bifacial_radiance.SceneObj#

class bifacial_radiance.SceneObj(module=None, name=None, hpc=False)[source]#

Scene information including PV module type, bifaciality, array info pv module orientation defaults: Azimuth = 180 (south) pv module origin: z = 0 bottom of frame. y = 0 lower edge of frame. x = 0 vertical centerline of module

scene includes module details (x,y,bifi, sceney (collector_width), scenex)

Parameters:

module (str or ModuleObj) – String name of module created with makeModule()
name (str) – Identifier of scene in case of multiple scenes. Default Scene0. Automatically increments if makeScene is run multiple times.

__init__(module=None, name=None, hpc=False)[source]#: initialize SceneObj

Methods

`__init__`([module, name, hpc])	initialize SceneObj
`addPiles`([spacingPiles, pile_lenx, ...])	Function to add support piles at determined intervals throughout the rows.
`appendtoScene`([customObject, radfile, text])	Appends to the Scene radfile in folder /objects the text command in Radiance lingo created by the user.
`saveImage`([filename, view])	Save an image of the scene to /images/.
`showScene`()	Method to call objview on the scene included in self

Attributes

`columns`
`methods`