If you can define the tregenza angle basis using the Window xml format
(which I think you can) then you can import your BSDF into Window without
modifications. When you combine it with other glazing layers, window will
use your defined basis and export a BSDF with data for the "custom" angle
basis (but it annoyingly gives the same Klems definition in the angle basis
definition tags).

However I don't think energy plus can use anything other than the klems
basis so you're still stuck.

Andy



On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Germán <[email protected]> wrote:

> There is some file in the source code that allows defining new basis...
> But, do you think it is advisable to build a Klems BTDF matrix from a
> Tregenza BTDF? A lot of information was probably lost in the "angle
> averaging"... Right?
>
> El 24-02-2014, a las 12:53, David Geisler-Moroder <[email protected]>
> escribió:
>
> Hi Chantal,
>
> I'm not completely sure about that, but if I remember right, you can use
> the bsdf2klems routine for your problem. Therefore you need to properly
> specify you angle basis (i.e. the Tregenza resolution) in you input
> XML-file. If I do not completely mix up things, the BSDF routines in
> Radiance are able to load any user-defined angle basis (as long as it is
> well-defined). Maybe Greg can confirm my assumption...
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
> 2014-02-24 13:32 GMT+01:00 minchaca <[email protected]>:
>
>> @German
>> Thanks a lot again, I'm gonna check that paper ...and don't worry , no
>> 'spanglish-spelling-disaster' detected ... everything was clear!   :)
>>
>>
>> @Lars, do you mean David Geisler-Moroder?
>> The data is from the gonio-photometer that we have in the lab, is based
>> on Tregenza's subdivision of the sky.. it seems
>> that the 'quiz/utopy' would be to translate tregenza to klems basis.
>> Anyway...I'll try to find the presentation that you are mentioning..  :)
>>
>>
>> Thanks to both, so kind of you!  :))
>>
>> Chantal.
>>
>>
>> 2014-02-24 2:25 GMT+01:00 Germán Molina Larrain <[email protected]>:
>>
>> Chantal,
>>>
>>> I understand WINDOW does not support Tregenza basis. However, I guess
>>> that if you have the "raw data" obtained from the photogoniometer, you
>>> could mannage to use Radiance's bsdf2klems program (probably not available
>>> in the NREL's binaries).
>>>
>>> Another option might be to perform the Klems matrix calculation in
>>> Matlab or something like that, and write the BSDF IDF file yourself. The
>>> procedure, I understand, is Very explained in detailed in two papers named
>>> "A new method for calculating solar heat gains" by J. Klems.
>>>
>>> None of these options is straightforward... They might end up being
>>> quite hard, actually.
>>>
>>> Good Luck!
>>>
>>> Germán
>>>
>>> Ps: I am answering from my phone, which  is in spanish, so the
>>> "autocorrect" might have caused some gramatical and spelling disasters...
>>> Sorry for that
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-02-23 20:38 GMT-03:00 Lars O. Grobe <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> >> May I ask you one more thing (even if I kind of 'feel' what is gonna
>>>> be the answer) :
>>>> >> what about if the xml file was generated by a photogoniometer, based
>>>> in Tregenza's subdivision of the sky?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Do you know if there is a way to import such file in Window?
>>>>
>>>> David presented examples step by step where he imported data into
>>>> Window6. Check recent workshop presentations please. However you would need
>>>> 145x145 BSDF values according to the Klems subdivisions for following the
>>>> method. Is your data measured or from genBSDF?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Lars.
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