Aftab RAD is an Autodesk Revit (2018 - 2024) Add-in to export the 3d model from Revit to Radiance/Daysim and present the calculated results in Revit. There are some more interfaces in this program including an interface for evalglare, falsecolor creation/HDR analysis page, Radiance Control Panel, Sky Generator Page, Radiance Material Modification Page, etc. It can also export the Revit Mass and Generic models into blueCFD program that enable us to do a CFD calculation in OpenFOAM.

This Add-in is scripted in programming languages like Csharp, Ironpython, Python and C++.

If you want to know more about this Revit Add-in program please send an email to us.

By clicking on one of these links (direct-link or google drive-link), you can download and install a trial version and use its full function for about 6 weeks. Then if you like it and it satisfies your expectation, you can order for a one year license.

If you are a student, by clicking on this link, you can download and install a trial version and use its full function, after 6 weeks if you like it, you can order for an educational license that expires in the end of each educational year.

Please installed the software in C:\AftabRadSoft otherwise there is a risk of failure to work properly. To know more about how to install it and other required programs, or if you face any problems running any of its commands, please take a look at this link or check the Tutorial section in the below.

aftabsoft.net

Tutorials

Add-in Application Diagram

Installation

Add-in Installation

Radiance Installation

Linux-based Radiance Installation

Daysim 3.1e Installation

OpenFoam Installation

Accelerad Installation

OpenStudio Installation

AftabRad Add-in Prerequisite

Requirement for Exported Radiance Filename and its path

Requirement to Turn on the SectionBox

Radiance Preparation

Simplifying the Exported Model to Radiance

Simplification by Converting Transparent Solid Elements to Single Surfaces

Simplification by the Revit SectionBox

Simplification by Filtering the Exported Elements Based on Their Categories in Revit

Simplification by Hiding Elements in the Current Revit 3D View

Simplification by Using a Limitation Rule to Export Surfaces of Elements with Areas More than a Specific Value

Finding the Elements that are Heaviest When are Exported to Radiance and Try to Simplify Them

Radiance Material Specifications

Defining Radiance Materials and Filtering Exported Elements by Revit Categories

Defining Radiance Materials by Selecting Surfaces in the Model

Defining Radiance Materials by Selecting each Revit Material

Radiance View Specifications

Defining Radiance Views based on Revit Views

Creating Surface Gird Calculation Points

By Choosing Rooms/Spaces/Floors of the Selected Levels

By Selecting Elements or Surfaces

Defining Calculation Points by using Sensor Grid Family in the Model

Defining Calculation Points by using a Revit Room Project Parameter

Radiance Calculation

Doing Daylight Factor on Surface Point Grids

Doing Cd/m2 View Based Simulation

Doing Cumulative Sky (Radiation or kLux) View Based Simulation

Doing Shadow Range View Based Simulation

Doing Sunlight Hours on Surface Point Grids

Doing UTCI Based Sunlight Hours View Based Simulation

Doing Exposure To Sunlight (Based on EN 17037)

Doing View Analysis (Based on EN 17037)

Doing Daylight Autonomy Calculation on Surface Point Grids with Daysim

Doing Daylight Autonomy Calculation on Surface Point Grids with Rcontrib

Doing Annual Sunlight Exposure Calculation on Surface Point Grids with Rcontrib

Doing Daylight Autonomy View Based Simulation with Rcontrib

Doing Visibility Analysis on Surface Point Grids

Doing DGP Glare Analysis for a View in a Specific Time

Doing Annual DGP Glare Analysis for a Grid of Calculation Points by Daysim

Doing Annual DGP Glare Analysis for a Grid of Calculation Points by dcGlare

Doing Temporal Annual DGP Glare Analysis(with the help of calculations by Daysim) for a Point or Group of Calculation Points

Doing Temporal Annual DGP Glare Analysis (made by dcGlare) for a Point or Group of Calculation Points

Import Radiance Data Calculation into Revit

Importing Different Types of Calculation Analyses into Revit

Creating Room or Space Based Statistic Table When Importing Different Types of Analyses into Revit

Creating a Temporal Map Diagram for a Point or Group of Calculation Points When Doing Dynamic Daylight Analysis

Creating “Daylit”, “partially Daylit”, “non-Daylit”, and “excessive Daylight” zones

Doing a comparison study by importing the results for two different alternatives (like before as reference and after as comparison)

Export the calculation results done by Aftab as a 3D PDF file or as a Web page

Export the 3d falsecolor results as U3D and convert it as 3D PDF with the help Latex software

Visualizing the results in a web-based page by exporting the Revit current view 3d model and the calculation results as a GLB file

Electrical Lighting Calculation by Radiance

Revit Lighting Family creation to be used by Radiance for electrical calculation

Export the 3d model from Revit to Radiance to do electrical lighting calculation and import the result back to Revit

AftabRad Interface Tools to Open Radiance Exported Files

AftabRad HDR Falsecolor Page (to Open hdr and pic Files)

AftabRad Evalglare Interface Page (to Open hdr and pic Files)

AftabRad Material Editor Panel (to Open and Edit mat Files)

AftabRad Radiance Control Panel (to Open and Edit rad, mat, rif and sky Files)

AftabRad Sky Generator Panel (to Open and Edit sky Files)

Dynamo Node

Doing Daylight Factor on Surface Point Grids in Dynamo

Wind Analysis

Doing Wind Analysis for Exterior Spaces with the Help of OpenFoam

Aftab Rad