3D Visualisation User Interface

Day and Hour are used to select the specific hour to display. This must be within the bounds of the simulated data.
Display – Defines how surfaces are coloured. This can be one of the following options:

Zone Colour – Surfaces are coloured according to their parent zone.
Building Element Colour – Surfaces are coloured according to their building element.
Zone Data – Surfaces are coloured according to a zone variable.

The zone variables IZAM In, IZAM Out, Aperture Flow In and Aperture Flow Out are composited based on the selected output selection, just as when viewing data in a graph or table. Ensure your output selection contains all appropriate zones or surfaces.

For surface data to be meaningful, the chosen variable must have been output during simulation. See Surface Output Specifications for more details.

Available Sunlight – Surfaces are coloured according to the proportion able to receive direct sunlight for the currently selected hour on the nearest day with shading calculations (if one exist within 15 days).
Annual Insolation -exposed surfaces will be coloured according to the expected accumulated solar gain absorbed over the course of the year. Feature shades and substitute elements will not be taken into account. It takes a small amount of time to run the calculations for these results.
Daylight Factor – Surfaces are coloured according to the daylight factor of their parent zone.
Surface Type – surfaces will be coloured dependent on their type, similar to the “Colour by Analysis” option in the 3D Modeller.

Link Error (i.e. failing to link – this blocks simulation) surfaces will be coloured red.

Variable – This is used to select a particular zone or surface data variable, just as in an Output Filter.
Output Selection defines which zones and surfaces are shown. For data to be displayed, the appropriate zones or surfaces must also be in the output selection (and, in the case of surfaces, have the variable output, see above). Parts of the model not included in the output selection will be drawn as unfocussed, depending on the 'Shade Unfocussed' and 'Outline Unfocussed' settings.
External – Same as on Graph and Tabular views.
ACH – Same as on Graph and Tabular views.
Divide by Area – If the displayed variable is a type of power (e.g. Sensible Load or Lighting Gain), values will be divided by zone area (for zone data variables) or surface area (for surface data variables).
Scale max and Scale min - allow you to specify the upper and lower bounds of the displayed scale.

When showing a variable with a 'polar' scale (i.e. red to blue scale), the minimum bound is always the inverse of the maximum bound.
If desired, the minimum can be set greater than the maximum, thereby inverting the scale.

If the Auto-scale checkbox is checked, this will be automatically done whenever the data changes (e.g. the hour is changed).