Hello friends
I’ve heard that HOLIGILM software is used to simulate deep light tubes.Does the honeybee work accurately in deep (long) light tubes?
thanks
Honeybee uses Radiance which uses backwards ray-tracing for finding the light source. The out-of-the-box components in honeybee are not well suited for modeling light-pipes but there are workarounds which has been discussed. You will see them if you search the forum.
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thank you mostafa
Would you recommend using honeybee to write an article about deep (long) light tubes? Or it is better to use another software !! ??
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Hi Ali,
I saw your question on the other thread too. As Mostapha pointed out, there are no out-of-the-box solutions for simulating light pipes with Honeybee. If HOLIGLIM can meet your requirements in terms of the geometry, I would strong suggest using that. Miroslav Kocifaj is a very experienced daylighting researcher and I am sure that their research on this topic is thorough.
Using the Four-Phase Method, as I suggested in the other thread, requires a fairly advanced knowledge of Radiance command line programs.
Regards,
Sarith
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