[Radiance-general] More tutorial problems

[Greg Ward]

Hi Nick,

There was some conflict with "genbox" and an existing tool -- try  
"genrbox" or "rgenbox" -- it may have been renamed on your distribution.

-Greg

> From: "Nick Calcagni" <nac342 at drexel.edu>
> Date: July 26, 2008 11:24:02 PM BDT
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm following the tutorial: http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/refer/ 
> tutorial.html
> ...and I receive this error:
>
> oconv room.rad > test.oct
> sh: genbox: not found
> oconv: warning - (!genbox gray_paint room 3 2 1.75 -i): empty file
> sh: genbox: not found
> xform: (standard input): warning - empty file
> oconv: warning - (!genbox blue_plastic box .5 .5 .5 | xform -rz 15 - 
> t .5 .75 0): empty file
>
> nick at nick-desktop:~$ rvu -vp 2.25 .375 1 -vd -.25 .125 -.125 -av . 
> 5 .5 .5 test.oct
> sh: genbox: not found
> rvu: warning - (!genbox gray_paint room 3 2 1.75 -i): empty file
> sh: genbox: not found
> xform: (standard input): warning - empty file
> rvu: warning - (!genbox blue_plastic box .5 .5 .5 | xform -rz 15 - 
> t .5 .75 0): empty file
>
>
> I can see the red ball centered on the screen, but no room and table.
>
> How can I get genbox and xform to work?
>
> (From my limited knowledge of Radiance/Ubuntu, I think I need to  
> install these components, or unarchive them from the Radiance  
> installation package)
>
> Thanks,
> Nick