Redefining a Zone
If you add or remove structures within an energy zone, redefine
the zone. Use the document browser function.
- Activate the model window.
- Open the Energy calculation branch in the
document browser.
- Move the cursor over the Warm
[number] or Half
warm [number] header.
- Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
- Select Edit. The program hides all the other objects,
besides walls, from the model, and highlights the walls included in
the zone in color.
- Click to add or remove walls. Only select walls included in the
energy zone (heated or semi-heated) in question.
- Select Confirm. The program hides all the other objects,
besides horizontal structures and walls, from the model.
- Select the horizontal structures.
- Select the floors, ceilings and roofs. Follow the prompts on
the status bar. Select Confirm after selecting each
structure type.
- You can accept a previously selected structure with the
Confirm function.
- You can skip a particular structure type by selecting
Confirm, as long as you select the structures in such a way
that closes the space volume.
The selected structures are opened in the Energy Zone
Definitions dialog box.
- Edit the space volumes that are used in the energy calculation
in the dialog box.
Energy Zone
Definitions Dialog Box
- Confirm by clicking OK.
The program generates a space volume based on the selected walls
and horizontal structures and the offsets defined for the
structures.
The program collects the building component data in a database
and opens them for viewing in the Thermal Insulation Components
database view.
The Thermal Insulation
Components Database View
- Confirm by clicking OK.
The program will update the energy report (energy.xml) in the
project folder. You can open the report in the project document
browser.
Note
- The energy calculation is interrupted if the space volume is
not closed.
- By default, north is located at the top of the window and south
at the bottom of the window. You can define directions that differ
from the default by determining north before the energy
calculation. See Determining the
North Direction.
- The space volume is displayed as a blue volume in the model.
You can hide and show the space volume using the document browser
function.
- If the geometry of the building components disappears in the
model, you can restore the geometry using the Restore Hidden
function in the context-sensitive menu.
Determining the North Direction
Defining a Zone
Updating a Zone
Showing and Hiding a
Zone
Restoring the Geometry
of Building Components to a Model
Energy Zones
Energy
Calculation