create a HBsurface from a mesh

I also trying to analyze complex geometries using honeybee and have hit this issue of how to handle meshes... I have a complex wall that is a mesh and I want to run daylight analysis the slab behind it. I am trying to create a HBsurface from the mesh. Can Msh2RAD do that? Is there a way to make a mesh into a HB surface? Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Chris Mackey on March 15, 2016 at 5:23am

Ethan,

It is much harder to go from a mesh to a surface than the other way around but a simple script like this could work for you if your mesh does not have too many faces:

If you have a complex mesh, I think that you should be able to use Mesh2Rad to make a rad file that you can then connect to the "additionaRadFiles" input of the Run Daylight Simulation component.

-Chris

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Permalink Reply by Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari on March 15, 2016 at 8:23pm

If you're only running daylighting analysis MSH2RAD is the best solution otherwise I would do what Chris has suggested. Here is a related discussion.

Permalink Reply by Ethan on March 16, 2016 at 7:03am

Thank you both for your reply. So the mesh2rad creates a radiance object that represents the simplified mesh, stores it externally for the simulation, then brings the simulated results back in to GH?

Permalink Reply by Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari on March 19, 2016 at 9:24am

MSH2RAD create a radiance object from the mesh (it's not simplified) and as you said consider it in the simulation.

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