Monday, November 17, 2008

Working with Analysis applications

A few notes here...

If you haven't already downloaded the IES VE-Ware, try this link:

http://www.iesve.com/content/default.asp?page=s133

This includes come carbon footprint tools as well as the Architecture 2030 challenge - we'll be talking about it in both Revit MEP analysis labs this year (they're both the same session, just a repeat due to the volume of registrations.

Also - I had a few Trace users point a couple of items out worthy of mention - while a good majority of the spaceengineeringobjects property set definitions in AutoCAD MEP export out to Trace 700 just fine, the Revit MEP export only takes physical geometry - and doesn't carry items such as u-values in openings or walls. Best bet is to just take the geometry, then setup templates in Trace to add items such as occupancy loads, power loads, etc. I haven't tried to roundtrip it back into Revit from Trace since I only have the trial version, but I'm sure someone could pipe up and say what actually will come back into Revit from Trace other than just the calculated loads.

One other item I discovered - HAP can read the xml file and get physical geometry as well, but won't export back to the Revit model...

So - what are you finding out when working with the analysis tools? Post your response here, let's see how others are doing...

thanks - dab

1 comment:

David Butts said...

One extra note - project rotation and true north rotation is also not carrying through to Trace or HAP - not sure why, would love to hear if someone else is having the same issue.

thanks - David B.