HB+ 5phase simulation does not show solar patches


The image on the right shows direct sunlight being cut off by blinds (which are incorporated through proxy geometry). You can find the entire example in Section 9.1 (https://www.radiance-online.org/learning/tutorials/matrix-based-methods) . This document is somewhat out-of-date because it does not include aBSDFs but you should be just able to change BSDF to aBSDF (radTutorialFiles/room/blinds/blindsWithProxy.rad at main · sariths/radTutorialFiles · GitHub )when defining your preforated shading screen with proxy materials.

The rationale for using proxy geometry is described in this conference paper : Validation of the Five-Phase Method for Simulating Complex Fenestration Systems with Radiance against Field Measurements | Building Technology and Urban Systems . I don’t know how much of this functionality has actually been ported into Honeybee ( @mikkel will be the right person to answer that).

Regards,
Sarith

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