gbXML import from Archicad - how to model shading?

Hi @ae,

This model won’t give you satisfying results for sure.
I know with revit there are different options for exporting gbXML files.
When you choose the option: by rooms you will get two options:

  • Rooms

  • Analytical surfaces

If you choose analytical surfaces you will get a more useful energy model (hopefully).
I am not used to archicad, so I can’t predict if it will help you.

Another way could be the “live connection” between archicad and grasshopper. If you can get the “wall base/core lines” and the windows, you can easily build up your energy model in Grasshopper, by extracting a simple floorplan, extruding this to the right height, making window surfaces and adding them to the zones with the honeybee ad glazing component.