Advanced Building Simulation

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Design activities
Analysis
activities
Figure 8.10 Analysis tasks with multiple interaction links with design activities.
Memos, models etc.
Drawings, specs
Pre
processing
Design analysis request
Design evaluation
Analysis scenario
Expert skills Tools
Post
processing
Design task with
information resources
Design
analysis
dialogue
Analysis task with
subtasks
Analysis resources
Figure 8.11 Different types of interaction and information exchange that result from a design analysis
request.
A new framework for design analysis interoperability takes the situation of Figure 8.9
as starting point, that is, it assumes that there is a clearly defined design analysis request
originating from one problem owner, initiated at a well-defined interaction moment.
It should be noted that this situation corresponds to mainstream practice of building
consultants in design evolution. The extension to multiple design analysis activities with
concurrent design analysis interactions taking place will be briefly discussed in
Section 8.3.5. Figure 8.11 shows that true design analysis integration faces a set of more
complex dialogues that go beyond any current notion of tool interoperability.
Multiple information resources describe the state of the design at the time of the
analysis request. This information is contained in different structured and unstructured