@@luizmendes1625I used Rhino7. Can't guarantee that it works but until now it worked in every rhino version even though butterfly CFD development was stopped in 2019.
Hello Philipp I tried to follow your steps but when i tried to connect all geometries blocks as walls, inlet & Outlet to the block case from geometries i had an issue to connect all geometry together it took only one of them Please help me with that
You might need to check the mesh resolution of the objects. Maybe you need to send me a screenshot if the problem persists...just note that I'm traveling at the moment and won't be home before in 2 weeks.
Hi Philipp, thanks for the guidance, really helpful. I have an error right at the end at LoadProbesValues saying: 1. Solution exception:Failed to load values: Failed to find probes folder folder at C:\Users\User\butterfly\indoorFlow\postProcessing\probes. If I remove the solution node the error is gone, therefore I think there is something to do with the Solution. The reporting panel says the following:' Failed to read c:\users\User\butterfly\indoorFlow\log\simpleFoam.err ' I was reading forums about re-running the probe, but I am not sure what that means. I checked all the installs, went through them again, it all should be ok with BlueCFD 2017. This error keeps coming up, but no one answers them anymore in the forums.
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Yes I was running it in admin mode. I gave up at the end as after searching several forums, multiple people had the same issue, but there was no answer to it...
Hi Philipp, I have followed your tutorial, however the solution is not working, as the Butterrfly_loadprobesvalue components are failing to find the probe folder. It is attempting to find the probe folder folder in "Users\username\butterfly\indoor_airflow\postProcessing\probes , but I can see that this folder "postProcessing" does not exist. I can see there is a probes document in "systems" folder. I also attempted to create a probes folder to a new "postProcessing" folder. Do you have any suggestions? Even when I try to use the script from the example files folder, it comes up with the same error message as a red component. FYI, I am using Rhino in Admin (the file is in meters), and have BlueCFD 2017 installed too.
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Hi Philipp, thanks for your quick response! I have tried an example script, and the same load probes components are still red, and cant find this folder. Regarding creating an environment, how exactly would I do that? (I'm still a bit new to CFD, although I've watched many of your other grasshopper tutorials)
I would start here: This includes the environment setup for BlueCFD. ua-cam.com/play/PL4Rc2GtLpcNVWy0DsYd74cY8LSczF8V1B.html This is my playlist. The second video is an in depth installation guide. You need to follow on the dot. Any mistake here and it won't work. If you still struggle then there is a problem with your installation possibly a problem with your system. Does you windows username have any special characters or spaces? Key items: 1) BlueCFD 2017 plus setting up the environment 2) Installation of Butterfly and possibly unlocking the installed component. 3) Running Rhino in Admin mode! Testing more then one of the example files.
Hi Philipp, thanks for this tutorial. Can butterfly output be connected to indoor thermal comfort and energy performance of the building (as natural ventilation)
Hi, thanks for your videos, in which video did you talked about how to use the compoenent "butterfly inlet flow rate boundary"? I get errors in the results and i dont know how to figure out and I remeber you used that component in some point in your videos. Regards
Hi, this is the entire playlist for all butterfly videos i did. ua-cam.com/play/PL4Rc2GtLpcNVWy0DsYd74cY8LSczF8V1B.html It must be one of the indoor airflow videos... But I'm not sure now which one
Hi philipp, i manage to get to the vector part. However my factor comes out rather huge cover the whole space and only lines were seen. i am unable to view the solid black arrows like yours and they all coverge to one point of my surface.
Hi Phillipp, I have an error in the Butterfly_block mesh component, the error is a Windows Error, I try a lot of thing but I could not solve the error, could you help me.
@@PhilippGalvanDesign when I change the value to true in the both of the boolean toggle in the inputs write_ and run_ of the Butterfly_block mesh component, the color of the component put in red and the message of the error in the component is "Solution exception:Windows Error", minute 6:34 in your video.
@@edwingonzalezmeza6212 ok, I'm wondering if you installed everything correctly. make sure you follow this tutorial to the dot. ua-cam.com/video/6meHDZMJp-I/v-deo.html Another way to see if there is a problem with your installation is to open one of the example files which came with Butterfly. also you need to run rhino in admin mode Let me know if that helps
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Hello Phillipp, I uninstalled BlueCFD and Butterfly, I reinstalled it again watching the video you share with me, I even repeated this process a couple of times and I still get the error, I have already looked at several blogs to see what I can do and I'm still pulling my hair out. Thanks
Actually I did already before. Although with Ladybug itself. Which suits itself better for larger areas. ua-cam.com/video/c9Xaspg5Dqw/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/4KfZDqlfHeQ/v-deo.html
Hi Munia, It's hard to know the problem with your description. Did you try previous CFD tutorials in my playlist? You might want to start with a basic script first? Let me know thanks.
Hi Phillip, I really appreciate your video tutorials. But like some of us here I am stuck at LoadProbesValue, the error says failing to load probes from the postProcessing folder. I then started trouble-shoot from the beginning, 1. Follow the steps on the installation video 2. reinstalled both OpenFOAM 2017-2 and Butterfly 3. Opened Rhino 7 in Admin mode 4. Rebuilt the script (after copy-paste failed) 5. Same issue occurred, failing to load probes 6. I thought it was my windows 11 issue so I switched to another computer with window 10 and followed all the process again but the same issue occured. What should I do next?
