[Radiance-general] dxf2rad

[Jack de Valpine]

Hi Tom,

One workflow option, much as I dislike suggesting it, is perhaps to use 
Sketchup as an intermediate. It looks like Vectorworks will save out an 
skp. Sketchup (commercial version) can then save out an obj format file, 
which can be converted with obj2rad. I have very limited experience with 
Sketchup, but in my few experiences, I have found that the models are 
very very hefty. Another alternative is to save out as 3ds and use 
3ds2rad, however there are limitations to this dealing with data sizing 
for the file format.

-Jack

Tom Young wrote:
> hi Erwin
>
>  i can't make anything useful out of the linux binary for mac osx so 
> far as I can see
>
> i'm using Vectorworks
>
> i don't think there can be a route from Vectorworks to a rad file.
>
> i assume the way to go is to make a dxf file of a Vectorworks model
>
> if you have a dxf converter which would work on a mac, that would be 
> terrific !
>
> is it a command line utility ?
>
> tom
>
>
> On 23 Oct 2007, at 12:53, Erwin Zierler wrote:
>
>> Tom,
>> if you ar refering to Gerog Mischlers dxf2rad I am afraid you are out 
>> of luck. Since the sourcecode is not available and Schorsch has 
>> obviously disapered you might want to try a differrent route. But 
>> maybe OSX can run Linux ELF binaries? That could be an option.
>> Where are your DXF files coming from? We just implemented a converter 
>> for certain types of DXF output (EliteCAD) that for instance produces 
>> only triangles with color codes. Workes fine for our purpose.
>> Feel free to contact me if you need more info.
>> Regards,
>>  Erwin
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