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I would like to add top lighting (ideally tubular daylighting devices) to some spaces in my model that have plenum zones separating them from the exterior.

Is there a straight forward way to do this in OpenStudio?

One thing that comes to mind is to make the plenum floors and zone ceilings adiabatic, set the zone ceiling surface boundary condition to outdoors + sun exposed and then stick skylights in the ceiling of the zone (leaving all the air paths between the zones intact).

An alternative might be to put partitions in the plenums to mimic light wells, place a skylight above the partitioned paces and an air wall below.

Would either of these work? what are the largest potential sources of errors with either approach? and (most importantly) is there an easier way? I am open to manipulating the IDF if that would be easier.

I would like to add top lighting (ideally tubular daylighting devices) to some spaces in my model that have plenum zones separating them from the exterior.

Is there a straight forward way to do this in OpenStudio?

One thing that comes It looks like I can add add sub surfaces of type "TDD-diffuser" and "TDD-Dome", but am missing the pipe (the "DaylightingDevice:Tubular" EPlus object). Is the best approach to mind is to make add the plenum floors domes and zone ceilings adiabatic, set the zone ceiling surface boundary condition to outdoors + sun exposed diffusers in SketchUp and then stick skylights add the pipes directly in the ceiling of the zone (leaving all the air paths between the zones intact).IDF file?

An alternative might be Is there anyway to put partitions in the plenums to mimic light wells, place a skylight above the partitioned paces and an air wall below.

Would either of these work? what are the largest potential sources of errors with either approach? and (most importantly) is there an easier way? I am open to do this fully within OS without manipulating the IDF directly, or if that would be easier.I do change the IDf is there a simple way to ensure the changes persist if I update the OSM?

I would like to add top lighting (ideally tubular daylighting devices) to some spaces in my model that have plenum zones separating them from the exterior.

Is there a straight forward way to do this in OpenStudio?

It looks like I can add add sub surfaces of type "TDD-diffuser" and "TDD-Dome", but am missing the pipe (the "DaylightingDevice:Tubular" EPlus object). Is the best approach to add the domes and diffusers in SketchUp and then add the pipes directly in the IDF file?

Is there anyway to do this fully within OS without manipulating the IDF directly, or if I do change the IDf is there a simple way to ensure the changes persist if I update the OSM?