Hi everyone!
I am trying to create a custom material in Honeybee-radiance for daylight simulation. But I did not see a component for dielectric material. Does the HB glass modifier work for this situation?
Thanks a lot!
Can you share the material definition that you are trying to work with? The baseclass is implemented in honeybee-radiance.
"""Radiance Dielectric Material.
http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/refer/ray.html#Dielectric
"""
from .materialbase import Material
# TODO: Implement the class. It's currently only a generic Radiance Primitive
class Dielectric(Material):
"""Radiance Dielectric Material.
A dielectric material is transparent, and it refracts light as well as reflecting it.
Its behavior is determined by the index of refraction and transmission coefficient in
each wavelength band per unit length. Common glass has a index of refraction (n)
around 1.5, and a transmission coefficient of roughly 0.92 over an inch. An
additional number, the Hartmann constant, describes how the index of refraction
changes as a function of wavelength. It is usually zero. (A pattern modifies only the
refracted value.)
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In theory, you should be able to pass the string to this class using the from_string classmethod, but I have never used it myself.
I did a quick test, and it worked! You can use the output of this component like any other honeybee modifier/material.
dielectric-materials.gh (3.7 KB)
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Hi mostapha! This is really helpful. Thanks a lot !
