HB Rooms by orientation edge case

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Hi there,

I was using the HB rooms by orientation to apply glazing ratios according to facade orientation, and glazing ratios are based on % of floor area instead of facade area, so I can’t just use the HB Glazing by Ratio component.

HB Rooms by orientation seems to breakdown for an edge case when a room has two external facades with orientations either side of north (ie 310,40) as it outputs the numerical average 175, instead of 355, see screenshot below of case.

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I’ve managed a workaround where I use the individual facade orientations, but this might cause some unexpected results for others.

Thanks

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I made a component based on the HB glazing by ratio that sets the windows size based on % of floor.
If there is some interested i can post here for testing.

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That would be helpful, and happy to test out for you.

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Attached an example with the component.
Pay attention that it assumes the rooms are extrusions. Not sure if it will work for sloped walls.
As a “bonus” the component allows to set the minimal length of a wall in order to allow hosting a window (intended to skip small walls).
Hope it is useful and enjoy.
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WindowFloorAreaRatio.gh (57.6 KB)