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* The plugin can be installed and used on multiple computers. There is a 30 min cooling off period once the plugin is used on one computer before it can be used on another computer.
* Layers are renamed as Tags from Sketchup 2020 version. So any reference to layers and tags should be understood as same.
Yes. Open the calculation dialog. Select a test from the options and press Add to List. Repeat this for other calculations you want to run.
They will be grouped and sent to the service all together. Separate reports will be created for each unique calculation.
change Text Offset value from the Settings dialogue > General > Text Offset.
The value should be entered in meters regardless of the unit used in the model.
If the contour image does not match the texture image from the model:
To set the criteria for VSC, APSH and Amenity Open the settings dialogue > Project tab.
DD criteria cannot be changed.
Open the Settings dialogue > Window Properties tab and set offset values.
The offset values will be applied in the direction of the face orientation.
The room type used for ADF or DD calculation is either taken from the “Default Room Type” or the room layer name.
If room face does not belong to a layer name in a specific format explained below a “Default Room Type” will be used.
Change Grid Spacing in Settings dialog > Room tab
Open the Settings dialogue > Window Properties tab.
All the ADF parameters can be set in this dialogue.
No. The blue/black colors are fixed and cannot be changed.
No. Although same sky type and methodology is used on calculating NSL test, the threshold cannot be changed for DD to match the ROL test.
The Amenity Facade legend is used for result color bands. The default values if non exists are:
Open the Settings dialogue > Project tab > set Climate file location to the desired location.
Make sure to untick “Use BRE location for APSH/Amenity test”.
You can add new climate data file by placing the weather file in below folder:
%appdata%\MBS Software\Sketchup Daylight\Climate Files
Make sure the Menu bar > Camera is set to Perspective.
Increase the Pixel Samples to above 100 to get a sharper image.
The noise is inversely proportional to square root of this number: four times more samples are required to decrease the error by half.
Open the Render dialogue and press the “…” button to open the settings.
Set the exposure to a lower value. If the values was already set to 1, try a fraction e.g. 0.6
No. The software will insert a virtual ground just below the bounding box of the model.
You can remove the virtual ground by unticking the option on Render dialogue > “…” > “Remove virtual ground”