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file icon Tutorial 1 - The Basics of Creating a Building Model
17.03.2006

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A ZIP file containing the Flash tutorial and control files. Download, unzip and run the html file to view the tutorial with control bar. Running time 19 minutes.

  • Learn how to use DesignBuilder block drawing tools to model a simple office building and partition it into zones.
  • Explains the screen layout and important concepts for drawing 3-D building models in DesignBuilder.
  • Steps through the creation of a simple building and shows how to set model data at the building, block and zone level.

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Hits: 4953
file icon Tutorial 2 - Design Calculations and Simulations
17.03.2006

A ZIP file containing the Flash tutorial and control files. Download, unzip and run the html file to view the tutorial with control bar. Running time 19 minutes.

  • Shows you how to run winter and summer design calculations and simulations on the building model from Tutorial 1.
  • Explains calculation of heating and cooling equipment sizes.
  • Shows how to modify building data to reduce overheating in some zones of the model.
  • Shows simulations using real weather data and calculation of annual energy use for the building.
Hits: 3848
file icon DesignBuilder Product Demo
15.03.2006
A ZIP file containing the Flash tutorial and control files. Download, unzip and run the html file to view the tutorial with control bar. Running time 4 minutes.
Hits: 2581