radiance_makefile

An opinionated Makefile to simplify using the Radiance physically based rendering system

Usage

1. Copy the file in your Radiance project folder
2. Edit the Makefile WORKPATH variable with the path of your Radiance project folder
3. Invoke make dirs to create a set of directories in the folder
4. Copy the Radiance model, view, grid, materials and sky files in the respective directories
5. Create a .rad file with the name of your project which includes the Radiance geometry files
6. Edit the other variables as desired
7. Run one or more of the following commands:

make rvu to invoke the interactive Radiance viewer

make lumpic to generate a luminance picture

make illpic to generate an illuminance picture

make lumpmap to generate a luminance picture with photon mapping

make illpmap to generate an illuminance picture with photon mapping

make illgrid to calculate illuminance values over a grid

make dfgrid to calculate daylight factor values over a grid

make hdrfinalise to post process the luminance and illuminance pictures