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MEGA | Performance Assessment | Computational Design

Below you will find material on how to assess your design based on several peformance indicators. Please note that the selection of the adequate performance indicators to implement in your design should be done through taking into consideration the needs of the project and the design vision. In this stage, it is considered beneficial to consult also the team members that are responsible for the other disciplines, so that the final computational model serves to integrate the insight from the different disciplines in one design. You can later link these simulations to an optimization solver along with your parametric model in order to find the optimal solution according to your objectives and design parameters.

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> Wind Performance

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> Relevant Tutorials

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- Wind analysis | Wind nuisance

- Setting up a simple wind simulation in Phoenics

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> Featured External Tutorials

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> CAD-import related tutorials for PHOENICS

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- WORKSHOP - CAD Import / Datmaker: Importing and Repairing 3DS Files

- WORKSHOP - CAD Import / Datmaker: Repairing and Splitting a CAD file into individual objects

- WORKSHOP - Datmaker: Merging and Subtracting Objects

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> RhinoCFD

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Important to note: A student license is not provided for this software, but you can try a trial license.

 

Basically, RhinoCFD is a product which runs PHOENICS directly in the Rhino CAD environment. Relevant tutorials:

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- How to import an array of buildings plus terrain into the pre-processor of this product

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> Autodesk CFD

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You can download the software with an educational license through using the Autodesk account linked to your TU delft email. 

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> Butterfly (Grasshopper Plug-in)

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You can find all the relevant information here.

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> Other interesting tutorials

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- Pressure on the façade (for the façade designer and operable windows)

- Forces on Objects, Wind and Flow Around Buildings

- Hydra examples repository

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> Structural Performance

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Relevant Tutorials

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- Karamba3D (Overview & Tutorials)

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> External links

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> Recommended tutorials

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- Input Surfaces and Analyse as a Shell

- Find Material Distribution

- Shell Cross section Optimization

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> Full Karamba3D documentation

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