# \#accelerad

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## [Honeybee+ & Accelerad](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/honeybee-accelerad/5960)

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**Author:** [@daweissman](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/daweissman)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/honeybee-accelerad/5960 "2025-04-01T10:02:01Z")

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I’ve been working to get Honeybee+ working with accelerad and seem to have success with the annual Daylight recipe (required adding in a new variable -y which equals the quantity of calc points, and changing -c 1 (defaul…

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## [Blurry Results with Accelerad and AnnualIrradiance Recipe](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/blurry-results-with-accelerad-and-annualirradiance-recipe/34923)

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**Author:** [@Yannick](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/Yannick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/blurry-results-with-accelerad-and-annualirradiance-recipe/34923 "2024-10-23T08:45:36Z")

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I am running the Annual Irradiance recipe in Python only and i was trying out Accelerad to speed up the simulation. So far everything is working and my simulation speeds up around 4x. But i get kind of blurry results wh…

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## [Can't make Accelerad simulations run for some reason](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/cant-make-accelerad-simulations-run-for-some-reason/23340)

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**Author:** [@zdenom](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/zdenom)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/cant-make-accelerad-simulations-run-for-some-reason/23340 "2023-11-25T22:33:59Z")

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Hi everyone, I am stuck on using Accelerad with LadybugTools in Grasshopper. After copying and replacing the Accelerad files into the Radiance bin folder, the simulation fails. I tried running a very simple CummulativeR…

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## [Does running accelerad require honeybee\[+\]?](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/does-running-accelerad-require-honeybee/23059)

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**Author:** [@Koziu233](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/Koziu233)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/does-running-accelerad-require-honeybee/23059 "2023-10-31T10:28:20Z")

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Sorry for being naive. I’m searching for approaches to apply accelerad in honeybee and the results lead me to honeybee\[+\]. I’m currently using the honeybee from pollination 1.5, inside which I am aware the module honey…

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## [AcceleRad installation error on Renderfarm](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/accelerad-installation-error-on-renderfarm/22635)

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**Author:** [@JobdeVogel](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/JobdeVogel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/accelerad-installation-error-on-renderfarm/22635 "2023-09-13T19:06:49Z")

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Hi all, For large scale simulations, we are trying to install AcceleRad on our faculty Renderfarm. Unfortunately we are running into errors when testing the AcceleRad installation. We are suspecting it has to do with Op…

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## [Accelerad and HB AnnualIrradiance "workers"](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/accelerad-and-hb-annualirradiance-workers/21493)

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**Author:** [@justinfmccarty](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/justinfmccarty)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/accelerad-and-hb-annualirradiance-workers/21493 "2023-04-18T15:07:09Z")

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Hello all, I am running the Annual Irradiance recipe using the Python API. I have also setup to run Accelerad. I am curious though what the expected impact of the workers argument is in this case: # create the settings…

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## [Daylight factor simulations - unreliable data with Accelerad](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/daylight-factor-simulations-unreliable-data-with-accelerad/21458)

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**Author:** [@andrea.botti](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/andrea.botti)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/daylight-factor-simulations-unreliable-data-with-accelerad/21458 "2023-04-14T13:24:08Z")

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Hi there, I am writing with a certain degree of discomfort as my colleagues and I have discovered some rather worrying discrepancy between daylight results obtained when the same model is run on 2 separate PCs, both hav…

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## [HB\[+\] & Accelerad vs Honeybee\[+\] vs Honeybee](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/hb-accelerad-vs-honeybee-vs-honeybee/12296)

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**Author:** [@pmcmm](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/pmcmm)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/hb-accelerad-vs-honeybee-vs-honeybee/12296 "2021-11-23T18:47:05Z")

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Hello everyone, I’ve been spending some time trying out the latest release of HB1.1. It is an excellent piece of work. I was using in the past DIVA4 and HB\[+\], this brought simulations to a new level. However, there is …

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## [Accelerad / How to trigger it wih Honeybee for Image based simluation](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/accelerad-how-to-trigger-it-wih-honeybee-for-image-based-simluation/15559)

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**Author:** [@Carlos\_BM](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/Carlos_BM)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/accelerad-how-to-trigger-it-wih-honeybee-for-image-based-simluation/15559 "2021-09-29T09:08:34Z")

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Hello World, I’m trying to find the best way to trigger Accelerad with Honeybee. Is there any step by step guide on how to make honeybee work using it, in order to perform a radiation analysis? I’d like to use this to…

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## [Dayight analysis using Ladybug and Honeybee - data loss using GPU computed rpict (Accelerad)](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/dayight-analysis-using-ladybug-and-honeybee-data-loss-using-gpu-computed-rpict-accelerad/14608)

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**Author:** [@Rasmus.norulf](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/Rasmus.norulf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/dayight-analysis-using-ladybug-and-honeybee-data-loss-using-gpu-computed-rpict-accelerad/14608 "2021-05-27T07:30:20Z")

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I’m doing indoor daylight simulation using GH plugin Honeybee and Radiance. Initially i ran Rpict calculations on CPU, then i came across Accerad that enables GPU to do the Rpict calculations. It’s certainly alot faster …

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## [Best way to take advantage of GPU? Accelerad?](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/best-way-to-take-advantage-of-gpu-accelerad/3058)

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**Author:** [@delrocco](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/delrocco)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/best-way-to-take-advantage-of-gpu-accelerad/3058 "2019-04-11T14:36:03Z")

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Is there a standard way to make Ladybug/Honeybee renders take advantage of GPU? Just want to take advantage of my Titan Xp. Should I replace/alias my local version of rpict/etc. with Accelerad versions? https://nljones…