rhino > max for radiosity solution

[fi3er]

hi there,

anyone knows howto import/modify geometry from rhino in order to create radiosity solution in max and render in max?

i have tried 3ds, dxf to import - makes giant geometries if I want to render with details

i have triet IGES - much lighter, but radiosity produces strange artifacts, seems like nurbs translation rhino-max doesnot work well...

any hints?

cheers guys

 

daniel fi3er

fi3er.com

[Mario Pende]

Daniel, use Npower software, Power Translators...WORKS PERFECTLY!!!!

[fi3er]

okay,

I have imported the rhino model as npower brep.

applied doublesided white material

radiosity calculated

not working, GOD! what I am doing wrong?

[oluv]

i often use acis format to get my rhino-models into acad, then i save as dwg and let max do the meshing. i prefer the meshing from max than the one from rhino, see the meshing-comparison i once did:

http://news2.mcneel.com/scripts/dnewsweb.exe?cmd=article&group=rhino&item=182687&utag=

 

afterwards i also run the optimize-modifier on the meshes and the result is nearly perfect.

unfortunately all layer-information is lost when exporting to acis. so you have to export your model in parts and assign layers in acad afterwards...

[Fran]

Hi Daniel,

 

You have coplaner surfaces. Can you post a screen grab of your brep import dialog? Make sure "Two Sided Trimmed Surfaces" is disabled in the import dialog.

 

Why are you using a 2-sided material? Are you having problems with inverted normals from Rhino geometry? If so, use the Dir command to check normals or use the AdvancedDisplay command in Rhino 3 to enable coloring of backfaces.