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Introduction
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Preface
1.2 Copyright
1.3 Disclaimer
1.4 Initial Setup
1.4.1 Account Setup
1.4.2 Platform Area
1.4.2.1 Administrator
1.4.2.1.1 Organisation
1.4.2.1.2 Users
1.4.2.1.3 Teams
1.4.2.1.4 Computers
1.4.2.2 Side Panel
1.4.2.3 Home Page
1.4.2.4 My Projects
1.4.2.5 My Reports
1.4.2.6 Glass Database
1.4.2.7 Profile
14.2.8 Sign Out
1.5 Installation
1.6 Launching the Add-in in Revit
1.7 Opening the Platform in a Browser
1.8 Troubleshooting & Support
1.9 Current Version
Getting Started
2.0 Project Workflow
2.0.1 Model Preparation
2.0.2 User Interface
2.0.2.1 User Interface – Conceptual Mass
2.0.2.2 User Interface – Detailed Models
2.0.3 Quick Start Guide
2.0.3.1 Quick Start – Conceptual Mass
2.0.3.2 Quick Start – Detailed Models
2.0.4 Workflow & Models
2.1 Revit Menu
2.2 FenestraPro Menu
2.2.1 Conceptual Mass
2.2.2 Detailed Design
2.2.3 Thermal Analysis
2.2.4 Choosing an incorrect option
2.2.5 Model Diagnostic Tool
2.2.6 Compliance Check
2.2.7 Web Platform
2.2.8 Sign Out
2.2.9 User Support
Dashboard
3.0 Dashboard
3.1 Dials
3.2 Thermal and Luminance Values
3.2.1 R Value / U Value (ft2/F hr/BTU or W/m2K)
3.2.2 Solar Load (BTU/ft2 hr or W/m2)
3.2.3 Daylighting
3.2.3.1 Daylighting Guidelines
3.2.4 Shading
3.3 Refresh
3.4 Building Areas
3.4.1 Solid Area
3.4.2 Glazed Area
3.4.3 Total Area
Toolbars
4.0 Toolbars
4.1 Show Dashboard
4.2 Always stay on top
4.3 Opacity Control
4.4 Sign Out
4.5 Settings
4.6 Extender Panel
4.7 Guidance
4.8 Building Manager
4.9 Snapshots
4.10 Shading Viewer
4.11 Compliance Check
Managers
5.0 Managers
5.1 Building Manager
5.1.1 Settings
5.1.1.1 Site Type
5.1.1.2 Building Occupancy Pattern
5.1.1.3 Building Surface Areas
5.1.1.4 Solar Loads
5.1.1.5 Most Shaded Surfaces
5.2 Shading Effects
5.2.1 Surrounding Buildings
5.2.2 Mass Shading Devices
5.2.3 Generic Shading Devices
5.2.4 Roof & Floor Overhangs
5.2.5 Freestanding Walls & Revit Objects
5.2.6 Shading Animation
5.3 Performance Manager
5.4 Facade Manager
Conceptual Mass Models
6.0 Conceptual Mass Models
6.1 Performance Manager
6.1.1 Selected Code
6.1.1.1 Building Energy Codes
6.1.2. Compliance or Non-Compliance
6.1.3 Overall Building Performance
6.1.4 Building Elemental Performance
6.1.5. Warnings
6.1.6 Facade Elemental Performance
6.1.7 Window to Wall ratio
6.1.8 Overall Percentage Glazing
6.1.9 Set to Maximum Percentage Glazing
6.1.10 Current Facade Performance
6.1.11 Recalculate
6.2 Façade Manager
6.2.1 Facade Navigator
6.2.1.1 Selecting Facades/Surfaces
6.2.1.2 Rename Façades/Surfaces
6.2.1.3 Groups
6.2.1.4 Undock the Facade Navigator
6.2.2 The Entire Building Selected
6.2.2.1 Glazing Specification
6.2.2.2 Percentage Frame
6.2.2.3 Maintenance Factor
6.2.2.4 Internal Surfaces
6.2.2.5 Core Offset
6.2.2.6 Auto Distribute
6.2.3 Selected Surfaces
6.2.3.1 Glazing Specification
6.2.3.2 Glazing Dimensions
6.2.3.3 Shading Specification
6.2.3.4 Fritting Specification
6.2.3.5 Surrounding Buildings
6.2.3.6 Locking and Unlocking Surfaces/Facades
