From 0f9461c6d6a6852d8cb041a7e6da4ce1655de62f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cdeline <chris.deline@nrel.gov>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:35:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Change warnings in makeScene with multiple sceneobj.

---
 bifacial_radiance/main.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bifacial_radiance/main.py b/bifacial_radiance/main.py
index 93e2a61e..7538895b 100644
--- a/bifacial_radiance/main.py
+++ b/bifacial_radiance/main.py
@@ -2438,8 +2438,12 @@ def makeScene(self, module=None, sceneDict=None, radname=None,
                           'Available moduletypes: ' )
                 self.printModules() #print available module types
                 return
-        scene = SceneObj(module, hpc=self.hpc, name=f'Scene{self.scenes.__len__()}')
-        if self.scenes.__len__() >=1:
+        if not append:
+            if len(self.scenes) >=1:
+                print('Append=False in makeScene. Existing scenes being over-written. ')
+            self.scenes = []
+        scene = SceneObj(module, hpc=self.hpc, name=f'Scene{len(self.scenes)}')
+        if len(self.scenes) >=1:
             print(f"Additional scene {scene.name} created! See list of names with RadianceObj.scenes and sceneNames")
 
         if sceneDict is None: