So this was my first attempt at moddeling in Ecotect. Was fairly straight forward, similar interface to sketch-up.
I Startet by creating volumes called 'zones' by entering xyz co-ordinates.
I named each zone
and went on to insert openings in each zone. Each fenustration has pre-assigned properties that when performing thermal analysis, affects the corresponding zones.
and went on to insert openings in each zone. Each fenustration has pre-assigned properties that when performing thermal analysis, affects the corresponding zones.
Next I put a pitched roof on each zone.
At this point I tried to visualise the model and look at the sun path diagrams. The program then proceeded to freeze up and subsiquently crash. So I lost my model, however this first tutorial showed me how easy this program is at doing initial analysis on a simple model.