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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>How can daylight factors be calculated for a grid of points
in an EnergyPlus zone with external shading?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>DELight allows up to 100 reference points to be defined,
however this does not appear to take into account any shading (Shading:Building,
Shading:Overhang, Shading:Zone etc).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The DELight input file _DELight.in contains a reference to <span
class=apple-style-span><font color=black><span style='color:black'>BUILDING
SHADES, however I can’t find an EnergyPlus configuration that gives
anything other than "N_BShades 0"</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></font></p>
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