[Radiance-general] 3ds Max -> sketchup -> su2rad ?

[Claus Brøndgaard Madsen]

Hi Thomas,

I am rather excited about the possibilities I suddenly have if this can be made to work, so I am hoping the best :-)

The su2rad version I installed was su2rad_daysim_r03

I attach the .skp file ...


Thanks!

Claus




-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Bleicher [mailto:tbleicher at googlemail.com] 
Sent: 17. januar 2011 22:27
To: Radiance general discussion
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] 3ds Max -> sketchup -> su2rad ?

Hi Claus

Which version of the su2rad plugin did you install?

Since you can export geometry created in SketchUp I would assume that the import from 3DMax creates an odd scene structure that su2rad can't handle properly. You can send me the *.skp file with the imported geometry and I'll poke around a bit.

2011/1/17 Claus Brøndgaard Madsen <cbm at create.aau.dk>:
> The import works although there is a scale issue . once imported the 
> box is 0.025x0.025x0.05 meters, but that is easy to fix.

The basic SketchUp unit is 1 inch. So if you import something with 1x1 units size it turns into roughly 0.025 meters.

> When I use the su2rad plugin to export to radiance files I get an 
> xform error unless I use the "by group" mode and tick the "global coords" option.

[...]

> (those are all directories, of which Views contain a valid .vf file 
> with correct info, and luminaires contain a .ies file which I am not 
> going to need . all other directories are empty)

Most directories are empty at this stage because they are used for the rendering process. However, you are missing a *.rif file and an "objects" directory, which tells me that there must have been a problem during the export.

You can open the Ruby console window before you start the export. This will show any script errors in the console and helps to see if the export finishes successfully.

I am very surprised that the "luminaires" directory is created and that there is an *.ies file that's supposed to be converted.
I thought I had disabled this feature in the official versions so far.

Thomas

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