simulation problems with more openings

hello there!

so i´m trying to work with diva for grasshopper, but somehow i´m in trouble go get in a workflow with it.

here my question: i´ve built a complex building and wanted to see what happens with the daylight factor when the skylights change sizes and number. the buliding also has fasade windows which are static. when running the similation it is just working with one of the skylights, the others and the fasade windows are not simulated. so i tried again with a more simple model. at first only with one skylight, simulation seems ok. then i´ve added a fasade window and ran the simulation again, result: just the fasade window is simulatet. attached are some pictures. why is there always only one opening shown in the simulation?

i am looking forward to your answers, i´d really like to work with this tools. thank you

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Permalink Reply by Claudio on January 21, 2012 at 1:30pm

Its a bit difficult to understand what is the problem exactly. First your daylight factor should be tested at given nodes pretty much like a testing grid in ecotect (if you are familiar with it) Second make sure that your file in saved in a physical hard drive. In my latest test using network Diva did not like much the location of the file so it returns pretty strange results. Then make sure you've give the right materials to your surfaces and also that their normals are facing outwards. If you share the scene and gh file maybe I can give it a look.

good luck

claudio

Permalink Reply by Martin Dembski on January 22, 2012 at 10:33am

Hi melanie,

I think you can't run any simulation in "eckgebäude" because of the umlaut in the file name, that was an issue I had to deal with some time ago.

DIVA don't like any special symbols.

Hope this help you a liitle bit.

Best,

Martin.

Permalink Reply by Jeff Niemasz on January 23, 2012 at 12:06pm

Hi Melanie,

I am not clear about the other saving problems you are describing, but your are correct about the legend component. A revision of grasshopper required us to update the components with a piece of code to deal with the custom components being saved and we must have left the update out of the legend component. We will fix this in the next release, thanks.

Jeff

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