Hello everyone, @mostapha
I have built a Honeybee model consisting of multiple rooms on two levels, each with their respective apertures. The model represents a medium office, and according to LEED Option 1, I only want to consider regularly occupied spaces for the simulation.
To achieve this and reduce simulation time, I assigned a custom key value (“Grid”) to each room in Rhino, setting it to 0 or 1 depending on whether I want the room to be included in the calculation. Then, in Grasshopper, I used a Dispatch component to filter rooms based on the “Grid” key value (only keeping rooms with a value of 1). These filtered rooms (28 out of 50) were then connected to the Grid component and ultimately linked to Pollination.
For comparison, I ran another simulation where I included all 50 rooms without filtering based on the “Grid” key value.
Issue:
The results between these two simulations show a huge difference, and even the dynamic schedule behavior is significantly different between them.
Questions:
What happens to the rest of the rooms with apertures in Pollination if they have no grids assigned?
If a room is part of the Honeybee model but does not have a grid, how does Pollination handle it in the simulation? Specifically:
- Will these rooms be excluded from the dynamic schedule calculations?
- Do their apertures still contribute to the simulation, or are they ignored?
- Does Pollination assume these rooms are fully enclosed, meaning their apertures have no impact on daylight or airflow?
I’m trying to understand how Pollination treats rooms that exist in the model but are not assigned a grid.
Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
PS, we are using the last version of pollination on Rhino 8.