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IES VE Revit Plug-in Enhanced To Handle Intricate Geometry and Provide Export Complexity Options

Business Wire, Dec 01, 2009

2nd Generation Plug-in Covers Wide Range of
Geometry From Simple to Complex with Mullions and Shading Surfaces

BOSTON — Integrated
Environmental Solutions (IES), a provider of integrated performance
analysis software and consulting services for sustainable building
design, unveiled at Autodesk
University 2009 the second generation of its Revit Plug-in, which
offers enhanced model transfer capabilities. The latest IES VE Revit
Plug-in (v6.0.3) can now handle more challenging and complex geometry,
as well as offering users the option to choose the level of geometry
detail exported.

IES has improved real-world Revit to IES model transfer by enhancing the
import process to handle increasingly complex levels of geometry, such
as highly detailed curtain walling systems, multi-faceted shading
surfaces and mullions, and additional complex shapes and junctions. The
VE sets no explicit limits on the number of surfaces that it can import.

The ability to import detailed geometries can greatly enhance design
workflow and simulation accuracy, commented Dr Don McLean, Founder and
Managing Director of IES. However, in certain situations importing the
maximum level of detail can be overkill and increase simulation run
times. For example, if mullions are not being used for solar shading.
This is why adding the element of user choice is an important new
capacity.

The new version of the IES plug-in allows users to determine the level
of detail with which the model is translated from Revit; this important
new capacity gives ultimate control over geometry detail used for
performance analysis and energy modelling within IES tools. The Export
Complexity options range from the basic, to how shading surfaces are
handled, to whether curtain wall mullions are counted as shading
surfaces:

• Simple: Curtain Walls and Curtain Systems are exported with one
  huge opening with the total opening area equal to all openings; a
  curtain wall with 50 panels is exported as 1 opening.
• Simple with Shading Surfaces: Export with simple type and
  shading surfaces.
• Complex: Curtain Walls and Curtain Systems are exported with
  several openings, panel by panel; a curtain wall with 50 panels is
  exported as 50 openings.
• Complex with Shading Surfaces: Include complex type and shading
  surfaces.
• Complex with Mullions and Shading Surfaces: Include complex
  type, shading surfaces and mullion. Mullions in Curtain Walls and
  Systems are exported as shading surfaces. A “simplified” analytical
  shading surface is produced from a mullion based on its centerline,
  thickness and offset.

IES VE Revit Plug-in users can set the level required within the
Settings and Info section of the IES toolbar
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