Welcome to the DIVA-for-Rhino Documentation

DIVA-for-Rhino is Solemma’s legacy daylighting and energy modeling plug-in for Rhinoceros. DIVA-for-Rhino allows users to carry out a series of environmental performance evaluations of individual buildings and urban landscapes including Radiation Maps, Photorealistic Renderings, Climate-Based Daylighting Metrics, Annual and Individual Time Step Glare Analysis, LEED and CHPS Daylighting Compliance, and Single Thermal Zone Energy and Load Calculations.

Getting Started

• Installation
• Setting up a Rhino Model
  • Units
  • Orientation
  • Layers
  • DIVA Layers
  • Hidden Layers
  • Locked Layers
  • Sublayers
  • Ground Plane
  • Geometry
  • Thickness
  • Visibility, Locking and Hiding Layers
• File Naming and Storage
  • File Naming in DIVA
  • Important! Spaces in your file name
• The DIVA User Interface, Part 1
  • The Toolbar
  • Location
  • Nodes
  • Surface Normals
  • Node Offset and Spacing
  • Nodes and the Test Surfaces Layer
  • Materials
  • Custom Materials
• The DIVA User Interface, Part 2
  • Metrics

Advanced DIVA for Rhino Concepts

• Custom Radiance Materials
  • A Note of Caution
  • Defining a Custom Metal Material
  • Defining a Custom Glass Material
• Advanced Shading - Climate Based Metrics (CBM)
  • No Dynamic Shading
  • Conceptual Dynamic Shading
  • Detailed Dynamic Shading
  • Mechanical Dynamic Shading
  • Switchable Dynamic Shading
  • Dynamic Shading Control Systems
• Lighting Controls
  • Manual Controls
  • Automated Controls
  • Occupancy Sensors
  • Standby Power
  • Ballast Loss Factor
• Simulating Luminaires with IES Files
  • What You Will Need for This Tutorial
  • The IES Files
  • Step 0: Precautions
  • Step 1: Setup the Luminaire Test Rhino Model
  • Step 2: Converting IES Files into the Radiance Format with ies2rad
  • Step 3: Getting the Radiance data into DIVA
  • Step 4: Getting the Geometry into DIVA
  • Step 5: Finally Rendering Luminaires with Associated IES Information
  • Concluding Remarks

Simulation Types

• Simulations in General
  • Image Quality and Radiance Parameters
  • Sky Condition
  • Date and Time
  • Hide Dynamic Shading
  • Geometric Density
  • Camera Type
  • Camera Views
  • Generate.tiff
  • Open With
  • Image Size
  • Cleanup Temporary Directory
• Visualization
• Timelapse Images
• Radiation Maps
• Point-in-Time Glare
• Annual Glare
  • A Warning Regarding Simulation Time
• Daylight Factor and Illuminance
  • Daylight Factor
  • Illuminance
  • Units
  • Solar Date and Time
• LEED-IEQ-8.1 Compliance
  • LEED Test
  • LEED Points
• Climate-Based Metrics
  • Daylight Autonomy, Continuous Daylight Autonomy, Daylight Availability, Useful Daylight Illuminance
  • Units
  • Occupancy Schedule
  • Target Illuminance
  • Show Daysim Report
  • Use DGP schedules
  • Adaptive Comfort
  • Loading Metrics
• CHPS Simulations
• Radiation Maps-Grid Based
  • Metric
• Thermal Analysis
  • Geometry Creation
  • Running Thermal Simulations
• Load Metrics
  • Min/Max Illuminance
  • Min/Max Irradiance
  • Min/Max Daylight Factor
  • Color Scheme
  • Label 1% Peak Nodes
  • Label All Nodes
  • Color Extreme Values
  • Display Footcandles
  • Create Variant Label

Tips & Tricks

• Scripts for Converting Geometry
  • Revit models
  • TAS models
  • Sketchup models
  • Loading and Running Scripts in Rhino
• Understanding Results Files
  • DIVA Grid-Based Results
  • Viewing Grid-Based Results
  • Understanding Grid-Based Results
• References

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page