Apache Menu Bar

 

The Apache menu bar has the following items: File, Edit, View, Settings and Help.

The File menu has the same functions in all VE modules, allows project to be saved, open new project, open existing project, archive project.

Reverse the last action.

Reverse an Undo action.

Use this option to edit or view or edit the attributes of a single selected object. The object may be a space or a building element, depending on the current level of decomposition. In the case of an element, with the decomposition mode set to adjacency, the Query function allows you to edit the element’s thermal boundary condition.

Launches the Edit Group Attributes dialog.

Launches the Assign Constructions dialog.

Launches the Assign Templates dialog.

See previous sections for guidance on use of the selection set features.

Launches the Apache Systems dialog.

Launches the Renewables dialog.

Hide or Display the toolbars in Apache.

For the options on this menu, please refer to the ModelIT User Guide.

Opens the Tabular Space Data dialog.

For the options on this menu, please refer to the ModelIT User Guide.

Opens Building Template Manager dialog to edit current Templates in the project.

Opens the ApLocate dialog to set location and weather file.

Opens the ShowMe Report Generator dialog, van be used to generate a report of model inputs.

Opens the Space Group Creator dialog, can be used to aid Space Groups generation.

Setup auto-save options for the project.

For the options on this menu, please refer to the ModelIT User Guide.

Edit User Preferences for project such as Units and ModelViewer settings.

Opens Profiles Database.

Opens Constructions Database.

Saves current project.

This option displays the Building Settings dialog box.

 

 

The building base orientation rotates the whole site clockwise by the angle chosen. If the orientation angle is zero, the top of the plan view screen is north. If the orientation angle is set at, for example, 45 degrees, then the top of the plan view screen is now north-east, and what was the north face of the building will now be the north-east face.

The north direction is shown by an arrow in the dialog bar at the bottom of the Apache view window. Note that you should be in a plan view when referring to the north arrow. Orientation is set in ModelIT.

Note that changing this angle does not visually rotate the building in the workspace plan view.

The Control Temperature Radiant Fraction is the radiant fraction of the thermostats sensing room temperature in all rooms, for the purposes of room temperature control in ApacheSim, ASHRAE Loads and CIBSE Loads. For rooms modelled in ApacheHVAC, this parameter is overridden by parameters set in that program.