hi
which software is more preferable to create geometry and then export
to radiance for results.
thanks
dhaRam
any 3d software you are fluent with that can write obj files
obj2rad is your friend
good luck
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On 19 May 2011, at 20:10, dharam wrote:
hi
which software is more preferable to create geometry and then export to radiance for results.
thanks
dhaRam
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Hi,
You can also use Sketchup and su2rad.
CAD files can be imported to SketchUp and then exported to Radiance.
Marija
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On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Giugi <antonutto@yahoo.it> wrote:
any 3d software you are fluent with that can write obj files
obj2rad is your friend
good luckOn 19 May 2011, at 20:10, dharam wrote:
> hi
>
> which software is more preferable to create geometry and then export to
radiance for results.
>
> thanks
> dhaRam
which software is more preferable to create geometry and then export to radiance for results.
Depends a lot on your goals and budget, as well as personal preferences. As Guigi says, obj2rad is your friend. If you are primarily an architectural designer and already have a preferred modeling tool, I would say stick with it if at all possible. If your interest is simulation design and you have a budget I'd pick up Autodesk Ecotect, which has some nice tools for setting up simulations and processing the results, but is a rather difficult modeling tool.
If you're starting out and have a modest budget, try Rhino. If you're starting out and have no budget, try SketchUp.
Other tools: Free - Blender, but the UI is 20 years old and it takes a long time to learn. AutoCAD is widely used in architectural practice, but the full version is expensive, the 3D modeling capabilities are cranky, and the student versions are limited in ways that may interfere with simulation work. Still, if you have it, you might give it a try.
Anyone used Revit, Microstation, or Bentley with Radiance?
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Environmental Energy Technologies Division • Lawrence Berkeley Labs
Links:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=12602821&siteID=123112 (Ecotect)
http://www.rhino3d.com/
http://sketchup.google.com/
Hi...
it is slightly off-topic if we start to list all software able to export obj, dxf, 3ds, or any of the formats supported by Radiance 
Other tools: Free - Blender, but the UI is 20 years old and it takes a
long time to learn.
Takes a while to learn, but the UI is just brandnew...
AutoCAD is widely used in architectural practice,
but the full version is expensive, the 3D modeling capabilities are
cranky, and the student versions are limited in ways that may interfere
with simulation work. Still, if you have it, you might give it a try.
IMHO the main problem of most Autodesk products is that the company distributing these spends more time in locking export features then developing new ones. I remember the days when obj, 3ds, ... export was standard in Autocad. Today, you cannot export anything except propietary formats as far as I know.
Anyone used Revit, Microstation, or Bentley with Radiance?
Microstation (which is by Bentley) a long time ago. My favourite for a long time has been formZ, as it combines CAD and modelling capabilities plus is strong in export. Besides, of course, you can use Maya, Houdini, Archicad, Vectorworks, any tool out there offering just the most basic export features for 3d.
Cheers, Lars.
Designbuilder (a modelling system for E+) can export its geometry to Radiance. I last used it about a year ago so they may have extended its export capabilities. It exports double thickness walls by default.
http://www.designbuildersoftware.com/
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On 20/05/2011 17:15, Randolph M. Fritz wrote:
which software is more preferable to create geometry and then export to radiance for results.
Depends a lot on your goals and budget, as well as personal preferences. As Guigi says, obj2rad is your friend. If you are primarily an architectural designer and already have a preferred modeling tool, I would say stick with it if at all possible. If your interest is simulation design and you have a budget I'd pick up Autodesk Ecotect, which has some nice tools for setting up simulations and processing the results, but is a rather difficult modeling tool.
If you're starting out and have a modest budget, try Rhino. If you're starting out and have no budget, try SketchUp.
Other tools: Free - Blender, but the UI is 20 years old and it takes a long time to learn. AutoCAD is widely used in architectural practice, but the full version is expensive, the 3D modeling capabilities are cranky, and the student versions are limited in ways that may interfere with simulation work. Still, if you have it, you might give it a try.
Anyone used Revit, Microstation, or Bentley with Radiance?
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Skype: christopher.m.yates
Speaking of free, and SketchUp, NERL has been hard at work for the last year on an entirely new version of OpenStudio. OpenStudio was originally just a SketchUp plugin for the creation of EnergyPlus models, but we have rebuilt it from the ground up as an "analysis platform" for doing parametric analysis of whole building energy models.
For more information visit http://openstudio.nrel.gov, and for Radiance-specific info see this post:
It's very much in alpha phase at this point, but we are planning to get more of the Radiance functionality wired up in the coming months.
- Rob
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From: Randolph M. Fritz [RFritz@lbl.gov]
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 10:15 AM
To: radiance-general@radiance-online.org
Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] modelling software
which software is more preferable to create geometry and then export
to radiance for results.
Depends a lot on your goals and budget, as well as personal
preferences. As Guigi says, obj2rad is your friend. If you are
primarily an architectural designer and already have a preferred
modeling tool, I would say stick with it if at all possible. If your
interest is simulation design and you have a budget I'd pick up
Autodesk Ecotect, which has some nice tools for setting up simulations
and processing the results, but is a rather difficult modeling tool.
If you're starting out and have a modest budget, try Rhino. If you're
starting out and have no budget, try SketchUp.
Other tools: Free - Blender, but the UI is 20 years old and it takes a
long time to learn. AutoCAD is widely used in architectural practice,
but the full version is expensive, the 3D modeling capabilities are
cranky, and the student versions are limited in ways that may interfere
with simulation work. Still, if you have it, you might give it a try.
Anyone used Revit, Microstation, or Bentley with Radiance?
--
Randolph M. Fritz • RFritz@lbl.gov
Environmental Energy Technologies Division • Lawrence Berkeley Labs
Links:
(Ecotect)
http://www.rhino3d.com/
http://sketchup.google.com/
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