Thanks Daniel, My explanation wasn't expressed correctly at all. Good that you saw it. Tasos On 22 Oct 2013, at 09:52, Daniel Koch <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > A correction to the mail (in spirit of exactness): > > If they were literally treated as the same, the neighbours of A would also be the neighours of the neighbours of B, but they are not. The Neighbours of A are also Neihgbours of B, but not to B's Neighbours. > > /Daniel > __________________ > Daniel Koch > PhD | Researcher | Teacher > Director of Research Studies > KTH School of Architecture > 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden > www.arch.kth.se > > On 2013-10-22 10:49, Daniel Koch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> just to be exact: the connected vertexes will have 0 steps between them, but there will be a configurational step between the neighbours of the first point and the nieghbours of the second point, effectively introducing a configurational step into the analysis. They are thus not treated as 'the same' in a literal sense - as if that were the case, the neighbours of A would also be neighbours of B and the other way around. >> >> In practice, this is a good thing because that step introduces a distance that is usually descriptive of the system being analysed. (Depending on staircase, question, and resolution of analysis you may wish to add additional steps) >> >> For angular analysis, there are no 'extra steps/angles' introduced, the angle deviation is calculated directionally. >> >> Best >> Daniel >> __________________ >> Daniel Koch >> PhD | Researcher | Teacher >> Director of Research Studies >> KTH School of Architecture >> 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden >> www.arch.kth.se >> >> On 2013-10-21 16:37, Varoudis, Tasos wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> The link means that the 2 pixels 'act' as one with no step between them in the analyses (like a single graph node), and as Alan said, do your analysis as you said. >>> >>> Tasos >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Tasos Varoudis >>> Architect Engineer Dipl (MArch) NTUA >>> Computing Engineer DIC MSc Imperial College >>> >>> Space Group >>> Bartlett School of Graduate Studies >>> University College London (UCL) >>> Central House >>> 14 Upper Woburn Place >>> London WC1H 0NN UK >>> W: www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/graduate >>> >>> The Bartlett - First in UK RAE 2008, for research in Architecture and the Built Environment. >>> >>> On 20 Oct 2013, at 04:11, Tu Jian <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear all >>>> >>>> I was trying to figure out how to use depthmap to do the VGA in a multi-level building. I found there was a 'link' in the software. so, here are the questions. >>>> >>>> What exactly does the 'link' mean? >>>> >>>> once a multi-level building has a stair case to connect its floors, can I just link the grids in the stair case of every floors and continue the analysis? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hoping for answers >>>> >>>> Yours >>>> >>>> Jone Tuson >>>> <image.jpg> >> >