How to model thermal bridges in Simergy?

Establishing thermal bridge parameters

With a tool like LBNL’s Therm, you can determine basic parameters about thermal bridges, such as area, thickness, and thermal resistance.

https://windows.lbl.gov/tools/therm/software-download

 Defining the thermal bridge material layer set

• Go to the Library workspace
• Select MLS Editor
• Press the New button
• Select OpaqueLayerSet as Type
• Select NoMass as MaterialType for the first layer in the MLS grid on the right and specify a material name, thickness, R-Value per Thickness and Roughness value and Save. 
  
  

Apply thermal bridge material layer set

• Go to Building workspace
• Select Custom Openings
• Select a wall in the 3D view (or the 2D view or the tree)
• Click on New Door and place the “door” representing your thermal bridge in context of the wall.
• Change the Construction to the Thermal Bridge MLS you created above.