Hi Phillip, I'm utilizing this test to examine airflow for my architecture project, I'm stuck around 12 minutes in on the loadProbesValue segment: I've narrowed the problem down to the fact that my folder for this case "indoorflow" [plugged into the caseFromGeos module] does not have a postProcessing folder that has U values in it [I tried substituting the postprocessing folder from a test file and it worked, albiet there were more U values so more arrow vectors]. How do I generate this U file for my specific file? Am I missing a program or download? Thank you!
you might want to check the bideo at arround 9:45 - You need to specify the field before you can retrieve the values from it. Did you install Blue CFD (bluecfd 2017)?
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Hi Phillip! Thanks for responding so fast! Yep, I had the core terminal launched when testing [2017 version, not sure if I have to have anything else launching], and all the values of the fields as U for the butterfly_probes and butterfly_loadProbeValue modules!
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Hello, I received these results, but I noticed that the grid is grey and there are no colours. What do you think is the problem thank you
Awesome !
Thank you
@@PhilippGalvanDesign I'm wanting to install Butterfly, but I would like to know if it runs on Rhino 8, or are you having to use Rhino 7?
@@luizmendes1625I used Rhino7.
Can't guarantee that it works but until now it worked in every rhino version even though butterfly CFD development was stopped in 2019.
Finally 🎉
Ha ha:) Thanks for waiting.
Can we make walls and openings parametrically ? So we can optimize the position of openings after calculating the flow.
Yes you can but you need to re run the calculation each time you change the position.
@@PhilippGalvanDesign can we combine it with Galapagos to get most optimum airflow from the combo of parametric wall+opening and the air flow.
@@kalpit3d934 in theory yes but it will be a bit complicated to setup.
Hello Philipp
I tried to follow your steps but when i tried to connect all geometries blocks as walls, inlet & Outlet to the block case from geometries i had an issue to connect all geometry together it took only one of them
Please help me with that
You might need to check the mesh resolution of the objects. Maybe you need to send me a screenshot if the problem persists...just note that I'm traveling at the moment and won't be home before in 2 weeks.
@@PhilippGalvanDesign
Thanks a lot for your reply
Have a great travel 🤗
@@Ahmed_7afez Hello. Sorry to bother, but could this be resolved?
@@rojer0890
Hello Rojer
I just clicked shift when I connected
@@Ahmed_7afez Thank you so much! Own you my life. I'm working on my graduation project from college and I was stuck with this
Hi Philipp, thanks for the guidance, really helpful. I have an error right at the end at LoadProbesValues saying: 1. Solution exception:Failed to load values:
Failed to find probes folder folder at C:\Users\User\butterfly\indoorFlow\postProcessing\probes. If I remove the solution node the error is gone, therefore I think there is something to do with the Solution. The reporting panel says the following:' Failed to read c:\users\User\butterfly\indoorFlow\log\simpleFoam.err ' I was reading forums about re-running the probe, but I am not sure what that means. I checked all the installs, went through them again, it all should be ok with BlueCFD 2017. This error keeps coming up, but no one answers them anymore in the forums.
Are you running Rhino in admin mode?
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Yes I was running it in admin mode. I gave up at the end as after searching several forums, multiple people had the same issue, but there was no answer to it...
Hi Philipp,
I have followed your tutorial, however the solution is not working, as the Butterrfly_loadprobesvalue components are failing to find the probe folder. It is attempting to find the probe folder folder in "Users\username\butterfly\indoor_airflow\postProcessing\probes , but I can see that this folder "postProcessing" does not exist. I can see there is a probes document in "systems" folder. I also attempted to create a probes folder to a new "postProcessing" folder. Do you have any suggestions?
Even when I try to use the script from the example files folder, it comes up with the same error message as a red component.
FYI, I am using Rhino in Admin (the file is in meters), and have BlueCFD 2017 installed too.
Have you created the environment for BlueCFD? Did you try one of the example scripts?
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Hi Philipp, thanks for your quick response! I have tried an example script, and the same load probes components are still red, and cant find this folder. Regarding creating an environment, how exactly would I do that? (I'm still a bit new to CFD, although I've watched many of your other grasshopper tutorials)
I would start here:
This includes the environment setup for BlueCFD.
ua-cam.com/play/PL4Rc2GtLpcNVWy0DsYd74cY8LSczF8V1B.html
This is my playlist. The second video is an in depth installation guide.
You need to follow on the dot. Any mistake here and it won't work.
If you still struggle then there is a problem with your installation possibly a problem with your system. Does you windows username have any special characters or spaces?
Key items:
1) BlueCFD 2017 plus setting up the environment
2) Installation of Butterfly and possibly unlocking the installed component.
3) Running Rhino in Admin mode!
Testing more then one of the example files.
In this video I covered how you can check if your installed grasshopper component is unlocked
ua-cam.com/video/k9I6KaWM5Yw/v-deo.html
Did you had some success with it, or still not working.
