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[Jack de Valpine]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the offer. I am just trying to contribute to the general 
discussion of Autocad geometry translation.

Thanks,

-Jack

Chris Jessee wrote:
> Hi Jack,
>
> My apologies as my last email wasn't clear. Although expensive, 
> ($1200) FormZ has proven over time to be a solid tool for repairing 
> troublesome geometry files from AutoCad and other CAD packages.  Rhino 
> may also be a good choice but I have no knowledge of it.
>
> To meet your immediate need I offer to process your dwg file through 
> FormZ so you might evaluate it's usefulness prior to spending any money.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chris Jessee
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 14, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Jack de Valpine wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Well, I think that the ideal solution is in fact not to introduce 
>> another package (whether Form Z or Polytrans). However, that being 
>> said I think that if another package needs to be introduced then cost 
>> is a big big issue. Polytrans with the CadPak is ~$540 I think. As 
>> Form Z is a full blown cad/modeling application, I expect it costs 
>> ~$2000?
>>
>> I guess if I was using Autocad and wanted/needed to introduce another 
>> package I might look at Rhino which does stuff that Autocad is not 
>> very good at.
>>
>> -Jack
>>
>> Chris Jessee wrote:
>>> You made a intermediary software such as FormZ.
>>>
>>> DWG > FormZ > OBJ>RAD
>>>
>>> I would be happy to convert your dwg to obj so you can evaluate the 
>>> process.
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>>
>>> Chris Jessee
>>> chris.jessee at kingmill.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 14, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Mark de la Fuente wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do you get to obj format from cad.  And then once you have a 
>>>> model in obj, do you need a certain program to properly export to 
>>>> radiance?  Or is obj2rad just going to translate everything in the 
>>>> file?
>>>>
>>>> We are looking at Torad.  It still works under 2004.  Looks like 
>>>> there are a couple of bugs that needed fixing including allowing 
>>>> the interface to run.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
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