Archive for September, 2009
The Connection Extension for Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 design visualization software offers a range of new and enhanced connectivity features exclusively to Autodesk Subscription program customers. Enhanced Interoperability with CAD Packages Bring solid models from many of your favorite CAD packages into 3ds Max Design 2010 for visual enhancement and export them back when [...]
It can be downloaded after registration from: http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/download.html A short documentation file can be viewed at: http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/dwnld_after_reg/stdwnld/sunTools_helpV2.pdf
See these two tutorials on using Revit MEP, Ecotect and Green Building Studio for Building Performance Analysis. Watch full screen for best results!
I had posted links to those two videos before, now I found them on YouTube for more convenient consumption
Vibyor.com is an online eLearning platform for whole building energy simulation, day lighting simulation and LEED practioners’ courses and tutorials. Vibyor offers self learning tutorials and courseware on Weather and Material data, VisualDOE, eQUEST, ECOTECT, DesignBuilder, EnergyPro and EnergyPlus. “We believe that energy simulation is highly inter-disciplinary and experential in nature and can not be [...]
Version 4.1 of thw whole-building energy analysis web service Green Building Studio has been released including support for projects in Asia Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Philippines, and South Korea) and India. “The global reach of Green Building Studio is expanding all the time and this adds to the existing capability to analyse projects [...]
A new version of SunTools Plugin (V2.0) for SketchUp is available now. The new version incorporates the calculation and visualization of Visible / Obstructed Sky from any point in a project (exterior/interior), and improvements of existing features as suggested by users. Plug-in Features SunPATH: visualization (month and year) SunPOS: Sun Position for a date and [...]
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) main objectives are to conduct original research related to daylighting and energy-efficient building design and to translate our findings into accessible, high quality information that help design practitioners to create more comfortable and resource efficient environments. The Sustainable Design Tutorials project site provides a series of step-by-step instructions [...]
When doing daylight simulation you might be interested in overall areas of day lit zones (e.g. for for LEED EQc 8.1 compliance you want to know about areas with more than 250 Lux of 2% daylight factor). I found this interesting tutorial today: Finding Area of Contours in Ecotect/Radiance Analysis Grid Let me know how [...]
SketchBook Mobile — a new iPhone App available for download on the iTunes App Store as of today — is a professional-grade paint and drawing application designed for artists, designers, and anyone… These are some feature highlights: Full Screen work space with UI-on-demand Multi-touch navigation with a 2500% zoom Canvas size: 3GS 1024 x 682 [...]
