[Radiance-general] Construction drawings for a Heliodon
Jill Dalglish
jill at jilldalglish.com
Thu Jun 27 14:15:45 PDT 2013
Hi Shrikar! Remember me?
I would also check with Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg at the University of
Idaho. He did his masters thesis on creating a regional lighting lab.
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> From: Shrikar Bhave <shrikarbhave at gmail.com>
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> Dear All,
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> I am aware that this is not directly related to the discussion group but I
> am sure the experts here most likely have the know-how or connections
> related to this.
>
> A colleague of mine would like to construct a heliodon for academic and
> experimental purposes at a university. Could someone please point to any
> resources/people with the construction drawings that can be used to
> construct this? (most likely this will be built by the students themselves
> or semi-skilled workers).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Shri
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> From: Christoph Reinhart <tito_ at mit.edu>
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> Dear Shri,
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> I believe that Norbert Lechner has some construction drawings on his web site. I am usually borrowing a very simple heliodon from Lam Partners for the MIT daylighting class. The best forum to post this question on is the Society of Building Science Educators. A key discussion to have is of course what one can actually do with heliodon measurements.
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> Best,
>
> Christoph
> Christoph Reinhart
> Associate Professor
> Department of Architecture
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> From: Shrikar Bhave [mailto:shrikarbhave at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 6:22 AM
> To: radiance-general at radiance-online.org
> Subject: [Radiance-general] Construction drawings for a Heliodon
>
> Dear All,
> I am aware that this is not directly related to the discussion group but I am sure the experts here most likely have the know-how or connections related to this.
>
> A colleague of mine would like to construct a heliodon for academic and experimental purposes at a university. Could someone please point to any resources/people with the construction drawings that can be used to construct this? (most likely this will be built by the students themselves or semi-skilled workers).
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Shri
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> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:47:30 -0300
> From: Alo?sio Schmid <aloisio.schmid at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] Construction drawings for a Heliodon
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> Good morning.
>
> some years ago I built a very practical helidon where the lamps supporting
> arch is vertical and translates along the ceiling,
> but the table can be shifted.
>
> The arch is 3.0 m diameter, made of aluminum profiles, mounted within a
> rigid U upside down. The translation happens by cables and fixed and
> movable wheels (I used thin plastic pulleys and clothe lines). It moves
> such that when the table is on the horizontal, the line connectiong the 6AM
> position (as high as the table) to the center of the table is in an angle
> of 23?25' to the rotation axis.
>
> A special switch with 13 positions and off was installed.
> I made several drawings and concluded that such a geometry may reproduce
> solar angles with enough precision, even at high latitudes.
>
> I built it inside a dark room because that time (12 years ago) we needed
> contrast for our film cameras.
>
> Everything costed me less than US$ 500.
>
> A picture is attached. I cannot find plans any more.
>
> Alo?sio Leoni Schmid
> UFPR - Curitiba - Brazil
> visit: http://www.elecs2013.ufpr.br
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>
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> 2013/6/27 Christoph Reinhart <tito_ at mit.edu>
>
>> Dear Shri,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I believe that Norbert Lechner has some construction drawings on his web
>> site. I am usually borrowing a very simple heliodon from Lam Partners for
>> the MIT daylighting class. The best forum to post this question on is the
>> Society of Building Science Educators. A key discussion to have is of
>> course what one can actually do with heliodon measurements. ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Best,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Christoph****
>>
>> Christoph Reinhart ****
>>
>> Associate Professor ****
>>
>> Department of Architecture****
>>
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology****
>>
>> 77 Massachusetts Ave, Rm 5-418, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA****
>>
>> t: 617 253 7714, f: 617 253 6152, creinhart at mit.edu ****
>>
>> *Sustainable Design Lab <http://mit.edu/SustainableDesignLab/>* | DIVA<http://www.diva4rhino.com/>|
>> Daysim <http://daysim.ning.com/> | mapdwell <http://www.mapdwell.com/> |
>> umi <http://www.urbanmodeling.net/>****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *Upcoming Events*
>>
>> July 10-12 Harvard Executive Education on *Daylighting Buildings<http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/programs/daylighting-buildings-1>
>> * ****
>>
>> July 15 DIVA Day <http://diva4rhino.com/diva-day-2013> 2013 in New
>> York ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* Shrikar Bhave [mailto:shrikarbhave at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 27, 2013 6:22 AM
>> *To:* radiance-general at radiance-online.org
>> *Subject:* [Radiance-general] Construction drawings for a Heliodon****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Dear All, ****
>>
>> I am aware that this is not directly related to the discussion group but I
>> am sure the experts here most likely have the know-how or connections
>> related to this.
>>
>> A colleague of mine would like to construct a heliodon for academic and
>> experimental purposes at a university. Could someone please point to any
>> resources/people with the construction drawings that can be used to
>> construct this? (most likely this will be built by the students themselves
>> or semi-skilled workers). ****
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Shri****
>>
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