[TRNSYS-users] Problem to model shading mask with Trnsys 3D

[Matt Duffy]

Dear Vincent,

After importing your *.idf into trnbuild, you need to generate the shading matrix, *.shm, from the menu (Generate -> Shading/Insolation Matrix)

Best regards,

Matt Duffy
Thermal Energy Systems Specialists


Sent from my mobile wireless device. Please excuse any typos.

On Aug 25, 2010, at 4:40 AM, "vincent.coste at amoes.com" <vincentcoste12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Trnsys users,
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> Before using TRNSys-3D, I thought the big advantage was the easy way to model shading masks by drawing masks directly on SketchUp (using shading groups function).
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> However, analyzing the results, I realized shading masks were not considered  by the model.
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> Is it normal ?
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> Did I miss an important step ?
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> Did one of you obtain results with shading masks drawn by SketchUp ?   
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> In addition, I don’t understand how shading masks are modeled (if they are modeled) : the simulation studio file created by the 3D-Building Project Wizard do not use types (like Type 67 or 68 or 34 …) so radiations from the weather file are not modified before the Type 56.
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> Thanks a lot for your answers !   
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> Best regards,
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> Vincent COSTE
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