honeybee_radiance_command.cutil module

Collection of auxilary functions for radiance commands and options.

honeybee_radiance_command.cutil.nukedir(target_dir, rmdir=False)

Delete all the files inside target_dir.

Usage:

nukedir(“c:/ladybug/libs”, True)

honeybee_radiance_command.cutil.parse_radiance_options(string)

Parse a radiance options string (e.g. ‘-ab 4 -ad 256’).

The string should start with a ‘-’ otherwise it will be trimmed to the first ‘-’ in string.

honeybee_radiance_command.cutil.preparedir(target_dir, remove_content=True)

Prepare a folder for analysis.

This method creates the folder if it is not created, and removes the file in the folder if the folder already existed.

honeybee_radiance_command.cutil.write_to_file_by_name(folder, fname, data, mkdir=False)

Write a string of data to file by filename and folder.

Parameters:

• folder – Target folder (e.g. c:/ladybug).

• fname – File name (e.g. testPts.pts).

• data – Any data as string.

• mkdir – Set to True to create the directory if doesn’t exist (Default: False).