Dear All, I have to study a building which is located next to a quite large warehouse. I did created the skp and idf files properly , and I also created the .eso files as described in the tutorial However when I select Rendering à by datavalue, the shadows from the near by building is not displayed. (I have to note that when selecting Rendering à by surface, the shadows are displayed properly, but this does not help be because it doesn’t present the temperature values.) Am I missing something? Is there a way to achieve the temperature presentation, with the shadow influence of the nearby building? Best Regards Lampros Karalis From: Lampros Karalis [mailto:lkaralis@metal.ntua.gr] Dear All, I am working with the latest version of the TRNSYS 3d plugin on windows XP and using the trnsys 17.00019 version of the simulation Studio. I already have sketched my building and defined the zones in it, as described on the manual. The most common problems I have met so far have to do with some error messages when I try to use the skp file. However I read Mr. ‘s Duffy note that we should only use the idf file, and therefore I did not worry. My main problem begun when I started drawing the shadow objects that affect my building. I did defined the objects as noted on the tutorial (version June 2010) and on the Outliner Window I could see two Shading Object groups, (one for the nearby building that affect mine and one for a second construction that is attached to my building) Please see attached skp file. When I saved and reopen the idf file, Outiner window showed 17 shading objects (!) see attached idf file. Even though I believe that it automatically created one object per surface, it is important to know 1. Is this normal? 2. Does this affect my calculations? 3. Can I do something to make it behave properly? 4. Why does outliner window of my skp, even though it produces errors, shows the shading objects properly? Any help would be most appreciated, specially on questions #1, #2 Best Regards Lampros Karalis |