Workspace: Buildings-Zones and Zone Grouping/Zone Grouping
Workspace Areas: Active Project Model Tree - 3d view - 2d view
Related Workspaces: Zone Daylighting - Zone Natural Ventilation
The strategy is to allow the user to set up different Zone Groups within the model to assign Zone Loads and Zone Conditions templates to, so that they can leverage commonality among thermal zones for these property categories and reduce the number of times the information needs to be assigned. 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 certain 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 Grouping, the letter (G) 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/Functional 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 Zone Loads Template from the drop down list. The options available are dependent upon the Source Library that is active. The Zone Loads Template contains input properties for Equipment, People and Lighting.
The user can select a Zone Conditions Template from the drop down list. The options available are dependent upon the Source Library that is active. The Zone Conditions Template contains inputs for the property categories of Zone Sizing, Zone Infiltration, Zone Controls, and Room Air Distribution Models.
Creates a new row in the table, and provides a default unique (sequential) name in the Zone Group List column.
The user can select a Zone Group and then by selecting delete they can remove that Zone Group from the model.
By selecting the user can directly access the selected Zone Loads 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/Zone Loads workspace. Within the pop-up dialog, if the user makes changes they have two "save options"
Saves the template changes to the Project Model Source Library associated with the project.
Saves the template changes to the source library that the Template 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 Edit Template Values, the user can directly access the selected Zone Conditions 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/Zone Conditions workspace. Within the pop-up dialog, if the user makes changes they have two "save options", as described above.
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