ENVI-met Plugins
QGIS to ENVI-met
Introducing the QGIS (Quantum Geographic Information System) to ENVI-met plugin – a groundbreaking solution that seamlessly integrates your geospatial data with the state-of-the-art urban microclimate simulation model, ENVI-met.
Effortless data integration. Unlock the potential of your data with our plug-in that effortlessly integrates multiple data types, including vector and raster data, satellite imagery, and terrain models. You’ll gain invaluable insight into your environment by creating layered maps that reveal spatial relationships and patterns.
Unparalleled versatility. Our plugin’s compatibility with a wide range of data formats, including shapefiles, GeoJSON, GeoTIFFs, and raster imagery, allows you to import geospatial data from a variety of sources. Whether it’s public data repositories or proprietary sources, you can easily leverage the information you need.
Powerful features. Discover a host of powerful digitization capabilities within our plug-in that allow you to create accurate and detailed models of urban environments for microclimate simulation. This tool is invaluable for city planners, architects, and professionals who want to understand the impact of urban design on microclimate and human thermal comfort. Unleash the true potential of your geospatial data with the QGIS to ENVI-met plug-in. Take control of microclimate simulations and improve your understanding of the complex relationship between urban design and environmental factors.
Envimet INX for Sketchup
Envimet INX for Sketchup Envimet INX is an open source plugin for Sketchup to create ENVI-met 2.5D models.
Easy to use. The modeling rules are similar to ENVI-met spaces, except that you can use all of Sketchup’s tools to speed up modeling. For example, you can organize ENVI-met entities in common Sketchup tags (layers). You can use SKP’s scale/move/rotate tools with the geometries of buildings, soils, and so on. Last but not least, you can use CTRL+Z/CTRL+Y to undo/redo changes.
Model Life Cycle. Once you have created the model, you can modify entities at any time. For example, change the grid size, add new trees, or edit the materials of the buildings. Everything is saved in the SKP file. This simplifies the interchangeability of the file. Consider saving the file in the same INX folder.
Utilities for model calibration. You can have more than one grid in the same file and use one or another to export the INX model. You can use this feature during the calibration phase, when you only need a part of the model (usually), or to divide a large model into many parts to be calculated separately.
Morpho for Grasshopper
Morpho is an open-source project to build plugins based on .NET for ENVI-met. It has a series of components for Grasshopper of Rhino which lets you add the parametric modeling and simulation features to ENVI-met. It is the actual most active application of Morpho.
From parameter to model. Harness the power of Grasshopper scripting. For example, you need to study the best building type on a property. You can generate the geometry of the buildings with Grasshopper and convert them to ENVI-met buildings with Morpho. And why not generate as many scenarios as you want from the same case study?
Visualization. The customization of the visualization is almost unlimited. Thanks to Grasshopper, you can represent a variable in colored geometry. For example, you can extract the wind speed output of a domain slice that simultaneously shows the air temperature at the facades.
Integration. You can create a custom Grasshopper workflow by integrating other plug-ins for Grasshopper. For example, Morpho with Ladybug Tools. And why not? Use some of the output from ENVI-met for a building energy simulation.
