Pachyderm Acoustic

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Pachyderm is a plugin largely used by Designers and Scientists alike to simulate acoustics in buildings, rooms, cities, and other settings.

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Use pachyderm for street noise analysis and optimization of planning and building geometry solutions?

by Matt Winkelstein

May 7, 2019

Hi - 

Is Pachyderm only for interior acoustic analysis or can I use it to test impacts of street noise? I am trying to position and shape 3 story residential buildings, with possible insertion of sound barrier walls or berms and enhanced wall insulation and reduced window sizes, to reduce negative acoustic impacts from a nearby busy street (almost a freeway). Looking for a tool to analyze benefits of different design solutions with regard to exterior noise sources. Any suggestions or sample cases would be very appreciated.


Thanks,


Matthew Winkelstein

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    idspaceman

    I'm also interested in how to use the Line_Source in Pachyderm. It seems straightforward but after specifying the traffic and so on and selecting the curve, Rhino crashes. when I try to do a Particle Visualisation.

    Any help is greatly appreciated :) 

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    Dec 11, 2021

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      Arthur van der Harten

      Hi,
      I've never tried with the particle animations, And so I guess it probably isn't handled.

      Regarding crashing, it should be able to handle that many vehicles easily, but maybe you arrived at a combination with an unstable result. Can you please send me your model that crashes, and the number of each vehicle that you entered?

      Arthur

      Dec 11, 2021

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        Arthur van der Harten

        Those are fine tools, but Pachyderm also has algorithms for outdoor noise. Also, don't buy your dissertation, folks. Not only is it unethical, you won't be fooling anyone.

        Another fine example of GPT giving us the wrong answers, folks... In multiple ways.

        Is there a moderator that can delete this?

        Mar 18, 2024