You can model curved slats using the venetian blind shading layer type in WINDOW (enter a non-zero value for rise) to model your venetian blinds:
You can then model the whole window with the shading layer in an exterior or interior position, also including the glazing and frame, in WINDOW and export an idf fragment containing a ComplexFenestrationState object describing the window and a FrameAndDivider object describing the frame.
In the Window library, choose Report, then select Report Type: "EnergyPlus BSDF Idf File". The exported idf fragment includes the BSDF matrices required to model the optical properties of the shading layer and glazing.
If you include the WINDOW idf fragment in your main idf file, you can then refer to the complex fenestration and frame objects in your FenestrationSurface:Detailed objects (make sure you match the names output by WINDOW):
in the idf fragment generated by WINDOW:
WindowProperty:FrameAndDivider,
NAME_OF_FRAME_OBJECT, !- Name
0.038395, !- Frame Width {m}
, !- Frame Outside Projection {m}
, !- Frame Inside Projection {m}
...
Construction:ComplexFenestrationState,
NAME_OF_CFS_OBJECT, !- Name
LBNLWindow, !- Basis Type
None, !- Basis Symmetry Type
ThermParam_NAME, !- Window Thermal Model
CFS_NAME_Basis, !- Basis Matrix
...
in main idf - the Construction Name should be the name of the ComplexFenestrationState object, and the Frame and Divider name should be the name of the FrameAndDivider object:
FenestrationSurface:Detailed,
Block1_Zone1_East_Wall_0_0_1_Win, !- Name
Window, !- Surface Type
NAME_OF_CFS_OBJECT, !- Construction Name
Block1_Zone1_East_Wall, !- Building Surface Name
, !- Outside Boundary Condition Object
AutoCalculate, !- View Factor to Ground
NAME_OF_FRAME_OBJECT, !- Frame and Divider Name
1, !- Multiplier
4, !- Number of Vertices
3.356958552,7.80691071,.6, !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 1 {m}
3.356958552,9.90691071,.6, !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 2 {m}
3.356958552,9.90691071,2.1, !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 3 {m}
3.356958552,7.80691071,2.1; !- X,Y,Z ==> Vertex 4 {m}
...
There are no geometrical curves in EnergyPlus, only performance curves. You're going to have to find a (piecewise) linear approximation.
thank you for reply Amir, So does this mean, not the geometry is crucial but the optical properties of my shading device? And this won't affect the fact that inter-reflection in between the slats are not accounted for?
thank you! kind regards, Christiane