Wing Walls

Overview

Wing-Walls are used to model Shading that is projecting out Perpendicularly from both Left & Right ends of a Wall so that their Shading Impacts (i.e. reduced Solar Gains) can be Simulated.

Wing-Walls can be Automatically Created by Hero or Manually Created by Users depending on the situation (see further details below)

Wing Walls are modelled as Line like objects within Hero projecting out from the Left & Right ends of a Wall within the Visual View (see below which shows a Left & Right Manually/User Created Wing Wall projecting out from a selected Wall in blue). Their Heights (and further attributes) are set within the Wing Wall Data-Grid.

Automatic vs Manual Wing Walls

Wing Walls are a Shading Object (similar to Eaves & Screens ) within the Hero Model.

Visual View

Within the Visual View Automatic Wing Walls are shown differently to Manual (i.e. User Created) Wing Walls with Automatic Wing Walls having a dotted line (see Left Wing Wall in image to the right), whereas Manual Wing Walls have a solid line (see Right Wing Wall in image below).

Automatic Wing Walls

There are situations where Hero can automatically detect that a certain object within the Model should be considered a Wing Wall to another wall. Hero automatically detects Other Walls and Screens as potentially Wing Walls. The Wall or Screen must be Perpendicular to the subject Wall to be considered a candidate to be an Automatic Wing Wall.

E.g: In the Example image to the right a Selected Wall (in Blue) has automatically had two Wing Walls assigned to it by Hero on it’s Left & Right (dotted pink lines) rather than require the User to Manually Create these.

Manual Wing Walls

Manual or User Created Wing Walls are sometimes required to model Shading Objects that are not part of the Hero Model such as Fences, Adjacent Buildings and Other such objects on the plan.

E.g: In the Image to the Left a Selected Wall (in Blue) has Automatically had a Right Wing Wall created for it but required a Manual Left Wing Wall to be created by the user to Model the Fence.

Alternative Modelling Method

You could also model the above scenario without the use of Manual Wing Walls using Screens which are also picked up “Automatically” by Hero’s scans similar to other Walls.

E.g. in the example below a Screen was drawn in to model the fence that we modelled as a Manual Left Wing Wall in the previous example. The second image on the right (shown with the Wall Selected) shows that this Fence has been Automatically detected by Hero and an Automatic Left Wing Wall has been created. (This method has the benefits of the Screen being easily edited in position and multipurpose)

WING WALLS IN THE VISUAL VIEW

Creating

Auto-Created Wing-Walls

Hero by default Automatically detects & Creates Wing Walls throughout the Model (see above section) when it detects Walls or Screens nearby that would act as a Left or Right Wing Wall.

Creating Manual Wing-Walls

Wing Walls can be Manually Created within the Visual View by 🖱 Left-Clicking one of the Create Wing Buttons that sit next to the Left & Right ends of a Selected Wall in the Visual View.

A Wing Wall is created and can now be further 🖱 Dragged into it’s final desired position (see Moving Section below).

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); or

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

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.