[TRNSYS-users] Adjacent surfaces with TrnSys 3D

David BRADLEY d.bradley at tess-inc.com
Wed Nov 30 13:05:38 PST 2011


Olivier,
   SketchUp is pretty good at "snapping" new lines to existing vertices. 
I rely very heavily on that when drawing adjacent walls in two zones. It 
also helps to type in measurements of wall lengths and wall heights 
instead of trying to use the mouse to set the length.
Best,
  David


On 11/22/2011 04:16, olivier.davidau at amoes.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When drawing a model in SketchUp, two surfaces should have exactly the 
> same vertices to be recognized as adjacent with the "matching 
> surfaces" tool. However it's quite difficult to obtain perfect 
> adjacency when drawing on SketchUp.
>
> I found that it can be fixed in TrnBuild within using the manual 
> geometry mode and matching adjacent surfaces.
>
> But then it's not possible to modify the model with SketchUp again, 
> since the geometry mode has been changed to "manual".
>
> Is there a method or tricks to avoid this problem?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Olivier DAVIDAU
>
> AMOES
>
> Tél : 01 41 32 22 11
>
> fax : 01 40 86 29 16
>
> 31 rue bapst
>
> 92600 Asnières sur seine
>
> olivier.davidau at amoes.com <mailto:damien.lambert at amoes.com>
>
> www.amoes.com <http://www.amoes.com/>
>
> http://blog.amoes.com/
>
> www.energiepositive.info <http://www.energiepositive.info/>
>
> AVIS: ce message est confidentiel, protégé par le secret professionnel 
> et à l'usage exclusif du destinataire. Si vous avez reçu ce message 
> par erreur, veuillez nous en informer immédiatement et détruire la copie.
>
> NOTICE: this e-mail is confidential, privileged and intended for the 
> exclusive use of the addressee. If you have received this e-mail by 
> mistake, please notify us immediately and delete the copy.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TRNSYS-users mailing list
> TRNSYS-users at cae.wisc.edu
> https://mailman.cae.wisc.edu/listinfo/trnsys-users

-- 
***************************
David BRADLEY
Principal
Thermal Energy Systems Specialists, LLC
22 North Carroll Street - suite 370
Madison, WI  53703 USA

P:+1.608.274.2577
F:+1.608.278.1475
d.bradley at tess-inc.com

http://www.tess-inc.com
http://www.trnsys.com

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.onebuilding.org/pipermail/trnsys-users-onebuilding.org/attachments/20111130/96fecf41/attachment-0005.htm>


More information about the TRNSYS-users mailing list