Environmental Design Solutions Limited (EDSL) was formed in 1989 to commercially develop Tas Software. EDSL sells Tas software and consultancy services using Tas. EDSL believe that the mixing of development, consultancy and software support leads to a focused software product, with quality support available to end users.

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Tas Building Designer Course

Training Course Benefits

The three day course covers most of the features in Tas Building Designer. Each engineer on the training course will have hands-on experience of using the software on a dedicated PC.

The expert guidance given on the training course will accelerate the learning process for Tas Building Designer and ensures maximum benefit from their use.

Training Course Content

On completing the three-day course, attendees will know how to:

  • Draw a model using the 3D Modeller
  • Use a DXF/DWG file as a template. This template can then be drawn around.
  • Add sloping roofs, courtyards, basements, atria and domes to your model.
  • Add windows and doors to your model
  • Removing surfaces, using construction lines and internal solar shading.
  • Display your model in 3D perspective, plan, and elevation and with or without shadows.
  • Run shadow calculations that are used in the simulation process.
  • Export to Lumen Designer
  • Use our extensive weather database and import weather data from an international database with over 2500 weather sites.
  • Set up the internal conditions of your building such as plant times and occupation parameters.
  • Set up infiltration and mechanical ventilation.
  • Use our extensive materials and constructions database
  • Add overhangs, fins, awnings and louvres that consider direct and diffuse radiation.
  • Calculate natural ventilation with fully integrated stack and wind pressure driven analysis.
  • Control the opening of windows etc and the use of solar control shading.
  • Model features such as displacement ventilation, chilled beams, chilled ceiling and under floor heating.
  • Run a simulation and view results such as zone and surface temperature, heating and cooling loads, solar gains, airflows and condensation.
  • Use Excel to view results such as Monthly/annual building load, frequency and cumulative frequency graphs for the zone air, resultant and radiant temperatures and humidity. View hourly graphs of heating and cooling loads.

Click here to download course notes.