A demonstration of the external flow option in the CoolSim room editor: wind direction, North offset, wind speed and air temperature.
This short demonstration shows external wind flow in CoolSim, set up from the room editor, recorded while the feature was in testing. It is aimed at users who want to model wind around a building.
What the video shows
- Opening the room editor by double-clicking a wall, where external flow simulation appears as an option.
- Selecting it resets the room and shows a vector for the wind direction.
- A small interface sets the wind parameters: a North offset (the scene’s North points up by default), the wind direction relative to that offset, the wind speed (the demo uses 60 miles per hour) and the air temperature.
- The interface links to the National Weather Service website, where the user looks up wind conditions for a location and enters them in the model.
- Structures around the building can be imported or created before the model is run.