[Radiance-general] monitor model upload in Desktop Radiance

[Mohamad Tarek Araji]

Hi Rob,

Thanks so much for your help and you are much appreciated. It's great idea if you can create the octree files and forward those to me. 

Best regards.

Respectfully,
Moamad

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:45:08 -0600
>From: Rob Guglielmetti <rpg at rumblestrip.org>  
>Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] monitor model upload in Desktop Radiance  
>To: Radiance general discussion <radiance-general at radiance-online.org>
>
>
>On Mar 20, 2007, at 4:58 PM, Mohamad Tarek Araji wrote:
>
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>> It was easy to follow all the steps you mentioned, expect for the  
>> one responsible on how to edit the scale/position of the monitor.  
>> The reason is that I wasn’t able to convert the .rad file to .oct  
>> file. Basically, I have three .rad files for the monitor, not one.  
>> I think one of them is responsible for the positioning/scaling  
>> factor, namely VDTon.rad. When typing in the command prompt (oconv  
>> VDTon.rad > VDTon.oct), I get error massage. I even tried the  
>> option of converting the other .vdt files to .oct, but I got  
>> similar/different error massages. Is there a problem that I’m not  
>> aware of.
>
>Hmmm, as long as you got everything, you should be able to create the  
>octree.  How are you unpacking these files you got from Greg?  Reason  
>I ask is that Greg sent me that very same monitor model and I was  
>able to work with it, but when I first tried to use it I got errors  
>working on Windows.  There are linefeed issues that can create some  
>problems here, and I suspect that's your problem. I'd send you a  
>frozen octree, but I can't seem to find the source files here on my  
>laptop -- must all be at work (looks like I'm getting my priorities  
>straight).  If you like, I can build a frozen octree tomorrow and  
>mail it to ya, and we can go from there.
>
>- Rob
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