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Skylights need to be modelled within a Project for their solar gains, heat-loss & ventilation effects to be modelled.

Note we typically use “Skylights” below as a generic term for all Skylight / Roof Window objects unless otherwise noted.

Skylight Type

Skylight Shape

Skylights uniquely have two possible Shapes: Polygon & Circular.

SKYLIGHTS IN THE VISUAL VIEW

Creating

Skylights are created using the Skylight & Hole Drawing Mode

Selecting

You can Select a Skylight either within the Visual View or the Data-Grid.

Skylight also share the common context-menu actions of Select Parent (which will select the Parent Ceiling of the Skylight) which can also be called by 🖱 Double Left-Clicking the Skylight.

Deleting Skylights

Skylights can be deleted by:

  • selecting the Skylight within the Visual-View or Data-Grid and pressing ⌨ Delete; or

  • by using the 🖱 Right-Click Context-menu Delete action within the Visual View

Moving Skylights

Skylights can be moved in the Visual View by selecting them and then 🖱 Dragging them into their position.

You can also 🖱 Drag the corner Points of an Opening to extend or shrink the Width of the Opening.

Skylight cannot be moved outside of their Parent Ceiling and in these situations, Hero will block any attempts to move further.

Selecting

Select parent etc

Deleting

Moving

Resizing

Adding & Deleting Points

SKYLIGHTS IN THE DATA-GRID

Property

Description

Edited Within

Name

Name Column

Type

Type Column

Shape

Shape Column

Specification

Specification Column

Orientation

Orientation Column

Pitch

Pitch Column

Area

Not editable

Openable Percentage

Openable % Column

Internal Shade Device

Internal Shading Column

External Shade Device

External Shading Column

Shaft Sub-Properties

Shaft Length

Shaft Length Column

Shaft Reflectivity

Shaft Refl % Column

Shaft Insulated

Shaft Insulated Column

Shaft Diffuser

Shaft Diffuser Column

 

Skylight Library

The Skylight Library holds the complete library of all Skylight & Roof Window Specifications available for NatHERS Simulation. The Selected Skylight list within the Library is what is presented to Users within the Skylight Data-Grid’s Specification column (as well as filtering by Skylight Type).

Further Information: Skylight Library

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