

1 for site analysisBefore even thinking about the brief, or some initial forms, there is a lot of information to be gathered from the site. Send and receive Lua commands to/from Ecotect LUA command SDK is available in the scriptmanager of ecotect Sets the grid axis: 0 xy axis 1 yz axis 2 xz axisĭomain of width Domain of height Count of faces in direction 2D slice position from originĬomponent EcoGridRequest setting boolean toogle to true:Ġ Daylight Factor 1 Daylighting Levels 2 Internally Reflected 3 Externally Reflected 4 Sky ComponentĠ Cell Temperature 1 Cell Pressure 2 Cell Contamination 3 Air Flow Rate 4 Flow VectorĠ Total Radiation 1 Total Direct Radiation 2 Total Diffuse Radiation 3 Overcast Sky Factor 4 Uniform Sky Factor Available Attributes: 1 Total Radiation 2 Total Direct Radiation 3 Total Diffuse Radiation Interval of indices of meshfaces to Import the attribute

Setting boolean toogle to true: receiving Receive Calculated incident solar radiation levels Available Insolation Metrics must be set if Insolation Calculations: is set to Reference Available Insolation Accumulations 0 Cumulative 1 Average Daily 2 Average Hourly 3 Peak SkySubDivision default : 15x15 If connected, calculation will restart when changing the object connect the exported mesh Switch between Objects and Grid default : object Determines the start and end day of the year for the calculation this are two integer values between 1 and 365 Determines the starting and ending time for the calculation this are two decimal values between 0.00 and 23.99 Relevant Data Table(Terrain Types) 0 In a location exposed to the wind 1 In a rural setting (reasonably open) 2 In a suburban setting (reasoanbly protected) 3 In a dense urban setting (very protected) Available Insolation Calculations: 0 Incident Solar Radiation on Points & Surfaces 1 Solar Absorbtion/Transmission of Object Surfaces 2 Sky Factor & Photosynthetically Active Radiation 3 Shading, Overshadowing and Sunlight Hours 4 COMPARE VALUE- Reference (Before) 5 COMPARE VALUE- Comparison (After) P.e: C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Ecotect Analysis 2011\Weather Data\Germany-Hannover.wea W : Path of File for Weather Data *.wea to Set Location The internal timeout for the component is set to 5 minutes but the calculation in ecotect will continue until it is finished

if you are not working in metric space please input your scale option for sending geometry 0 model new - delete all object 1 delete only in ecotect selected object 2 delete nothing”, 0Ĭalculates incident solar radiation levels (insolation) over either the current analysis grid or objects within the model important: the facecount influences the calculation time. Setting boolean toogle to true: meshfaces will be send to ecotect Send the connected mesh geometry to ecotect important: the facenormals have to be set outwards If you have started ecotect with EcoLink the application will be closed searches on your computer for a installed version of ecotect analysis Searches on your computer for a installed version of ecotect analysisĬonnectivity test if ecotect is already started, if not the component try to start it and test again By ursula frick - thomas grabner Grasshopper® Robert McNeel & Associates Autodesk© Ecotect Analysis 2010/2011Ĭomponent EcoLink component EcoMeshExport component EcoSolCal component EcoSolRequest component Eco2DGrid component EcoGridRequest component EcoGridVectorRequest component EcoLua component EcoDayOfYear
