Autodesk Ecotect Analysis - Desktop Tools

[#1]

 Hi  Anyone,

I want to run the CFD Air Flow Analysis on Ecotect and WinAir 4 and have strictly followed the instruction for the CFD Analysis as per the link below: http://www.proxyarch.com/wiki/index.php?title=Computational_Fluid_Dynamics. I have changed my clock to 2006

Unfortunately, there was an error in  running WinAir 4.

I cant even install NIST FDS on my desktop as well as there was an error in running the app.

Can anyone in Autodesk please advice if Ecotect does actually allow CFD analysis to be done. This is because i quite dissapointed with all the hype about Ecotect when it doing not much more than Solar analysis. HELP please. Got a presentation in 2 days time.

Thanks

Daniel.

[#2]

You need to install the program to c:\WinAir\winAIR4.exe, and you need full permissions to access and write to your C drive.  Also, save the export and "output" files in this location.

Does that fix it?

[#3]

I am trying to find the WinAIR 4 but I cannot. There is no reference in the CRiBE website...

Do you know from where I could buy or download it?

Is it free?

Thank you a lot!

Leonidas

[#4]

A, sorry for bothering you, I have missed before the part with the clock setting...I will try again according to 

the link in the first post.

Thank you anyway!

[#5]

I have contacte the Cardiff university, which developed the programe, asking where to download it. The answer:

Unfortunately, this is an educational tool which we have developed internally and at the moment there is no external licence.

We are hoping to market it externally but this won't be in the near future

I am now using a trial version of Design Builder to run CFD simulations. It looks very good.

best regards

[#6]

what is WinAir 4? is it database of winds or software for wind analysis?

[#7]

..its a software for windanalysis

[#8]

Hi bolehlah,

how do you fix the error? 

I have the same error "Problem in initialization please see screen"

thx

T

[#9]

Hi T,

To fix the message, uncheck auto start  Win Air 4  export to Win Air 4 . In WinAir 4. under File, Load Geometry and Load Control. it will be able to run. Remember to turn back the clock to 2006

Let me know if there an issue with it.

[#10]

Dear Boleah, jon gardzelewski, Impourik, T10001010

could anyone of you please tell us other where to download WIn Air 4. You are obviously using the programe.

As it is easter you can make a little riddle out of it, if you like . your information would be really aprechiatet not only by me

regards

Christian