SketchUp to IES VE

Recommended practice for exporting SketchUp models to IES VE

Required reading and watching!

IES VE SketchUp plugin tutorials and help files

Video tutorials for modeling in SketchUp:http://sketchup.google.com/training/videos.html

Model it right in SketchUp

Step 1: Set up Model Properties

Recommended actions:

•Set up the model properties before modeling (Window>Model info)

•Set up the geographical location and orientation and enable the North angle in

model to avoid any confusion in later stages

•Use a common unit system for SketchUp and IES to avoid scale issues

Step 2: Model it right in SketchUp

Recommended actions:

•Use 2D surfaces for enclosure instead of 3D elements.

•Keep checking for the closed geometry for every space to be analyzed during

the model process to avoid complexity at later stage.

•Trim and erase all extra lines or surfaces periodically.

•While drawing shading devices which are not rooms, keep the geometry

separate from the main building and then move it on the required position.

•Apply materials after all the geometrical modifications are done to avoid

misleading surface properties.

•Do not keep any element as entity or group. All the elements must be

exploded for proper export to IES.

Step 3: Check for rooms