Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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In OpenStudio all surfaces in a shading group will be translated as detailed site, building, or zone shading surfaces. You can't directly create "Shading:Overhang" or "Shading:Overhang"Projection" objects. The same is true for "Shading"Fin".
You can mimic some of the functionality in OpenStudio, for example using the a user script in the SketchUp Plugin to add overhangs by projection factor, or you could also add the objects as part of an EnergyPluse measure.
Just out of interest, what is your specific use-case for wanting an "Shading:Overhang" vs. a "Shading:Zone:Detailed" object.
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In OpenStudio all surfaces in a shading group will be translated as detailed site, building, or zone shading surfaces. You can't directly create "Shading:Overhang" or "Shading:Overhang"Projection" objects. The same is true for "Shading"Fin".
You can mimic some of the functionality in OpenStudio, for example using the a user script in the SketchUp Plugin to add overhangs by projection factor, or you could also add the objects as part of an EnergyPluse measure.
Just out of interest, what is your specific use-case for wanting an "Shading:Overhang" vs. a "Shading:Zone:Detailed" object.object. Just for some background, EnergyPlus has a number of ways to make surfaces (shading, sub, and base). We made a decision early on to just support they highest fidelity option. We thought this would give the most flexibility. Even the legacy plugin that just works with IDF files converts everything to detailed surfaces when you open it in the SketchUp Plugin.
