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BREEAM Daylight Factor Criteria Terms and Definitions Average Daylight Factor The average daylight factor is the average indoor illuminance (from daylight) on the working plane within a room,expressed as a percentage of the simultaneous outdoor illuminance on a horizontal plane under an unobstructed CIE Standard Overcast Sky. Point Daylight Factor A point daylight factor is the ratio between the illuminance (from daylight) at a specific point on the working plane within a room, expressed as a percentage of the illuminance...

MBS Daylight For Sketchup Toolbar (Version 7 onwards)

Transient Shadow Analysis

Neighbour Analysis Sunlight To Amenity

Façade Calculation

About Material Dialogue Material Dialogue can be opened by clicking on the icon on the tool bar. The material table is empty for a new project. The list is populated with the materials based on the Sketchup Material value when the model is converted for the first time. It an then be modified WITHOUT a need to re-convert the model. Therefore this gives more flexibility on experimenting different materials and parameters for an analysis. How to prepare a model for...

How does the software detect North direction? The North direction is taken based on the Sketchup's cardinal direction. The Green line usually represents the North but it can be adjusted to simplify drawing. So Right click the Green axis line and check if the Reset option is enabled. If it is enabled then the Green line is different than the cardinal direction so Press Reset The following is true when the Axes are in the default position. Solid Green line...

How to name the groups? Groups must be named precisely. Existing, Proposed,  Surrounding. Existing : For buildings/structures which are demolished. Proposed : For buildings/structures which are added. Surrounding: For buildings/structures which stay the same. How to group the objects? Proposed Scheme doesn’t need Existing group to be present. Analysis  type must be changed to Proposed […]

https://youtu.be/op6-nH95_oI * Layers are renamed as Tags from Sketchup 2020 version. So any reference to layers and tags should be understood as same. Window How to register individual Window Faces? Open Register Dialog. Make sure that you are on Window tab (By default you will be on window tab after you opening the register dialog). Then switch to Register mode. (Register button gets highlighted with white background) Select an appropriate Building, Floor name and all other parameters in their respective...