6.3 Applying Glazing to the Mass Model
Detailed Revit Models
7.0 Detailed Models
7.0.1 Set Up Workflow
7.0.2 Navigation
7.0.3 Design Area
7.0.4 Glass Database
7.0.5 Outputs
7.0.6 Toolbars and Settings
7.1 Performance
7.1.1 Energy Code
7.1.2 Compliance Check
7.2 Façade Manager
7.2.1 Nested Curtain Panels
7.2.2 Thermal Analysis Tool
7.2.2.1 Angled Panels
7.2.3 Mapping Analytical Properties
7.3 Glass Database
7.3.1 Selections
7.3.1.1 Select Elements in the model
7.3.1.2 Select Surfaces defined by FenestraPro
7.3.1.3 Apply
7.3.1.4 Check Properties have been assigned
7.3.2 Filters
7.3.2.1 Search
7.3.2.2 Property Filters
7.3.2.3 Region Filter
7.3.2.4 Logo Filter
7.3.3 Toggle Switch
7.3.4 Sort the List
7.3.7 Pages
7.3.5 EPD
7.3.8 Glass Database Chart
7.3.9 Custom Glass
7.3.6 Smart Surfaces
7.3.6.1 Workflow
7.3.6.2 Apply new Glass Type
7.3.6.2.2 Apply to Selected Surface Only
7.3.6.2.1 Apply to Building
7.3.10 Ask
7.3.11 WWW
7.3.12 Guidance Notes
7.4 Fritting Simulation
7.5 Add Window
7.6 Add Curtain Wall
7.7 Groups
7.7.1 Group by
7.7.2 Filter by
7.7.3 Custom Groups
Outputs
8.0 Reports
8.1 Saving a Report
8.1.1 Excel Report
8.1.2 Settings in Revit
8.1.3 Navigating the Excel
8.2 HTML Report
8.2.1 Custom Reports
8.2.2 Templates
8.2.3 Saved Reports
8.3 Shading Animations
Settings
9.0 Settings
9.0.1 Common Options
9.0.2 Conceptual Mass Model
9.0.3 Detailed Model
Charts
10.0 Charts
10.1 Glazing
10.2 Solar Loads
10.3 Daylighting
10.4 Shading
10.5 Glass Database
10.6 Guidance Notes for Charts
10.7 Divider
Notifications / Help
11.0 Notifications/Help
11.1 General
11.2 Document Changes
11.3 Guidance Notes
Typical Workflows
12.0 Typical Workflows
12.0.1 Create a Conceptual Mass
12.0.2 Add detailed elements to a Mass model
12.0.3 Simplify an advanced detailed model
12.0.4 Importing Rhino geometry to Revit
12.1 Model Preparation – Conceptual Mass / Detailed
12.1.1 Common to all types of Models
12.1.2 Conceptual Mass Models
12.1.3 Detailed Models
12.2 True North / Project North
12.3 Design Options
12.4 Worksets
12.5 Phases
12.6 Working with other Models
12.6.1 Autodesk FormIt Models
12.6.2 Rhino Models
12.6.3 Sketchup Models
Mass Model Workflow
13.0 Analyzing a Mass Model
13.1 Conceptual Mass Workflow
13.2 Applying Glazing Percentages to the Mass Model
13.3 How adjustments affect other Surfaces
Detailed Model Workflow
14.0 Detailed Model Workflow
14.1 Analyzing a Detailed Model
Frequently Asked Questions
15.0 Frequently Asked Questions
Known Issues
16.0 Known Issues
Appendices
17.0 Appendices
17.1 Massing in Revit
17.2 Using FenestraPro on a Conceptual Mass
17.3 Using FenestraPro on a Detailed Model
Definitions
Thermal
Building Envelope
Façade
Façade Performance
Floor
Glazing
Overall Heat Loss Method
Overall Performance
Roof
R-value
Thermal Performance
U-value
Wall
Solar
Shading Factor
Solar Heat Gain
Solar Over Heating
Solar Radiation
Solar Transmittance
Daylighting
Average Design Daylight Factor
Diffuse Transmittance/ Visual Light Transmittance
Maintenance Factor
Reflectance
Surrounding Features
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