<div dir="ltr">Thanks Achim, <div><br></div><div style>I will check better the TDFs.</div><div style><br></div><div style>About the BSDFs, those are good news! thanks very much... I will explore more this. So, if I have a set of positions of my shading system (one BSDF by each position), I should be able to control de BSDF in ESPr simulation, changing it over time?</div> <div style><br></div><div style>THANKS</div><div style><br>German</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/5/10 Achim Geissler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:achim.geissler@intergga.ch" target="_blank">achim.geissler@intergga.ch</a>></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Dear Germán<div><br></div><div>to control lighting power from a yearly data set (as I understand you would have as output of the Three-phase-method) you would probably best use the tdf file input as described by Jon.</div> <div><br></div><div>The BSDF-files can hold more than one data set, basically. So, if you control your blind with a given set of possible settings (up, down horizontal, down 45 deg and down closed for example), you can probably have all the according data sets available and switch during run-time.</div> <div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>Achim</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div class="h5"><div>On May 10, 2013, at 4:07 PM, Germán Molina Larrain <<a href="mailto:germolinal@gmail.com" target="_blank">germolinal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div> <br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">Dear everyone, <div><br></div><div>I am thinking on coupling Radiance with ESPr using the Three-phase method. The plan is simple: Make a detailed simulation on Radiance, and create a schedule of artificial lighting power (energy consumption / internal gains) and, somehow, shading control.</div> <div><br></div><div>On the lighting power part, I was thinking on creating a Zonal Casual Gain File, that will account for the internal gains generated by the lighting. <font color="#ff0000">Is this valid? should it be just convective? radiative?</font></div> <div><br></div><div>On the other hand... in a recent e-mail I was told that ESPr can use Bidirectional Information (probably extracted from LBNLs WINDOW software) to make simulations; but, since a big advantage of the Three-phase method is to allow easy control,<font color="#ff0000"> I was wondering if it was possible to, on each timestep, modify the BSDF information (accounting, for example, opening or closing blinds) on ESPr.</font></div> <div><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></div><div><font>Anyway... consider this an open topic, and please feel free to comment. I know I am not the only one who has thought about these topics, so you experiences will be very welcomed.</font></div> <div><font><br></font></div><div><font>THANKS VERY MUCH</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>German</font></div></div></div></div> _______________________________________________<br>esp-r mailing list<br><a href="mailto:esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk" target="_blank">esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk</a><br><a href="http://lists.strath.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/esp-r" target="_blank">http://lists.strath.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/esp-r</a></blockquote> </div><br><div> <span style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;text-align:auto;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;border-collapse:separate;text-transform:none;font-size:12px;white-space:normal;font-family:Helvetica;word-spacing:0px"><div> <a href="mailto:achim.geissler@intergga.ch" target="_blank">achim.geissler@intergga.ch</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></span><br> </div> <br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>