Michael Siggers

Aye, I do need to add the Site so will fin out then, but at the moment, it's just work in progress to develop the design, (trying to interpret Architect's Hand Drawn Design 😉 ) Think it is ok though now I've seen the altitude part, as this elevation is North Facing, which would make sense in the UK, being darker during the day. The Daylight Hours seem to be ok. Mike

Just thought......... I have no Site Model, ie. no site and the building is floating in space, so would the light be coming from the sun when is is affectively below the horizon, because I have no horizon, as I have no Landscape/Model? When I set the time to 2300 Hours, the Altitude of the Heliodon is negative, indicating it is below the horizon. Mike

Would it be anything to do with the fact I have used Stories in the Layer Setup? Kind regards Mike

Hi @Tom W. Yes, I do not have any light sources in it. Mike

The Heliodon states Greenwich, although as I've geolocated to Bedford, I was expecting it to say Bedford. Might try unticking that and manually selecting the city. Oh, Model now attached. I always struggle with Geolocation. Mike

Hi I've used this before but I must have forgotten something. I've geo referenced the file/model to Bedford in the UK, but for some reason the Heliodon is showing sunlight at midnight. The Heliodon Settings have been changed to use the Geo Referenced information. Any help would be appreciated. Kind regards Mike C10-2025-03 - TH Proposed Extensions.vwx

This is brilliant! Thank you @shorter Little confused by the above statement saying we don't yet use MA but then attaching the MA files. Kind regards Mike

Hi @shorter Hope you are well. Late to this conversation but reading it with interest as I'm looking to revise the Class System I use, and this seems to be the logical one to use, being based in the UK. I've downloaded all the various Tables from NBS. I like the idea of being able to divide into Elements and Materials, so I can use the EF Table for the Elements, like 'Internal Walls', 'External Walls' etc., and the MA Table for the Materials. I can then allocated the MA Classes to the individual Components of a Wall, for example, Bricks, Insulation, Block etc. while still assigning the EF Class to the overall Wall. However, when looking through the MA Schedule, there is no item for 'Brick'. Can I just add one in, and if so what would be the best approach? I've attached the MA Spreadsheet, and would not know where to add it in. If adding in is not an option, what would be the best approach? The same question applies to the Elements one as well, in case I need to add one in. Within Vectorworks, there is no MA Class under the AEC Tables of Classes to Import. EDIT: Think I have found them in the PR Table. Kind regards Mike Mike Uniclass2015_Ma_v1_1.xlsx

You are a Genius, @Tom W.😉 Thank you. Worked perfectly. Kind regards Mike

Thank you @Tom W. I feel like I need to be hiring you as my VW Tutor 😉 Mike

I did double check and all the Opening are not on the Schedule. The Door Schedule is ok, it's the Door Schedule Legend that is showing the hardware. That's why i can live with it as the moment. The Door Schedule is correct. It just means anyone reading the drawing will wonder what the odd hardware set is on the Legend. I just need to find away of omitting them from the Legend, so maybe a similar approach, to Filter out/Ignore 'Openings' and 'Cased Openings.' Mike

That's the next challenge! 🙂 Mike

Thank you @Tom W. Reassuring to know I'm not gong mad 😉 Just tried a completely new file. Created a simple wall. Added an opening. Added the Door Schedule and it brings up that DHW# Hardware Style. For some reason it seems to be hard wired into openings, with no way of removing it. Screenshot attached. Maybe a job for the apprentice Joiner....... to fit hardware to an opening 😉 There should be an option to remove hardware from openings. Mike

Luckily it is only appearing in the Door Hardware Legend and not on the Door Schedule, so I can live with it for the moment. Would be nice to know how to get rid of it though. Mike

So, the Custom Selection found 7 Items. This includes Openings created in walls. Also, that Hardware Code is for the first one on the Hardware List. When I looked at the Openings, even though the Hardware element is greyed out, and 'No Hardware' is selected, the first item of hardware on the list is selected. I'm wondering if it is somehow thinking Hardware is attached to those openings. Attached is a screenshot showing the Hardware Properties for one of the Openings Mike