Experimental validation of autodesk® 3ds max® design 2009 and daysim 3.0

LEUKOS - Journal of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-35

  Reinhart, Christoph ^a,b   Pierre Felix, Breton ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^c AUTODESK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3ds max; Daylight simulation; Radiance; Validation

Indexed keywords

3DS MAX; AUTODESK; DAYLIGHT COEFFICIENTS; DAYLIGHTING DESIGN; DIFFUSE IRRADIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GLOBAL ILLUMINATION; ILLUMINANCE MEASUREMENT; INCOMING LIGHT; LIGHTING ANALYSIS; MEAN BIAS ERRORS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SIMULATION CAPABILITY; SIMULATION PROGRAM; SINGLE LOCATION; SKY CONDITION; SKY MODELS; TEST CASE; VALIDATION STUDY; VENETIAN BLIND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAYLIGHTING; DESIGN; ERRORS; SENSORS;

DAYLIGHT SIMULATION;

EID: 77649112611     PISSN: 15502724     EISSN: 15502716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1582/LEUKOS.2009.06.01001     Document Type: Article

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