downloads/radiance_issues/ghost_luminaire.zip
>>>>
>>>> As you can see from the .pic file there's a "ghost" luminaire to the
>>>> centre left of the image which appears to be generated by the luminaire
>>>> visible in the centre of the image (turning off the others while leaving
>>>> it on still shows the ghost while vice-versa doesn't). Rotating the view
>>>> to the right also removes the "ghost".
>>>> The commands we're running to generate the image are as follows:
>>>>
>>>> oconv -f Monday.map Monday.rad > ghost_lum.oct
>>>> rpict -w -t 2 -vtv -vp 6.300 8.100 1.800 -vd -2.800 -3.600 0.000 -vu 0 0 1
>>>> -vh 80.000 -vv 60.000 -x 1600 -y 1600 -x 64 -y 64 -ps 6 -pt 0.100 -pj 1.0
>>>> -dj 0.350 -ds 0.300 -dt 0.250 -dc 0.350 -dr 2 -dp 128 -st 0.500 -ab 2 -aa
>>>> 0.150 -ar 64 -ad 128 -as 64 -lr 6 -lw 0.005 -av 0.000 0.000 0.000 -af
>>>> temp.amb ghost_lum.oct >amb.raw
>>>> rpict -w -t 2 -vtv -vp 6.300 8.100 1.800 -vd -2.800 -3.600 0.000 -vu 0 0 1
>>>> -vh 80.000 -vv 60.000 -x 1600 -y 1600 -ps 6 -pt 0.100 -pj 1.0 -dj 0.350
>>>> -ds 0.300 -dt 0.250 -dc 0.350 -dr 2 -dp 128 -st 0.500 -ab 2 -aa 0.150 -ar
>>>> 64 -ad 128 -as 64 -lr 6 -lw 0.005 -av 0.000 0.000 0.000 -af temp.amb
>>>> ghost_lum.oct >ghost_lum.raw
>>>> pfilt -m 0.25 -x /2 -y /2 ghost_lum.raw >ghost_lum.pic
>>>>
>>>> If anyone has a few minutes to run this image on their systems & let me
>>>> know if the "ghost" luminaire also appears for you it would be most
>>>> appreciated (I'm using Radiance HEAD built from source on Windows 7 SP1).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Palbinder Sandher
>>>> Software Platform Engineer
>>>> T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500
>>>> F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501
>>>> http://www.iesve.com
>>>
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