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Silvana Ayala edited this page Feb 22, 2019
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X and Y define the module size. X is along the row Y is along the slope that will be sampled (the 'collector width').
If you want a portrait module:
You can obviously do whatever you want, but here is MY rule of thumb:
Y > X,
If you want a landscape module:
X < Y,
Orientation is deprecated. If you pass 'orientation', it will just show a warning.
How to perform a Sanity check for your geometry:
Use Gendaylit (not Gencumsky) so you can use Radiance's viewer RVU
Make more than 1 module, so you know your row orientation,
If it is a 2-up system, pass a ygap (gap betwen modules when in 2-UP orientation) that is also noticeable (~0.15 at least).
Pass a 'xgap' (gap between modules along a row) to makeModule that is very wide (~0.5 meters?) so you can see the separation and outline of the modules well.
After doing this: once your 'oconv' is generated (after "makeOconv"), go to your cmd.exe window, navigate to the folder where you have your RadianceScene, and do an RVU sanity check:
rvu -vf views\front.vp -e .01 Demo_Test.oct
Some common topics / explanations about how bifacial_radiance works: