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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PL link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Experts,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>My goal is to get solar gain reaching each zone of my multiunit residential building. I need to take into account shading of surrounding buildings and self-shading.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I have prepared appropriate model in SketcUp (.idf enclosed).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>It seems to me that .shm file is enough for my goal. But detailed beam radiation calculation need also .ism file for each considered zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>My computer is not manage to create .ism files, I have only .shm file (enclosed).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Is there any way to get this solar gains, based only on .shm?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Simplification of building model are not solution for me… (I have simplified it as much as possible and each change of geometry could generate whole model error).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Karol Bandurski<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:PL'>--------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:PL'>Karol BANDURSKI M. Sc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:PL'>Faculty of Civil and Environemntal Engeneering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:PL'>Division of Heating, Air Conditioning and Air Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:PL'>Poznan University of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:PL'><a href="http://www.put.poznan.pl/~karol.bandurski" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>www.put.poznan.pl/~karol. bandurski</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:PL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:PL'><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karol_Bandurski"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karol_Bandurski</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:PL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>