Shared Parameter Management 2013
With the release of Revit 2013 I have been getting emails and comments on when the shared parameter tools would get updated for 2013. I had planned a complete overhaul for the 2013 release but did not...
View ArticleSP.Writer Shared Parameter Custom Groups
The biggest complaint or comment I get about SP.Writer is that it doesn’t work for users who have pre-existing custom shared parameter grouping conventions for their company standards. Well while I...
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CASE Monthly Free Revit Add-In for July
I took on the CASE free Revit Add-In for the month of July, that we offer through http://apps.case-inc.com/, and let @AYBABTM (http://revitnet.blogspot.com/) take a much needed break from his Free...
View ArticleIntroducing the EPx Project: Independent Open Source EnergyPlus Version
Have you ever wondered what the “guts” of EnergyPlus really look like? Have you ever had the nerdy urge to go in and modify/create modules to suit your needs? Or maybe even to just see where that pesky...
View ArticleLBNL’s Simergy Beta Version Release!!
Philip Haves announced today via the bld-sim email list serve that the long-awaited Simergy GUI for Energyplus has been released! The beta version can be downloaded and feedback is highly encouraged:...
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CASE Monthly Free Add-In for November: Super Shared Parameter Loader
Taken from Original Post: The free November Add-In is an improved shared parameter loader and will become available November 1, 2012! The stock parameter loader is a huge pain for many users and offers...
View ArticleA Building Energy Performance Simulation Q&A Site that will change your life.
If you’re involved in building performance modeling or analysis professionally or academically, please take time to read this post (or just go straight to the site). The community that I will introduce...
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13+ Years of BLDG-SIM Email List. What does the future hold?
If you’re a veteran in the building simulation domain, chances are you’re a member of the onebuilding.org BLDG-SIM Mailing List. The list was formed in 1999 and has steadily grown into the community’s...
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Voting on Stack Exchange: What it is and why it matters.
The first 4 months of the Stack Exchange proposal for Building Performance Analysis and Simulation have mostly been a success! The group has grown rapidly to over 140 followers who have posted 62...
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Getting Started with C# API for OpenStudio
I’ll admit I was a bit reluctant to go ahead and learn Ruby just so I could develop on top of OpenStudio and SketchUp. Luckily for me (and for you) the great developers over at NREL have provided C#...
View ArticleNew BIM Source Video Channels
After moving to the new site, I realized I also had to transition my video channels over as well. I have moved all the YouTube and Vimeo Videos. Here are the new channel locations. YouTube Channel...
View ArticleIBPSA NYC Event
Hey Everyone! I will be presenting at the upcoming IBPSA NYC Event.I will be demoing the latest beta release of Simergy, a graphical front end for Energyplus developed by LBNL and Infosys. To register...
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Shared Parameter Management 2014
I have updated SP.Writer, the shared parameter management add-in for Revit. The entire add-in was rewritten from scratch. I’ve learned a lot over the last couple years which has enabled me to write the...
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BIM Source on GitHub
As I transitioned from the old site to the new, I also took the time to re-write my shared parameter Revit add-in and to move the source code to a new repository on GitHub. As I always preach the...
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Guts of EnergyPlus Source Code Visualized with d3.js
I was playing around recently with the d3.js JavaScript library, which is a powerful way to manipulate the SVG within HTML pages. I would love to use this library for my research in terms of...
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Simergy v1.0 Released
Official Simergy release statement from Philip Haves: Simergy v1.0 was released today. Simergy is a free graphical user interface (GUI) that enables DOE’s whole-building energy modeling engine...
View ArticleAdaptive Components for Revit MEP
Wanted to share an article I co-authored with one of my former colleagues. It’s titled “Adaptive Components for Revit MEP” Link to AUGI World Article It’s more of a proof of concept than anything else,...
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