[Radiance-general] Exporting file from Ecotect to Radiance

[R Fritz]

Square One/AutoDesk recommends using Ecotect with Desktop Radiance.   
It is old, but if it is still available, it will resolve these  
issues.  Their instructions--I hope they still work--are here: <http://squ1.org/wiki/Installing_Radiance_Tutorial 
 >.  If you want to use a more current Radiance, try copying "rvu" to  
"rview"; it is unlikely that you have "vi" on your Windows system to  
create a name conflict.

Randolph

On Feb 13, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Krystyna Zelenay wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have just uninstalled Desktop Radiance and installed the MinGW  
> version on my computer (Windows OS). I have been informed that this  
> is the latest version of Radiance for Windows OS. Unfortunately I  
> now have trouble reading images exported from Ecotect.
> When I export the Ecotect example file "RADIANCE_example.eco" I am  
> able to see a rendered view of the space in the image viewer, but I  
> cannot run any of the options for the information overlay (e.g.  
> contour lines, false color, daylight factors etc.) and get the  
> message "RGBE read error"
>
> When exporting the file from Ecotect, I noticed that when checking  
> whether Radiance is functional, the exporter returned a message  
> saying that the application "rview" is missing from the directory.  
> Could this be the problem? If so, what are alternative ways for  
> evaluating the radiance image?
>
> I have uploaded an image of the error message to the Autodesk  
> discussion forum:
> http://discussion.autodesk.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=6124907#6124907
>
> Thanks,
> Krystyna
>
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