I see. The orientable louvers i am trying to model have several states. First they are fully retractable and secondly once deployed they can rotate from 0 to 120 degrees.
I belive there are several ways to do this but the overall operation could be something like this:
First set the control type to a condition to depoy, so if for example lets say incident radiation <200 W/m2 slats remain stacked. Secondly, if incident radiation >200 W/m2 then slats deploy and orient to protect from the direct sun beam.
1- This could be done by generating a custom schedule from an independent incident radiation analysis at one point (middle of a window). From this analysis i can estimate the deploy or staked state. And with a second calculation estimate the angle of incidence and the equivalent slat angle state (simplify to 5 or 6 different states). I think this can be done with the HB window construction dynamic component.
This option will be something similar to what was discussed here, a bit crafty but u think it could work.
2- In E+ there is an option called Block Beam Solar. I belive this funcionality is also in HB since it also uses E+ i just need to figure out how to activate it. This shade control option will automatically set an angle for me in order to block the incident solar radiation.
Hi @chris sorry to bother you, i wonder why this option was excluded from the control type functionality in the HB Window Construction Shade?
3- This option is probably the most reliable for HB. Setting up a EMS control for the slats states. I found this information in E+ and i guess i could add as an additional string to my simulation.
Also discussed here.
Still not sure which option could be more convinient in my case. The option 1 (crafty) seems a workaround and very time consuming. I will see if option 2 could be included in HB, if not, i will go to option 3.
Thanks