I’m trying to optimize window sizing using Refinery with Dynamo, Honeybee, and Revit, but keep running into problems. I can run a daylighting analysis using the honeybee test room Revit file, and an example (02_daylight_factor_gridbased), and am able to change the height parameter of a window with the Rhythm package, but when I try to put the small chunk of code for changing the type parameter, the honeybee example won’t run
. It seems that it only works if I close Revit and Dynamo before running again, and for Refinery to work it obviously needs to run multiple times. Does anyone know of a more stable way to do a daylight analysis, or know why I’m having trouble? Thank you!
Hmmm… if you’re after finding the optimum, using primitive geometries and a Data.Remember node might allow for processing in Refinery… I’ll try and take a look later (pretty busy if late though).
Thanks for the quick reply, it does run multiple times without having to close in Dynamo player. The only problem is that I was planning to work with Refinery to optimize the window size, and I don’t think I can run Refinery in Dynamo player. Does this help with troubleshooting at all, or should I try to work my way around in Dynamo player? Thanks!
Thanks for the quick reply. I was also able to get the script to work with Refinery (it gave me data in a straight line), the problem is that it doesn’t update, even when I do it manually. In the second image I shared earlier you can see a set type parameter by name node, with which I’ve been changing the window sizes. I also added a watch section, shown in the first image, that records the number of grid spaces with low daylight factors ( <4). This number updates if I close dynamo, change the height of the window, and run the code again. I think I might have to use that data remember node later on in the process if Refinery doesn’t like using that watch node as an output, but for now I just need the daylight analysis example to run multiple times without having to close in between. As Kulkul suggested, I ran the script in Dynamo player, and was able to do it without any issues, but I don’t think I can use Refinery from Player. Sorry for the paragraph, and thanks again!
I don’t believe there is a way to update Revit data with Refinery - that’s the whole point of Data.Remember.
I think @jacob.small and I have the same idea where you’d have to use Dynamo geometry to run your optimization but could use your Revit windows as a starting point.
Thanks guys. This is all helpful, but I’d still run in to that root problem, where I can only make that example code for daylight analysis that comes with honeybee run if I reopen Dynamo every time I run it. As I adjust that slider in Dynamo I see the size of the windows change, but the daylight analysis does not reflect it, unless I close and run it again. Would that remember node solve this?
I still haven’t gotten around to playing with Honeybee yet. I thought you could run it in Refinery but I guess that wouldn’t work if it runs off the Revit data. Does Honeybee require Revit objects as the input or is it just geometry?
did you solve the issue? I am experiencing the same issue. Honeybee runs the simulation once only.
Have to restart dynamo in order to run the simulation with new values.
I believe that the reason why my outputs in Refinery are 0
Sorry for the late reply. I was not able to solve this issue and submitted my report saying that Dynamo and Project Refinery are not stable enough with Honeybee. I have been told that it is much better to work with Rhino and Grasshopper. My results in Refinery were static at whatever value I first set them at. I can share my report or code with you if you like.
@jrthill
Thank you for replay, I got some help on Ladybug forums. Got directed to Simon Breslav which was kind to help me out. His version of the package works with Refinery.
