Simplify windows

Simplify and reduce the number of windows and/or skylights while maintaining the overall exterior window/skylight area. Useful for improving simulation speed without significantly changing energy use results.

Options

• Merge Distance

  The maximum distance between windows at which point they will be merged together into a single simpler window

• Single Window

  Select to have the windows simplified to a single window within the center of each wall, which matches the overall area of the original windows

• Delete Doors

  Select to have all doors removed from the rooms, which often have a small impact on overall building energy use

• Delete Interior

  Select to have the interior windows and doors removed from the rooms, which often have a negligible impact on overall building energy use

• Ignore Skylights

  Select to have all skylights left exactly as they are during the operation

• Ignore Windows

  Select to have all windows left exactly as they are during the operation

Details

Note that this command is not intended to fix invalid or un-simulate-able windows and the "Repair windows" command should be used for these purposes.