Update 2020-06-05 #2: Spider SQL Viewer: add draw zones and draw report data

[theo-armour]

@mostaphaRoudsari @chriswmackey @AntoineDao

Spider SQL Viewer

• Add drawZones
• Add draw reportData
• Data is highly normalized, colors are random

Can any body confirm if this highly normalized data begins to look like it could a reasonable representation of the actual data? I have zero clues as to how this data should really look like.

I should have underlying data appear in mouseover in upcoming versions.

[mostaphaRoudsari]

@theo-armour, this is really exciting. Specially the second one. I personally think the main value proposition of this viewer is mapping the results on the geometry. Not saying the charts are not fun but there are other tools that can be used for that purpose.

@chriswmackey, can we provide the exact model and sqlite file to @theo-armour so he can map the exact identifiers and color the zones/faces based on the results? This will be very helpful to several users even as a standalone web application.

@theo-armour, since you have an importer for idf and OSM all the EnergyPlus users will be able to take advantage of this viewer even if they are not going to use honeybee schema. That is huge! 😀👏

[theo-armour]

@mostaphaRoudsari

I'm glad you are excited. I think I am too though I don't really know what I an doing yet. Thank you for the good feelings.

I personally think the main value proposition of this viewer is mapping the results on the geometry.

Sounds good. What would help is two or three sentences outlining mapping what results to what geometry. Images of the same would be a good alternative. Remember, I don't speak BEM. It's all Greek to me. But I sure can copy the workflow.

Not saying the charts are not fun but there are other tools that can be used for that purpose.

Ha Ha. I can see old-timey charting tools producing old-timey buildings faster than ever.

If you are want to build better buildings it will take something beyond producing more data even faster. Designs of the future will require the 3D data and the tables of numbers and good algorithms are remixed into a problem solving engine. As Peter Drucker said "if you want something new, you have to stop doing something old."

For sure, start with Vega and Voyager which seem excellent tools for building better charts. But never lose site that you are really trying to build buildings that provide a just, sustainablle and delightful environment so people may prosper.

since you have an importer for idf and OSM

No importer for IDF files yet. But I just found some IDF files and it looks similar to RAD and OSM files so it should be easy.

[theo-armour]

@mostaphaRoudsari

since you have an importer for idf and OSM all the EnergyPlus users will be able to take advantage of this viewer even if they are not going to use honeybee schema.

We do now!