Thanks @chris @mostapha and the team. Unlike, many other softwares, LBT gets better with each new release. We appreciate your work!
I do have a question: I do not want multiple versions of pollination, LBT, Openstudio and Radiance. How do I rid of the existing Pollination GH plug-in neatly? Or would you recommend that I still keep the older OpenStudio and Radiance? Thanks.
Hey @tomsanya ,
Thank you for the kind words re: the LBT 1.9 release.
If you installed Ladybug Tools via the Pollination single-click installer, updating or uninstalling everything is very straightforward. Just running the newly-downloaded installer will update everything related to Ladybug Tools on your system, including all of the engines (replacing older engines used by Ladybug Tools with newer engines). Similarly, uninstalling Ladybug Tools via your operating system’s settings will uninstall everything.
If you installed Ladybug Tools via the Food4Rhino installer, then uninstalling everything is a little more work. Running the new installer.gh file will update all of the Ladybug Tools components and core libraries (replacing the old ones with new ones). But you will have to go to your operating system’s settings or application folder and install OpenStudio and Radiance manually if you don’t want them to be hanging around after you installer newer versions of these engines that will bet picked up by the Ladybug Tools components. Granted, keeping the old versions of the simulation engines around doesn’t really have any detriment except for the extra space it’s taking up on your hard drive. So you should feel free to keep them around if you think there is a chance that you might use them at some point.
I hope that’s clear but let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you @chris for the comprehensive response. I’ll install 1.9 and look forward to the experience.
Hi Chris,
I tried updating to the latest LBT version, 1.10, via Pollination, and it kept the old 1.9 and the new 1.10 components had ‘Old’ written across them. I then uninstalled all LBT folders on my system and tried running the Pollination upgrade installation but it didn’t install the LBTs - I presume because I deleted all traces of LBT folders on my system.
In this case, should I just install the LBTs (1.10) from scratch or is there a way of doing this via Pollination if all LBT folders have been deleted from my system?
Many thanks in advance.
Did you try using the LB Sync component? if you set it to true in your GH file with the 1.9 components, it should auto-replace all the components it can with the latest 1.10 version. Any components that are not able to be replaced directly it will circle with a red circle and tell you to manually do it - i.e. the color range component that @chris just added functionality too a few wks ago.
I do not believe you should need to reinstall everything, and I don’t believe that will auto update the components.
