BLAST INPUT PREPROCESSORS

摘要

Since the release of version 3.0 in 1981, development efforts for the Building Loads Analysis and System Thermodynamics (BLAST) system of computer programs have focused on enhancing user-friendliness. Two input preprocessors have been developed at and are supported by the US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USA-CERL). Both of these input preprocessors were designed to interact with the design engineer and, as an end result, produce a BLAST input model.rnEach of the input preprocessors is described in detail. Experience of using these methods as input devices to the BLAST energy analysis computer program is related by illustrative examples from actual design applications.rnSince each of the preprocessors allows the user to interact with an actual building model, this method of using application programs could serve as a general prototype for future input preprocessor development.