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Now that our SU model is ready for Sefaira one can select the Analysis button at the bottom (not the Update Analysis button). If it gets it wrong, you can manually select it.ДЇor example, in an all-glass connector between my two main volumes of my building, I have selected two panels of glass to be вЂњfixed glazingвЂќ while the center is вЂњoperable glazing.вЂќ These two types matter for energy analysis. Or you can hit the button Show Entity Types and Sefaira will take a stab guessing your object types. You can manually select elements on the model (specific planar objects) and right-click and select Sefaira Plugin > Tag as roof, for example. It only makes your modeling process longer. There is no need and it will not affect your outcome. Do not sub-divide large glazing window walls like curtain walls. Create rectangles for your glazing elements. So draw your model like its a paper or cardboard physical model. To produce your model for Sefaira you need simple вЂњplanesвЂќ for all these elements (no thicknesses needed). It lists the envelope components used by Sefaira. By default, it should look like the image above. You use it to prepare your model for analysis by selecting: (1) location, (2) building/use type, and (3) Properties, importantly baseline energy model for analysis like ASHRAE 90.1 вЂ“ 2013. The Sefaira plugin palette can at first be confusing. Hit the Open Daylighting Visualization button again to close that expanded window. ItвЂ™s okay to hit that button-it expands the palette extra-wide, opening up the Daylighting Visualization window. The next button is Open Daylighting Visualization. At the top is the Upload to Sefaira button. The Sefaira plugin palette takes a little bit of time to get used to. Trimble instructs that the simpler your energy model the faster your energy analysis. I first looked at using a custom residence my firm designed for the Caribbean but it was a design model with loads of detail and it simply was going to be too complex for running through SefairaвЂ™s engine. The first task in using Sefaira is to build from scratch (recommended) or modify a design model (not recommended) to run well in Sefaira.

You use the pluginвЂ™s context menu to classify elements in the model as roof, wall, etc. The process of taking your вЂњvirtual paper-cardboard modelвЂќ and preparing it for Sefaira. It does not need вЂњthicknessвЂќ as a means to understand, for instance, how much batt insulation is in the wall. The thickness of walls, for example, is not important because Sefaira assigns thermal properties to these basic geometric planes. It only needs вЂњplanesвЂќ for walls, glazing, roofs, and floors, for instance. Sefaira only needs the very basics of geometry to do its thing. ThatвЂ™s because a typical SU model has far too much information in it. As a SketchUp extension, it functions and gets installed or uninstalled just like any other SketchUp extension.ДЇor the first time user of SketchUp Studio, one might be disheartened to discover that they cannot really take a typical SU model and instantly run it through SefairaвЂ™s energy modeling engine. It is integrated, but it is not built into the installer. When you look at graphics of SketchUp Studio on TrimbleвЂ™s website you might get the impression that Sefaira is highly integrated and part of the SketchUp Studio install, but that is not the case.

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Once downloaded, you install the extension through the Extension Manager under the menu Window > Extension Manager.

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Your Trimble account provides you access and license control.

It is technically an вЂњextensionвЂќ but you donвЂ™t get it from inside Extension Warehouse but through the Trimble SketchUp website. If you give Studio a test drive via the 30-day demo, you will notice that Sefaira is a separate download.

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The primary benefit of SketchUp Studio 2020 over SketchUp Pro 2020 is the addition of the Sefaira energy and daylighting analysis technologies, which come into SketchUp as plugin.

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