Hi All,
I am trying to model a baseline design. I need to simulate the building with its actual orientation and again after rotating the entire building 90, 180, 270 degrees, then averaging the results. I was wondering if I can change the building orientation in detailed mode so that I do not need to go back to Wizard mode. Does anyone know how to do this?
Thanks,
Ming Li, LEED AP
In the Building Shell module, double click on "Building Data" in the component tree, then change the azimuth.
Jeremy
it is much easier to create 3 parametric runs, one with each of the
rotations. see attached document. i typically name mine 90, 180, and
270 (instead of the 1, 2, 3 in the example) just to be clear which
orientations are being compared in the comparison reports.
when you simulate the building just make sure all of the parametric runs
are checked and equest will simulate your base rotation and the 90, 180,
270 at the same time.
Jeremy is describing how to simply alter the model's rotation in detailed mode (and he's absolutely right). There's a better way however when you need to calculate multiple orientations as you're describing.
To save time, click Tools ? Parametric Runs... and create (3) new runs for each rotation (90, 180, 270). Create a component in each new run that alters the building Azimuth variable. Reference the screengrab below.
After this, each time you hit calculate, you'll have the option to do all 4 orientations in one go, and you'll have 4 sets of results to peruse in addition. Major timesaver!
Also, the onebuilding.org mailing list archives are a godsend - check em' out too if you need a fast answer in the future ;).
NICK CATON, E.I.T.
Thanks a lot! I appreciate it!