[Bldg-sim] Window 5 - Creating a laminated glazing system

[Robin Mitchell]

There is also more documentation about making a laminate in Optics5 and
importing it into WINDOW that I think is quite complete (if not, let me
know). I put this together for a training session I did on this topic.

 

It can be found on the WINDOW 5 Knowledge Base under the section NFRC,
Laminated Glass - NFRC Procedures

 

http://windows.lbl.gov/software/window/52/W52_faq.html

 

which leads you to a page 

 

http://windows.lbl.gov/software/window/52/NFRCLaminates.html

 

with another link called Laminate Procedures, which is the following PDF
file:

 

http://windows.lbl.gov/software/NFRC/Training/LaminateProcedure-Final.pdf

 

This PDF has detailed step by step instructions about making laminates and
bringing the laminate into WINDOW - it's really not that hard once you have
done it one time.

 

Robin

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Robin Mitchell

Windows & Daylighting Group

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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From: bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Sam Mason
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:36 AM
To: bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Window 5 - Creating a laminated glazing system

 

Jay,

PVB layers exist in the optic5 database and you have to create the laminate
like Charlie said and import into windows5.

 

There is good documentation from optics 5 and windows 5 about importing, but
the fine details will probably give you a headache. The documentation to
import a layer into optics is available here:
http://windows.lbl.gov/materials/optics5/documentation/import_a_layer_in_opt
ics.htm

Documenation for importing from optics to windows is here:
http://windows.lbl.gov/software/window/FAQ/GlassLibUpdate.html

 

 I contacted Viracon for a a couple glazing files that are not in the
windows 5 database and the two people I spoke with were both very helpful
and sent me instructions for importing from optics to windows.  With their
info, the documentation, and a little patience, it finally worked out.

 

I sent you the two pdfs they sent me.

 

Sam

 

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Sam Mason
Atelier Ten
sam.mason at atelierten.com
  

From: bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Jay Keazer
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:48 AM
To: bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Bldg-sim] Window 5 - Creating a laminated glazing system

 

In window 5 I want to create a laminated glazing system with the following
layers:

1.      Glass

2.      Air Space

3.      Glass

4.      PVB Interlayer

5.      Glass

 

When I select 3 glass layers, the program defaults to air layers for #2 and
#4 above.  Is there a way to change this to a clear PVB Interlayer, and does
this type of layer exist in a database?

 

Thanks,

 

Jay Keazer,  EI

Energy Engineering Team

TME, Inc.

2039 N Green Acres Road

Fayetteville, AR  72703

 

ph   479.521.8634

fax  479.521.1014

jkeazer at tmecorp.com <mailto:email at tmecorp.com> 

www.tmecorp.com <http://www.tmecorp.com/> 

 

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