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BH.oM.Facade.Elements.CurtainWall

A facade object used to define a curtain wall made up of multiple openings.

Class structure

Implemented interfaces and base types

The CurtainWall is inheriting from the following base type(s) and implements the following interfaces:

Properties

Defining properties

The following properties are defined on the class

Name Type Description Quantity
ExternalEdges List<FrameEdge> A collection of FrameEdge objects which defines the external boundary of the CurtainWall -
Openings List<Opening> A collection of all openings that make up the curtain wall -

Inherited properties

The following properties are inherited from the base class of the object

Name Type Description Quantity
BHoM_Guid Guid - -
Name string - -
Fragments FragmentSet - -
Tags HashSet<string> - -
CustomData Dictionary<string, object> - -

Derived properties

The following properties are defined as extension methods in one of the BHoM_Engines

Name Type Description Quantity Engine
Area double Queries the IElement2Ds area defined as the area confined by the outline curves subtracting the area of the internal elements. Area [m²] Spatial_Engine
Bounds BoundingBox Queries the IElement2Ds BoundingBox. Acts on the element curve definition of the IElement2D through the Geometry_Engine. - Spatial_Engine
Centroid Point Queries the centre of area for a IElement2Ds surface representation. For an IElement2D with homogeneous material and thickness this will also be the centre of weight. - Spatial_Engine
ControlPoints List<Point> Queries the control points of the element curve representation of the IElement2D. - Spatial_Engine
DominantVector Vector Gets the the dominant vector (orientation) of an Element2D based on its lines lengths. - Spatial_Engine
ElementCurves List<ICurve> Queries the geometricly defining curves of the IElement2Ds surface. - Spatial_Engine
ElementEmbodiedCarbon List<IElementResult<MaterialResult>> Evaluates the embodied carbon on the provided element based on IStructE methodology of evaluation.
If you would like to evaluate other EPD metrics, please use one of the Query.EnvironmentalResults methods.
TemplateMaterials can be provided helping with picking the correct EPD corresponding to each material on the element. Please note that this evaluation method only support mass-based EPDs.		 - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
ElementEnvironmentalMetrics List<List<EnvironmentalMetric>> Query the Environmental Product Declarations from any IElementM with a MaterialComposition composed of IEPD materials. - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
ElementEpds List<EnvironmentalProductDeclaration> Query the Environmental Product Declarations from any IElementM with a MaterialComposition composed of IEPD materials. - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
ElementMaterialNames List<string> Query the element's MaterialComposition to form a Material Hint to aid in EPD-Material Mapping. - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
ElementScope ScopeType Returns the enumerable type of the scope found on an element. - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
ElementVertices List<Point> Returns the discontinuity points from the defining ICurves of the IElement2D. - Spatial_Engine
EnvironmentalResults List<IElementResult<MaterialResult>> Evaluates the EnvironmentalMetrics for the provided element and returns an ElementResult for each evaluated metric type.
Evaluation is done by extracting the material takeoff for the provided element, giving quantities and Materiality.
Each Material in the takeoff is then evaluated by finding the EnvironmentalProductDeclaration (EPD), either stored on the material or from the list of template materials.
Each metric, or filtered chosen metrics, on the EPD is then evaluated.
Finally, an element result is returned per metric type. Each element result being the sum result of all metrics of the same type.		 - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
ExternalElementCurves List<ICurve> Queries the geometricly defining external curves of the IElement2Ds surface. - Spatial_Engine
Geometry PlanarSurface Gets the geometry of a CurtainWall at its centre. Method required for automatic display in UI packages. - Facade_Engine
IArea double Queries the area of the geometrical representation of an IElement. Area [m²] Spatial_Engine
