Radiance Description
Radiance is a tool that aids lighting designers and architects in predicting the light levels and appearances of spaces before construction begins. The package includes programs to model and translate scene geometry, luminaire data, and material properties. All of these are required inputs to the simulation. Ray tracing techniques are used to calculate radiance values (ie. The amount of light passing through a particular point in a certain direction. These values are usually arranged to create a photographic quality image. The image can be displayed, edited, and modified within the package. It can also be exported to other image file formats, which allows for easy production of hard-copy output. Radiance's main component, and the most important, is the lighting simulator engine. It calculates light levels and renders pictures.
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Radiance
Website:
www.radiance-online.org
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Mac
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Documentation
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Online
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