Xrite’s Color Munki allows for calibrating monitors and measuring spectral samples. This is an excellent tool for measuring colors of materials and finishes for improved accuracy in computer renderings and simulations. The measured color palettes can be exported from the Color Munki software as *.CxF files and read back in 3ds Max with the help of a plugin now [...]
Here is a question that I see asked often: We are trying to do a daylight analysis that includes some frosted glass or “kalwall” style skylights which diffuse the light into the space. We can get the VLT (Visible Light Transmittance) values easy enough. However, is there some way to accurately (or semi-accurately) account for [...]
Manufacturer-based glazing data Several glass manufacturers provide optical data to the Windows® operating system and Daylight Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (http://windows.lbl.gov). This group maintains a database and publishes this data via a program called Optics 5. From Optics 5 you can then export a Radiance Material (*.rad file), which can be interpreted [...]
