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In Revit open the file house_living_room.rvt located in the model’s Application Library folder.
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In the Select Physics tree, select Acoustics > Pressure Acoustics > Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain (acpr).
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Click Add.
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Click Synchronize.
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Click to expand the Object Selections section. The synchronized objects are included in automatically generated selections that we will use for setting up the simulation. Clicking on a selection in the table highlights the corresponding objects in the Graphics window.
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In the Add dialog, in the Selections to add list, choose Floors:Generic-12", Roofs:Generic-12", Walls:BasicWall:Generic-8", and Walls:BasicWall:Interior-5"Partition(2-hr). To select several selections from the list hold down Ctrl while clicking the selections.
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Click OK.
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In the Add dialog, in the Selections to add list, choose Air:Living room 5, Surface:Doors:M_Double-Glass2:1830x2134mm, Surface:Walls:CurtainWall:CurtainWall1, Surface:Windows:M_CasementDblwithTrim:1220x1220mm, Surface:Windows:M_Skylight:0610x0686mm, and Room Bounding Solids.
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Click OK.
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In the Add dialog, in the Selections to add list, choose Furniture:FloorstandingSpeaker:FloorstandingSpeaker, Furniture:M_Entertainmentcenter:1830x1830x0610mm, Furniture:M_Sofa-Pensi:2134mm, Furniture:M_Table-Coffee:0915x1830x0457mm, Furniture:M_Table-End:0762x0762mm, Furniture:M_TV-FlatScreen:1270mm, and Furniture:M_TVStand:M_TVStand.
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Click Find Sliver Faces.
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In the list box, select Sliver face 8.
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Click Find Spikes.
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In the list box, select Spike 8.
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Click Delete All.
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On the object dsp1, select Boundaries 30–33, 156, 189, 195, 196, 265, and 280 only. These are faces on the back and bottom of the couches.
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Click Replace Selected.
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On the object rfa1, select Boundaries 237 and 239 only. These are the boundaries that represent the woofer units of the loudspeakers.
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In the Add dialog, in the Selections to add list, choose Roofs:Generic-12", Walls:BasicWall:Generic-8", and Walls:BasicWall:Interior-5"Partition(2-hr).
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In the Add dialog, in the Selections to add list, choose Surface:Doors:M_Double-Glass2:1830x2134mm, Surface:Walls:CurtainWall:CurtainWall1, Surface:Windows:M_CasementDblwithTrim:1220x1220mm, and Surface:Windows:M_Skylight:0610x0686mm.
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In the Add dialog, in the Selections to add list, choose Furniture:M_Entertainmentcenter:1830x1830x0610mm, Furniture:M_Table-Coffee:0915x1830x0457mm, Furniture:M_Table-End:0762x0762mm, and Furniture:M_TVStand:M_TVStand.
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Clear the Automatic detection of small details checkbox.
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Browse to the model’s Application Libraries folder and double-click the file living_room_acoustics_parameters.txt.
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Go to the Add Material window.
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In the Graphics window, click on boundaries 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 15, 43, and 117 to get a view similar to the figure below.
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In the Model Builder window, expand the Study 1 Frequency Domain > Solver Configurations > Solution 1 (sol1) > Stationary Solver 1 node.
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Right-click Study 1 Frequency Domain > Solver Configurations > Solution 1 (sol1) > Stationary Solver 1 > Suggested Iterative Solver (GMRES with GMG) (acpr) and choose Enable.
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Select the Show maximum and minimum values checkbox.
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In the Settings window for Multislice, click Replace Expression in the upper-right corner of the Expression section. From the menu, choose Component 1 (comp1) > Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain > Pressure and sound pressure level > acpr.Lp_t - Total sound pressure level - dB.
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Locate the Multiplane Data section. Find the X-planes subsection. From the Entry method list, choose Coordinates.
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In the Settings window for Streamline, click Replace Expression in the upper-right corner of the Expression section. From the menu, choose Component 1 (comp1) > Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain > Intensity > acpr.Ix,acpr.Iy,acpr.Iz - Intensity.
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Locate the Coloring and Style section. Find the Line style subsection. From the Type list, choose Tube.
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Select the Radius scale factor checkbox.
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Click Define custom colors.
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Go to the Add Study window.
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Click the Add Study button in the window toolbar.
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In the Model Builder window, expand the Study 2 Eigenfrequency > Solver Configurations > Solution 2 (sol2) > Eigenvalue Solver 1 node.
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Right-click Study 2 Eigenfrequency > Solver Configurations > Solution 2 (sol2) > Eigenvalue Solver 1 > Suggested Iterative Solver (GMRES with GMG) (acpr) and choose Enable.
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In the Settings window for Isosurface, click Replace Expression in the upper-right corner of the Expression section. From the menu, choose Component 1 (comp1) > Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain > Pressure and sound pressure level > acpr.Lp_t - Total sound pressure level - dB.
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In the Model Builder window, expand the Acoustic Pressure, Isosurfaces (acpr) 1 node, then click Isosurface 1.
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In the Settings window for Surface, click Replace Expression in the upper-right corner of the Expression section. From the menu, choose Component 1 (comp1) > Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain > Pressure and sound pressure level > acpr.absp_t - Absolute total acoustic pressure - Pa.
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