[Radiance-general] dxf2rad

[Rob Guglielmetti]

Jack de Valpine wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Well that is interesting about Sketchup models. And to clarify, my 
> experience has really been in trying to take client built sketchup 
> models and get them into something useful. So my experience biased by 
> big not very well built/organized models provided by others. I guess 
> the thing that I am glad to hear is that like any modeling tool, if 
> well used and controlled, you can get something useful out of it. 

Yeah, I got two models recently, one built in SketchUp and the other in 
Revit (same project, same model extents), and the Revit one was 
literally unusable in AutoCAD, much less Radiance. 

> I would certainly be interested in trying your translator if and when 
> you feel it is ready to share.
As a very recent licensee of SketchUp Pro, I too would be interested in 
your translator, Thomas!  I'd also like to hear (maybe off-list) your 
thoughts on how to model accurately in SketchUp, since it seems to still 
lack direct coordinate input, UCSs, and the object snaps seem a little 
lean compared to ACAD...

- Rob