[Radiance-general] Re: Preparing an open DXF file for import

[R Fritz]

Also, thanks. One of the problems we run into here is that due to 
Autodesk licensing it does not seem to be possible to bring out a free 
dxf2rad.

Randolph

On 2010-02-25 21:37:29 -0800, Lars O. Grobe said:

> Hi!
> 
> If you want a direct export without the 3ds workaround, Schorsch has a 
> dxf2rad that allows that as part of his commercial products.
> 
> If you go 3ds, which will break all your surfaces into triangles, it is 
> possible to use Blender to do some "healing" on the mess. I usually 
> export the 3ds by layername, so that all objects (triangles then) from 
> one layer become one object. In Blender, I only have to select one by 
> one (but the number of objects is limited to the number of layers, so 
> that is fine) and de-triangulate the surfaces of the objects. Finally I 
> export the whole model as OBJ - which is supported in Radiance almost 
> as well as the native scene language ;-)
> 
> Cheers, Lars.


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Randolph Fritz
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