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Showing posts with label autodesk ecotect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autodesk ecotect. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Performative Design - New Site
I never pass up the opportunity to blog about a new found site... Thanks to Zach over at Buildz for introducing me to the site. From the person who brought you Ecotect, Andrew Marsh, here is a site full of great ideas and tutorials:
Welcome to the personal website of Dr. Andrew Marsh ...
This site is basically my online notebook, containing an eclectic mix of ideas, discussions and experiments in building performance analysis, generative design, computer programming, data visualisation and web development - all organised under the following two primary themes: Performative Design & Informative Design.
This site is basically my online notebook, containing an eclectic mix of ideas, discussions and experiments in building performance analysis, generative design, computer programming, data visualisation and web development - all organised under the following two primary themes: Performative Design & Informative Design.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Tutorial - Revit to Ecotect (Revitology)
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autodesk ecotect,
ecotect,
revit to ecotect,
revit tutorial,
tutorial
Very simple and watered down tutorial about how to export your building information model from Revit into Ecotect...
With the onslaught of "Green" packages integrated into the BIM process and workflow, many users do not realize that the essential part of the data starts from the model itself. Of course you need a model to dictate your outcome in Ecotect or Green Building Studio, but the way we manage and set up our model needs to be refined prior to our exportation. By setting up our model at the very early stages of our design, we ensure that our readings in our sustaibable packages are accurate and reliable.
For this blog, we will focus on integration with Ecotect and Revit Architecture 2010. Listed below are the steps accompanied by images to aid in the process.
With the onslaught of "Green" packages integrated into the BIM process and workflow, many users do not realize that the essential part of the data starts from the model itself. Of course you need a model to dictate your outcome in Ecotect or Green Building Studio, but the way we manage and set up our model needs to be refined prior to our exportation. By setting up our model at the very early stages of our design, we ensure that our readings in our sustaibable packages are accurate and reliable.
For this blog, we will focus on integration with Ecotect and Revit Architecture 2010. Listed below are the steps accompanied by images to aid in the process.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Solar Radiation technology and Revit.
I have always wondered what Ecotect stood for and had my own ideas. Well apparently it stands for Ecology + Architect = Ecotect. Cool!
"Designing for sustainability requires many analyses, and an understanding of the incident solar radiation on a building façade is one of those analyses. It is particularly compelling to be able to do this analysis from within Revit. The new Solar Radiation Technology Preview allows users to study incident solar radiation on a building form within the conceptual massing environment available to all Revit Architecture and Revit MEP users. There are many examples of how the information can be used, but some of the common ones are:
Studying how incident solar radiation on the façade of a specific form differs by orientation. This could be as simple as analyzing a basic rectangular form. It is easy but important to look at incident solar radiation on pitched roofs to understand the impact of various roof pitches and nearby shading elements early in the design process if solar panels are being considered.
To understand the relative importance of glazing for daylighting and solar heat gain of the building, it is useful to quantify the difference between the incident solar radiation that occurs on the lower floors vs. the higher floors of a tall building. This is especially significant in an urban context. Studying incident solar energy is one step towards understanding what types of glass might be appropriate different façades or floors. If the solar radiation on the north façade or lower floors is much lower than the flux on the southern or high floors, varying glass type and performance by face may be appropriate.
Much of the analysis associated with low carbon building design and sustainability is very numerical and not visually compelling. The solar radiation add-in is a great way to provide visual feedback within the context of a design whether as a means to communicate a design choice, or as part of a presentation.
It is worth repeating here that analyses for sustainability, including solar radiation analysis, should be done very early in the design process, and then repeated as needed when the form and design evolves. This new technology preview is available within the massing environment, which facilitates its early use.
The user chooses a weather file which contains the raw solar data required for the analysis, then chooses a date and time range for the analysis, and finally selects the surfaces to be analyzed.
The user has the ability to set the number of divisions or tiles that a surface gets sectioned into for the analysis, with the associated computation time implications. The results can be displayed as cumulative, peak or average values in user chosen units. The computation time varies depending on the calculation resolution, but examples shown here take approximately 10 seconds for the simplest analysis for the simplest form, to approximately 20 seconds for the more complicated form.
Finally, once the users are satisfied with their analyses, they can choose to publish the results in the form of images or output to a printer."
Studying how incident solar radiation on the façade of a specific form differs by orientation. This could be as simple as analyzing a basic rectangular form. It is easy but important to look at incident solar radiation on pitched roofs to understand the impact of various roof pitches and nearby shading elements early in the design process if solar panels are being considered.
To understand the relative importance of glazing for daylighting and solar heat gain of the building, it is useful to quantify the difference between the incident solar radiation that occurs on the lower floors vs. the higher floors of a tall building. This is especially significant in an urban context. Studying incident solar energy is one step towards understanding what types of glass might be appropriate different façades or floors. If the solar radiation on the north façade or lower floors is much lower than the flux on the southern or high floors, varying glass type and performance by face may be appropriate.
