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I am trying to model a Diffuser for Daylight Illumination using Open Studio and Radiance.

An existing Office in the Institute where I study has a hole in the roof. I am modeling this space with Open Studio to evaluate the natural illumination and the proposal a Diffuser to favor natural lighting in a specific zone.

I want to model two different diffusers (Ring diffuser and curved diffuser).

A post on the forum indicates that Sketch Up not accepts curved https://unmethours.com/question/8328/does-openstudio-support-curved-forms/. But when I want to insert a form or an object, Sketch Up does recognize it if it is group or block.

So my questions are: 1. Is correct to model the circular hole with a circular windows? 2. Is correct to model the two types of Diffuser using “shading surface”? Or it should be modeled as an “Interior Partition Surface Group” component, considering that I need to control the absorptance, reflectance and transmittance?

I am trying to model a Diffuser for Daylight Illumination using Open Studio and Radiance.

An existing Office in the Institute where I study has a hole in the roof. I am modeling this space with Open Studio to evaluate the natural illumination and the proposal a Diffuser to favor natural lighting in a specific zone.

I want to model two different diffusers (Ring diffuser and curved diffuser).

A post on the forum indicates that Sketch Up not accepts curved https://unmethours.com/question/8328/does-openstudio-support-curved-forms/. But when I want to insert a form or an object, Sketch Up does recognize it if it is group or block.

So my questions are: 1. Is correct to model the circular hole with a circular windows? 2. Is correct to model the two types of Diffuser using “shading surface”? Or it should be modeled as an “Interior Partition Surface Group” component, considering that I need to control the absorptance, reflectance and transmittance?

I am trying to model a Diffuser for Daylight Illumination using Open Studio OpenStudio and Radiance.

An existing Office in the Institute where I study has a hole in the roof. I am modeling this space with Open Studio OpenStudio to evaluate the natural illumination and the proposal of a Diffuser to favor natural lighting in a specific zone.

I want to model two different diffusers (Ring diffuser and curved diffuser).

A post on the forum indicates that Sketch Up SketchUp does not accepts accept curved diffusers https://unmethours.com/question/8328/does-openstudio-support-curved-forms/. But when I want to insert a form or an object, Sketch Up does recognize it if it is group or block.

So my questions are: 1. Is correct to model the circular hole with a circular windows? 2. Is correct to model the two types of Diffuser using “shading surface”? Or it should be modeled as an “Interior Partition Surface Group” component, considering that I need to control the absorptance, reflectance and transmittance?