dragonfly_radiance.properties.context module¶

Context Shade Radiance Properties.

class dragonfly_radiance.properties.context.ContextShadeRadianceProperties(host_shade, modifier=None)[source]¶

Bases: object

Radiance Properties for Dragonfly ContextShade.

Parameters

host_shade – A dragonfly_core ContextShade object that hosts these properties.
modifier – An optional Modifier object to set the reflectance and specularity of the ContextShade. The default is a completely diffuse modifier with 0.2 reflectance.

Properties:

apply_properties_from_dict(abridged_data, modifiers)[source]¶

Apply properties from a ContextShadeRadiancePropertiesAbridged dictionary.

Parameters

abridged_data – A ContextShadeRadiancePropertiesAbridged dictionary (typically coming from a Model).
modifiers – A dictionary of modifiers with modifiers identifiers as keys, which will be used to re-assign modifiers.

duplicate(new_host=None)[source]¶

Get a copy of this object.

new_host: A new ContextShade object that hosts these properties.: If None, the properties will be duplicated with the same host.

classmethod from_dict(data, host)[source]¶

Create ContextShadeRadianceProperties from a dictionary.

Note that the dictionary must be a non-abridged version for this classmethod to work.

Parameters

from_honeybee(hb_properties)[source]¶

Transfer radiance attributes from a Honeybee Shade to Dragonfly ContextShade.

Parameters: hb_properties – The ShadeRadianceProperties of the honeybee Shade that is being translated to a Dragonfly ContextShade.

to_dict(abridged=False)[source]¶

Return radiance properties as a dictionary.

Parameters: abridged – Boolean to note whether the full dictionary describing the object should be returned (False) or just an abridged version (True). Default: False.

to_honeybee(new_host)[source]¶

Get a honeybee version of this object.

Parameters: new_host – A honeybee-core Shade or ShadeMesh object that will host these properties.

property is_modifier_set_by_user¶: Boolean noting if modifier is user-set.