Now in Dynamo-and in Revit via Dynamo-you will be able to analyze the insolation on surfaces in your model at a moment in time or averaged over specified periods.

The Dynamo team at Autodesk is poised to introduce a library of solar analysis functionality, to be distributed with the Package Manager, using functionality that was previously only available in Ecotect or Vasari. So what’s new?! Solar Analysis for Dynamo

Review the tutorials on the Ecotect Wiki page for thermal simulation (including exporting to E+) here: Ī good tutorial on how to start on daylight analysis using Radiance and DAYSIM can be found here. To remedy to this error, you have to break down your surfaces so that the surfaces that are adjacent to another zone are different from those that are not adjacent to other zones.Ĭheck out the help file (F1) Contents tab > Analysis > Thermal Performance > Exporting to EnergyPlus > Modeling Constraints for more information on this issue. It is a limitation of E+ to be able to do the simulation on such surfaces, unlike Ecotect. I am wondering if your error is not related to the fact that you have surfaces in your Ecotect model that are both adjacent to another zone AND not adjacent to any zone. It is difficult to troubleshoot your error without the. Let me know if you have specific questions about any of the analyses featured in Ecotect. Ecotect's thermal analysis is mainly used to compare one design option versus another one, whereas you can identify trends in energy use. What type of analyses are you interested in? Thermal calculations can be much simpler than using E+, but much less accurate. idf file so I can see if I run into the same issue on my end?Īs a guide to the analyses available through Ecotect, I would refer you to the Ecotect Wiki which provides tutorials about many analyses.

If you keep receiving the no volume error message, can you send me your. idf file created by Ecotect that will need to be edited - see this post about it. What version of E+ do you use? Ecotect export to version 3.0, so it would have to be converted to a newer version using the multi version converter that can be downloaded on the E+ website.Īlso, there are some errors reported within the. I have tried to replicate your error but to no avail.

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