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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=886565016-10102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Cramer,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=886565016-10102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>try obj2rad. Therefore you simply have to export parts of
the model as Wavefront(*.obj) in rhino. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Then you can convert them with: obj2rad *.obj
> *.rad. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=886565016-10102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Afterwards it's pretty simple and fast to import these
*.rad files into ecotec again.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=886565016-10102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Kind regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=886565016-10102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Kai</FONT> </SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Von:</B>
radiance-general-bounces@radiance-online.org
[mailto:radiance-general-bounces@radiance-online.org] <B>Im Auftrag von
</B>Cramer Silkworth<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Freitag, 10. Oktober 2008
18:48<BR><B>An:</B> radiance-general@radiance-online.org<BR><B>Betreff:</B>
[Radiance-general] rhino - ecotect - radiance issues<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=573314316-10102008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi
All,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=573314316-10102008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=573314316-10102008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've got a model
from an architect, built in Rhino, that I need to get into Radiance. Typically
we do this via Ecotect, exporting 3ds files from Rhino, importing into Ecotect,
and using Ecotect to generate my rad files. However, this model is just a mess
once it's imported into Ecotect - even the flat facades are a mess of triangles,
and the reduce coincident triangles/polygons command is all but worthless.
The Rhino model is actually fairly complex, it's a masterplan with 20 or so
towers, but even doing just one building is going to take me a day to clean up.
Does anyone have any suggestions?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=573314316-10102008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=573314316-10102008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cramer</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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