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What is DIVA-for-Rhino?
DIVA-for-Rhino is a highly optimized daylighting and energy modeling plug-in for the Rhinoceros - NURBS modeler. The plug-in was initially developed at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University and is now distributed and developed by Solemma LLC. DIVA-for-Rhino allows users to carry out a series of environmental performance evaluations of individual buildings and urban landscapes including Radiation Maps, Photorealistic Renderings, Climate-Based Daylighting Metrics, Annual and Individual Time Step Glare Analysis, LEED and CHPS Daylighting Compliance, and Single Thermal Zone Energy and Load Calculations.
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Problem with Daylight Autonomy Simulation
Posted by Baichi Chaki on May 14, 2018 at 10:10am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Problems with installation: projectinfo
Posted by Silvia Conchione on April 11, 2018 at 9:25am 6 Comments 0 Likes
LEED IEQ 8.1 (daylight grid based) help!
Posted by NICOLAS MOROS (SES)colombia on October 6, 2017 at 12:04pm 0 Comments 1 Like
KPF is searching for an Environmental Performance Analyst
Posted by Mark T Nicol on August 3, 2017 at 10:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
SOM Chicago Hiring Daylighting Specialist
Posted by karen.odoherty@som.com on November 15, 2016 at 2:58pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
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Is DIVA v4 compatible with Rhino 6?
Started by Qinheng Zhang in DIVA-Rhino (version 4.0). Last reply by Nadeeka Jayaweera 2 hours ago. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Our firm is considering buying new license for the recently released Rhino 6 and just want to check if DIVA 4 can work in new version.Thanks for help.Continue
Metal Mesh
Started by Camila Herrera in DIVA-Rhino (version 2.0). Last reply by Elliot G 20 hours ago. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Hi, i need help to set a metal mesh (solar protection for a big facade of glass). i don´t know how to create a new material like that, if maybe should i create a "glass" or another material to pretend to be that for the simulation. To be clear, i…Continue
Tags: protection, Solar
Prismatic Panels
Started by FATMA BÜŞRA KÖSE in DIVA-Rhino (version 4.0) 20 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hello,I want to test the performance of prismatic daylight redirecting panel on DIVA. To assign appropriate material, I created new material in C:\DIVA\Daylight\material as follows:# material name: VoidDielectricMaterial_0 # material type:…Continue
discrepancy in results between illuminance and annual daylight components
Started by Mina Ishac in DIVA-Grasshopper (version 4.0) on Saturday. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Dear all,I've been trying to compare and see how accurate is the hourly illuminance values yielded by illuminance component (tried all sky types) to those by annual daylight component in a simple room, and I always find that there's a small…Continue
Units in Thermal Analysis
Started by kullboys in DIVA-Rhino (version 3.0) on Thursday. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hello everyoneIt is the first time I do thermal single-zone analysis and I have a question regarding the units of the obtained results.The monthly energy consumption graph seems to be in kWh, while theThe monthly energy consumption graph is…Continue
Feature request: Variable North angle
Started by Jonah Hawk in DIVA-Rhino (version 2.0). Last reply by diony Jul 9. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hello all, I realize that +Y == North is due to the way Daysim and/or other analysis tools operate. But we could sure benefit from the ability to set the North direction offset. The other apps we are working with all have this ability; Revit,…Continue
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