Overview
Wing-Walls are Vertical Shade Objects that are Connected to Walls they are Perpendicular to so that their Shading Impacts (i.e. reduced Solar Gains) can be Simulated.
Wing Walls are modelled as Line like objects within Hero.
· What they are, shading devices to the left & right of walls.
· Automatic vs Manual
· Wing-Walls in the Visual View
· Creation
· Deleting (explaining differences in auto/manual delete)
· Dragging/moving
Wing Walls & Openings
Note all Openings (Windows & Doors) on a Wall will also have the Wing Walls of their Parent Walls applied to them during Simulation
WING WALLS IN THE VISUAL VIEW
Creating Manual Wing-Walls
Wing Walls can be Manually Created within the Visual View
Auto-Created Wing-Walls
Hero by default Automatically detects & Creates Wing Walls throughout the Model.
Automatic Wing Walls are shown differently to Manual (User created) Wing Walls with Automatic Wing Walls having a dotted line (see Left Wing Wall in image below), whereas Manual Wing Walls have a solid line (see Right Wing Wall in image below).
Screens as Wing-Walls
Screens can get Auto-Detected by Hero as Wing-Walls when they lie Perpendicular to a Wall.
Selecting
You can Select a Wing Wall within the Visual View by first Selecting the Parent Wall to make the Wing Wall Visible & then 🖱 Left-Click to Select the Wing-Wall.
If you Select a Wing Wall Row in the Data-Grid, both Wing-Walls will be selected in the Visual View.
Deleting
A Wing Wall can be Deleted by:
selecting the Wing Wall within the Visual-View or Data-Grid and pressing
⌨ Delete(noting that if selected in the Data-Grid this will delete both Wing Walls if there are two); orby using the 🖱
Right-ClickContext-menuDeleteaction within the Visual View;
Deleting Automatic Wing Walls
If you Delete an Automatic Wing Wall, rather than remove the Wing Wall entirely Hero will set the Wing Wall to Manual & Zero the Projection & Offset of the Wing Wall.
This is to prevent another Automatic Wing Wall from being created on subsequent Wall Moves etc.
Moving
The Projection & Horizontal Offset of a Wing Wall can be adjusted in the Visual View.
To adjust the Projection, select the Parent Wall to make the Wing Wall Visible and then 🖱 Drag the End Point (i.e. the Projection Point) of the Wing Wall to it’s desired location.
To move the Horizontal Offset, again ensure the Wing Wall is visible and then 🖱 Drag the Projection Line of the Wing Wall and move it to it’s desired location.
WING WALLS IN THE DATA-GRID
Wing-Walls are shown in the Data-Grid as single row entry for both Left & Right Wing-Walls.
The Properties below (except for Parent Wall) are duplicated for both the Left & Right Wing Wall Column groups.
Property | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Parent Wall | The Name of the Parent Wall of the Wing Wall(s) | Parent Wall Column |
Automatic / Manual Setting | Toggle the Wing Wall from being an Automatically Calculated to Manual Wing Wall (see above section). If a Wing Wall is toggled from Manual to Automatic and there are no appropriate Wing Walls found in that Automatic search, the Wing Wall may be removed from the Wing Wall Data-Grid | Left & Right Automated Column |
Projection | The Projection (Perpendicular Distance) of the Wing Wall from the Wall (outside face) (in mm) | Left & Right Projection Columns |
Left or Right Horizontal Offset | The Distance between the Left or Right Edge of the Wall & the Starting Edge of the Wing Wall (in mm) | Left & Right Offset Columns |
Height | The Height of the Wing Wall relative to Level Height (in mm) | Left & Right Height Columns (hidden by default) |
Vertical Offset Height | The Distance between the Top Height of the Wing Wall & Top Height of the Wall (in mm) Negative if Top of Wing Wall is below Top of Wall | Vertical Offset Column |