[Radiance-general] obj2mesh proposal

[Gregory J. Ward]

Hi Thomas,

As I indicated in my last e-mail, which you must not have received  
before sending this one, it is simplest to correct for the difference  
in (u,v) coordinates in the Radiance pattern specification.  There is  
no need to either modify obj2mesh or the .OBJ exporter to obtain a  
correct mapping.  Radiance coordinate mappings are programmable for a  
reason...

If you want to create a utility to automate the process, I suggest  
creating one that converts the texture input to Radiance picture  
format, simultaneously outputting an appropriate material/pattern  
definition, which must be served as an input to obj2mesh, anyway.  If  
you're ambitious, you could even look into translating the material  
parameters to Radiance's physically-based model.  Does this make sense?

-Greg