[Radiance-general] How can I...

[Giulio Antonutto]

These two commands will help you in the task.
3ds3mgf
mgf2rad
Optionally you may use
torad or dxf2rad.

I use obj (obj2rad and obj2mesh) as an exchange file format but I do not
think that autocad has this option. You may investigate blender and brad
or an alternative commercial solution (maya, cinema, max, rhino...).

Additionally there is a script that eliminates the material descriptions
from 3ds converted files and allows you to use a custom file for them
(this would facilitate updating the model if using 3ds). Look for it on
this email list, it's somewhere.

Anyway the strategy is almost the same with all of them: you create a 3d
file within your favourite software, save as an exchange format, run the
conversion command, compile the scene and generate the results.
Every time you change the model in a 3d software you need to import it
again (this can be automated with a script).

hope this is useful.
ciao
G.




-----Original Message-----
From: radiance-general-bounces at radiance-online.org
[mailto:radiance-general-bounces at radiance-online.org] On Behalf Of sasa
mj
Sent: 13 June 2006 18:27
To: radiance-general at radiance-online.org
Subject: [Radiance-general] How can I...

Dear All,

I am a fairly new user. I need to know how to import a 3D autocad mesh
into 
radiance,
and after importing it, will the geometry files be automatically updated
so 
i can easily assign the materials ?

Please help me out on this one as i need to start using radiance for my 
thesis.

regards,
Ali.



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