Building from Footprint

Create Dragonfly Buildings from footprint geometry (horizontal Rhino surfaces).

Inputs

  • footprint_geo [Required]

A list of horizontal Rhino surfaces or closed planar curves to be converted into Buildings.

  • floor_to_floor [Required]

A list of float values with a length equal to the number of stories in each Building. Each value in the list represents the floor_to_floor height of the Story starting from the first floor and then moving to the top floor.

  • perim_offset

An optional positive number that will be used to offset the perimeter of the footprint to create core/perimeter Rooms. If this value is None or 0, no offset will occur and each floor plate will be represented with a single Room2D.

  • name

Text to set the base name for the Building, which will also be incorporated into unique Building identifier. This will be combined with the index of each input _footprint_geo to yield a unique name for each output Building. If the name is not provided, a random one will be assigned.

  • program

Text for the program of the Buildings (to be looked up in the ProgramType library) such as that output from the "HB List Programs" component. This can also be a custom ProgramType object. If no program is input here, the Buildings will have a generic office program.

  • constr_set

Text for the construction set of the Buildings, which is used to assign all default energy constructions needed to create an energy model. Text should refer to a ConstructionSet within the library such as that output from the "HB List Construction Sets" component. This can also be a custom ConstructionSet object. If nothing is input here, the Buildings will have a generic construction set that is not sensitive to the Buildings's climate or building energy code.

  • conditioned

Boolean to note whether the Buildings have heating and cooling systems.

  • run [Required]

Set to True to run the component and create Dragonfly Buildings.

Outputs

  • report

Reports, errors, warnings, etc.

  • buildings

Dragonfly buildings.

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