Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to use texture maps such as 2D bitmaps with Desktop Radiance. I know that you can with ConRad but I would rather be able...
Marcus This can indeed be done and a number of posts have covered some of the simple issues and more complex issues such as wrapping an image onto a cylinder....
Thanks Andrew I think I have found a cheat for creating custom textures. The first thing that I do is to create a texture in the Materials Editor. The color of...
Hi, all I am trying to get luminance in accuracy position echo 3.5 5 1.5 3.5 0 1.9 | rtrace -ov -h- @max.vp test.oct | rcalc -e '$1=.263*$1+.655*$2+.082*$3' ...
I have been having trouble accessing the lbl servers. I can access radsite.lbl.gov on a hit-and-miss basis, and I can't even access racoon.lbl.gov to...
We have had some problems with the Radiance server. We have now fixed them. Please let me know if you have problems accessing it. Thanks. Kostas Konstantinos...
I do not have a copy of autocad software so I was wondering if the Desktop Radiance could be used as a stand alone application for the sole purpose of...
Hi Yes, there is a free program available to act as a front-end to prepare a Radiance scene. It is called ConRad and is available at the following website: ...
Dear Mike, There are several applications that can serve as a front end for Radiance scene generation, providing files for rendering by Desktop Radiance, at...
Kevin Matthews
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Aug 13, 2002 3:39 am
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... To complete the list (Mike, you didn't explicitly ask for a *free* solution, did you?), you might also want to have a look at Rayfront: ...
Thanks, Georg! -- I had a feeling I was missing something REALLY OBVIOUS there. best wishes, Kevin PS: What/where is the best "links" page(s) on the web for...
Kevin Matthews
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Aug 13, 2002 7:05 pm
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I finally figured it out. The floor, window frame and baseboard (yes that is a texture and not just the color dark brown. It came out a little dark I think.) ...
Project Code : N/A I have been getting the same "unhandled exception error" when trying to simulate the Quickstart example using Ver 2.0 Beta and AutoCAD...
I've done a bit more testing and I have discovered that you can get the Quickstart model to work by converting the 3 walls, floor and ceiling that are...
I am using Discreet's Viz 3 to create models in a 3ds format and then importing them as 3ds files into lightscape. It sounds like I can do a similar thing by...
Yes due to my limited capital...free stuff is better! ... Radiance ... Radiance, at ... with DXF and ... rendering with ... translators. ... schorsch.com ... ...
... Mike, I've tried out the ConRad software, and it would allow you to do exactly what you're thinking, where you can make your model in Viz then export to a...
Hello Just a minor comment to Jeffreys post. ConRad does not need DR. It does however support the use of the Radiance binaries with DR if you want ConRad to...
... Woops. Sorry. I meant that you would use ConRad with Desktop Radiance if you were only running Windows, and didn't have Radiance available at all; not that...
This is my second try with custom textures. Unlike my first try, the texture on the floor is properly scaled. The coffee table is a prairie style coffee table...
hi, Great to hear discussions on the issue of textures and materials. I have one suggestion/comment to add.. I realize that sometimes a topic such as this...
... Most Radiance related sites have a collection of links, but they tend to point to the same set of "usual suspects". This includes mine, although I have...
Hi Thanks for the info. When I sent the email to the groups, I was under the assumption that the attachment was sent just to the board and not an email to...
When I did 'Building Science' many years ago, we used "solar protractors" to read off the suns altitude and azimuth at different times of the year. The solar...
Hi Bruce, Theres a handy site which has sun path software under the shareware link.
Using thatt you could take the path through photoshop and add it to your...
Steven Lee
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Aug 22, 2002 8:48 am
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I'd like to expand upon what Greg said about using oconv, but you might also take a browse through the old Radiance archives as the issue has been discussed in...
hi everyone, alright, I'm stomped. I can't find any examples of images rendered with rain or snow. Anyone done this before? Or anyone tried and want to share...