Yes to what Steve said too. As you input your polygons check really closely that your spaces don't overlap and that you selected the right command for your floors, e;g; on the ground vs exposed to ambient, as well as your roofs. Specifying your sight coordinates for each shell from the get go seems to give you control, too. When space walls are off by even .05 is when you get surprised by an exterior wall where you were sure you specified an interior one. I have been anal enough to retype my vertices just to be sure since I'm pretty convinced you can be off by a bit when you just click on one.<br>
Carol<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Carol Gardner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cmg750@gmail.com">cmg750@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Richard,<br><br>I would make a shell for each different exposure. For instance where your building is exposed to ground versus air, where your building is exposed to air versus another floor, where it is exposed to a roof versus air. I would also take into consideration thermal zoning. Minimizing zones is good but using them to make your life easier is too.<br>
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On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Richard Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Richard.Williams@arup.com" target="_blank">Richard.Williams@arup.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am trying to understand how best to minimise use of shells.
I am trying to model a building which has jagged shaped floors which overlap
and cantilever all over the place. The attached sketch is a simplified section
of the building showing how the floors change up the building. I’ve
reached the conclusion that, although it is undesirable to have many shells, I
will need a shell for each floor. Additionally, for floors broken into several separate
blocks (eg level 1 on the attached) I will need a shell for each block. Please
let me know if I am missing something?!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards</p>
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