[Radiance-general] Fwd: How can I assign variables to xform parameters?

[Guglielmetti, Robert]

Just to make sure we're all talking about the same thing, when you say
"render these images ... In different sizes" I assume you mean the image is
the same size but the dumbell object is resized. (?)

One way to keep your dumbell assembly to remain constant is to place all the
objects (two boxes and the column) into one .rad file, and then scale/array
that .rad file with its own xform operation(s). Then all the components will
maintain the same spatial relationship.

But I may be totally misunderstanding what you're trying to do (no coffee
yet).

- Rob

On 6/9/10 7:51 AM, "Begum Erten" <bgm.erten at gmail.com> wrote:

>      I have created two boxes and a pipe and I located the two boxes around
> the pipe just as a dumb bell shape. I use a script file to combine these
> objects and able to render them in different sizes in succession. In this
> script file I'm using "xform" to locate these images. The problem is that I
> have to re-render these images in different sizes however, when it is rendered
> in different size, the pipe and the box are departing from each other. I need
> to render these images 100 times in different sizes (their size will diminish
> gradually) thus, I have to assign variables.
> 
> How can I assign variables to "xform -n column -s $n squares/Box1.rad | xform
> -t 4.32 -10 -9 >> tmp.rad;" to the right side of the xform? I have been trying
> for two days however I cannot get through it.
> 
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