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Internal fan timer

Internal fan timer

Hi 

It would be great to add a way to start/stop fans with a time based timer.

 

Thanks

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ryan.arnaudin
Alumni
Status changed to: Accepted
 
apolo_vanderberg
Autodesk Support

There is a method of getting this done today.

You can use Fan's ability to be turned on/off with a Thermostat, combined with a Time dependent Temperature Boundary condition

Depending on your model, you can introduce somewhere a small cube with highly insulative properties.

On one of the surfaces in side this cube, assign a Time dependent Temperature BC. (for ex 0ºC when 'off', and 1ºC when 'on') then set the Fans thermostat to use that surface as its thermostat location.

 

Not as clean as native functionality but could get you moving in the mean time.

 

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