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building simulation plug-in available for google sketchup
Architecture News - Sep 03, 2008 - 13:46 4926 views
Integrated Environmental Solutions {IES}, developer of software-based building performance analysis tools, is releasing a free plug-in to Google`s free SketchUp and SketchUp Prosoftware that allows users to run sustainability performancesimulations and analyses on building designs. Once downloaded, the IESToolbar resides in SketchUp and provides free direct access to IES`VE-Ware, VE-Toolkits, and the full Virtual Environment application.Designers can run performance simulations on different designiterations to determine which building properties achieve the bestresults.
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