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How is it possible to make a hole on sun shading surface?

asked 2016-04-28 13:08:05 -0500

updated 2016-04-28 13:10:21 -0500

I need to make a hole on the surface of my sun shading,the problem is that I make it like the first image below but when I reopen my OS model the hole is disappeared!(and the sun shading is without the hole like second image below.)

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

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answered 2016-04-28 13:17:09 -0500

To do that you just need to draw lines to make it multiple surfaces, see below:

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Thank you so much @TaylorRoberts, in addition I would like to install a window on that hole, do you have any ideas about it?can I do that in openstudio?THANKS in advance.

4Designer's avatar 4Designer  ( 2016-04-28 14:03:47 -0500 )edit
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@Khub, since this is only a shading surface, the window only affects light transmittance, not airflow. So you could add in an additional shading surface to represent the 'window' and then associate a transmittance schedule with it. In your case that would be a constant transmittance value of a value less than 1. (1 being completely clear).

David Goldwasser's avatar David Goldwasser  ( 2016-04-28 14:08:20 -0500 )edit

Thank you David, I got it.

4Designer's avatar 4Designer  ( 2016-04-28 14:28:48 -0500 )edit

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