Unexpected Window Group Outputs

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I have a simple shoebox model for testing different venetian blind configurations. I have two questions/concerns about the simulation output.

  1. The blindState input for visualizing the output requires two values, although I only have one window group. I would expect to provide just one value, since I only have one window group in the model. Also the window group I modeled has 3 states, but I get a out of range error when I enter a ‘2’ to visualize the third state.

  2. In addition to bsdf files representing composite window systems with venetian blinds I have parametric blinds modeled in gh. If I run a simulation with this geometry in the scene I can see the impact in the simulation output, but if I add the parametric geometry to a blind-state it doesn’t show up in the results.

Any ideas?

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  1. You only have one window group so each blind state can only have one value. If you want the state to change from 0 to 2 then you should input them as a single list with two items.

  2. I thought I added a warning to mention that extra geometry in blind states is not currently working. It was mainly there to be used for the fifth phase of 5 phase method but didn’t make its way to the workflow.