Modelling a Building without Floor Plan Drawings

Shane Regan — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:20:11 GMT

Current Revision posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Shane Regan on 6/14/2023 10:20:11 AM

	Product(s):	OpenBuildings Energy Simulator
	Version(s):	CONNECT Edition
	Environment:	N/A
	Area:	Building Modelling
	Subarea:	N/A

Overview

In certain projects, plan drawings may not be available to base your Energy Simulator model upon.

This article outlines the options available should need to model such rooms/buildings based on room dimension data only.

Method

There are several methods of creating building models in OpenBuildings Energy Simulator - these are outlined here.

There are two possible approaches to modelling buildings using dimension data only:

Using the Conceptual Modeller function.

This can be used for early-stage preliminary design work to assess a buildings performance, with dimensions entered manually which the software uses to automatically generate the building model.

Further guidance can be found at: Conceptual Model - Bentley Communities
Using Accudraw Coordinates.

Create a standard Energy Simulator project, but instead of tracing rooms, just use the AccuDraw coordinates to enter room dimensions directly, for example:

Detailed guidance on how to use AccuDraw can be found here.

Modelling a Building without Floor Plan Drawings

Shane Regan — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:47:33 GMT

Revision 2 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Shane Regan on 6/14/2023 9:47:33 AM

	Product(s):	OpenBuildings Energy Simulator
	Version(s):	CONNECT Edition
	Environment:	N/A
	Area:	Building Modelling
	Subarea:	N/A

Overview

In certain projects, plan drawings may not be available to base your Energy Simulator model upon.

This article outlines the options available should need to model such rooms/buildings based on room dimension data only.

Method

There are several methods of creating building models in OpenBuildings Energy Simulators - these are outlined here.

There are two possible approaches to modelling buildings using dimension data only:

Using the Conceptual Modeller function.

This can be used for early-stage preliminary design work to assess a buildings performance, with dimensions entered manually which the software uses to automatically generate the building model.

Further guidance can be found at: Conceptual Model - Bentley Communities
Using Accudraw Coordinates.

Create a standard Energy Simulator project, but instead of tracing rooms, just use the AccuDraw coordinates to enter room dimensions directly, for example:

Detailed guidance on how to use AccuDraw can be found here.

Modelling a Building with no Floor plan drawings

Shane Regan — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:47:09 GMT

Revision 1 posted to OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Wiki by Shane Regan on 6/14/2023 9:47:09 AM

	Product(s):	OpenBuildings Energy Simulator
	Version(s):	CONNECT Edition
	Environment:	N/A
	Area:	Building Modelling
	Subarea:	N/A

Overview

In certain projects, plan drawings may not be available to base your Energy Simulator model upon.

This article outlines the options available should need to model such rooms/buildings based on room dimension data only.

Method

Using the Conceptual Modeller function.

This can be used for early-stage preliminary design work to assess a buildings performance, with dimensions entered manually which the software uses to automatically generate the building model.

Further guidance can be found at: Conceptual Model - Bentley Communities
Using Accudraw Coordinates.

Create a standard Energy Simulator project, but instead of tracing rooms, just use the AccuDraw coordinates to enter room dimensions directly, for example:

Detailed guidance on how to use AccuDraw can be found here.