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1 Page1of68 Apache view user Guide <Virtual Environment> is the ApacheView?.. of the Apache of Apache view Interface tools for model viewing and and Weather Element are building elements?.. construction type attribute for a building the construction building elements for construction type the construction type for selected is Room Data?.. and editing Room Data for a single Conditions Gains Exchange Room Data for a Set of a Room Thermal Template to a Set of are Apache Systems?.. and editing Apache Systems NCM System Data is the UK NCM System Data Wizard?.. the UK NCM System Data adjustment.

2 Provision (Control corrections).. Hot the Domestic Hot Water Data delivery Water heating Panel Storage array type and performance panel generator availability and at rated at minimum Analysis Loads (ApacheCalc).. (Dynamic Simulation).. Menu Room , emission factors for selection set selection set custom Room Thermal Template to selection & Cooling profile database construction database weather/location database is the Apache view ?The Apache view is a view within the Virtual Environment s Thermal is the name given to the thermal analysis programs in the VirtualEnvironment.

3 The Apache view provides facilities for: Preparation of input data for the thermal analysis programsApacheCalc, ASHRAE Loads andApacheSim Calculations and simulations using ApacheSim, ApacheHVAC,MacroFlo, ApacheCalc, and ASHRAE LoadsThe preparation of thermal input data consists of three main tasks: Specification of building location and weather data Specification of building element data (properties of the building fabric) Specification of room data (conditions in each room)The interfaces to the thermal analysis programs provide facilities for: Setting up the calculations and simulations Specifying the results to be of the Apache ViewTo put the Apache view in context, it is useful to examine the steps involved increating a thermal model and running the thermal analysis programs.

4 Thisoutline is intended as a Guide . Many of the steps may be interchanged and dataof all types may be edited at any of building the Virtual the ModelBuilder Category and create the building geometry this phase you may find it helpful to use Templates. Templatescontain collections of data for thermal and other applications, and arecreated using the Template Manager. When a template is set as theactivetemplate, its data is automatically assigned to rooms or elements as they EnvironmentPage5of68 Assignment of Apache thermal the Thermal the Apache the APlocate utility to define site location and weather data (for thermaland solar shading calculations).

5 The utility APcdb to define constructions to building elements as the utility APpro to define operational the characteristics of the building s HVAC systems using ApacheSystems and assign systems to each room, assign Room Data to specify heating and cooling, internalgains and Room Thermal Templates to facilitate the previous two of other thermal and solar dataAt this stage (or at any suitable time) you may wish to leave the Apache view tocarry out the following additional the MacroFlo view set up opening air flow characteristics for theMacroFlo simulation the ApacheHVAC view set up HVAC system data for theApacheHVAC simulation the SunCast view of the Solar Category perform solar analysis and results the Apache view , perform either of the following analyses: Industry-standard thermal calculations (ApacheCalc, ASHRAEL oads & related programs) Dynamic simulation (ApacheSim & related programs) results from the thermal analyses using.

6 Vista-a view for displaying and exporting ApacheCalc, ASHRAEL oads and ApacheSim of Apache view Interface FeaturesThe Apache view consists of the following interface features:Virtual Environment menu barPage6of68 These menus provide functions used throughout the Virtual refer to theVirtual EnvironmentUser Guide for further menu barThese pull-down menus provide functions specific to the Apache edit toolbarThese icons provide a quick route to functions on the Apache menu workspaceThis displays the model geometry and provides a graphical means of selectinggeometrical view toolbarThis provides functions for manipulating the view of the geometrical BrowserPage7of68 This list of rooms, opening up to display surfaces and openings in those rooms.

7 Provides an alternative way to viewand select geometrical Group toolsThese tools allow the creation, application and selection of Room GroupingSchemes. See the ModelIT user Guide for further analysis buttonsThese buttons invoke the thermal analysis programs CIBSE Loads, ASHRAEL oads and ApacheSim, and Batch the Loads Methodology on the Apache view Settings menu is set toASHRAE, CIBSE Loads is replaced by ASHRAE tools for model viewing and interrogationBefore using the Apache view you should familiarise yourself with the followingtools, which provide the means for navigating around the model to view and setroom and building element attributes.

8 The Virtual Environment menu bar The model workspace The model browser The model view toolbarIn particular, you should be familiar with the following procedures described inthe ModelIT user Guide : Selecting a view of the model workspace using the followingbuttons on the modelview toolbar:Fit viewZoom windowZoom inZoom outPanZoom previousZoom nextView axis (Plan, Right, Left, Front, Back, Axon.)Set axonometric rotationRotate view Selecting a single room or a set of rooms by clicking in the modelworkspace. Selecting a single room or a set of rooms by clicking in the modelbrowser. Panning and zooming the model image. Moving between the following model decomposition levels using theup and down arrows on the view toolbar (or by double-clicking on aroom or surface): Model level Space level (only surface mode applies in the Apache view ) Surface level (opening or adjacency mode) Moving between model decomposition levels by clicking in themodel and Weather DataThe external climate is an important driving force affecting thermal conditions ina building.

9 This data is specified in the program programs CIBSE Loads (or its ASHRAE counterpart, ASHRAE Loads) andApacheSim have different requirements for weather data. APlocate deals withboth types of also sets the building location and information on the setting of clocks,which is important in calculations of solar may be invoked from either the Apache menu bar or the refer to theAPlocateUser Guide for further information on this Element are building elements?Abuilding element(often shortened to element) is a component of the buildingsuch as a wall, ceiling, floor or window. Forconvenience, building elements aredivided into categories such as External wall , Internal glazing , etc.

10 Where aroom surface has multiple adjacencies, each adjacency is treated as a separatebuilding kinds of data need to be set for building elements in the Apache view :construction data describing the element s thermal properties, and adjacencydata describing its thermal boundary conditions. Construction data needs to beset for all elements. Adjacency data is set automatically as a function of buildinggeometry, and need only be edited in special typesAconstruction type(often shortened to construction) is a type of buildingelement in the context of Apache thermal analysis. It consists ofa layer-by-layerdescription of the element s thermophysical properties, together with other datasuch as surface solar absorptivity and emissivity.