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Introduction
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Preface
1.2 Copyright
1.3 Disclaimer
1.4 Initial Setup
1.5 Installation
1.6 Launch the Addin
1.7 Sign into Guardian Glass for BIM
1.8 Troubleshooting & Support
1.9 Current Version
Getting Started
2.0 Project Workflow
2.0.1 Model Preparation
2.0.2 User Interface
2.0.3 Quick Start Guide
2.0.4 Workflow & Models
2.1 Revit Add-in Menu & Sign in
2.2 Splash Screen
2.2.1 Conceptual Mass
2.2.2 Spatial Elements
2.2.3 Building Elements
2.2.4 Choosing an incorrect option
2.2.6 Compliance Check (beta)
2.2.7 Guardian Platform
2.2.8 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
3.3 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 Guardian Platform Sign in
4.5 Settings
4.6 Extender Panel
4.7 Guidance
4.8 Building Manager
4.9 Snapshots
4.10 Shading Viewer
4.11 Glass Database
4.12 Com 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 Viewer
5.3 Performance
5.4 Facades
Conceptual Mass Models
6.0 Conceptual Mass Models
6.1 Performance
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. Warning Asterisk
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 Façades for Mass Models
6.2.1 Facade Navigator
6.2.1.1 Selecting Facades/Surfaces
6.2.1.2 Rename Façades/Surfaces
6.2.1.3 Groups
6.2.2 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
6.3 Applying Glazing to the Mass Model
Detailed Revit Models
7.0 Detailed Revit Models
7.1 Performance for Detailed Models
7.1.1 Warning Symbols
7.1.2 Façade Performance
7.2 Façades
7.2.1 Details List
7.2.2 Mapping Analytical Properties
7.3 Guardian Glass Database
7.3.1 Adding new Glass Types to Revit
7.3.2 Choose the Glazing Element in the Model
7.3.3 Using the Glass Database
7.3.4 Apply the New Glazing Type
7.3.5 Confirm Properties Have Changed
7.3.6 Filtering the List
7.3.7 Glass Database Charts
7.3.11 Smart Surfaces
7.3.11.1 Viewer
7.3.11.2 Workflow
7.3.11.3 When no properties assigned
7.3.11.4 Workflow with the Glass Database
7.3.11.4.1 Adding new Glass Types to Revit
7.4 Using the Guardian Platform
7.5 Add Windows
7.6 Add Curtain Walls
7.7 Groups
7.7.1 Group by
7.7.2 Filter by
7.7.3 Custom Groups
Snapshots
8.0 Snapshots
8.1 Saving a Snapshot
8.1.1 Excel Snapshot
8.1.2 Settings in Revit
8.1.3 Navigating the Excel
8.2 HTML Report
Settings
9.0 Settings
9.1 Configuration and Settings
9.1.1 Common Options
9.1.2 Conceptual Mass Model
9.1.3 Detailed Model
Charts
10.0 Charts
10.1 Glazing
10.2 Solar Loads
10.3 Daylighting
10.4 Shading
Notifications / Help
11.0 Notifications/Help
11.1 General
11.2 Document Changes
11.3 Guidance Notes
Typical Workflows
12.0 Typical Workflows
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
Mass 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
Detail Workflow
14.0 Detailed Model Workflow
14.1 Analyzing Detailed Models
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 Analyzing a Conceptual Mass
17.3 Analyzing 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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