Top Hung Window on Glazed Surface

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setri
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Top Hung Window on Glazed Surface

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Greetings,

I have an inquiry about a particular project in which I'm working. This particular project has 15 stories, and the facade consists pretty much of 100% glazing. However, this project is naturally ventilated by the use of top-hung windows that are part of the facades. In ModelIT it is impossible to place a window on top of a glazed surface, thus I cannot place the actual operable windows on the model. How can I get around this problem? Thanks in advance for any help.
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PCully
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Re: Top Hung Window on Glazed Surface

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Hi,

You have two options really.

One would be to go back tot he ModelIT geometry and split the glazing into panels representing the opening and non-opening parts. Then you can assign MacroFlo properties to each.

Alternatively you can assign a MacroFlo opening type to the whole glazed area and reduce the openable area to a fraction of the whole area that represents the openable area.

Phil
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