Should the surfaces have thickness in Rhino for analyses?

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Hey Guys,

I have a question; should the surfaces have a thickness in Rhino for accurate analyses? (for both thermal and daylight) in other words, can I just extrude a curve with no thickness?

Thanks in advance!

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For an energy model the thickness is defined in material description. The geometry should be a single face.

For daylighting the mode detail you add the more accurate the results will be.

You can create the room using mass-to-zone component and then add the details as HB-Surfaces. The zone will be connected only to the energy simulation component but you will connect both the zone and the HB-Surfaces to the Radiance simulation.

If you want to include the extra details as shadings in the energy model you should use the context component.

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@mostapha thank you very much so there is no need to have a thickness in Rhino geometry (no extrusion for closed curves but rather extruding single curves or creating surfaces from points).

Thank you very very much.