Is there a way to determine window/door orientation for Energos, automatically?

[JMR]

Hi all,

 

I need a list of windows/doors and their orientations for specialist energy consultation.

 

I see I can manually set windows and door orientations in Energos project settings, but this is too laborous for a large project.

 

Is there a way to get this information automatically, to a worksheet?

 

Thanks.

 

 

[Matt Panzer]

Can you send me a fairly small project file and explain how where and how you'd like to see this data (i.e.: Will it be stored in a user field of the Door and window or a separate record, etc.)?

[Matt Panzer]

22 hours ago, Matt Panzer said:

Can you send me a fairly small project file and explain how where and how you'd like to see this data (i.e.: Will it be stored in a user field of the Door and window or a separate record, etc.)?

 

@JMR, If you have a simple file with some test conditions (walls with doors and windows, project north angle setup) and can note what you expect (what and where the data should be), that would be enough.  No need for a whole project file.

[JMR]

Thanks Matt, and sorry for the delay in answering.

 

There is a worksheet function  =ANGLE('ENERGOS') which I thought would return the orientation of the element in relation to project north. However, it stubbornly returns North-90 (Vertical 90) for all windows and doors, regardless of which way they are pointing:

 

 

 

It seems that the Energos dialog window is the only place this orientation can be set, manually.

 

I haven't found any "north setting" that would have an effect on these. In Document Settings / Georeferencing settings true north can be set, but it has no effect on these values, neither does any heliodon on a design layer.

 

Perhaps I am missing something here...or is it not possible to query the orientation of an object in relation to true north?

 

I would need this information for an energy consultant, they sum up the areas of windows and doors facing different bearings and use this data in determining the energy efficiency of the building.

 

I did a workaround with custom data; gave all windows a special record with a pop-up menu of orientations; then used data visualisation to check this and finally pulled a worksheed based on these - problem solved, kind of.

 

I guess one could query the rotation of the object and add/deduct this from known true north and thereby determine the orientation.

 

I assumed that it would be possible to query the orientation into energos automatically, and also into a worksheet, but it seems I was mistaken.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 30, 2023 by JMR

[Matt Panzer]

@JMR,

OK.  The solution is actually simple.  I'm not an Energos expert so I needed to look into this. 🙂 

In order for these values to be automatically calculated, you must use Space objects in the areas where the door and windows are and make sure the "Include in calculations" option is selected for the spaces.  If you try this and still don't see the correct values, make sure the "Modified" option is deselected in the "Edit Building Element" dialog for the objects.