Archive for February, 2010
I mentioned this workflow in a January 28 post “Export Revit to EnergyPlus“, now these video tutorials are up on the openRevit YouTube channel: Introduction Room Bounding Objects and Material Construction Zones, Model Review and GBXML Export Ecotect Import, Model Review and Prep for IDF Export Exporting IDF for EnergyPlus Importing IDF into OpenStudio/Sketchup for [...]
“In this review, Sid Thoo, an Australian architect and sustainability expert, takes a detailed look at the workflow of EcoDesigner, a plugin that allows the energy efficiency performance of a building model to be analyzed within the ArchiCAD environment. The review explores how the application works for quick, conceptual analysis and concludes that EcoDesigner is [...]
Cool tutorial video from buildz: “Here’s a quick (2 minute) video. The basic principle is to make a rig with a controlled vertical offset and rotation, and then hang your geometry on it. In this example I use a rectangular form to create the rig, but you could use just about anything.”
Please check the website below for information on a two day seminar on BIM and Sustainability to be held on the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Chicago Campus, College of Architecture Computer Laboratory from Thursday March 11 to Friday March 12. www.iit.edu/arch/programs/graduate/phd/activities/building_energy_s6.shtml
A new version of Autodesk Green Building Studio has gone live. Version 4.2 has a nicer user interface as well as new weather data for more parts of the globe (Central and South America, the Caribbean, Indonesio and eht Southwest Pacific, the Middle East and Africa have been added). The GBS weather data now covers [...]
