Geco - UserProblems

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Permalink Reply by to] on December 9, 2010 at 8:11am

Hi uto,

Have been using your Geco plug-in -- really useful thanks.
Question -- When calculating EcoLightCal the calculator in Ecotect starts, revealing various hues of color, but the moment the calculation ends it all goes blue. What can this mean?

Cheers,
Ognek

Permalink Reply by to] on December 9, 2010 at 8:22am

Dear Ognek
thanks for your comments about Geco, we are really happy to hear that!
I tried several test-cases with wrong user-inputs but i never could recreate your problem!
Maybe you can post your files ?

best to]

Permalink Reply by Fabian Posadas on December 9, 2010 at 12:30pm

Hi Ognek,

Its all blue because your scale is out of range.
I would check what the node values actually are, your DF scale seems to be from 0-80%.
Typically a space that is between 2-5% DF is considered well lit.

To view your values go to the Analysis grid panel and select (check mark) Show Node Values, then adjust your scale (data & scale) accordingly.

best of luck

Fabian

Permalink Reply by Ognek Kciroks on December 10, 2010 at 3:00pm

To, Fabian,

Thank you very much.

Cheers,

Ognek

Permalink Reply by Arthur Mamou-Mani on December 10, 2010 at 3:18pm

Hey Fabian,

Is it possible to do this directly in Geco?

Greetings,

Arthur

Permalink Reply by Fabian Posadas on December 10, 2010 at 10:53pm

Arthur,

Yes you can but it would probably be quicker to just update it in Ecotect.

If you really want to update directly in grasshopper - this will require the use of the Lua component. The Lua Componet allows you to connect to ecotect's other features. Here is a link to an updateScale Definition. Which will allow you to update your values as needed

Best of Luck,

best of luck,

Fabian

Permalink Reply by to] on December 9, 2010 at 12:50pm

Hi guys,
Are Insolation values dependent on specific dates or are they yearly values?
Many thanks,
Arthur

Permalink Reply by to] on December 9, 2010 at 12:50pm

Hi Arthur

To be a useful design tool, daylight factor values are generally calculated using a standard overcast sky illuminance distribution in order to represent a WORST-CASE SCENARIO to be designed for. This means that they will not change with different dates or times and, as the overcast sky model only varies with altitude, will not be affected by rotating the North point. This makes them a property of the design itself, not the local environment. Thus, the only parameters that affect daylight fators are the geometry of the design and the materials it is made of.

Permalink Reply by to] on December 9, 2010 at 12:51pm

Thanks a lot to] !
There might be a little confusion, I was talking about Insolation(EcoSolCal component) not Daylight factor, are these values similar ?

Permalink Reply by to] on December 9, 2010 at 12:51pm

Hi Arthur

sorry for the confusion, solar impact is defined threw day and time-period which you can set accordingly to your needs (domain components)

Permalink Reply by Ognek Kciroks on December 10, 2010 at 3:03pm

Dear Uto,

Having a strange issue with baking colors.

As you can see on the screenshot I followed Geco_SolarAccessAnalysis_GH08 but cannot manage in the end to bake the mesh colors. Regardless of the surface geometry I associate in the beginning the result becomes white. The view style is rendering mode as well.

Any thoughts?

Cheers,

Ognek