[Radiance-general] Radiance - Mac Performance

[Greg Ward]

It exports to .3ds format -- the native format is its own.  I tested it 
with 3ds2mgf and it seems to work fine.  The nice thing about it is you 
can be as sloppy or as accurate as you like, and it seems pretty easy 
to go back and make changes to the model as well, since all the 
vertices and faces hold their shape as you adjust them.

-Greg

> From: Randolph Fritz <randolph@panix.com>
>
> Thanks for the quick review and study of Radiance compatibility.  
> Clarification: do you mean that its native format is 3DS?  or does it 
> export to 3DS format?
>
> I know of a major Portland Oregon architecture firm that brought in 
> one copy of SketchUp and, over the next few months, the whole office 
> switched, so--at least for their type of design--it's probably a 
> capable tool for schematic design as well as simple lighting study 
> models.