Dear All,
I have desktop Radiance installed and is working fine when I export to it from Ecotect, I can get the basic render as well. However, now I do not understand from the Ecotect help index on how I can edit Material data, Furniture, and Lighting data which I have not modeled in Ecotect to appear in the Radiance render and participate in the resulting lighting calculations?
I have really tried searching everywhere for some form of example or video that explains how to do this but to no avail.
Below I have attached an image from the radiance control panel and also an image from Dr. Andrew Marsh's presentation superimposed in the same image. I cannot seem to be able to find any materials as can be seen from my radiance control panel. I also went through Axel Jacobs basic Radiance tutorial but am really having difficulty on where and how to start? How I can create a .rad file? where do I create one? Can I try creating one on a new radiance control panel? Just even an example or a video tutorial would do a world of good. Similarly, #Zone.rad and .Oct files are something that I would like to understand as well. Just a rundown of what these files are for, where they are to be saved and how they are written can be very helpful to me as well as other new desktop radiance learners.
Please any pointers in the right direction will be truly appreciated. Thank you.
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