Workspace: Buildings-Building/Floor/Zone Definition-Create/Zone Natural Ventilation
Workspace Areas: Active Project Model Tree - 3d view - 2d view
Related Workspaces: Zone Daylighting - Zone Grouping
The strategy is to allow the user to set up different Zone Natural Ventilation Groups within the model to assign either a Natural Ventilation Simple or Detailed Template to a group of zones, so that they do not have to be input individually. The user can also access and edit the templates selected directly from this workspace, versus having to go to the templates and/or libraries tabs.
Note: A user could have the same thermal zone within a Zone Group, a Zone Daylighting Group and a Zone Natural Ventilation Group. A thermal zone can only be in one Group of a specific type. This provides the user substantial flexibility in how thermal zones can be grouped and input values assigned.
When a user has assigned a thermal zone to a Zone Natural Ventilation Group, the letters (NVG) will appear at the end of the thermal zone listing on the Project Tree.
At a basic level, the table contains three columns. Once a Zone Group has been created (New) the user can then select single or multiple thermal zones from the Project Tree and drag and drop them into the table and associate them with a specific Zone Group.
Tip: When dragging and dropping thermal zones from the Project Tree, make sure to drop them on the Zone Group name.
The unique name that is assigned by default or is entered by the user. The name entered is the one that will appear in the Project Tree under Zone Groups/Natural Ventilation Groups.
Note: The user can select within the cell and edit the text directly to create a new name and/or edit the existing.
The user can select a Libraries Infiltration/Vent library entry from the drop down list. The options available are dependent upon the Source Library that is active. The Libraries Infiltration/Vent contains input properties for Equipment, People and Lighting.
The user can select a Natural Ventilation Template from the drop down list. The options available are dependent upon the Source Library that is active. The Natural Ventilation Template contains inputs for the property categories of Simulation Controls and parameters, template zone settings and crack properties.
Creates a new row in the table, and provides a default unique (sequential) name in the Zone Natural Ventilation Group Name column.
The user can select a Zone Group and then by selecting delete they can remove that Zone Natural Ventilation Group from the model.
By selecting the user can directly access the selected Libraries Infiltration/Vent Library Entry via a pop-up window as shown in the image above. Within the pop-up window the user can make changes to the library entry just as they would if they went to the Libraries/Controls and Performance Data/Infiltration-Vent workspace. Within the pop-up dialog, if the user makes changes they have two "save options"
Saves the Library Entry changes to the Project Model Source Library associated with the project.
Saves the Library Entry changes to the source library that the Library Entry was created/is currently associated with.
Tip: If just reviewing the Templates content and no changes have been made, just select the red X in the upper right of the pop-up dialog to close it.
By selecting the user can directly access the selected Natural Ventilation Template via a pop-up window as shown in the image above. Within the pop-up window the user can make changes to the template just as they would if they went to the Templates/Data Templates/Natural Ventilation workspace. Within the pop-up dialog, if the user makes changes they have two "save options", as described above.
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