How to efficiently model stacked windows (clerestory + main window) in DesignBuilder — building-level insertion?

asked 2025-06-22 13:27:25 -0500

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I’m working on a building model in DesignBuilder that has stacked windows — a main window below, and a narrow horizontal clerestory strip window above (with an opaque spandrel in between). Similar to this example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13B74...

I know how to manually create these by inserting two separate windows per wall (lower + upper window) — but that’s quite time-consuming across multiple zones and many facades.

Is there a way to define this as a building-level or block-level rule or template — rather than adding two windows one-by-one on each wall? Any good workflow to speed this up — especially when there are 50+ windows in the building?

For context: I’m doing both daylighting and thermal simulations, for jeplus I need this feature to be added centrally (rather than manually).

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