honeybee_radiance.lightsource.dictutil module

Utilities to convert light source dictionaries to Python objects.

honeybee_radiance.lightsource.dictutil.dict_to_light_source(light_source_dict, raise_exception=True)[source]

Get a Python object of any light source from a dictionary.

Parameters:

  • light_source_dict – A dictionary of any Honeybee Radiance light source. Note that this should be a non-abridged dictionary to be valid.

  • raise_exception – Boolean to note whether an excpetion should be raised if the object is not identified as a light source. Default: True.

Returns:

A Python object derived from the input light_source_dict.