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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#0025C4'>I echo Rob’s comments. I think the intent is to have a
quick visualization tool – something Sketchup doesn’t have right
now. This is really good to communicate shading issues with clients and (sadly)
architects who aren’t as solar savvy. The ability to see the sun positions
at various times of the day and year through the window is very cool – you
have the entire year’s information at a glance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#0025C4'>The one drawback with that it that the sun positions are only
valid relative to the central focal point of the sun path arc, so you really
need to scale this up large to get realistic results. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#0025C4'>I think it’s a good tool though – please keep us
posted on improvements to it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob
Guglielmetti<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bldg-Sim<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] SunTools Plugin for SketchUp available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Actually Mark, I think the tool shows quite a bit of
promise. The readme clearly states that several features are works in
progress or yet to be implemented, but some of the stuff in there is already
useful, and definitely not part of the "internal SketchUp
tools". The sun path visualizations are nice, and the views from the
sun perspective are also useful. From a shading study perspective, these
tools are useful right now. I guess it all depends on what you call
"analysis". No, the tools do not calculate energy savings from
shading devices, but they do illustrate very well the issues around a
particular fenestration. You can clearly see the range of time where
direct sun is a problem, and the best part is, with this presentation a client
can see the issues too. Our internal tools where I work are faster to use, but
aren't all that great at illustrating the issues to the client. I think this
presentation is very clear (and is also the way Ecotect presents this
info). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Guedi, a couple of comments: can you provide the plugin as a
set of files instead of a windows installer, so I can install the plugin on a
Mac too? Also, it'd be nice if the sun objects are placed on a separate
pre-defined layer instead of the current layer, just for organizational
purposes. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>- Rob Guglielmetti<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 26, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Zoeteman, Mark R. wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
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dir=LTR style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>This does not
seem ready for real use. We tried it and is very simplistic and does not
seem to give functionality. It seems to do little more than plot points
in model, but not analyze model. The internal SketchUp tools will do more
than SunTools.</span><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Mark Zoeteman,
FTC&H</span><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><b><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span
lang=AR-SA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span></span><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>[<a
href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Guedi Capeluto<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Tuesday, March 24,
2009 1:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[Bldg-sim]
SunTools Plugin for SketchUp available</span><span lang=AR-SA style='color:
black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'>SunTools a new Plugin for SketchUp
is available now.</span><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'> </span><span lang=AR-SA
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'>Plug-in Features</span><span
lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'>- SunPATH: visualization (month and
year)</span><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'>- SunPOS: Sun Position for a date
and time</span><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'>- SunVIEW: Axonometric views from
the Sun</span><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'>- SunPENETRATION: Analyze Sun
Penetration/Access in any specific analysis point.</span><span lang=AR-SA
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'>The plug-in can be downloaded after
registration from:<a
href="http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/download.html">http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/download.html</a></span><span
lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'> </span><span lang=AR-SA
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'>Enjoy SunTools.</span><span
lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'> </span><span lang=AR-SA
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'>Guedi Capeluto</span><span
lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><a
href="mailto:arrguedi@technion.ac.il">arrguedi@technion.ac.il</a></span><span
lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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embed'><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'> </span><span lang=AR-SA style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:
embed'><strong><span lang=AR-SA style='color:navy'>Arch. Guedi Capeluto, D.Sc.</span></strong><b><span
lang=AR-SA style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><br>
</span></b><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:9.0pt;color:maroon'>Faculty of
Architecture and Town Planning<br>
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology<br>
</span><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>Technion<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>City, Haifa<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>32000.<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=AR-SA
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>Israel<br>
Tel:+972.4.8294012 Fax:+972.4.8294617</span><span lang=AR-SA
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'><a href="mailto:arrguedi@tx.technion.ac.il">arrguedi@tx.technion.ac.il</a></span><span
lang=AR-SA style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><br>
web : </span><span lang=AR-SA style='font-size:9.0pt;
color:gray'><a href="http://www.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/">http://www.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/</a></span><span
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