The stereographic sun-path diagram is an essential diagram for solar access analyses. So, Autodesk, on behalf of the design performance modeling community-and as someone who has relied on Ecotect for nearly a decade-please strongly consider migrating the following five Ecotect functions to Revit as soon as possible. I have faith that this statement is more than just lip service. On the Ecotect Analysis homepage, it does state that 'Autodesk will integrate functionality similar to Ecotect Analysis into the Revit product family.' Moreover, the Vasari public beta period was allowed to expire two months later. This meant that purchasing future licenses and obtaining technical support would be discontinued. Autodesk has recently unveiled Project Vasari – a user-friendly cousin of Ecotect Analysis that uses a graphical user interface similar to that of Revit – and this evening I received a personal demonstration of its capabilities from the folks at Autodesk.Then in March of last year, Autodesk announced that it would discontinue support of Ecotect Analysis. Today at Greenbuild my suspicions were confirmed, but in a good way. I actually suspected that they would eventually “cannibalize” Ecotect into Revit. I knew Autodesk had something up their sleeve, I just did not know what it was. Then a few years ago, Autodesk bought Ecotect from its developer, Square One Research, and seemingly shelved the project. I usually do not need specific glazing assembly data for a conceptual design-stage daylighting study).įor years, I have leaned heavily on a program called Ecotect for much of the quick, early, iterative type of energy modeling. The project’s level of design development will also influence the depth of an analysis (e.g. Radiance for daylighting, eQuest for energy performance). Specific inquiries will dictate what tools I may use for analysis (e.g. daylighting, electric lighting, thermal loads, energy performance, acoustical performance, water consumption, wind flow analysis). I use the term “energy model” loosely because it encompasses so many different types of analysis (e.g. A large part of my job has always been energy modeling for new construction projects – especially LEED projects.

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