[Radiance-general] ConRAD / 3ds2rad converter - ArchiCAD -> Radiance

[Greg Ward]

In answer to your first question, 3ds2mgf is distributed with Radiance, 
but not built by default.  To build it, switch to the ray/src/cv/mgflib 
directory and type the command:

	make 3ds2mgf

Then, copy the resulting executable to the appropriate directory (e.g., 
/usr/local/bin).

-Greg

> From: "Erwin Zierler" <erwin.zierler at archvisu.at>
> Date: June 23, 2004 9:06:44 PM CEST
> To: radiance-general at radiance-online.org
>
> Hi list,
>
> 2 questions:
>
> 1. Does anyone happen to have the 3ds2rad converter from Ole Lemming?
> Both his website and he himself seem to have vanished from the internet
> and even after extensive search I was unable to find his converter.
>
> 2. Does anyone know a reasonable method to render an ArchCAD (6.5+)
> 3D model with radiance? All the DXF output options I have tried so far
> were rather unsuccessful, I have not found a way to correctly
> export/ translate materials or elements from ArchiCAD.
>
> With Georg's dxf2rad I get a Radiance model, but the resulting Radiance
> scene is pretty much unusable which is not Georgs fault. If I load the
> DXF file into AutoCAD for examination I see that the DXF file is just
> messed up with regards to layers/blocks/materials.
>
> Any input very welcome!
>
>  Erwin