Simulation Display Options

The General tab on the Simulation Display Options Panel provides options for controlling the data displayed in the Simulation data display screen.  General Display Options are grouped under three headers:

 

 

The Detailed tab on the Display Options panel provides controls which allow you to select exactly the data items you wish to display.  

Data Options

Interval

Select an interval from the list:

 

Note: be aware that requesting Hourly and Sub-hourly results in large buildings and/or long simulation periods can result in very large data sets which take a long time to read in after the simulation.

See also:

 

Hourly and Sub-Hourly Results Times

Data

Select an option to indicate the data you wish to display:

 

 

Click here for information on the meaning of the data.

Tip: to update the data using different calculation options, click Update (Ctrl-U).

Show as

You can display the data in one of four ways:

 

Note: you must select the Grid option to export data in spreadsheet format.

Days per Page (Simulation only)

DesignBuilder displays all simulation results together, but you can select how many days are displayed at any one time using The 'Days displayed per page' option. A value of 365 means you will show all simulation data on the same screen and a value of 1 means you see each day on a separate screen.

Note: you can use the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the graph to see simulation results not currently displayed.

Normalise by floor area

Check this option if you wish building, block and zone data to be displayed 'per floor area',  i.e. /m2 or /ft2, and surface and opening data to be displayed 'per surface or opening area'.

 

At building, block or zone level you can select the floor area to use as the denominator from the options:

 

Note: you can only select 1-All areas if the building and block data includes occupied areas as set in Include unoccupied zones in block and building totals and averages option in Simulation Output options,  Likewise you can only select 2-Occupied area if the building and block data excludes occupied areas.

Y-Axis Options

These options give you control over how the Y-axis is displayed.

Lock min/max

This option locks the extent of the Y-axes so that they keep their current maximum and minimum values.  This allows consistent comparison with the future results display. The Y-axis keeps its current settings until you unlock it again.

You can achieve the same effect by clicking on the 'Lock Y-axis min/max values' toolbar command.

 

 

When you lock the Y-axis the current settings are stored and displayed for each of the available Y-axes. You can edit any of these to get a more precise setting.  Remember to click on the Apply button when you are ready to register a change to any numeric display option data.

Overlap multiple axes

Option allows you to save space on the Y-axis allowing different axes to overlap.

Separate axes

Check this option to add a vertical space between each of the displayed axes.

Appearance

You can control the details of the presentation of the graphical output by making selections on the Display Options panel under the Appearance header.