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I've been fiddling on with the VE Scripting now for about a week for University research and I'll admit, its causing some frustration.

I'm mainly playing with the api_examples and then manipulating them to see the outcome. Something I cant seem to solve is the way in which room level variables (eg ...

Hi All,

Perhaps about to ask a very silly question but I've always been under the impression that the typical air temperature is just the dry resultant temperature.

This has been thrown into chaos however when a question has been asked during a modelling calculation regarding the Global Model ...

I'm building my models in Sketchup which I've done for the past two years, I've just updated to the lastest software and when trying to export a model from Sketchup to IES I'm presented with a new error. It identifies all of the rooms and it even loads up IES but before the model is presented, a box ...

Hi all,

Is it possible to model a vacuum void within a room, I'm thinking of a wall with a vacuum within covering the span of the wall?

Thanks

Hi guys,

Long time lurking and not much posting, like to think I'm fairly confident with the VE now and for my uni project I'm studying the effects of a kinetic facade. The only issue I'm having is how to do that, the facade in question is going to be of the "Wind Veil" type. Basically hanging a ...

Hi all,

So I'm importing a model from Sketchup into IES and normally this brings across a whole loads of unwanted templates. To counter this, I quickly tweak the model before exporting it as a GEM file. I then create a brand new save and import the GEM file with none of the unwanted templates and a ...