Many thanks Daniel. I seem to be able to call it and execute it from the command line. So that's solved.
Not producing much useful output though as it comes up with: "db_walk_subtree<> FAIL on '/object.s', 30 triangles written - 'object.s' being the primitive Laszlo Daniel Roßberg wrote: > I haven't installed this version of BRL-CAD but I think the converters > are separate tools. Try to open a command line (in BRL-CAD's bin > directory) and type there the name of the converter. Calling such a > program without parameters should return a string with usage > information. > > Daniel > > > 2009/12/3 solidprimitives <[email protected]>: > >> I have created some simple primitives (pyramid, cone, etc.) that I would like >> to export into ascii or dfx so that I could read these geometries into >> IDRISI GIS. None of the converters appear to work in MGED in my 7.14.8 >> version of BRL-CAD run on Windows XP SP3. I installed this version as per >> supplied in the compiled binaries. The converters are in the bin folder. >> Could anybody help please? >> >> [If anybody wondered, the purpose of these geometries is to compare the >> distribution of clear skye solar radiation received by different 'sides' of >> these objects at different latitudes in Europe, as part of a >> climate-biodiversity distribution study.] >> >> Many thanks, >> >> L. :working: >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/Windows-v.-7.14.8-geometry-converters-do-not-work-tp26625046p26625046.html >> Sent from the brlcad-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, >> a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. >> Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> BRL-CAD Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, > a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. > Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > BRL-CAD Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ BRL-CAD Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users
