SimView - Creating a space
Select the face in the model that adjoins the space to be added. The face is displayed with red lines in the geometric view and highlighted in the tree summary. Right-click to call up the menu and select the Add Space option. This opens the dialog box for adding a space.
The four geometries are Box, Cone, Copy of Current Space and Copy of whole Storey:
Box - creates a box shaped space on the exterior side (counted from the existing space) of the selected face. The distance from the selected face to the opposite face in the new space is given by the value of Projection.
Cone - creates a cone or a pyramid shaped space on the exterior side (counted from the existing space) of the selected face. The distance from the selected face to the top of the cone is given by the value of Projection.
Copy of Current Room - creates a geometric copy on the exterior side of the selected face - including WinDoors or openings in any of the faces facing the ambient - of the current space. For the selected face an opposite face must exist which is parallel and has the same size and shape as the current face.
Copy of whole Storey - creates a complete copy of all spaces with a ceiling/floor in the same level as the current face and parallel to it. For the selected face, and all faces adjacent to (directly and indirectly) it and which are parallel to it, all spaces below (or above) are copied to a new storey above (or below) as it is done for a single space using the Copy of Current Room function. It is thus possible to copy a whole floor plan in one operation. Using this function in large models will cause the program to work for quite some time - so be patient. Even though this function encourage to create large models, it is always recommended to simplify the model as much as possible bearing in mind the target of the simulation. The simulation time grows proportional to the number of faces and thermal zones.
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