Much of the analysis associated with low carbon building design and sustainability is very numerical and not visually compelling. The solar radiation add-in is a great way to provide visual feedback within the context of a design whether as a means to communicate a design choice, or as part of a presentation.
It is worth repeating here that analyses for sustainability, including solar radiation analysis, should be done very early in the design process, and then repeated as needed when the form and design evolves. This new technology preview is available within the massing environment, which facilitates its early use.
The user chooses a weather file which contains the raw solar data required for the analysis, then chooses a date and time range for the analysis, and finally selects the surfaces to be analyzed.
The user has the ability to set the number of divisions or tiles that a surface gets sectioned into for the analysis, with the associated computation time implications. The results can be displayed as cumulative, peak or average values in user chosen units. The computation time varies depending on the calculation resolution, but examples shown here take approximately 10 seconds for the simplest analysis for the simplest form, to approximately 20 seconds for the more complicated form.
Finally, once the users are satisfied with their analyses, they can choose to publish the results in the form of images or output to a printer."
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Autodesk Green Building Tools
Labels:
autodesk ecotect,
autodesk green,
autodesk green building studio,
autodesk leed,
autodesk webcast,
green building studio
Going Green is Easier with Autodesk's Green Building Tools
Everyone says "green" these days. It's very in to be Sustainable and
LEED certified is nearly a given with the crop of government projects
and new government incentives. But how do you analyze your building
before it's built? Autodesk(R) Ecotect Analysis(TM) and Autodesk(R)
Green Building Studio(R) offer BIM-enabled Sustainable design, allowing
architects and designers to make decisions early in the design process,
look at multiple options and choose the best one for the job in a
quick, visual format.
Join us for a complimentary hour-long overview of Autodesk Ecotect
Analysis or Green Building Studio to see how these programs can help
you with solar, thermal and acoustic analysis as well as ENERGY Star
scoring, daylighting and energy and carbon results.
Avatech's LEED-accredited technical expert will show you how these
tools can be used in your everyday workflow to provide a better, more
intelligent energy-efficient model.
Ecotect Analysis Webcast
June 25, 2009
10:00 AM ET
and
2:00 PM ET
Green Building Studio Webcast
June 26, 2009
10:00 AM ET
and
2:00 PM ET
Register Now
Click here to view in your browser.
Everyone says "green" these days. It's very in to be Sustainable and
LEED certified is nearly a given with the crop of government projects
and new government incentives. But how do you analyze your building
before it's built? Autodesk(R) Ecotect Analysis(TM) and Autodesk(R)
Green Building Studio(R) offer BIM-enabled Sustainable design, allowing
architects and designers to make decisions early in the design process,
look at multiple options and choose the best one for the job in a
quick, visual format.
Join us for a complimentary hour-long overview of Autodesk Ecotect
Analysis or Green Building Studio to see how these programs can help
you with solar, thermal and acoustic analysis as well as ENERGY Star
scoring, daylighting and energy and carbon results.
Avatech's LEED-accredited technical expert will show you how these
tools can be used in your everyday workflow to provide a better, more
intelligent energy-efficient model.
Ecotect Analysis Webcast
June 25, 2009
10:00 AM ET
and
2:00 PM ET
Green Building Studio Webcast
June 26, 2009
10:00 AM ET
and
2:00 PM ET
Register Now
Click here to view in your browser.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Green Templates - Ecotect
Labels:
autodesk ecotect,
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Great couple of posts about Ecotect and the vast amount of information you can pull from it.
- Green Templates: Part 1 - Indoor Analysis and Glazing
- Green Templates: Part 2 - Revit Architecture and Ecotect
These go along perfectly with the Analyzation step of our Revit Classroom Workflow.
Greg at Revit3D.com is an authorized reseller for Ecotect. Please contact him if you are interested in purchasing and let him know you heard it hear!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Autodesk - Ecotect
Labels:
autodesk ecotect,
ecotect,
rcw
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There are quite a few environmental analysis programs out there for Revit and BIM. My personal favorite is Integrated Environmental Solutions because of its integration with Revit (I will introduce I.E.S. in the upcoming posts).
First, here is a quick intro to Ecotect:
ECOTECT is a complete building design and environmental analysis tool that covers the full range of simulation and analysis functions required to truly understand how a building design will operate and perform. It finally allows designers to work easily in 3D and apply all the tools necessary for an energy efficient and sustainable future. Check out its features to learn more.
Once again, Ecotect is completely free for students who belong to the Autodesk Student Community. I think what I will do is introduce the three major environmental analysis programs within the next few days.
After all of the introductions I will personally compare and contrast the three programs.
Links for Ecotect:
- Ecotect Website
- Training Material
- An Introduction to Ecotect
- Great Tutorial Showing Integration with Revit
At the end of this software introduction series I will connect the dots with the Revit Classroom Workflow Chart.
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