[TRNSYS-users] TRnsys3D skecthup plugin

[Mateo de Guadalfajara]

Dont tell me that...
Do you have some information about how to use the skethup plugins? Which one
is the best?
I have installed OpenStudio but I have found more information about Demeter
but that software is only free for a year and then is quite expensive.
Which software plugin have you used? Does it works?

By the way if you try harder with that 3D program you will draw much faster
in a week of practice. I tried google sketchup and autocad and at the
beggining was difficult to use sketchup but now I can draw quite fast
complex models.

Thanks,
             Mateo

2011/9/22 Thibaut VITTE <thibaut.vitte at h3c-energies.fr>

> Dear Trnsys users,
>
> I've recently used the TRNSYS3D sketchup plugin because I wanted to study a
> closed atrium in a building, and I wanted to see the influence of the
> detailled model of radiation, and use the multiple nodes function.
>
> Well... The least I can say is that it is a real pain in the...
>
> I quit, I cannot get it to work, the drawings in sketchup starts to look
> like nothing, I've lost for no reason multiple walls that became regular
> skecthup surfaces, When I import my model in TRnbuild, some adjacencies
> disappeared... And so on. I'm lost with my multiple saves; I've got a plugin
> error every time I open a model... I've tried to be the most meticulous
> while drawing, drew each zone apart and then moved it to its right place,
> did not use the matching surface tool...
> I tried a very simple model, and it worked, but I see that when the
> drawing's too complicated either i'm not enough skilled, either it's
> inadequate.
>
> Does somedy manage to be really efficient with that tool? At the present
> time I cannot imagine someone drawing faster than somebody used to enter
> values in Trnbuild!
>
> ...Which was actually the aim of defining the geometry in a CAD software...
>
> If yes, then what is the learning curve, and how many hours do you think it
> takes to master? Any references?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Thibaut
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