Hi Philipp, thanks for this tutorial. Can butterfly output be connected to indoor thermal comfort and energy performance of the building (as natural ventilation)
I haven't tried it yet but I'm to 95 percent sure it can.
Hi, thanks for your videos, in which video did you talked about how to use the compoenent "butterfly inlet flow rate boundary"? I get errors in the results and i dont know how to figure out and I remeber you used that component in some point in your videos.
Regards
Hi, this is the entire playlist for all butterfly videos i did.
ua-cam.com/play/PL4Rc2GtLpcNVWy0DsYd74cY8LSczF8V1B.html
It must be one of the indoor airflow videos...
But I'm not sure now which one
Hi philipp, i manage to get to the vector part. However my factor comes out rather huge cover the whole space and only lines were seen. i am unable to view the solid black arrows like yours and they all coverge to one point of my surface.
You need to scale you vectors probably. Should be in the video.
Hi Phillipp, I have an error in the Butterfly_block mesh component, the error is a Windows Error, I try a lot of thing but I could not solve the error, could you help me.
When you say the error is a Windows error. What errors message do you have and where?
@@PhilippGalvanDesign when I change the value to true in the both of the boolean toggle in the inputs write_ and run_ of the Butterfly_block mesh component, the color of the component put in red and the message of the error in the component is "Solution exception:Windows Error", minute 6:34 in your video.
@@edwingonzalezmeza6212
ok, I'm wondering if you installed everything correctly. make sure you follow this tutorial to the dot.
ua-cam.com/video/6meHDZMJp-I/v-deo.html
Another way to see if there is a problem with your installation is to open one of the example files which came with Butterfly.
also you need to run rhino in admin mode
Let me know if that helps
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Hello Phillipp, I uninstalled BlueCFD and Butterfly, I reinstalled it again watching the video you share with me, I even repeated this process a couple of times and I still get the error, I have already looked at several blogs to see what I can do and I'm still pulling my hair out. Thanks
@@edwingonzalezmeza6212
Which version of blue CFD did you install?
Hi can we make a wind analysis for a part of a village or city? (pedestrian confort) thank you
Actually I did already before. Although with Ladybug itself. Which suits itself better for larger areas. ua-cam.com/video/c9Xaspg5Dqw/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/4KfZDqlfHeQ/v-deo.html
hey philipp, I was trying to do indoor thermal comfort regarding a project and I'm stuck at ' butterfly probes value'
Hi Munia,
It's hard to know the problem with your description. Did you try previous CFD tutorials in my playlist? You might want to start with a basic script first? Let me know thanks.
Hi Phillip, is it possible to do something similar for single sided ventilation in offices? Does the way of the window opening affects too?
Good question. I don't know at the moment. I will think about it.
Hi Phillip,
I really appreciate your video tutorials.
But like some of us here I am stuck at LoadProbesValue, the error says failing to load probes from the postProcessing folder.
I then started trouble-shoot from the beginning,
1. Follow the steps on the installation video
2. reinstalled both OpenFOAM 2017-2 and Butterfly
3. Opened Rhino 7 in Admin mode
4. Rebuilt the script (after copy-paste failed)
5. Same issue occurred, failing to load probes
6. I thought it was my windows 11 issue so I switched to another computer with window 10 and followed all the process again but the same issue occured.
What should I do next?
Have you setup your blue CFD environment?
Also l did you try one of the example files?
Another thing to look out for is your user name in windows. Needs to be plain English, no special characters or spaces... I think...
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Both of my computers have "_" in the user name, is that the issue?
@@PhilippGalvanDesign The example files works!
Hi Phillip, I'm utilizing this test to examine airflow for my architecture project, I'm stuck around 12 minutes in on the loadProbesValue segment:
I've narrowed the problem down to the fact that my folder for this case "indoorflow" [plugged into the caseFromGeos module] does not have a postProcessing folder that has U values in it [I tried substituting the postprocessing folder from a test file and it worked, albiet there were more U values so more arrow vectors].
How do I generate this U file for my specific file? Am I missing a program or download? Thank you!
you might want to check the bideo at arround 9:45 -
You need to specify the field before you can retrieve the values from it.
Did you install Blue CFD (bluecfd 2017)?
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Hi Phillip! Thanks for responding so fast!
Yep, I had the core terminal launched when testing [2017 version, not sure if I have to have anything else launching], and all the values of the fields as U for the butterfly_probes and butterfly_loadProbeValue modules!
@@hue427 you could try to use one of the sample files to test if you system works.
the samples files are in the installation folder.
@@hue427 also you need to run rhino in admin mode.
@@PhilippGalvanDesign That might be it! I will try that after I try the sample file; currently running it and it seems to be working...
I am getting an error of not able to locate probe folder, what should I do?
Are you running Rhino in admin mode?
Did you follow the installation instructions?
THANK YOU FOR THIS TUTORIALS BUT I HAVE PROBLEMS CAN YOU HELP ME SIR
Depends, what is the problem?
@@PhilippGalvanDesign Hello, I received these results, but I noticed that the grid is grey and there are no colours. What do you think is the problem thank you