ENVI-met INX for Sketchup is an open source plugin for Sketchup to create ENVI-met 2.5D models. As all of our Plugins it is free to use and enables you to easily export 3D models from Sketchup to the ENVI-met .INX format.

Download and install SketchUp.

Opening SketchUp, go to Extensions - Extension Warehouse.

Search for “Envimet Inx” and click on “Free”.

Now just press on “Install”.

You can now use the ENVI-met INX Plugin

With the plugin, you can quickly create ENVI-met model areas based on your SketchUp drawings. These model areas can then be used to run a microclimate simulation with the ENVI-met.

The following settings can be adjusted by the user:

• horizontal and vertical dimensions of model domain
• spatial resolution of model domain
• building structures (height, undercuts, wall & roof materials and roof and facade greenings
• surface types
• simple vegetation such as grass as well as more complex vegetation such as trees
• digital elevation models → terrain
• sources of gases / particulate matter
• receptors

You can find the Github page here

The ENVI-met model area is a three-dimensional spaces that consists out of individual cuboids. These cuboids can be part of a building, a tree, a terrain etc. To export ENVI-met model areas, the user needs to specify which SKP-Entities contain the different information (buildings, vegetation, etc.).

SketchUp Course in our Academy: SketchUp Plugin - ENVI-met INX

If you find a bug, or would like to suggest new features, please do let us know in our forum or via crm@envi-met.com