nrkuhl Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Is it possible to use Energos without creating 'space' objects? Also, is it possible to have Energos calculate from simple 3d objects and give them R-values? It would be nice to have something like Sefeira's functionality in the SD stage. Quote Link to comment
gester Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 good questions, i second this. rob Quote Link to comment
nrkuhl Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Also, while we're at it, is there any documentation on Energos besides the Help file? Quote Link to comment
nrkuhl Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 Bumping this, anyone using Energos? Quote Link to comment
nrkuhl Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 I'm going to keep flogging this topic, my firm got really excited about the possibility of integrating energy modeling into the design process when this was announced, since we do a fair number of deep energy retrofits and new construction. The idea of being able to evaluate the efficiency early in the SD process without having to switch programs was very appealing, but the lack of documentation and the convoluted process required to get to an energy model have utterly destroyed our enthusiasm. Are there plans to release some real documentation? Or enable energy modeling off of volumetric models? Or get Sefeira to do a VW plugin? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted May 6, 2016 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 6, 2016 Most likely there will be documentation created after the changes mentioned in the Development thread arrive. My schedule for content creation is limited, and often when new features or major changes are looming, delaying the creation of documentation happens rather than having to revise a piece of content only a few months after the original was released. There should have been in-depth documentation of Energos at its release, unfortunately that was not the case. Quote Link to comment
nrkuhl Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 Ok, thanks Jim. Pass up the chain that there's at least one office full of users annoyed at the lack of documentation, and that you need some staffing for it. Or clones. Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Interested in Docu too as I am currently feeding my Slabs and Walls with k-values .... Quote Link to comment
gester Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 you mean r-values, right? btw there are no k-values anymore, but u-values. Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Also, while we're at it, is there any documentation on Energos besides the Help file? at least that : http://www.vectorworks.net/media/introductiontoenergymodelingusingenergos?utm_campaign=webinar&utm_source=planet.vectorworks.net&utm_medium=intext Quote Link to comment
Mitch Brooks Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 To respond to the original question, do you have to use spaces to use Energos?, I just watched the Vectorworks tutorial "Introduction to Energy Modeling Using Energos" by Francois Levy. He indicated that spaces are needed to tell Energos which is the interior and exterior sides of the walls, for what it's worth. Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Given there is no documentation, that webinar was a big step ahead. My buildings still fails all standards I see I have no Volume, I thought I gave a height. Have to look at my Spaces again. Maybe my large window areas aren't welcome too. But not sure if my typical slabs will be calculated correctly. I usually use a slab for the real slab + additional slabs for each finish floor. And I hope the climate settings will also work outside of the US correctly. Quote Link to comment
nrkuhl Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 I'll have to find some time to go through that webinar. I'd still like to have reasonable written documentation though. When I experimented with Energos a while back, I had similar experiences to Zoomer, had some crazy values for heat loss. Quote Link to comment
thinkingpencil Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I used Energos successfully in 2016. Now in 2020 I cannot get results. I have check-boxed envelope elements and spaces to be included in Energos results. Also given spaces a volume. Looking forward to the Energos VSS webinar on March 13. Meanwhile have colleagues had more recent Energos success. Especially on obtaining results? I'll watch the Francois Levy webinar again, but for now it's not loading.... 1 Quote Link to comment
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