[Radiance-general] dxf2rad

[iebele]

Hi Tom,

I have a dxf2rad version available that we have developped for in-house 
use.
We use it almost every day on Linux.
It should compile under osx also. Just dowload the files and run
# gcc -o dxfimport dxfimport_so.cpp

"dxfimport" is a c++ command line utility that reads triangle (face) 
primitives from dxf files, and convert these into Radiance polygon 
primitives, using the layernumber of each face as modifier (LAYER001, 
LAYER002 etc.).

The url is:
http://www.toren.com/radiance/dxfimport_so.h
http://www.toren.com/radiance/dxfimport_so.cpp

Comments in the source files are a combination of dutch and english, as 
I said it is an in-house tool - and I am dutch....  :)

Good  luck,

Iebele



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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