Method, apparatus, and program for generating a simulation model of a space

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention include a method of generating a simulation model of a space, the simulation model being a three-dimensional geometrical representation of the space in a format appropriate for computational fluid dynamic analysis; the method comprising: obtaining a geometrical representation of the space; obtaining a characterisation of the operation and/or arrangement of physical entities influencing airflow in the space, from among a predetermined set of characterisations; generating the simulation model of the space based on the geometrical representation, wherein said generating includes: configuring the simulation model by selecting configuration options, from those associated with the obtained characterisation in a database in which each of the predetermined set of characterisations are codified as a set of configuration options for a simulation model, in dependence upon the content of the geometrical representation.