IES <VE> does anyone use it?

[still.james]

does anyone use the IES Revit plugin?

if so how do find it, and any tips as im stuck on some bits.

[ejburrell67787]

I played with VE Ware the free plug-in if that is what you mean. Otherwise there are some useful threads in the Revit MEP section of the forums dealing with using full IES VE. There is also a document from Autodesk about the exporting / transfer process.

Hope that helps.

[still.james]

thanks, i'll take a look in the MEP section :)

[gcrawford]

I just saw a short demo on this last night.
You can download the plug-in at:
www.iesve.com/ve-ware/
You define where your building is located, your building type, construction materials, heating/cooling system type and it does a quick simulation of energy consumption and provides a rough benchmark to the AIA 2030 challenge (http://www.architecture2030.org/).
There are not a lot of options, but hey, it is free.
If you want more options and ability to document LEED daylighting, etc, they want you to purchase the VE Toolkit package.

Hope this helps,

Glenn