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What does OS do when you define an air wall?

I'm trying to figure out exactly what openstudio does when you use the Air Wall Construction. I'm looking through the outputed idf, and don't see the air wall construction in there. Is it creating a material with very high U value? Is this an opaque construction material? I'd like to know as if its opaque then it will not be suitable for daylight and detailed solar gain analysis. I've always modeled internal openings in E+ by creating a special glazing material with close to 100% transmittance, but maybe I can skip this tedious step.

Thanks,

What does OS do when you define an air wall?

I'm trying to figure out exactly what openstudio does when you use the Air Wall Construction. I'm looking through the outputed idf, and don't see the air wall construction in there. Is it creating a material with very high U value? Is this an opaque construction material? I'd like to know as if its opaque then it will not be suitable for daylight and detailed solar gain analysis. I've always modeled internal openings in E+ by creating a special glazing material with close to 100% transmittance, but maybe I can skip this tedious step.

Thanks,