Hi Brendan That sounds like the other vectors from your original CAD drawing are stored in an Xref - please see this document for an explanation and methods to resolve this. Regards,

Hello, Please post your second question regarding CIBSE Heat Gain to a separate thread and I will try to answer it there. With regard your question on Summer - The Summer calc uses Operative Temp as defined in CIBSE Guide A5 Section 1.2.2. This equates…

Hi Roy, it may depend on the type of calculation you are doing as to the best solution. The simplest option is to create an Exposed Wall in Fabric Data using the layer data for the above ground wall. Once created you can adjust the calculated U-Value…

Chris, to extend on Duncan's answer you should consider the following. Steady State calcs such as CIBSE will consider the temp on the other side of a partition. When using CAD Input this will default to the design condition specified for the adjacent…

You can also change all, or specific glazing for the project by using the Global option on the main Design Database menu. This allows you to make changes for specific rooms\all rooms. You can also restrict changes to only change existing glazing of a…

Hi Rob, By any chance is this a glazed door? Any door that is more than 50% glazed is considered a Window for PartL purposes. If you set a glazed area greater than 50% then we automatically treat this as a window when we pass it to SBEM. This is…

Eric - Please see the reply in this thread below.

Hi Michael A quick follow up to my colleagues response above. Once you have set up the correct permissions to the software, you may need to reset your project's weather location so the project can function correctly. Load up your project. From within…

Hi Kieran - The function you are looking for is the Ortho On/Off toggle that can be found on the Defaults menu. Turning Ortho OFF will allow you draw your building surfaces at any angle, rather than at 90° You should be aware that this information …

The workflow for correcting a finished floor level can be found in our Support Solutions here: http://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/11959.changing-floor-heights

Hi Tom - To expand a little on my colleagues reply; There is an extended list glazing available within Design Database - this list can be access by clicking on the Utilities button, then on the Glazing Data tab. From here, you can examine the descriptions…

Hi, the following document from our Wiki page explains how to do this: communities.bentley.com/.../creating-a-template-project.aspx Please let us know if you have any further questions.