IES-VE User Forum

Hello,

when will you update your Python API, because it is really unclear and not in very deep detail. In addition, the API documentation is no longer up to date with IES VE 2023 and 2024. A lot of the documented methods do not work anymore, e.g.:

fuel_names() -> list :
List of fuel names. Fuels ...

So far i figured out that the property attributes i want to change with the set_properties() method from VECdbMaterial are only existing for ext_glazing. But i need to change the following values within RadianceIES

Ist there any chance to access the RadianceIES Material information via VECdbConstruction, Layer, Material? The set_properties() Method of VECdbMaterial has following properties:

angular_dependence
conductivity
density
description
inside_emissivity
inside_reflectance
inside_visible_reflectance ...

Hey,

is there any chance to add external python libraries which are noch already in the iesve archive? We are working on an ifc importer and it would be very usefull to use the IfcOpenShell Library. Right now we have to convert the needed information to a *.csv file, which is not really a clean ...

Hello

this would be also really helpful for me... couldn't find a way those last days and the API documentation is a little weak