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asked 2015-09-28 10:23:11 -0500

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Sketchup/Open Studio - modeling shading from adjacent buildings

Hello, is modeling shading from adjacent buildings as easy as just creating the blocks in Sketchup and Open Studio will register these as building shading? I did a simple test where I created an adjacent building as a block in Sketchup, opened it in Open Studio, and in the "Facility" tab, under "Building Shading", see a "Shading Surface Group 1" object, which wasn't there previously. However, when clicking the actual object, it says "Coming Soon". Will this be captured correctly in EnergyPlus?

Thanks Phan

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updated 2015-09-28 10:28:28 -0500

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Sketchup/Open Studio - modeling shading from adjacent buildings

Hello, is modeling shading from adjacent buildings as easy as just creating the blocks in Sketchup and Open Studio will register these as building shading? I did a simple test where I created an adjacent building as a block in Sketchup, opened it in Open Studio, and in the "Facility" tab, under "Building Shading", see a "Shading Surface Group 1" object, which wasn't there previously. However, when clicking the actual object, it says "Coming Soon". Will this be captured correctly in EnergyPlus?

Thanks Phan

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