Document Structure

As discussed in the previous chapter, the F-Matrix Method draws on concepts that form the basis for the Daylight Coefficient Method, the Three-Phase Method and the Five-Phase Method. Chapter 3 provides a brief description and literature review of these methods.

Although the Three-Phase Method and Five-Phase Method have been comprehensively documented in previous tutorials, the recent introduction of rfluxmtx has greatly simplified the workflows for these methods (McNeil 2013b; 2013c; Ward 2014). Some changes to the workflows have also been affected by the introduction of rmtxop, a Radiance utility for matrix based calculations. Chapter 4 contains brief introductions to rfluxmtx, rmtxop and other Radiance programs that will be used in this tutorial. Chapter 5 describes the Radiance model used for the daylighting simulations in Chapter 6 and Chapter 7.

Chapter 6 provides revised, and hopefully the most up-to-date, workflows for the Daylight Coefficient method, the Three-Phase Method and the Five-Phase Method.

Chapter 7 introduces the workflows for the F-matrix method. It describes three approaches for performing F-matrix simulations, informally termed as F1, FH and FN. Each successive approach involves a relatively more complex, and accurate, workflow.