createHBsrfs Interior Wall?

[josh.greenfield]

I’m modeling a single zone massing, and using createHBsrfs to assemble all the surfaces (exterior walls, ceilings, interior floor)…BUT…how do I create the Interior Wall as there is no “srfType_” code for interior walls (but there is for ceilings and interior floors). I can’t use Solve Adjacencies as there is no additional massing that is being modeled in order to find said interior walls. I can select them as AIRWALL but that is a no-mass surface and thus I won’t show thermal mass storage benefits by modeling this way, right? Maybe a 0.25 srfType_ code could be added for Interior Walls or would that cause chaos?

Any insight??

[minggangyin]

Hi @josh.greenfield
As I know, Honeybee does not supprot partition in closed room.Honeybee supported the interior wall between two rooms.

[Alakelele]

Yeah, too bad, it would be very, very practical to be able to model interior partition inside a room.

[edpmay]

@Alakelele , @josh.greenfield ,

You could use the “HB Internal Mass”, if all you are after is the effect of the surface’s heat storage?

best,
@edpmay

[Alakelele]

Daylight and glare are really the goal here. But I get that this is asking something outside of the scope of the tool. For iteration it would be great to that capacity. Just a dream

[LuizHVAC]

But for daylight you can use multiple interior surfaces as context. I recently created a classroom with desks to find out the amount of lux above it.

[Alakelele]

Not bad, can do ! Thanks for the tip