ARCH-632

Performance & Design – Parametric Integration

Starting Ladybug
(Open Box-2point-control file)

YUN KYU YI
January 2014
School of Design
University of Pennsylvania
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 Type : toggle

Link open weather file and toggle, you will see the
popup window asking location of weather file
Go to C:\EnergyPlusV6-0-0\WeatherData and
select USA_NY_New.York-
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 Type panel and link with
fileAddress to see the file
location

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 Once file is linked with import EPW
Various local information can be used

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3d-Sunpath

To plot sunpath several inputs are

needed including location, weather
information

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Type slider to set month/day/hour

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 Link with sunpath

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 Create mesh and curve and link
them as show

Adjust sunpath
with your building

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Change MM/DD/HR to see
certain period sunpath

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 Sun hours/ shadow

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 Type “Flip” and link south and
west surfaces to flip – to make
surface direction outward –
sometimes calculation results
give 0 because of facing of
surface inward

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 Create ground surface and link all
related geometry

Create mesh and link it as shown

Create two slide bar/ reference

the rage with your dimension.
This will be the grid size for
calculation, try to avoid fine grid.
For this use 500 -1000 (mm)
Range 0 - 2000

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 Link “sunVectors”
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Make toggle and link it with
“runit” and change it to “true”

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Make gradient and
customize the color
legend

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 Solar radiations

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Delete

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 Select “Ladybug gencumulative sky”

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 Link weather file and analysis period

Create toggle and link to “runit”

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 Delete

Select “Ladybug radiance analysis”

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 Link as shown

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2) turn this “true”
3) turn this “true”

1) Link genCumSkyResult
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 GA OPTIMIZATION :: Galapagos + Ladybug

Open surround and Box-2point-control-ladybug-radiation

file

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 Make box and assigned 5
surrounding buildings

Link box to context

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 Link “radiationResult” with
panel

Create Mass Addition and Create number and link

link with panel with panel
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 Link 3 slides that moves building – this will
be our variables/geno

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 Our goal for this optimization is to
maximize solar radiation in winter
(December 21st) to reduce heating.
Set goal max and give value (200) you like
to attain.

How much population / individuals for one

generation

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 Select start and it will continue
optimization
Process stops when it reach the goal or max
iterations
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