Heads Up : IES Launches plug-in for Google SketchUp
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Worth a look for those interested in environmental design:
http://www.iesve.com/content/default.asp?page=s62&newsid=3540&back=s61
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where do you get all that info toxicvoxel ?
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i did not wanted to go there , at the moment.
thanksbut maybe he has his own answer...
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ohhh, sorry, maybe from newsletter from rss-feeder...
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did anyone find the time tot thest it yet? is it easy to use on existing models or do you have to organise your SketchUp model in a certain way (grouping of rooms seperately?) to run the plugin?
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Dear Plot,
There is a YouTube presentation too:
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There are some good introductory videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/iesve
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I registered my details to get to the download, only to be met with e-mails asking soem questions and such. I admit, some of the fields I let blank as they didn't apply, but if I have get into e-mail conversations just to be able to get to the DEMO I am no longer interested. The lady on the other end was quite friendly though, so it was not really about her attitude.
I would have loved to give it a go since it will surely help inform about design decisions.
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IES is a b@stard to use. I worked with some consultants who modelled the environmental performance of one of my buildings with it. There are big problems with creating the building model though. Hopefully this plugin gives them a better way of doing that.
IES is also very slow in its analysis. AFAIK it is a tool aimed at engineers rather than architects and requires entry of some quite technical data, as it takes account of the proposed heating systems and lots of HVAC stuff.
The consultants I worked with have stopped using IES and replaced it with a system called Hevacomp. Hevacomp has been bought by Bentley, and is based on the EnergyPlus analysis engine, albeit heavily modified.
I have tried the EnergyPlus SketchUp beta. It kind of works, but this sort of thing isn't easy. I don't think IES is going to be your thing if you want to do energy analysis with SU.
I would be really interested to hear anyone else's views though.
[Edit: I just noticed that there is a free application called VE-Ware on the IES site which works with both the SketchUp and Revit plugins. Something to try out next week I think...]
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