Introducing Cyclops: Real-Time Raytracing for Sustainable Design 🧩

Hi all :sun:

We have recently released version 1.2.0 of Cyclops!

This version introduces the Sampling Setting object which consolidates the controls for the ray-tracing engine and exposes a few more parameters related to the Russian Roulette termination. The sampling settings includes a set of presets for ease of use. See below how the different parameters relate to parameters in the Radiance engine:

Cyclops Sampling Settings Radiance Parameter
Samples The square root of -ad
Max Bounces -ab
Roulette Threshold -lw

We also extended the feature set in relation to illuminance data and the creation of skies. Including multiple models both for luminous efficacy, luminance distribution and sky types when calculating daylight factors or sky components.

See changelog for more info.

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