3.1.2 Building reader
I am going to show you how "building reader" works with the building dynamic folder.
Please, download also Ladybug Tools to replicate this workflow, it is a fundamental part to get the final heatmap.
Follow the detailed description of the chapter 3.1.1 Slice grid reader to understand how to set up the following workflow. Basically, the method is the same, there are just a couple of additional components by Grasshopper that I explain below.
The complete workflow is made in this way.
In this case because envimet separates the face direction on X, Y, Z you must connect a panel with multiple values like this: 0, 1, 2. It makes sure you read facades on X, Y, Z at the same time.
The choice of the variable follows the same rules of the "slice grid reader", you can read all of them first and after that choose the one that works for you.
There are a couple of grasshopper component to use to make sure you get just one heatmap:
- mesh_join gets a unique mesh starting from multiple separated meshes based on Morpho faces
- list_item select just one label to use for the global title and the legend title
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flatten_tree destroy the complex hiearchy based on trees to get a single long list of values that fit the number of faces of the joined mesh
This lets you get a nice 3D map.
That you can animate by moving the slider that selects the binary file.