Glare Analysis - [source code]

Glare Analysis This component is using evalglare for glare calculations. Evalgalare is developed by J. Wienold at Fraunhofer ISE. http://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/ Check this link for more information about glare analysis. Thanks to Christoph Reinhart, Shelby Doyle, J Alstan Jakubiec and Rashida Mogri. http://web.mit.edu/tito_/www/Projects/Glare/GlareRecommendationsForPractice.html -

Inputs

• HDRImagePath [Required]

  Path to an HDR image file

• taskPositionUV [Optional]

  Task position in x and y coordinates

• taskPositionAngle [Optional]

  Task position opening angle in degrees

• runIt [Required]

  Set to True to run the analysis

Outputs

• readMe

  ...

• glareCheckImage

  Path to HDR image of the glare study

• DGP

  Daylight glare probability.

• DGI

  Daylight glare index

• glareComfortRange

  Comfort Ranges. Imperceptible Glare [0.35 > DGP], Perceptible Glare [0.4 > DGP >= 0.35], Disturbing Glare [0.45 > DGP >= 0.4], Intolerable Glare [DGP >= 0.45]

• imageWithTaskArea

  Path to HDR image with task area marked with blue circle

Check Hydra Example Files for Glare Analysis