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Calculations - Occupancy and heat gains

Drew Roche

What takes precedence for people gains - is it the Standard room input data, or the definition of activity types? VS. The activity types are referenced below are from this thread: https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki…

over 3 years ago
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CAD Model Design - Roof changes not reflected in model

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem Changing the roof type in Floors/Roofs isn't reflected in the model. Solution…

over 5 years ago
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Hevacomp V8i Update 6 Hot Fix

Duncan Brown

Note that update 6.1 has been released. With the update installed it is no longer necessary to apply this hotfix. It has come to our attention that Update 6 was released with a v5.3 EPC generator, rather than the v5.4 EPC generator. As v5.3 has been…

over 5 years ago
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Glazing Data - Additional glazing is available

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Design Database Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview When a new Design Database project is created, a default list of glazing types is included…

over 5 years ago
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DXF Import issues - Drawing is inverted

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Mechanical Designers - Design Database Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem Importing a DXF is showing the drawing inverted in either the X or Y…

over 6 years ago
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CAD Model design - Window is too small

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Design Database Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview When adding a window or door to a surface, you may receive a "Window is too small…

over 6 years ago
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CIBSE Gain calculation - Allowing temperatures to rise

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Design Database Version(s): V8i (V26) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The CIBSE gain calculation contains an option to allow the temperature to rise. …

over 6 years ago
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Hevacomp General Information

Shane Regan

We recommend bookmarking this page for easy access Hevacomp final version is V8i SS1 SP10 (V8i SS1 CP3 (06/16)) Should you require assistance installing, please post any queries in the forum

1 month ago
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Design Database - Hevacomp Mechanical Designer

Duncan Brown

Design Database Load calculations

over 6 years ago
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CIBSE Gain calculation - Why are there blank lines in my Gain results?

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview Results for CIBSE gain, Carrier gain and Airah gain contain a number of blank…

over 4 years ago
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Defining lighting control and daylight factors for Design Simulation calculations

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview In the Room Data dialog of CAD Input there are now options to control lighting…

over 6 years ago
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How to place rooms within rooms

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview In some instances it may be desirable to embed rooms within other rooms. Method…

over 6 years ago
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How to use Room Multipliers

Shane Regan

Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview There may be situations where you require a large number of rooms in a project…

over 6 years ago
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Calculations - Occupancy and heat gains

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The number of occupants and activity with which they are employed will have an…

over 6 years ago
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Calculations - Using Fresh air loads in Design Database

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The Design Database package contains a number of calculation modules that allow…

over 6 years ago
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How to import a gbXML file

Shane Regan

Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview gbXML (Green Building XML) is a very useful format for transferring building…

over 5 years ago
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CAD mode and Room data mode

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Design Database Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview Describing the difference between CAD and Room Data mode. Method There are two…

over 5 years ago
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CIBSE Gain Calculation - Load types

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Design Database Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The following is a breakdown of components that make up the gains in the CIBSE Heat…

over 6 years ago
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CAD Model Design - Adding atrium style spaces to a project

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Design Database Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview This document provides guidance on modeling Atrium type spaces in Design Database…

over 6 years ago
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CAD Model Design - Adding different roof section types

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Design Database Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The roof construction fabric can be changed as you are adding roof sections. Method…

over 6 years ago
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Floor Locations

Dean Beale

Good Afternoon All, Using Hevacomp design database (and CAD input) I have built a large 4 storey 'complex' building from the 1700's containing around 200 rooms, to get some idea of heat losses throughout the building. However, now the model has been…

Answered

over 7 years ago
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Daylight Calculations in Design Database

Duncan Brown

Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Design Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview Daylight factors can be calculated for Design Database projects. Method An…

over 6 years ago
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