bifacial_radiance.RadianceObj.genCumSky1axis

RadianceObj.genCumSky1axis(trackerdict=None)

1-axis tracking implementation of gencumulativesky. Creates multiple .cal files and .rad files, one for each tracker angle.

Use readWeatherFile() to limit gencumsky simulations

Parameters:

trackerdict (dictionary) – Trackerdict generated as output by RadianceObj.set1axis()

Returns:

trackerdict (dictionary) – Trackerdict dictionary with new entry trackerdict.skyfile Appends ‘skyfile’ to the 1-axis dict with the location of the sky .radfile