def create_HB_material_no_mass(_material_name, _material_r_value):
""" Creates an HB Style "No-Mass" Material """
try:
# set the default material properties
name = _material_name
r_value = _material_r_value
roughness = 'MediumRough'
therm_absp = 0.9
sol_absp = 0.7
vis_absp = 0.7
# create the NoMass material
mat = EnergyMaterialNoMass(clean_and_id_ep_string(name), r_value,
roughness, therm_absp, sol_absp, vis_absp)
mat.display_name = name
return mat
except Exception as e:
print('Error creating HB Material', e)
return None
ghenv.Component.AdditionalHelpFromDocStrings = "5"
try: # import the core honeybee dependencies
from honeybee.typing import clean_and_id_ep_string, clean_ep_string
except ImportError as e:
raise ImportError('\nFailed to import honeybee:\n\t{}'.format(e))
try: # import the honeybee-energy dependencies
from honeybee_energy.material.opaque import EnergyMaterialNoMass
except ImportError as e:
raise ImportError('\nFailed to import honeybee_energy:\n\t{}'.format(e))
try: # import ladybug_rhino dependencies
from ladybug_rhino.grasshopper import all_required_inputs
except ImportError as e:
raise ImportError('\nFailed to import ladybug_rhino:\n\t{}'.format(e))
if all_required_inputs(ghenv.Component):
# set the default material properties
_roughness_ = 'MediumRough' if _roughness_ is None else _roughness_
_therm_absp_ = 0.9 if _therm_absp_ is None else _therm_absp_
_sol_absp_ = 0.7 if _sol_absp_ is None else _sol_absp_
name = clean_and_id_ep_string('OpaqueNoMassMaterial') if _name_ is None else \
clean_ep_string(_name_)
# create the material
mat = EnergyMaterialNoMass(name, _r_value, _roughness_, _therm_absp_,
_sol_absp_, _vis_absp_)
if _name_ is not None:
mat.display_name = _name_