[BLDG-SIM] CAD to energy simulation (was: hornets nest?)

[Werner Keilholz]

I'm only a computer science kind of person, with no real in-depth insight
in the underlying problems, but, in your (dear list) opinion, where does the
TRNSYS multizone building model stand in this discussion - developped
by a private company (TRANSSOLAR), with its graphical interface (by
CSTB) and hundreds of users in private industry ?

(And it now also has a cool CAD interface, which is even capable to connect
to AutoCad - http://evl.cstb.fr/iisibat.htm).

Again, this is a naive question, please forgive me. (And yes, I am involved in
TRNSYS developpment and worked on the above-mentioned Cad tool, so
I'm not quite neutral ;-).

Okay, send the flames ...

Werner

Jason Glazer wrote:

> A few years ago their was a program called Softdesk Energy
> by Softdesk Inc. that was developed and sold.  It added a
> menu to AutoCad where you could specify weather and
> internal loading, etc., and see monthly energy use results.
> I don't think it is marketed anymore, in fact when you go
> to the www.softdesk.com website you get forwarded to
> Autodesk. No mention of any energy program is on the
> Autodesk web site that I could find.  All I could find was
> on PNL's site since they were one of the developers.
>
> http://www.energytech.pnl.gov:2080/bp/bsp/dtp/dtp.html
>
> I am also curious on how well this program worked.  Has
> anyone ever used it?
>
> Jason
>
> On 27 Jan 00, at 10:26, Mark Case wrote:
>
> > Question: Does anyone have much experience with CAD to energy simulation
> > software? I've heard it exists but frankly have never seen it. Would this
> > type of interface - say DXF to DOE2.2 or EnergyPlus - have much impact on
> > market penetration?
> >
>
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