[Radiance-general] Getting Started

[Rob Guglielmetti]

Yep, just contact him directly (I've cc'd him on this one). 

- Rob

On Dec 4, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Germán Molina Larrain <gmolina1 at uc.cl> wrote:

> Speaing about Rendering With Radiance, 
> 
> How can I get "The Book" from Randolph Fritz? is a matter of sending him an e-mail? how can I contact him? There is one copy on Amazon, but since it is a reseller, I can not get it brought to Chile. 
> 
> I am really interested on it.
> 
> THANKS
> 
> Germán
> 
> 2012/12/4 Guglielmetti, Robert <Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov>
> Hi Tim,
> 
> Germán has pointed you to a great page, and of course the mailing list archives are very useful. Randolph Fritz can get you a copy of the Rendering with Radiance text, which is the rosetta stone for figuring out a lot of Radiance's underpinnings. As far as CAD you can use just about anything, but there are some tools for specific CAD programs that make life easier going from CAD, to RAD. Thomas Bleicher has the su2rad program which allows you to take a SketchUp model and convert it to a Radiance project, complete with a GUI for assigning materials and the like. The DIVA for Rhino project facilitates the use of Rhinoceros models in Radiance. OpenStudio also leverages SketchUp for geometry creation, but allows you to convert the thing to Radiance as well.
> 
> linkage:
> 
> http://code.google.com/p/su2rad/
> http://diva4rhino.com
> http://openstudio.nrel.gov
> 
> Rob Guglielmetti
> National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
> Commercial Buildings Research Group
> 15013 Denver West Parkway MS:RSF202
> Golden, CO 80401
> 303.275.4319
> robert.guglielmetti at nrel.gov
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Germán Molina Larrain [gmolina1 at uc.cl]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 9:02 AM
> To: Radiance general discussion
> Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Getting Started
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Something that has worked for me until now (I am still learning) is to follow the tutorials (http://www.radiance-online.org/learning/tutorials) from the basics, and to read the mailing list e-mails every now and then.
> 
> Until now I have not used any other CAD interface than SketchUp, so I am useless in that area.
> 
> Germán
> 
> 2012/12/4 Tim Fikkert <tfikkert at ameriluxinternational.com<mailto:tfikkert at ameriluxinternational.com>>
> 
> What does someone need to get started using Radiance? Computer, Cad versions, etc. Is there any beginners resource for this program?
> 
> Tim  Fikkert
> 
> 920-632-6064<tel:920-632-6064>
> 
> AmeriLux International
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