IBounds BoundingBox Queries the IElements BoundingBox. Acts on the elements geometrical definition of the IElement through the Geometry_Engine. - Spatial_Engine
ICentroid Point Queries the centre of weight for the homogeneous geometrical representation of an IElement. - Spatial_Engine
IControlPoints List<Point> Queries the control points of the geometrical representation of an IElement. - Spatial_Engine
IElementCurves List<ICurve> Queries the geometricly defining curves of the IElements geometry. - Spatial_Engine
IElementVertices List<Point> Returns the discontinuity points from the defining ICurves of the IElement. - Spatial_Engine
IGeneralMaterialTakeoff GeneralMaterialTakeoff Gets the unique Materials along with their volumes defining an object's make-up. - Matter_Engine
IInternalElements2D List<IElement2D> Queries the IElement2Ds internal IElement2Ds. Returns a empty list for objects without definied internal elements - Spatial_Engine
IIsPlanar bool Checks whether all control points of an element lie in a single plane. - Spatial_Engine
IIsSelfIntersecting bool Checks if any of the curves defining an IElement is closer to itself than the tolerance at any two points (is self intersecting). In case of IElement2D, does not check for intersections between external and internal curves, or between different internal curves. - Spatial_Engine
IMaterialComposition MaterialComposition Gets the unique Materials along with their relative proportions defining an object's make-up. - Matter_Engine
INewInternalElement2D IElement2D Creates a IElement2D of a type which can be assigned to the IElement2D. - Spatial_Engine
InternalElementCurves List<ICurve> Queries the geometricly defining internal curves, such as Openings, of the IElement2Ds surface. - Spatial_Engine
InternalOutlineCurves List<PolyCurve> Queries the IElement2Ds internal IElement2Ds outline curves. - Spatial_Engine
IOutlineElements1D List<IElement1D> Returns every IElement1D which makes up the exterior perimeter of the IElement2D. - Spatial_Engine
IPrimaryPropertyName string Returns the name of an elements primary defining construction property - Facade_Engine
ISolidVolume double Returns an element's solid volume, i.e. the the volume of the element that had any materiality, excluding cavities, openings and voids. Volume [m³] Matter_Engine
IsPlanar bool Checks whether all control points of an element lie in a single plane. - Spatial_Engine
IsSelfIntersecting bool Checks if any of the element curves of the IElement2D is closer to itself than the tolerance at any two points. Does not check for intersections between external and internal curves, or between different internal curves. - Spatial_Engine
IVolumetricMaterialTakeoff VolumetricMaterialTakeoff Gets the unique Materials along with their volumes defining an object's make-up. - Matter_Engine
Mass double Evaluates the mass of an object based its VolumetricMaterialTakeoff and Density. Mass [kg] Matter_Engine
MaterialComposition MaterialComposition Gets all the Materials a CurtainWall is composed of and in which ratios. - Facade_Engine
Normal Vector Returns the normal to the IElement2D which is perpendicular to its plane and oriented according to the right hand rule in relation to the outline curve. - Spatial_Engine
OutlineCurve PolyCurve Returns a single polycurve outline created from the external elements. - Spatial_Engine
QuantityTypes List<QuantityType> Query the QuantityType values from any IElementM object's MaterialComposition. - LifeCycleAssessment_Engine
SolidVolume double Returns a CurtainWall's solid volume. Volume [m³] Facade_Engine

Code and Schema

C# implementation

C#
public class CurtainWall : BH.oM.Base.BHoMObject,
BH.oM.Base.IBHoMObject,
BH.oM.Base.IObject,
BH.oM.Facade.IFacadeObject,
BH.oM.Analytical.Elements.IPanel<BH.oM.Facade.Elements.FrameEdge, BH.oM.Facade.Elements.Opening>,
BH.oM.Analytical.IAnalytical,
BH.oM.Dimensional.IElement2D,
BH.oM.Dimensional.IElement,
BH.oM.Dimensional.IElementM

Assembly: Facade_oM.dll

The C# class definition is available on github:

All history and changes of the class can be found by inspection the history.

JSON Schema implementation

The object is defined as a JSON schema. You can validate a JSON instance against this schema by reference. To do this, use the schema reference below in a validator like this one.

JSON Schema
{
 "$ref" : "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BHoM/BHoM_JSONSchema/develop/Facade_oM/Elements/CurtainWall.json"
}

The JSON Schema is available on github here: