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I'm working on a building where the architect has shared with me his full Rhino 3D model, and I want to simulate its energy usage using EnergyPlus.

I've immediately thought about using Ladybug and Honeybug initially (which is in the Rhino/Grashopper environment) and exporting to E+ or OpenStudio later.

Obviously, it's an architectural model, so there are massing and such things that are needed to represent how the building would look but it's not what we need for energy modeling.

Has anyone encountered this situation before?

Is such a model "cleanable" or would you start from scratch?

Is ladybug/honeybee the best way to go about it?

I'm working on a building where for which the architect has shared with me his full Rhino 3D model, and I want to simulate its energy usage using EnergyPlus.

I've immediately thought about using Ladybug and Honeybug initially (which is in the Rhino/Grashopper environment) and exporting to E+ or OpenStudio later.

Obviously, it's an architectural model, so there are massing and such things that are needed to represent how the building would look but it's not what we need for energy modeling.

Has anyone encountered this situation before?

Is such a model "cleanable" or would you start from scratch?

Is ladybug/honeybee the best way to go about it?