Tutorial: DesignPH
Date: 16 June 2014 | Time: Half day - with optional morning sketch up introduction for beginners |
Location: Saint Gobain Innovation Centre, 95 Great Portland Street London W1W 7NY | Cost: PHT members £150 + VAT, afternoon only £120 + VAT. Non members £200 + VAT, afternoon only £150 + VAT |
DesignPH is a sketch-up plug-in that has been developed by the Passivhaus Institute to provide a 3D modelling interface that works together with PHPP(Passive House Planning Package).
The sketch-up plug-in provides automatic analysis that can provide quick Passivhaus outputs which can be downloaded directly into PHPP using the 3D sketch-up model. This simplifies data entry into PHPP with a more visual & intuitive process, and provides preliminary feedback on the performance of the design within SketchUp. More information can be found on the official designPH website.
This tutorial, limited to around 20 participants and led by Dave Edwards, author of DesignPH software, will demonstrate the 3D plugin for PHPP. Participants will be shown how to upload projects as well as adjust and update detailed designs.
Who should attend?
Anybody with knowledge of Passivhaus and PHPP. Own laptop required.
Delegates must have a working copy of SketchUp and designPH installed and registered (including the latest patches from designPH.org) on their laptop before participating in the workshop. Anyone needing to check installations should come earlier to troubleshoot.
A discounted copy of designPH is available when you book onto this tutorial for £90. Please state at the time of booking if you wish to take advantage of the offer; Delegates will be invoiced at the time of booking.
Delegates must have the latest version of PHPP 8.5 which can be purchased/upgraded here.
Sketch-Up 2014 is not yet officially supported by designPH. Users with this version should arrive early as installations may need to be checked. We would recommend Sketch-Up 8 or 2013. Older versions can still be downloaded from:
www.sketchup.com/download/all.
PROGRAMME:
Timings are approximate and the exact program may be subject to change.
Morning Session:
11:00 – 11:45 Troubleshooting Sketch-Up/designPH installations - Dave Edwards
11:45 – 13:00 Sketch-Up introduction - Dave Edwards
Afternoon Session:
13:00 – 13:30 Registration, tea and coffee
13:30 – 13:45 Welcome from the chair - Kym Mead
13:45 - 14:15: Introduction to DesignPH - Dave Edwards
14:15 - 14:45: Demonstration of the software – Uploading a project
14.45 – 15.00: tea and coffee
15.00 - 16:30 Exercises: - Dave Edwards
Modelling a project in sketch-up
Transferring the project to PHPP
16:30 - 16:50: Review of project and PHPP outputs - Dave Edwards
16.50 – 17.15: Adjusting and updating project
17.15 – 17.30: Q&A and close
Cost:
PHT members: £120 + VAT for afternoon session only. £150 + VAT with morning sketch-up intro
Non-members: £150 + VAT for afternoon session only. £200 + VAT with morning sketch-up intro
Booking:
To book please contact Roger Southcott:
Please clearly state if you would like to attend both morning & afternoon session, and if you would like to take advantage of the discounted designPH software offer.